IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE PATRIARCHAL PERIOD
PATRIARCHAL EVENTS DATE

Abraham is born (Genesis 12.4, 21.5)

Abraham (age 75) enters Promised Land (Genesis 12.4)

Issac is born (Genesis 25.26) (Abraham age 100)

Jacob is born (Genesis 47.8-9) (Issac age 60)

Jacob given vision of Israel's future (Genesis 28.10-22)

Rachel gives birth to Joseph (Genesis 30.25)

Joseph, age 17, sold into Egyptian slavery (Genesis 37)

Joseph rises to power at age 30 (Genesis 41.37-46)

Joseph, at age 39, and Jacob, at age 130, begin 430 years Egyptian sojourn (Genesis 41.29-30, 45.1-6, 47.8-9)

2167/66 BC

2092/91 BC

2067/66 BC

2007/06 BC

1929/28 BC

1915/14 BC

1898/97 BC

1885/84 BC

1876/75 BC