Action Purpose Desire They built a city .… … in order not to be dispersed over the face of […]

Event Age of Joseph Genesis Joseph’s father Jacob moves family from Haran to Canaan 6 31:17–21 Joseph sold […]

Event Age of Jacob Genesis Jacob’s grandfather Abraham dies 15 25:7 Jacob sent to Laban in Haran 77 […]

Event Age of Isaac Genesis Isaac’s mother Sarah dies 37 23:1 Isaac marries Rebekah 40 25:20 Isaac fathers […]

Offspring Explanation Examples Natural, physical offspring Physical descendants of Abraham Ishmael, Isaac, the sons of Keturah (and by […]

Event Age of Abraham Genesis Abram departs from Haran, enters Canaan 75 12:4–5 Abram fathers Ishmael with Hagar […]

Dates are in the form of month, day, and Noah’s year, as given in the text. Hence, 2/10/600 […]

Location Inhabitants 1. Light and dark 4. Lights of day and night 2. Sea and sky 5. Fish […]

Primeval History (1:1–11:26) Introduction General heading Specific heading Section introduced 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens […]

The Hebrew calendar was composed of 12 lunar months, each of which began when the thin crescent moon […]

The following dates (all b.c.) are close approximations based on correlating dates between the Bible and other ancient Near […]