EGYPTIAN SOJOURN EVENTS

DATE

Jacob (Israel), Rachel, sons, and children enter Egypt when Jacob is 130 years old to begin the 430 years of the Egyptian Sojourn (Genesis 47.8-9)

A silent Biblical period of 350 years elapses

1876/75 BC

Moses is born

1526/25 BC`

Moses to Midian at age 40 (Exodus 2.11-25; Acts 7.23-29)

1486/85 BC

Moses confronts pharaoh at age 80 (Exodus 7.7)

1446/45 BC