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Abram's Life Year Chart Summarized

Compiled by D.M. Doede

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ABRAM'S LIFE YEAR CHART SUMMARIZED
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2114T1057Gn11T205 TerahAW303S44-02-01Terah the father of Abram died at 205 years old in Haran (fall?)11.32
T000 KenT075 AbrSpr/Sum?Abram at age 75 left for Canaan w/his wife, his nephew, and his household12.4-5
2115T001 CanT076 AbrT001HS44-02-02Abram arrives in Canaan at 76 years old(1)12.6-7
Abram sets up camp with Bethel (house of God) on the west and Ai (the ruins) on the east12.8
11 YEARS UNTIL NEXT LIFE DATED EVENT, 2138 ICB: events listed likely occurred between the life year dates but the timing is speculative
2116
2117T003 CanVW303Abram next moves on toward the Negev [south].12.9
2118T004 CanThe Egyptian Incident
Abram goes down to Egypt because of a severe famine in Canaan12.10
Abram does not tell Pharoah [great house] his beautiful 'sister' Sarai is also his wife12.11-13
Pharoah takes Sarai into his house and gives Abram livestock and servants12.14-16
YHWH strikes Pharoah's house with plagues because of Sarai12.17
Pharoah confronts Abram, ' tells him to take his wife and leave12.18-20
2119T005 CanT080 AbrReturn to Canaan
Going up from Egypt, Abram heads north to southern Canaan (the Negev); Lot is with him13.1
Abram passes thru southern Canaan and on to his previous camp/altar near Bethel13.2-3
2120
2121T007 CanAW304S44-03-01A Sticky Situation
G054Lot and Abram separate because they each have too much livestock to live on the same land13.5
Lot chooses kikar hayYardën [circle of the Jordan], settling near Sodom; Abram remains in Canaan13.6-12
2122T008 CanS44-03-02The Promise Reiterated
YHWH reiterates His promise to give the land to Abram and his descendents13.14-17
Abram moves to the oaks of Mamre at Hebron where he builds another altar to YHWH13.18
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2123T009 CanRebellion
Five local kings rebel against their overlord, Chedorlaomer of Elam, in the 13th year of Chedorlaomer's overlordship14.1-4
SpringWar of the Kings
14 ChedorChedorlaomer arrives in the area with his allies to deal with the rebellion and to clear out the giant clans14.5
Chedorlaomer and allies meet the kings of the plain in battle in the Valley of Siddim, 4 to 5, and defeat them14.8-10
Chedorlaomer and has allies ransack Sodom and Gomorrah, taking all goods and food as well as Abram's nephew Lot14.11-12
To the Rescue!
After learning of Lot's capture, Abram gathers a small army with his allies and defeats the four kings in Dan14.13-15
He brings back all the goods and Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and other captives.14.16
Meetings with Kings
Abram meets king of Sodom in the Valley of Shaveh (later called King's Valley)14.17
Melchizedek [king of righteousness] king of Salem, priest of God Most High blesses Abram; Abram gives him 1/10th of everything he brought back14.18-20
Abram refuses the King of Sodom's offer to take the goods, reserving only his allies' portion14.21-23
2124T010 CanT085 AbrT010HA Friendship Covenant(2)
VW304Nisan14?(3)YHWH cuts a blood covenant with Abram to give the land to Abram's bloodline descendents15.1-18
YHWH informs Abram that his seed will live in lands not their own for 400 years, during which time they will be oppressed, and they will return to this land in the fourth generation, but Abram will live to a good old age15.13-16
Not Waiting on YHWH: An Attempt for an Heir in the Flesh
After they had lived 10 years in the land, Sarai gives her Egyptian maid Hagar to Abram in the hopes of Hagar bearing a son and heir 16.1-3
A pregnant Hagar despises the barren Sarai and flees when Sarai treats her badly; Abram stays out of it16.4-6
The Compassion of YHWH
The Angel of YHWH finds Hagar by the spring on the way to Shur, telling her to return to Sarai, and to name her son Ishmael, promising many descendants for her son16.7-14
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2125T011 CanT086 AbrIshmael born to Abram at 86 years old by Hagar15-16
2126
2127T013 CanT568 ShemCainan dies at 433 years old (Septuagint) Masoretic years11:14
11 YEARS UNTIL NEXT LIFE YEAR DATED EVENT, 2138 ICB
2138T024 CanT099 AbrVW306S44-05-04Circumcision Covenant
T013 Ishm14 Nisan?YHWH reiterates His covenant promise to Abram that He will establish His covenant with Abram’s descendents and be their @Élöhîm (God) as well as give them the land of Canaan as their possession17.1-6
T089 Sarai@Élöhîm renames Abram '@Abraham' (father of many nations)17.5
@Élöhîm establishes circumcision as the covenant sign between Himself and Abram and his descendents17.9-13
@Élöhîm renames Sarai (my princess) to Sarah (princess). He will give Abram a son by Sarah, for she will be the mother of kings17.15-16
Abraham laughs at the idea that a 100 year old man and a 90 year old woman will have a child17.17
@Élöhîm refuses Ishmael as Abram's heir, reiterating that He will establish His covenant with Sarah's son Isaac17.18
Abraham takes Ishmael and all the servants born in his house or bought with his money and circumcises them17.23-26
17 Nisan?A Surprise Visit(4)
Visit by YHWH with 2 angels at oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day where they stop for a meal with Abram18.8
When YHWH mentions that Sarah will have a son by next spring, Sarah laughs & then denies doing so when confronted18.9-15
Time for Justice tempered by Mercy
YHWH says that the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin exceedingly grave18.16-21
Abraham pleads on behalf of any righteous living in those cities18.22
YHWH agrees to spare Sodom if 10 righteous men live there, after Abraham presses Him, starting with 50 righteous men18.22-32
Sodom failed the test
When he sees the two angels enter at the city gate, Lot invites them to stay with him and grows quite insistent until they accept19.1-3
The men of Sodom demand that Lot turn over his guests to them for rape19.4-5
Lot refuses and offers his virgin daughters to them instead19.6-8
The angels strike the men of Sodom blind when they try to take them by force19.9-11
18 Nisan?The rescue of Lot and his daughters, escaping to Zoar19.12-23
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone 19.24-25
Lot's wife turns into a pillar of salt when she looks back19.26
A Tragedy: What happened to Lot and his daughters
Lot and his daughters escape to the mountains and live in a cave19.29-30
His daughters deceive their father into impregnating them19.31-36
The Gerar incident
Abraham heads south, camping between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar (circle) where he introduces Sarah as his sister20.1-2
@Élöhîm afflicts Abimelech in dream because he had taken Sarah into his household20.3-7
Abimelech confronts Abram who explains that Sarah is his 'sister',(5) the daughter of his father but not his mother, as well as his wife20.8-13
@Élöhîm heals Abimelech's household at Abraham's prayer19.17-18
Tammuz?Sarah conceives Isaac21.2
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2139T025 CanT100 AbrS44-05-05Birth of Lot's sons by his daughters
Moab [water of a father] and Ammon [fellow countryman] born of Lot's daughters19.37-38
The Line of the Promise Continued
14 Nisan?Isaac [laughter] born to Abraham at 100 years old by Sarah 21.2-3
Gen 22: Isaac G22 Luke: Isaac/Yitschäq /IsaákLk3.34
Abraham circumcises Isaac at 8 days old21.4
17 YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT LIFE YEAR DATED EVENT, 2157 ICB: events listed likely occurred between the life year dates but the timing is speculative
2142Trouble in the Camp
Nisan?Abraham gives a feast on day Isaac weaned (at ?3)21.8
In defense of her son's inheritance, Sarah insists that Hagar and Ishmael at 17? leave when she sees Ishmael mocking Isaac21.9-10
@Élöhîm reassures Abraham that He will care for Ishmael but the boy must go21.11-13
Exiled!
Abraham reluctantly exiles Hagar and Ishmael from the camp21.14
Hagar and Ishmael lose their way and wander in the wilderness, running out of water21.14-16
@Élöhîm hears Ishmael crying and shows Hagar a well21.17-19
Ishmael and Hagar live in the wilderness of Paran21.20-21
Hagar takes a wife from Egypt for Ishmael; he has 12 sons21.21
Keeping the peace in Gerar
Abram and Abimelech make a covenant at Beersheba about wells21.22-33
Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines for many days, presumbly at Beersheba21.24
2152A Hard Test for Abraham(6)
VW30810 Nisan?@Élöhîm tests Abraham by telling him to take Isaac to the land of the Moriah and offer him up as a burnt offering22.1-2
14 Nisan?Abraham obeys but the Angel of the Lord stops his hand at the last second, citing Abraham's obedience22.3-12
YHWH @Élöhîm provides the sacrificial lamb in place of Isaac22.13
Abraham calls the name of the place, YHWH will see22.14
Proverb: In the mount of YHWH it will be seen
YHWH reiterates the covenant blessing of many descendents and the blessing of all the nations in his Seed because of Abraham's obedience22.15-18
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2157T043 CanT598 ShëmS45-01-02Shelah son of Cainan dies at 433 years old11:15
2158
2159T045 CanT120 AbrVW309S45-01-04Shem son of Noah dies at 600 years old11.11
Nisan 14??Or did the aborted sacrifice of Isaac take place when Isaac was 20 years old in the year Shem died?
17 YEARS UNTIL NEXT LIFE YEAR DATED EVENT, 2176 ICB: events listed likely occurred between the life year dates
Abraham hears that his brother Nahor has 12 sons and a granddaughter, Rebekah22.20-22
2176T062 CanT137 AbrS45-03-07Death and burial of Sarah
Sarah dies at 127 years old in Kiriath-arba (Hebron)23.1-2
Abraham buys the family burial cave of the field of Machpelah [winding, spiral] from Ephron the Hittite, at what is possibly an outrageous price23.3-20
2177AW312S45-04-01
2178T064 CanContinuing the Line of the Promise
Spring?Abraham sends his servant (Eleasar?)(7) to his relatives to find a wife for Isaac24.1-9
YHWH arranges everything in advance and the servant brings back Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, with her family's blessing24.10-61
2179T065 CanT140 AbrIsaac at 40 years old takes Rebekah as his wife25.19
19 YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT LIFE YEAR DATED EVENT, 2198 ICB: events listed likely occurred between the life year dates but timing is speculative
2180VW312Abraham takes another wife
At some point Abraham marries Keturah [fragrance] and has 6 sons25.1-6
2181And she bore to him Zimran [celebrated],
2182
2183and Jokshan [fowler], sons: Sheba [oath], Dedan [low], Asshurim [level plain],
2184T070 CanT070HAW313S45-05-01Letushim [oppressed], Leummim
2185and Medan [judgment],
2186
2187VW313and Midian [contention], sons: Ephah [obscurity], Epher [young deer], Hanoch [teacher],
2188Abida [father of knowledge], Eldaah [whom God called]
2189T150 Abrand Ishbak [free],
2190
2191AW314S45-06-01and Shuah [depression].
STORYICBLIFE YRSCLOCKSJUB CLOCKEVENTGENE
2198T084 CanT159 AvrAW315S45-07-01Finally -- Sons!
After 20 childless years, Isaac and Rebekah finally get pregnant with twins25.21
Rebekah inquires of YHWH why her babies fight in the womb25.22
YHWH tells her that 2 nations live in her womb; the older will serve the younger25.23
2199T085 CanT160 AbrS45-07-03The Line of the Promise Continued
T060 YitsEsau [hairy] and Jacob [supplanter] born to Isaac at 60 years old by Rebekah25.24–6
G23: Jacob G23: Luke: Jacob/Yaøáqöv/IakobLk3.34
15 YEARS UNTIL NEXT LIFE YEAR DATED EVENT, 2214 ICB: events listed likely occurred between the life year dates
Abraham insures that Isaac faces no competition from his other sons over the inheritance by sending his other sons away to the land of the east25.5-6
2214T100 CanT175 AbrT100HS46-02-03Death and burial of Abraham
Abraham dies at 175 years old; Twins at 15 years old25.7-10
Isaac and Ishmael bury Abraham with Sarah25.9-10
2215T101 CanT076 YitsVW317S46-02-04Go to Isaac/Jacob Table

FOOTNOTES (1) See “My Journey: First Question” for why Abram must have been 86 years old when he arrived in the land of Canaan.Return (2) This is just my name for this event b/c the ISBE describes the passing of the flame between the parts of the animals as a 'friendship covenant.'Return (3) There seems to be a pattern of major events in the Redemption of @adhäm storyline occurring on the day of the year that would be Nisan 14.Return (4) Christian interpretation is that this was the pre-Incarnate Christ. Two Powers in Heaven as discussed by Dr. Michael S. Heiser.Return (5) See essay 'A Question of Two Harans' for a discussion of Dr. Arthur Custance's hypothesis that Haran the father of Iscaah (Sarah) and Milcah was Terah's brother and not Terah's son. Sarah was therefore a parallel first cousin to Abram instead of his half-sister. Terah adopted his brother's children as part of a Levirate marriage with his brother's widow, making Sarah 'the daughter of Abraham's father but not of his mother.'Return (6) Scripture does not say how old Isaac was when this event occurred. I picked 13 years old because it was Ishmael's age when he was circumcised and it's the age at which a Jewish boy traditionally becomes a man.Return (7) Eleazar of Damascus was the servant whom Abraham named as his heir when he had no son; it seems likely that he would have been the oldest of Abraham's servants and in charge of all that Abraham owned, although I don't know why he is not named, if this was so.Return Return to ICB Menu Return to blog post


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