Text from Earth’s Sacred Calendar:
The Dated Events of the Old Testament
EIGHTEEN
The Post-Flood Patriarchs in the Book of Genesis
Birth of Arphaxad Until Jacob Joins Joseph
Saturday September 14 – Tishri 2, 2456 BC
To Sunday January 6 – Tevet 17, 1875 BC
580 Years and 114 Days
Sample of 118 Events: Genesis 10:1-46:34, & Job
Genesis 11:10-13; Luke 3:36
Birth of Arphaxad-Son of Shem
The birth of Arphaxad signals the birth of the first post-Flood Patriarch in the Book of Genesis. Arphaxad begins the line of Patriarchs that would end with the Biblical events found in Genesis involving Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph in Egypt. The DFC date for the birth of Arphaxad is one hundred years plus twenty days after the birth of his father, Shem. Arphaxad is the grandfather of Salah according to Luke 3:36. The birth of Arphaxad is the starting point of two hundred ninety DFC years and fifty-eight days until the birth of Abraham. Arphaxad is born two years after the DFC date of Methuselah’s death (Genesis 5:25-27). CD#332 is the DFC date for events happening between 2456 BC and 2452 BC. The dates for the birth and death of all the Patriarchs are given as DFC dates according the numbered years given in the text of Scripture.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 332
BR Years from Creation: 1658
BR: Saturday, September 14 — Tishri 2, 2456 BC
GH: Saturday, January 30 — Shevat 9, 2447 BC
Julian Day Number: 827705.75
Genesis 11:16; Luke 3:35
Birth of Peleg-Son of Eber
The DFC date for the birth of Peleg is thirty-four years plus six days after the birth of his father, Eber. Peleg is the father of Reu. It is estimated that the events of the Tower of Babel, recorded in Genesis 11:1-9, happened in the first half of Peleg’s life. CD#351 is the DFC date for events happening between 2361 BC and 2357 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 351
BR Years from Creation: 1757
BR: Thursday, October 3 — Tishri 21, 2357 BC
GH: Thursday, October 17 — Creation Day 3, 2349 BC
Julian Day Number: 863760.75
Genesis 11:1-9
The Tower of Babel
This is an estimated date for the events of the Tower of Babel during the life of Peleg and before the birth of Job. CD#360 is the DFC date for events happening between the years 2316 BC and 2312 BC.
Type of Dated Event: EDFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 360
BR Years from Creation: 1799
BR: Saturday, October 12 — Tishri 30, 2315 BC
GH: Saturday, September 4 — Elul 18, 2307 BC
Julian Day Number: 879057.75
Job 42:16
Birth of Job
This is the estimated DFC year of the birth of Job. Job lives for one hundred forty years after the events mentioned in the Book of Job. It is estimated that Job dies at about two hundred years old. Like all DFC and EDFC dates in the Bible Timeline, the Calendar Day Number (CD#1) is one-fifth of the number of completed years since Creation Day 3 of Creation Week. At this point in the Bible Timeline, one-fifth of the completed years since Creation Day 3 would be 365. Since there are only 364 Calendar Day Numbers, 364 must be subtracted resulting in CD#1 as the DFC date for this year. CD#1 is the DFC date for events happening between 2291 BC and 2287 BC.
Type of Dated Event: EDFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 1
BR Years from Creation: 1825
BR: Thursday, October 17 — Creation Day 4, 2290 BC
GH: Thursday, August 10 — Av 23, 2282 BC
Julian Day Number: 888162.75
Genesis 11:24; Luke 3:34
Birth of Terah-Son of Nahor
The DFC date for the birth of Terah is twenty-nine years plus six days after the birth of his father, Nahor. Terah is the father of Abraham. CD#12 is the DFC date for events happening between 2236 BC and 2232 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 12
BR Years from Creation: 1879
BR: Monday, October 28 — Heshvan 8, 2236 BC
GH: Monday, June 14 — Sivan 25, 2228 BC
Julian Day Number: 907829.75
Job 1:1-42:11
Estimate Date for the Book of Job
This estimated date for the main events in the Book of Job places these events about eighty-five years after the Tower of Babel and sixty-four years before the birth of Abraham. It is estimated that Job is about sixty years old and would live another one hundred forty years. CD#13 is the DFC date for events between 2231 BC and 2227 BC.
Type of Dated Event: EDFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 13
BR Years from Creation: 1885
BR: Tuesday, October 29 — Heshvan 9, 2230 BC
GH: Tuesday, June 8 — Sivan 19, 2222 BC
Julian Day Number: 910014.75
Genesis 11:26; Luke 3:34
Birth of Abraham-Son of Terah
The birth of Abraham begins a period of 290 DFC years plus 58 days until Jacob’s arrival in Egypt at the age of 130 to join Joseph. Abraham is born when his father, Terah, is 70 years old. Abraham is the father of Isaac. Many commentaries erroneously claim that Terah is 130 when Abraham is born. This 60 year error has gone often unchallenged since it was introduced by James Ussher in his 17th century dating of the events in Biblical and world history. Ussher’s error triggered a series of mathematical miscalculations in the start of the Babylonian Exile in 588 BC and the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in 515 BC. Even though most of Ussher’s dates prior to 454 BC have proven incorrect, these three main errors remain firmly entrenched in modern Bible chronology. Ussher’s calculation of the number of years from Creation until the birth of Jesus was 3,999. Instead, the correct number of solar years is 4,096 which are clearly stated in the Biblical text (See Exact Years Chart in Chapter 29). This error was the main stumbling block of subsequent attempts at calculating an accurate Bible chronology. The correction of this mathematical error was extremely difficult prior to the invention of the computer and an Excel spreadsheet. This Monday, November 11–Heshvan 22 date is also the birth date of Seth, the son of Adam, and King David. CD#26 is the DFC date for events between 2166 BC and 2162 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 26
BR Years from Creation: 1949
BR: Monday, November 11 — Heshvan 22, 2166 BC
GH: Monday, April 3 — Nisan 12, 2158 BC
Julian Day Number: 933323.75
Genesis 12:4-6
Abraham Leaves Haran at 75
When Abraham leaves his father in Haran at the age of 75, his Father Terah is 145 years old. Abraham’s wife Sarah is 65 years old at the time of this event. Terah would die 60 years later at the age of 205. Sarah would die two years after the death of Terah at the age of 127. At the death of Sarah, Abraham moves from Beersheba to Hebron in Canaan, clarifying the meaning of the text of Acts 7:2-4. Some Bible chronologies claim that Terah is dead when Abraham leaves Haran. This error causes some Bible historians to say Terah is 130 when Abraham is born instead of 70 as stated in the Biblical text.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 41
BR Years from Creation: 2024
BR: Tuesday, November 26 — Kislev 7, 2091 BC
GH: Tuesday, January 15 — Tevet 23, 2083 BC
Julian Day Number: 960638.75
Genesis 18:16-33
Angels Leave Abraham and Journey to Sodom
Abraham pleads to the Lord to spare the people of Sodom. When Sodom and other cities in the plains are destroyed, only Lot and his two daughters are saved. Lot is the son of Abraham’s older dead brother, Haran. When Abraham leaves Haran (city) at the age of 75, his father, Terah, stays in Haran. Haran is named after the deceased son of Terah.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 54
BR Years from Creation: 2048
BR: Monday, December 9 — Kislev 20, 2067 BC
GH: Monday, December 29 — Tevet 7, 2060 BC
Julian Day Number: 969387.75
Genesis 19:23-25
Sodom and the Cities of the Plains Destroyed
God destroys the cities of the Plains, described in Chapter 19 of Genesis. A modern day visitor to the summit of Masada can visually see the ruins of several of these white sulfur covered cities off in the distance.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 58
BR Years from Creation: 2048
BR: Friday, December 13 — Kislev 24, 2067 BC
GH: Friday, January 2 — Tevet 11, 2059 BC
Julian Day Number: 969391.75
Genesis 21:1-5; Luke 3:34
Birth of Isaac-Son of Abraham
The DFC date for the birth of Isaac is one hundred years plus twenty days after the birth of his father, Abraham. Isaac is the father of twins, Jacob and Esau. CD#46 is the DFC date for events happening between 2066 BC and 2062 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 46
BR Years from Creation: 2049
BR: Sunday, December 1 — Kislev 12, 2066 BC
GH: Sunday, December 20 — Kislev 28, 2059 BC
Julian Day Number: 969743.75
Genesis 11:24-32
Death of Terah-Son of Nahor at 205
The DFC date of the death of Terah is two hundred five years and forty-one days from his birth. Some Bible commentators mistakenly show Terah as having already died when Abraham leaves Haran at the age of 75, sixty years earlier. According to Scripture, Terah is 145 years old when Abraham leaves Haran. The city of Haran is named after Terah’s oldest son who had died in Ur of the Chaldeans according to Genesis 11:28.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 53
BR Years from Creation: 2084
BR: Sunday, December 8 — Kislev 19, 2031 BC
GH: Sunday, November 13 — Heshvan 21, 2024 BC
Julian Day Number: 982490.75
Genesis 23:1-20; Acts 7:2-4; Hebrews 11:8-10
Death of Sarah-Wife of Abraham at 127
The DFC date of the death of Sarah is one hundred twenty-seven years and twenty-five days from her birth. The accurate DFC dating of Sarah’s death and Abraham’s move to Hebron are extremely important dates in the study of Bible chronology. At the time of Sarah’s death in Hebron, Abraham was probably living in Beersheba, according to Genesis 21:33-34. It is not clear whether or not Beersheba was considered as part of Canaan or outside the border at this time in history. Genesis 23:19 makes it clear that Hebron is in Canaan when Abraham moves there at the time of Sarah’s death. The death of Sarah happens two years after the death of Abraham’s father, Terah. Terah had remained in Haran until his death sixty years after Abraham left the area of Haran. Abraham would remain in Hebron until his death, thirty-eight years later, at the age of 175. This dating of this event clarifies Acts 7:2-4 and Hebrews 11:8-10. These verses in the New Testament show that God moves Abraham to Canaan after the death of his father, Terah. CD#53 is the DFC date for events between 2031 BC and 2027 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 53
BR Years from Creation: 2086
BR: Sunday, December 8 — Kislev 19, 2029 BC
GH: Sunday, November 11 — Heshvan 19, 2022 BC
Julian Day Number: 983218.75
Genesis 25:24-26
Birth of Jacob and Esau-Sons of Isaac
Isaac is sixty years old and twelve days when his twin sons, Jacob and Esau are born. Jacob would be the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. Esau would be the ancestor of the Edomites. CD#58 is the DFC date for events happening between 2006 BC and 2002 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 58
BR Years from Creation: 2109
BR: Friday, December 13 — Kislev 24, 2006 BC
GH: Friday, October 18 — Creation Day 2, 1999 BC
Julian Day Number: 991595.75
Genesis 25:7-11
Death of Abraham-Son of Terah at 175
The DFC date of the death of Abraham is 175 years and 35 days from his birth. CD#61 is the DFC date for events happening between 1991 BC and 1987 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 61
BR Years from Creation: 2124
BR: Monday, December 16 — Kislev 27, 1991 BC
GH: Monday, October 2 — Tishri 17, 1984 BC
Julian Day Number: 997058.75
Genesis 25:17
Death of Ishmael-Son of Abraham at 137
The DFC date of the death of Ishmael is one hundred thirty-seven years and twenty-seven days from his birth.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 70
BR Years from Creation: 2172
BR: Wednesday, December 25 — Tevet 6, 1943 BC
GH: Wednesday, August 12 — Av 25, 1936 BC
Julian Day Number: 1014539.75
Genesis 27:1-40
Isaac Blesses Jacob While Trying to Bless Esau
Isaac at 137 tries to bless Esau, who is 77 years old, but blesses Jacob instead.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 73
BR Years from Creation: 2186
BR: Saturday, December 28 — Tevet 9, 1929 BC
GH: Saturday, July 29 — Av 11, 1922 BC
Julian Day Number: 1019638.75
Genesis 27:41-28:5
Isaac Sends Jacob Away to Find a Wife
Isaac sends Jacob away to protect him from Esau’s anger and reduce the chances of Jacob marrying a Canaanite woman. Jacob leaves for Haran to find a wife among the daughters of Laban.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 74
BR Years from Creation: 2186
BR: Sunday, December 29 — Tevet 10, 1929 BC
GH: Sunday, July 30 — Av 12, 1922 BC
Julian Day Number: 1019639.75
Genesis 29:15-30
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Jacob begins fathering his children even though the bridal payment will not be completely paid for another fourteen years.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 114
BR Years from Creation: 2186
BR: Friday, February 9 — Shevat 21, 1928 BC
GH: Friday, September 8 — Elul 22, 1922 BC
Julian Day Number: 1019679.75
Genesis 29:32
Birth of Reuben-First Son of Jacob
Reuben, first son of Jacob, is born to Leah when Jacob is seventy-eight DFC years old and two hundred thirty-eight days. This is an estimated date.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 296
BR Years from Creation: 2187
BR: Friday, August 9 — Av 25, 1927 BC
GH: Friday, March 7 — Adar 15, 1920 BC
Julian Day Number: 1020225.75
Genesis 30:19-20
Birth of Zebulun-Tenth Son of Jacob
Zebulun is born one year plus one day after Issachar, when Jacob is eighty-nine DFC years old, and is the sixth son born to Leah. It is important to note that this one year plus one day goes from December 30 of 1918 BC to January 1 of 1916 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 76
BR Years from Creation: 2198
BR: Tuesday, January 1 — Tevet 12, 1916 BC
GH: Tuesday, July 17 — Tammuz 28, 1910 BC
Julian Day Number: 1024009.75
Genesis 30:21
Birth of Dinah-First Daughter of Jacob
Dinah, the first daughter of Jacob, is born to Leah one year after Zebulun when Jacob is 90 DFC years old. Genesis 37:5 and 46:7 tells about other daughters born to Jacob.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 76
BR Years from Creation: 2199
BR: Tuesday, January 1 — Tevet 12, 1915 BC
GH: Tuesday, July 15 — Tammuz 28, 1909 BC
Julian Day Number: 1024373.75
Genesis 30:23-24
Birth of Joseph-First Son of Jacob and Rachel
Joseph is the first of two sons born to Rachel and Jacob’s favorite son. Joseph is the eleventh of Jacob’s sons. It is important to note that when Joseph and his brothers are born, the age of their father, Jacob is not mentioned. This is the first time that the age of the father is not mentioned, in the dating of the descendants in the sacred line of the Patriarchs, since the creation of Adam and Eve. From the events that occur at the time Jacob arrives in Egypt, it can be calculated from the text of Scripture that Jacob is 91 DFC years old when Joseph is born. Jacob would meet Pharaoh thirty-nine years later, when he and his sons would join Joseph in Egypt. The footnotes in the MacArthur Study Bible accurately date this event in 1914 BC. This research states that the DFC date of this event is Tuesday, January 1–Tevet 12 in 1914 BC on the 364-Day calendar consistent with Scripture. This date is exactly 2,200 years from the first January 1 date in 4114 BC.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 76
BR Years from Creation: 2200
BR: Tuesday, January 1 — Tevet 12, 1914 BC
GH: Tuesday, July 14 — Tammuz 25, 1908 BC
Julian Day Number: 1024737.75
Genesis 31:1-21, 38-41
Jacob Leaves Laban
Jacob takes his family and livestock after serving Laban for twenty years and heads for Canaan. Jacob is ninety-seven DFC years old at this point in this Patriarch’s history.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 77
BR Years from Creation: 2206
BR: Wednesday, January 2 — Tevet 13, 1908 BC
GH: Wednesday, July 8 — Tammuz 19, 1902 BC
Julian Day Number: 1026922.75
Genesis 31:22-23
Laban Pursues Jacob on Third Day
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 80
BR Years from Creation: 2206
BR: Saturday, January 5 — Tevet 16, 1908 BC
GH: Saturday, July 11 — Tammuz 22, 1902 BC
Julian Day Number: 1026925.75
Genesis 32:22-32
Jacob Wrestles With an Angel at Peniel
Jacob sends his family across the Jabbok stream at night. Jacob is left alone to wrestle with an Angel and is given the name Israel. The Angel of the Lord that wrestles with Jacob is believed by many to be the pre-incarnate Lord Jesus Christ. After this event, Jacob walks with a limp to remind him and future generations of this event at Peniel.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 96
BR Years from Creation: 2206
BR: Monday, January 21 — Shevat 3, 1908 BC
GH: Monday, July 27 — Av 3, 1902 BC
Julian Day Number: 1026941.75
Genesis 35:16-19
Birth of Benjamin-Twelfth Son of Jacob
Benjamin, the second son born to Rachel, is the twelfth son of Jacob. At this point in time, Jacob is one hundred and five years old. According to Genesis 30:24, the birth of Benjamin is an answered prayer by Rachel at the birth of Joseph, her first son.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 240
BR Years from Creation: 2214
BR: Friday, June 13 — Sivan 28, 1900 BC
GH: Friday, December 9 — Kislev 17, 1894 BC
Julian Day Number: 1029997.75
Genesis 37:12-36
Joseph at 17 is Taken to Egypt
On Tuesday, January 1−Tevet 12, 1897 BC, Joseph is with his father Jacob at their home in Hebron in the land of Canaan. Jacob and his family had moved from Bethel to Hebron two-and-a-half-years earlier after the death of Jacob’s wife, Rachel. Rachel died giving birth to Jacob’s youngest son, Benjamin just outside of Bethlehem. This event is described in Genesis 35:16-19. Benjamin was the only younger brother of Joseph who was also born to Rachel. Joseph had recently told his father and brothers about a dream in which his older brothers and “the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me”, as recorded in Genesis 37:5-10. Joseph had previously brought back a negative report about his brothers to his father Jacob. Jacob had seemingly rewarded him with a tunic of many colors and showed obvious favoritism to Joseph (Genesis 37:3). Jacob seemed to ignore the obvious hostility and resentment toward Joseph by his older brothers. Verse 12 tells us that Jacob had sent the other brothers off to Shechem, about 40 miles away, to feed one of their flocks of sheep. Jacob decides to send Joseph to check on his brothers and bring him back a report. This was a decision that Jacob would regret but was obviously part of God’s plan to move Jacob and his family to Egypt 22 years later. Two days later, Joseph arrived in Shechem but his brothers are not where he expected to find them. Verses 15-17 tell of a man who found Joseph wandering in a field at Shechem. Many think this man may have been an angel or messenger sent from God to direct Joseph to his brothers who had moved the flocks to Dothan, about ten miles away.
The move to Dothan was very important since this put Joseph’s brothers in view of the trading routes between Gilead and Egypt. On the DFC date of Friday, January 4 at the age of seventeen, Joseph found his brothers feeding the flocks at Dothan. As soon as his brothers saw him coming, they began to plan his demise. When Joseph’s oldest brother Reuben heard his brothers plan to kill Joseph, he suggested they just put Joseph in an empty pit or well. Verse 21 tells how Reuben’s plan was to put Joseph in a pit and then come back later to rescue him and take him to his father. The brothers grabbed Joseph and removed his beautiful multicolored tunic given to him as a special gift from their father, Jacob. They threw him into an empty pit with no water. This was probably a dry well. Verse 25 tells how the brothers sat down to eat a meal after Joseph was in the pit and Reuben was apparently not present at that moment. The brothers saw a caravan of Midianite traders passing by and at Judah’s suggestion sold Joseph into slavery. Midianites are also called Ishmaelites in verse twenty-five since they are mixed descendants of Ishmael or Abraham through his wife, Keturah described in Genesis 25:1-2. Joseph was sold into slavery for twenty shekels of silver. The buying and selling of slaves was a common practice at this time in history among many non-Hebrew people.
Under Mosaic law at the time of the Exodus, 452 years later, kidnapping and selling an Israelite was punishable by the death penalty, according to Exodus 21:16 and Deuteronomy 24:7. By 30 AD, the cost of a slave had only risen to thirty pieces of silver. This is the amount that Judas, one of the twelve chosen disciples of Jesus, received for betraying Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Joseph was taken to Egypt and sold to Potiphar, “an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard”, as recorded in Verse 36. When Reuben came back to rescue Joseph from the pit, he was very grieved to find out that Joseph had been sold into slavery. He probably joined in the cover up since he would have been held responsible by his father since he was the oldest. The brothers killed a “kid of the goats” (Verse 31) and dipped the colorful tunic of Joseph into the young goat’s blood. They brought this to their father who identified the tunic as belonging to Joseph. Jacob assumed, from the evidence presented that his son Joseph was dead. It is interesting to note that Jacob was deceived by his sons, in a similar way that he deceived his father, Isaac, to steal the inheritance from Esau, as described in Genesis 27:18-19. Both stories involve the use of a freshly killed young goat in the deception. This might explain why Jacob does not seem very upset with his sons when he later finds out that Joseph is alive and he had been previously deceived by his sons. It would be twenty-two years later that Jacob would see Joseph in Egypt. At this point in history, Jacob is 108 years old.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 79
BR Years from Creation: 2217
BR: Friday, January 4 — Tevet 15, 1897 BC
GH: Friday, June 27 — Tammuz 8, 1891 BC
Julian Day Number: 1030928.75
Genesis 37:36
Joseph is Sold to Pharaoh’s Officer Potiphar
It is estimated that shortly after Joseph is taken to Egypt, his older brother, Judah, leaves to visit Hirah, an Adulamite. After arriving in Egypt, Joseph is sold to Potiphar who is an officer of the Egyptian Pharaoh and captain of the guard. About thirteen years later, the Egyptian Pharaoh would appoint Joseph to be the most powerful man in Egypt. History says Joseph is given the name Zaphenath-paneah and marries Potiphar’s daughter.
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 110
BR Years from Creation: 2217
BR: Monday, February 5 — Shevat 17, 1897 BC
GH: Monday, July 28 — Av 10, 1891 BC
Julian Day Number: 1030959.75
Genesis 41:37-57
Joseph Becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
Joseph is thirty DFC years old when he becomes Prime Minister of Egypt.
Type of Dated Event: DFC
BR Calendar Day Number: 82
BR Years from Creation: 2230
BR: Monday, January 7 — Tevet 18, 1884 BC
GH: Monday, June 14 — Sivan 25, 1878 BC
Julian Day Number: 1035663.75
Genesis 43:15-34
Joseph’s Brothers Arrive With Benjamin
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 32
BR Years from Creation: 2239
BR: Sunday, November 17 — Heshvan 28, 1876 BC
GH: Sunday, April 13 — Nisan 24, 1869 BC
Julian Day Number: 1038889.75
Genesis 46:28-34
Jacob Meets Joseph in Egypt
Type of Dated Event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 81
BR Years from Creation: 2239
BR: Sunday, January 6 — Tevet 17, 1875 BC
GH: Sunday, June 1 — Sivan 14, 1869 BC
Julian Day Number: 1038938.75