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AM Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10 A.M. 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 Adam 130 AM 930 AM Adam dies 235 AM 105 yrs + 807 yrs after Enosh’s birth 1042 AM Seth dies Seth @ 912 yrs old 325 AM Enosh 90 yrs + 815 yrs after Cainan’s birth 1130 AM Enosh dies @ 905 yrs old 395 AM Cainan 70yrs + 840 yrs after Mahahalel’s birth 1235 AM Cainan dies @ 910 yrs old 460 AM Mahahalel 65yrs + 830 yrs after Jared’s birth 1290 AM Mahahalel dies @ 895 yrs old 622 AM Jared 162 yrs + 800 yrs after Enoch’s birth 1422 AM Jared dies @ 962 yrs old 687 AM Enoch 65yrs + 300 yrs 987 AM Enoch “taken” @ 365 yrs old 874 AM Methuselah 187 yrs + 782 yrs after Lamech’s birth 1656 AM Methusaleh dies @ 969 yrs old 1056 AM Lamech 182 yrs + 595 yrs after Noah’s birth 1651 AM Lamech dies (Adam died when Lamech was 56 yrs old) @ 777 yrs old 1556 AM 1558 AM 2006 AM Observations : 1656 AM Noah dies 1. Cain may have killed Abel when he was about 128 years old Noah FLOOD @ 950 because Seth was born soon after the murder, when Adam was 130. When Noah was 500 yrs old 2. Methuselah died right before the flood that year. Since this is the line of the covenant Japheth was born first leading up to Noah we know this is a list of godly people. Thus he died before the (Gn.5:32;10:21) 1658 AM destructive flood upon the ungodly, not in it. 100 yrs. (Gn.11:10) + 500 yrs. Shem Arphaxad Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy 1558 AM 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2006 AM Noah dies @ 950 years old 1658 AM Shem 100yrs +500 after Arphaxad’s birth 2158 AM Shem dies @ 600 years old 1656 Flood 1693 AM Arphaxad 35yrs + 400 yrs. after Salah’ s birth 2093 AM Arphaxad dies @ 435 yrs old 1723 AM Salah 30yrs + 403 yrs. after Eber’s birth 2126 AM Salah dies @ 433 years old 1757 AM Eber 34yrs + 430 yrs. after Peleg’s birth 2187 AM Eber dies @ 464 years old 1787 AM Peleg 30yrs + 209 yrs. after Reu’s birth 1996 AM Peleg dies@ 239 years old Tower of Babel 1819 AM 1780 AM ? Reu 32yrs +207 yrs. after Serug’s birth 2026 AM Reu dies@ 239 years old 1849 AM Serug 30yrs + 200 yrs after Nahor’s birth 2049 AM Serug dies @ 230 years old 1878 AM + 119 yrs after Nahor 29yrs Terah’s birth 1997 AM Nahor dies @ 148 years old 2008 AM 130 yrs Terah 2083 AM Terah dies @ 205 years old Terah was 70 at Haran’s birth Observations: (Gen.11:26) 1. Eber outlived Abram by 4 years. 2183 AM Abraham 2. The Tower of Babel occurred sometime in Peleg’s life. Abram dies @ 175 years old I’m guessing it was before he had Reu, because of Gen.10:25. born Abram was 75 yrs old when (Gen.25:7) 3. Abram was born 2 years after Noah died. Abram’s father could have known Noah. he left Haran, upon Terah’s death. 4. The covenant line after the flood comes to pass much more rapidly in the next generation. (Gen.12:4, Acts7:4) Genesis 12 – 25 Chronology of Abraham’s Life (A.M., Anno Mundi; Year of the World) th th th Abram sacrificed 3 Arphaxad, Abe’s 6 GGF Salah, Abe’s 5 GGF dies Shem, Abe’s 7 GGF dies Eber, Abe’s th animals. (Gen.15) dies in 2093 AM at 435 yrs. in 2126 AM at 433 yrs. in 2158 AM at 600 yrs. 4 GGF dies Showing he was Abraham marries Keturah in 2187 AM estranged from the 2148 AM some time after Sarah’s death. at 464 yrs. land for 3 years. Isaac marries Rebekah (25:20) Has 6 children: Zimran, 2086 AM at 40 years old Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. (25:1 -6) 10 years from Abram’s 2145 AM 2168 AM entry into Canaan, he Sarah dies, 127 yrs. Jacob & Esau born. Ishmael dies at conceives Ishmael with 100 yrs old Abraham; (23:1) Abe, 137 yrs. Isaac was 60. (25:26) 137 yrs. (25:17) Hagar. (16:3) Isaac is born. (21:5) see 17:17 Abraham: 160 yrs. 2231 AM 2093 AM Sarah, 90 yrs old 2108 AM 1927 B.C. 2083 AM 2103 2113 AM 2123 2143 2163 2183 AM Abram, 75 yrs old, 2107 AM Abraham, about 139 yrs., Abraham dies enters the land of at 175 yrs old. 99 yrs old Abram, sends servant to find Isaac’s Canaan; when his (Gen.25:7) 13 yrs old Ishmael wife (ch.24) c. 2147 AM father Terah died at is circumcised/ 205 yrs old. (Gen.17, Rom.4:19) (Gen.12:4, Acts7:4) Jacob enter Goshen Egypt at 130 yrs old Age and Year of Deaths: in 2298 AM (47:9,28) 2094 AM Abraham - 175 yrs. old, 2183 AM, Gn.25:7 86 yrs old Abram Isaac - 180 yrs. old, 2288 AM, Gn.35:28 when Hagar bore Jacob - 147 yrs. old, 2315 AM, Gn.47:28 Ishmael. Joseph - 110 yrs. old, 2369 AM, Gn.50:22 – protected Israelites in Goshen for 71 yrs. (Gen.16:16) Moses - 120 yrs. old, 2553 AM, Dt.34:7 – born 64 yrs after Joseph died, b/c 80 at Ex. Joshua - 110 yrs. old, 2584 / 2585 AM, Josh.14:7-10; Jud.2:8, if about Caleb’s age 30 years 400 years 1497 B.C. Exodus Event 430 years of the sojourn in Egypt 400 yrs of afflicting the seed of Abraham occurred in 2513 AM , begins here, when Abram moved to began in 2113 AM, when Isaac was weaned 430 yrs. after Abram Canaan region. (Ex.12:40,41; at 5 years old, because his Egyptian half- entered Canaan; which Gal.3:17) Abram and Isaac journeyed brother, Ishmael , began to persecute him. was Egyptian territory. in Beersheba/Philistia, not Canaan. (Gen.15:13, Gal.4:29, Acts 7:6) (21:34,22:19,26:33,28:10) It was Gn. 15:13 “your descendents will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them” – 430 yr. sojourn, Ex.12:40 territory of Philistines. (Gen 10:13 – “and they will afflict them four hundred years.” – 400 yr. affliction beginning with Ishamael Mizraim is Egypt, father of “but in the fourth generation they shall return here” – 4 th from Jacob who went to Goshen in Egypt. Philistines) Jacob ended up in They lived in Goshen Egypt 215 years. (2298 – 2513 A.M.) Goshen Egypt. Ex. 6:14-20 – 4 Generations to Moses: Jacob, Levi, Kohath, Amram – who married his aunt – fathered Moses & Aaron. Num.26:57-59 Chronological Observations: Abraham’s 5 th , 6 th , and 7 th great-grandfathers died during his lifetime. His 4 th great-grandfather died four years later. Outline by James Jordan: A. Birth of Abraham B. Marriage to Sarah and call of Abraham (age ?) C. Sojourn in Haran; God appears and tells him to leave (Gen. 12) D. Entrance of Abraham into land (age 75) E. Attack of Pharaoh on Sarah (Gen. 12) (age 76-77?) F. Abraham re-enters land (Gen. 13) (age 77?) G. War of the Kings; Lot rescued (Gen. 14) (age 78?) H. God appears to Abraham (Gen. 15) (age 78?) I. Birth of Abraham’s son Ishmael (age 86) H’. God appears to Abraham (Gen. 17) (age 99) G’. Destruction of Sodom; Lot rescued (Gen. 18) (age 99) F’. Abraham leaves land (Gen. 20) (age 99) E’. Attack of Abimelech on Sarah (Gen. 20) (age 99) D’. Birth of Sarah’s son Isaac (age 100) C’. Sojourn in Philistine territory; God appears, tells him to leave, return to land, offer Isaac (Gen. 22) B’. Death of Sarah and removal of Abraham’s call (age 137) A’. Death of Abraham (age 175) Chronology From Abraham’s Death to Joseph’s Death (AM – Year of the World) 2303 AM 2187 AM 2298 AM Famine ends Eber, Abraham’s 4 th 2245 AM Jacob enters great-grandfather dies at Jacob, 77 yrs old , meets 2288 AM Goshen 2315 AM Rachel. This is 37 yrs. Isaac dies at 180 464 yrs. old. (Gen.11:17) Egypt at 130 Jacob dies at 147 after Esau married pagans. yrs. old (35:28) 2265 AM yrs old yrs old (47:28) Jacob, 97 yrs. old , leaves (47:9,28) 2231 AM Laban (30:25). Wrestles Ishmael dies at with God & meets Esau. 2183 AM 137 yrs. (25:17) 7 yrs. 7yrs. 6yrs. Abraham dies at 175 yrs old. Joseph is born Joseph dies at 110 (50:22) (Gen.25:7) 2259 AM 2369 AM Jacob marries Leah after Joseph, 17 yrs. old, sold working 7 years, and marries into slavery. (37:2) Esau 40 yrs. old when nd he married pagan Rachel a week later, and works 2276 AM Jacob moves when famine is in 2 another 7 years. Leah starts wives. (26:34) Joseph, 30 yrs. old, stands year. (45:6) Joseph is 39 yrs. old having children, but Rachel doesn’t have Joseph till the end before Pharaoh (41:46) 2208 AM of the 7 years. (29:25-30) after “2 full years”. (41:1) 2252 AM 2289 AM Jacob was 77 years old when he met Rachel.
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