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Timeline of the Pentateuch

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Ps 86:9-10 "All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your Name, For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God"

Timeline of Events from Creation to Joshua
EventApprox DateScriptures
Creation4004 BCGenesis 1:1
The Birth of Noah2948 BCGenesis 5:28, 29
The Death of Methuselah2348 BCGenesis 5:27
The Flood2348 BCGenesis 7:19
The Tower of Babel2234 BCGenesis 8:11
The Birth of Abraham1996 BCGenesis 11:27
Abraham Leaves Haran1936 BCGenesis 12:4
Sodom and Gomorrah are Destroyed1897 BCGenesis 17:1
Isaac is Born1896 BCGenesis 21:5
Isaac Marries Rebecca1856 BCGenesis 25:20
The Birth of Jacob and Esau1836 BCGenesis 25:26
The Death of Abraham1821 BCGenesis 25:7
Jacob Flees to his Uncle Laban1759 BCGenesis 28
The Birth of Joseph1746 BCGenesis 30:23,24
Joseph is made Governor of Egypt1716 BCGenesis 41
Jacob Comes to Egypt and Dies1689 BCGenesis 49
The Israelites Journey into Egypt1675 BCExodus 12:40
Joseph Dies in Egypt1636 BCGenesis 50:26
Hebrew Slavery Begins1580 BCExodus 1:11
Moses is Born1571 BCExodus 2:2
Moses Flees to Midian1531 BCExodus 2:11-13
The Exodus from Egypt1491 BCExodus 12:51
The Wilderness Wanderings40 YearsDeuteronomy 2:7
Moses Dies1451 BCDeuteronomy 34
Israel Enters Canaan1451 BCJoshua 3:16
From Creation to Canaan2550 YearsThe 5 Books of Moses

According to Ussher's chronology there were 1656 years from creation to the flood, 427 years from the flood to the call of Abraham, 430 years from the call of Abraham to the Exodus from Egypt, and 40 years from the Exodus from Egypt to the entering of the land of Canaan by Joshua and the new generation of Israelites. It would be another 487 years until the Temple of Solomon would be dedicated to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ps 33:8-9 "Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him, For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast"

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