Patriarchs

God calls one family and binds Himself to it by covenant: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, sojourners in a land their children would inherit, and Joseph carried ahead of them into Egypt.

• 1921 BCThe call of Abram; departure from Haran
• 1921 BCAbram sojourns in Egypt during the famine
• ·Abram and Lot separate in Canaan
• ·Abram rescues Lot from the eastern kings
• ·Melchizedek blesses Abram
• ·God's covenant with Abram; the promise of the land
• ·Hagar flees and encounters the angel of the LORD
• 1910 BCBirth of Ishmael
• 1897 BCThe covenant of circumcision; Abram renamed Abraham
• 1897 BCThree visitors announce Isaac's birth
• ·Abraham intercedes for Sodom
• 1897 BCSodom and Gomorrah destroyed; Lot rescued
• ·Moab and Ben-ammi are born to Lot's daughters
• ·God protects Sarah in the house of Abimelech
• 1896 BCBirth of Isaac
• ·Hagar and Ishmael are sent away
• ·Abraham and Abimelech make a covenant at Beersheba
• 1871 BCThe offering of Isaac on Moriah
• 1859 BCDeath of Sarah at Hebron
• ·Abraham commissions his servant to find a wife for Isaac
• ·Rebekah answers the servant's prayer at the well
• 1856 BCIsaac marries Rebekah
• ·Abraham sends his other sons eastward
• 1836 BCBirth of Jacob and Esau
• 1821 BCDeath of Abraham
• ·Esau sells his birthright to Jacob
• ·Isaac sojourns in Gerar during famine
• ·Isaac reopens wells and makes a covenant at Beersheba
• 1796 BCEsau marries Hittite women
• 1773 BCDeath of Ishmael
• ·Jacob receives Isaac's blessing
• ·Jacob flees to Haran; the dream at Bethel
• ·Jacob meets Rachel at the well near Haran
• ·Jacob marries Leah and Rachel
• ·Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah are born to Leah
• ·Jacob's household grows through Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah
• 1745 BCBirth of Joseph
• ·Jacob's flocks increase under Laban
• ·Jacob secretly leaves Laban for Canaan
• ·Laban pursues Jacob and makes a covenant in Gilead
• ·Jacob prepares to meet Esau
• ·Jacob wrestles through the night at Penuel
• ·Jacob and Esau are reconciled
• ·Jacob settles near Shechem and builds an altar
• ·Dinah is violated and Shechem is destroyed
• ·Jacob returns to Bethel and puts away foreign gods
• ·Benjamin is born and Rachel dies near Ephrath
• ·Reuben sins against his father
• ·Esau settles in the hill country of Seir
• 1728 BCJoseph's dreams deepen his brothers' hatred
• 1728 BCJoseph sold into Egypt
• ·Judah and Tamar
• ·The LORD prospers Joseph in Potiphar's house
• ·Joseph is falsely accused and imprisoned
• ·Joseph interprets the cupbearer's and baker's dreams
• 1716 BCIsaac dies at Hebron
• 1715 BCJoseph made ruler over Egypt
• ·Manasseh and Ephraim are born during the years of plenty
• ·The seven-year famine begins
• ·Joseph's brothers make their first journey to Egypt
• ·The brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin
• ·Joseph's silver cup tests the brothers; Judah intercedes
• ·Joseph reveals himself to his brothers
• ·Jacob learns that Joseph is alive
• ·God speaks to Israel at Beersheba before Egypt
• 1706 BCJacob's family enters Egypt
• 1706 BCJacob's household settles in Goshen