1657–2237 AM · 2104 BCE — 1524 BCE
The Patriarchs
41 events of Jewish history and world parallels.
1657 · 2104 BCELeaving the Ark1657 · 2104 BCEThe Rainbow and the Seven Noahide Laws1657 · 2104 BCEThe Sons of Noah and the Spread of the Nations1658 · 2103 BCEThe Line of Shem: Arpachshad, Ever, Peleg and the Division of the Earth1661 · 2100 BCEThe Ziggurat of Ur1667 · 2094 BCEThe Third Dynasty of Ur and Shulgi1691 · 2070 BCEThe Xia dynasty and Erlitou1706 · 2055 BCEThe Middle Kingdom1761 · 2000 BCEByblos and the cedar trade1761 · 2000 BCEMinoan Crete1788 · 1973 BCEThe Kingdom of Nimrod, the First Empire on Earth1867 · 1894 BCEThe Rise of Babylon1948 · 1813 BCEThe Birth of Abraham1961 · 1800 BCEMari and Its Archives1996 · 1765 BCEThe Tower of Babel, the Confusion of Tongues and the Furnace of Ur2006 · 1755 BCEThe Death of Noah2007 · 1754 BCEThe Code of Hammurabi2018 · 1743 BCEThe Covenant Between the Parts2023 · 1738 BCE"Lech Lecha": Arrival in Canaan and the Descent to Egypt2024 · 1737 BCEThe War of the Four Kings Against the Five and the Rescue of Lot2034 · 1727 BCEThe Birth of Ishmael2047 · 1714 BCEThe Covenant of Circumcision, the Visit at Mamre and the Destruction of Sodom2048 · 1713 BCEThe Birth of Isaac and the Sending Away of Hagar and Ishmael2085 · 1676 BCEThe Binding of Isaac and the Death of Sarah2088 · 1673 BCEThe Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca2108 · 1653 BCEThe Birth of Jacob and Esau2111 · 1650 BCEThe Hyksos in the Nile Delta2123 · 1638 BCEThe Death of Abraham and the Sale of the Birthright2161 · 1600 BCEThe Shang dynasty and oracle bones2161 · 1600 BCEThe Eruption of Thera2161 · 1600 BCEThe Hittite Kingdom2166 · 1595 BCEThe Kassites in Babylon2171 · 1590 BCEIsaac's Blessings, the Dream of the Ladder and Fourteen Years in the Academy of Shem and Ever2192 · 1569 BCEJacob's Marriage to Leah and Rachel2193 · 1568 BCEThe Birth of the Tribes of Israel and the Birth of Joseph2205 · 1556 BCEThe Return from Haran, the Struggle with the Angel and the Meeting with Esau2206 · 1555 BCEDinah and Shechem, the Return to Bethel and the Death of Rachel2211 · 1550 BCEExpulsion of the Hyksos and the New Kingdom2216 · 1545 BCEThe Selling of Joseph2228 · 1533 BCEThe Death of Isaac2229 · 1532 BCEJoseph Becomes Ruler of Egypt