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Chronology of Sefer Bereishit (Book of Genesis)

Year 1

World created

Adam Created

Kayin and Hevel born

Kayin and Hevel bring sacrifice

Year 130

Kayin killed

Shet born

Year 235

Enosh born

Year 266

Idolatry begins

Year 325

Kenan born

Year 395

Mahalalel born

Year 460

Yered born

Year 622

Chanoch born

Year 687

Metushelach born

Year 874

Lemech born

Year 930

Adam dies

Year 987

Chanoch dies

Year 1042

Shet dies

Year 1056

Noach born

Year 1140

Enosh dies

Year 1235

Kenan dies

Year 1290

Mahalalel dies

Year 1356

First warning of flood

Year 1422

Yered dies

Year 1536

Decree of flood.

G-d warns Noach

Year 1556

Yefet born

Year 1557

Cham born

Year 1558

Shem born

Year 1651

Lemech dies

Year 1656

Metushelach dies seven days before the flood

THE GREAT FLOOD

Year 1657

Noach offers sacrifice

Noach's drunkenness

Kena'an cursed

Year 1658

Arpachshad born

Year 1693

Shelach born

Year 1723

'Ever born

Year 1757

Peleg born

Year 1787

Reu born

Year 1819

Serug born

Year 1849

Nachor born

Year 1878

Terach born

Year 1908

Nimrod born

Year 1938

Nimrod becomes king.

Begins 40 year war with Yefet

Year 1948

Avraham born

Year 1949

Nachor II born

Year 1950

Charan born

Year 1951

Avraham recognizes G-d at the age of three

Year 1958

Sarah born

Year 1978

Nimrod defeats Yefet

Year 1996

Peleg dies

Tower of Bavel

World divided into seventy nations

Avraham comprehends G-d

Kedorla'omer rebels against Nimrod

Sedom founded

Year 1997

Nachor dies

Tzoar founded

Year 2003

Avraham goes to Kenaan for the first time

Year 2006

Noach dies

Year 2013

War of four kings

Year 2018

Covenant between Halves (Berit bein HaBetarim)

Year 2023

Avraham's second journey to Kenaan

Rekion becomes king of Egypt

Avraham goes to Egypt

Avraham and Lot part company

G-d begins warning Sedom

Year 2026

Reu dies

Year 2033

Avraham marries Hagar

Year 2034

Yishmael born

Year 2047

G-d changes Avram's name to Avraham

Avraham circumcised. [Some say this happened on Yom Kippur, 2048]

Angels visit Avraham

Sedom destroyed

Lot sleeps with daughters

Year 2048

Avraham moves to Gerar

Yitzchak born

Ammon and Moav born

Year 2049

Serug dies

Year 2050

Yitzchak weaned

Year 2051

[according to some, Yishmael driven away]

Year 2061

Avraham makes a feast for Yitzchak's Bar Mitzvah

[According to some, Yishmael driven away]

Year 2073

[According to some, Rivkah born]

Year 2083

Terach dies

Year 2085

The Akedah

Yitzchak enters Shem's academy

Rivkah born

Sarah dies

Avraham buys Machpelah

Year 2088

Yitzchak marries Rivkah

Avraham marries Keturah

Year 2096

Arpachshad dies

Year 2107

Yitzchak and Rivkah pray for children

Year 2108

Yaakov and 'Esav born

Year 2121

Yaakov goes to academy

'Esav becomes hunter

Year 2123

Avraham gives Yitzchak blessing

Avraham dies

''Esav sells birthright

Nimrod killed by 'Esav

Year 2126

Shelach dies

Year 2148

'Esav marries Yehudit and Basemat

Year 2158

Shem dies

Yaakov returns from academy

Year 2164

Rachel and Leah born. [Some make it as early as 2162, or as late as 2165]

Year 2170

[According to some, Rachel born]

Year 2171

Yaakov receives blessing

Yaakov goes to 'Ever's academy

'Esav marries Yishmael's daughter Machlah

Yishmael dies

[According to some, Rachel born]

Year 2172

'Esav's son Elifaz born

Year 2180

[According to some, Rachel born]

Year 2185

Yaakov goes to Lavan

Dream of ladder

[According to some, Yaakov marries Leah]

Year 2187

'Ever dies

Year 2188

Lavan's son

Beor born

Year 2191

Ahmose becomes Pharaoh beginning the 18th Egyptian Dynasty

Year 2192

Yaakov marries Leah and Rachel

Year 2193

Reuven born.

[Some say that Shimon also born]

Year 2194

Shimon born.

[Some say Dan born.]

[Some say Levi and Yehudah born]

Year 2195

Levi born.

[Some say Dan born]

Year 2196

Yehudah born

Dan born.

[Some say Gad and Naftali born]

Year 2197

[Some say Naftali born. Some say Asher and Yissachar born]

Year 2198

Naftali born

Gad born

Yissachar born.

[Some say Dinah born. Some say Zevulun born]

Year 2199

Asher born.

[Some say Dinah born]

Yosef born

Yaakov wants to leave Lavan, begins working last six years

Year 2200

Zevulun born.

[Some say Dinah born]

Year 2201

Dinah born. [Some have it in 2202]

Year 2205

Yaakov leaves Lavan

Yaakov meets 'Esav

Yaakov wrestles with angel

Yaakov arrives in Sukkot

Year 2206

Yaakov leaves Sukkot

Rape of Dinah

Shechem massacre. [Some have it as late as 2208]

Year 2207

Yaakov goes to Bet-el

Rivkah dies

Lavan dies

Asenat born

Year 2208

Binyamin born

Rachel dies

Year 2213

Wars of Yaakov's sons. [Some date them in 2214 or 2215]

Year 2214

Leah dies

Yaakov settles in Chevron Academy founded by Shem and 'Ever still functioning

Year 2216

Yosef sold

Potifar buys Yosef Amenhotep I becomes king of Egypt

Yehudah marries. [Some say that he married earlier.]

[Some say 'Er marries Tamar]

Year 2217

Yosef jailed

Royal butler and baker jailed.

[Some say 'Er born]

Year 2223

[According to some, wars of Yaakov's sons]

Year 2225

'Er marries Tamar. [Some say in 2228]

Year 2227

Yosef interprets dreams of royal butler and baker

Year 2228

Yitzchak dies

Year 2229

Peretz and Zerach born

Year 2230

Yosef released from prison

Yosef marries Senat

Seven years of abundance begins

Menashshe born. [Some have them born as late as 2134 or 2135]

Year 2231

Efrayim born

Year 2236

Famine begins. [Some have it a year later]

Amenhotep I dies

Thutmose I becomes Pharaoh

Year 2237

Yosef's brothers arrive in Egypt

People sell livestock to Yosef

Year 2238

Second trip of Ya'akov's sons to Egypt

Binyamin framed

Yosef reveals his identity to brothers

Yaakov arrives in Egypt

Yocheved born to Levi

People sell selves as serfs to Pharaoh

Year 2253

Thutmose I dies.

Thutmose II becomes Pharaoh

Year 2255

Yaakov dies

Year 2258

Bela son of Beor becomes king of Edom

Year 2270

Thutmose II (Magron) becomes Pharaoh

Year 2277

Hapshepsut becomes co-regent of Egypt

Year 2288

Bela ben Beor killed in battle.

Yovev son of Zerach becomes king of Edom

Year 2292

Hapshepsut dies.

Thutmose III becomes full king

Year 2303

Thutmose III invades Kenaan and Syria

Year 2309

Yosef dies

Year 2314

Shimon dies

Zevulun dies

Year 2315

Yehudah dies

Year 2317

Binyamin dies

Year 2318

Reuven dies

Year 2320

Yissachar dies

Year 2321

Dan dies

Year 2322

Asher dies

Year 2323

Gad dies

Year 2325

Thutmose III dies.

Amenhotep II becomes Pharaoh

Year 2331

Naftali dies

Year 2332

Levi dies

[According to some, Edom's kingdom begins and Bela becomes king]

Chronology of Sefer Bereishit (Book of Genesis)

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