1657 |
The eight saved people leave the Ark (Gen 8:13-19) (2347BC). |
1658 |
Arphaxad was born 2 years after the flood (Gen 11.10) and died in 2096 (Gen 11.13). |
1693 |
Salah was born when Arphaxad was 35 (Gen 11.12) and died in 2126 (Gen 11.15). |
1723 |
Eber was born when Salah was 30 (Gen. 11:14) and died in 2187 (Gen 11.17). |
1757 |
Peleg was born when Eber was 34 (Gen 11:16) and died in 1996 (Gen 11.19). |
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The Tower of Babel was built around this time and the peoples were scattered. One non-biblical source gives a date of 1762. |
1787 |
Reu was born when Peleg was 30 (Gen. 11:18 and died in 2026 (Gen 11.21). |
1819 |
Serug was born when Reu was 32 (Gen. 11:20) and died in 2026 (Gen 11.23). |
1849 |
Nahor was born when Serug was 30 (Gen 11:22) and died in 2049 (Gen 11.25). |
1878 |
Terah was born when Nahor was 29 (Gen 11.24) and died in 2083, in Haran (Gen 11.32). |
1948 |
The first of Terah’s sons (Nahor or Haran) was born when Terah was 70 (Gen 11.26). Though Abram was listed fist, he was evidently not the eldest. |
2007 |
Noah died |
2008 |
Abram born. This date is derived from the assumption that Abraham left Haran very shortly after Terah died. Abraham was 75 when he left Haran (Gen 12:4) whilst Terah was 205 when he died in 2083 (Gen 11.32). |
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Haran died in Ur (Gen 11.27). |
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Terah and family moved from Ur to Haran (presumably named after his prematurely dead son). |
2083 |
Gen. 11:32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. |