1706 BC · Patriarchs

Jacob's family enters Egypt

Jacob came to Egypt with his household, seventy persons in all (Genesis 46:27), and stood before Pharaoh at 130 (Genesis 47:9), in 1706 BC. This closes the Patriarchs era.

📖 Genesis 46:1

1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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