Genesis--Chronology and Genealogy
It is interesting that genealogy runs through the father, which gives the line a community sense, since biologically speaking one can always be sure who the mother is, but (without DNA etc.) you can't be sure who the father is [Jacobs].
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0 |
Adam & Eve, created by God |
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Cain & Abel, sons of Adam and Eve |
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Enoch, son of Cain and his wife |
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Irad, son of Enoch |
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Mehujael, son of Irad |
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Methushael, son of Mehujael |
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Lamech, son of Methushael |
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Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah, father of those who live in tents and raise livestock, and Jubal, his brother, father of those who play the harp and flute. |
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Tubal-Cain and Naamah, son and daughter of Lamech and Zillah |
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130 |
Seth, third son of Adam and Eve |
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235 |
Enosh, son of Seth |
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325 |
Kenan, son of Enosh |
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395 |
Mahalalel, son of Kenan |
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460 |
Jared, son of Mahalalel |
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622 |
Enoch, son of Jared |
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687 |
Methuselah, son of Enoch |
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874 |
Lamech, son of Methuselah |
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930 |
Other children of Adam and Eve, 130-900. Adam dies. |
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987 |
Other children of Enoch, 687-987. Enoch taken away by God. |
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1042 |
Other children of Seth, 235-1042. Seth dies. |
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1056 |
Noah, son of Lamech |
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1140 |
Other children of Enosh, 325-1140. Enosh dies. |
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1235 |
Other children of Kenan, 395-1235. Kenan dies. |
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1290 |
Other children of Mahalalel, 460-1290. Mahalalel dies. |
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1422 |
Other children of Jared, 622-1422. Jared dies. |
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1556 |
Noah starts having children (Shem, Ham, and Japheth). |
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1558 |
Shem, son of Noah |
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1651 |
Other children of Lamech, 1056-1651. Lamech dies. |
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1656 |
Other children of Methuselah, 874-1656. Methuselah dies. THE FLOOD. |
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1657 |
Noah and his sons and their wives come out of the ark. |
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1658 |
Arphaxad, son of Shem |
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1693 |
Shelah, son of Arphaxad (Septuagint chronology diverges at this point--add 130 years) |
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1723 |
Eber, son of Shelah |
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1757 |
Peleg, son of Eber |
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1787 |
Reu, son of Peleg |
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1819 |
Serug, son of Reu |
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1849 |
Nahor, son of Serug |
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1878 |
Terah, son of Nahor |
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1948 |
Terah begins having children: Abram [assume he's first], Nahor, and Haran. |
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1958 |
Sarai. |
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1996 |
Other children of Peleg, 1787-1996. Peleg dies. |
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1997 |
Other children of Nahor, 1878-1997. Nahor dies. |
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Canaan, son of Ham. Other descendants of Japheth and Ham. |
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2006 |
Noah dies. |
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2023 |
Abram leaves Haran (where Terah will die) and goes to Canaan (2024). |
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2026 |
Other children of Reu, 1819-2026. Reu dies. |
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2034 |
Ishmael, son of Abram and Hagar. |
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2047 |
God visits Abram and changes his name to Abraham. Mass circumcision. Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham and Sarah in Gerar. |
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2048 |
Moab and Ben-ammi, sons of Lot with his daughters. |
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2049 |
Other children of Serug, 1849-2049. Serug dies. |
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2083 |
Terah dies in Haran. (Binding of Isaac follows this?) |
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2085 |
Sarah dies in Kiriath-arba in Canaan. Abraham buys some Hittite land. Isaac meets Rebekah. (Nahor has since founded his own city? Which Nahor is the god of Nahor the god of, in 31:53?) |
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2088 |
Isaac marries Rebekah. |
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2096 |
Other children of Arphaxad, 1693-2096. Arphaxad dies. |
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2108 |
Jacob and Esau, twins of Isaac and Rebekah. |
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2123 |
Other children of Abraham, via Keturah, 2085-2123. Abraham dies. |
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2126 |
Other children of Shelah, 1723-2126. Shelah dies. |
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2148 |
Esau marries Judith (daughter of Beeri and Basemath, herself daughter of Elon), and then later, Adah (daughter of Elon the Hittite); Mahalath (daughter of Ishmael); Oholibamah (daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon the Horite); Basemath (daughter of Ishmael), if we believe 26:34, 28:9, and 36:2-3. |
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2158 |
Other children of Shem, 1658-2158. Shem dies. |
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2171 |
12 sons of Ishmael, about 2050-2171, and Mahalath. Ishmael dies. |
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2187 |
Other children of Eber, 1757-2187. Eber dies. |
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Jacob goes to Haran, works seven years, marries Leah, marries Rachel, works seven more years, then serves six or seven more years, hanging out through the births of lots of children and generations of flocks. Jacob through Leah has Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. Jacob through Bilhah has Dan and Naphtali. Jacob through Zilpah has Gad and Asher. Jacob through Rachel has Joseph and Benjamin. Dinah (by Shechem son of Hamor) raped. (ca. 2148-2228, probably 2187-2228) |
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2228 |
Isaac dies. Jacob/Israel back in Canaan. |
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2238 |
Jacob/Israel in Egypt. |
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2255 |
Jacob/Israel near death in Egypt (dies?). |
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Joseph dies at age 110. After this point the years are unavailable(?) |
SONS OF NOAH
Japheth's Descendants:
Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meschech, Tiras, Gomer. Gomer's sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah; Javan's sons were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim/Dodanim (the maritime peoples).
Ham's Descendants:
Cush, whose sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Sabteca, Nimrod (the warrior) and Raamah (father of Sheba and Dedan); Mizraim [Egypt] (father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, Pathrusites, Casluhites [whence the Philistines], Caphtorites); Put; and Canaan (father of Sidon/Sidonians and then the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, Hamathites).
Shem's Descendants:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad (father of Shelah, the father of Eber), Lud, Aram (father of Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech/Mash)
Noah--Shem--Arphaxad--[Cainan (Septuagint)]--Shelah--Eber: Eber's sons: Peleg and Joktan (father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, Jobab).
Terah's Descendants:
Abram (marries Sarai), Haran (father of Lot and Milcah and Iscah [if both Harans in 11:27-30 are the same]), Nahor (marries Milcah). Abram is in the line of Terah, Peleg, and Shem.
Ishmael, who has twelve sons, in this order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedmah. Also Mahalath and Basemath (if 36:3 isn't confused with 26:34 and 28:9).
Zimran, Medan, Midian (begets Ephah, Epher, Enoch/Hanoch, Abida, Eldaah), Ishbak, Shuah, Jokshan. Jokshan begets Sheba and Dedan. Dedan begets the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
Uz, then Buz and Kemuel (father of Aram), and Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel. Nahor and his concubine Reumah also have four children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Bethuel's Descendants:
Rebekah (marries Isaac) and Laban (hangs out in Paddan-aram, Isaac thinks, or in Haran, Rebekah thinks). Laban has sons, and two daughters: Rachel and Leah.
Esau's Descendants, the Edomites:
Through Adah, Eliphaz; through Basemath, Reuel; through Oholibamah, Jeush and Jalam and Korah.
Eliphaz's: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz; through Timna, Amalek; the clan of Korah [probably wrong].
Reuel's: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah.
Other clans of Esau not yet mentioned: (Timna), Alvah, Jetheth, (Oholibamah), Elah, Pinon, Mibzar, Magdiel, Iram.
Seir the Horite's [ancestry unknown] sons: Lotan (had Hori and Hemam), Shobal (had Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, Onam), Zibeon (had Aiah and Anah), Anah (had Dishon and Oholibamah, wife of Esau), Dishon (had Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, Cheran), Ezer (had Bilhan, Zaavan, Akan), Dishan (had Uz, Aran); also a daughter Timna (concubine of Esau).
The kings of Edom: Bela, Jobab, Husham, Hadad, Samlah, Saul/Shaul, Baal-hanan, Hadar.
Lots more descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel after this point.