In the garden of Eden, originally there was liberty without oppression.
Adam was created in the image of God. Male and female created He them.
There was liberty and life and order.
Then sin and death entered through the curse.
The curse resulted from Adam willfully chosing to disobey God.
Eve was deceived, but Adam knew what he was doing.
That's where the trouble started.

Adam no longer could walk and talk with God like he did before the fall.
Sin had brought its curse and with it, death.
Adam was now spiritually dead to God. His spirit died. The Spirit God gave him was no longer with him because of his wilful sin.

For science research and explanations for the long life of people in those days, please refer to the creation science websites such as are referenced in the index of this site.

In brief summary those sites suggest some of the reasons for longer life before the flood were:
1. More oxygen in the air as measured in some fossils where air was trapped.
2. More minerals in the ground, before depletion from farming for thousands of years.
3. Atmosphere was more perfect in blocking harmful radiation from the sun causing dna break-down.
4. Stronger magnetic field on the earth, perhaps helping bio-chemical functions in some way. Going back to the first generation of people,
there has been people hurting other people
trying to get their way.

But let's just start at the beginning.....

4000 B.C. approximately
In the beginning God..... Genesis 1:1

Much text here has been copied from http://www.abiblestudy.com/index.html
I have emailed for permission to reproduce here, and I invite you to read the whole context at that site.
It is a wonderful study. Worthy of any good home library. 3979 B.C.
Cain and Able, the first murder in history, Genesis 4:1-16

Sin abounded and offspring grew worse and worse in their ways and how they treated each other.

2344 BC
The Flood
(see 2nd Peter 3:1-9)The world has not gone on the same for all its years.
There was one terrible flood which caused the change of many things.
Before the flood there was no rain.
At the time of that flood, the waters came from within the earth and from above the earth
to literally flood the earth with waters, and forever change the way the earth was.
Before that time, moisture in the atmosphere allowed for a much heavier barometric pressure
and with it, and the vegetation, a much higher oxygen content. That oxygen content has been measured by air trapped inside fossilized wax. See creation science sites for details of evidence.

The layers of sediment from this great flood are what trapped the animals and caused many of the fossils we see today. The fossil layers around the earth vary greatly in what they contain at each level, and that is due to the rampages of receding flood waters, not slow evolution of billions of years as some say.

And this scripture in Second Peter Chapter Three explains that in the last days many will be willfully ignorant ( they will choose to ignore the truth), and they will just measure things as though no flood ever happened. By denying the flood and its consequences, they mis-understand what they see.

Some physicists have agreed that even the Grand Canyon is more easily explained by the rampages of a grand flood on a world scale than by slow grinding over millions of years. (ref:xxxxx)
These stories of the flood were told from generation to generation. And as peoples moved apart and the continents drifted apart, it is clear how the stories took different forms. But the creation story and the flood story is recorded in the history of peoples scattered around the earth. (Ref:xxxxxx) I hope you will not be one who chooses to remain ignorant, willfully ignorant of Noah and the flood, and how it changed the world.

Only after the flood was there a rainbow.

After the flood, as the earth further deteriorated from exposure to the sun, the life-span began decreasing.
More radiation got through because the canopy of water which had surrounded the earth was used to flood the earth. What had protected became what destroyed because of all the sin that was abounding. Yes, things were very different before the flood. Higher oxygen content, less radiation, more vegetation, and many other things.


Methuselah died at the age of 969. [Gen 5:26]
George Smith, of the British Museum, found in 1872,
the tablets from the Library of King Assur-banipal at Nineveh,
accounts of the Flood curiously parallel to the Bible account,
which had been copied from tablets dating back to the First Dynasty of Ur,
a period about midway between the Flood and Abraham...
In these tablets
   these expressions repeatedly appear --
'The Flood,' 'the age before the Flood,' 'inscriptions of the time before the Flood.'
Source: Halley's Bible Handbook, by H.H.Halley; Zondervan Publishing Co.; Copyright 1965; pp. 76; 328

17 May 2344 BC In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the 2nd month, the 17th day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. On the very same day Noah, Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's wife and his sons three wives with them, entered the ark with two of every animal and bird. God shut the door of the ark, and the Flood began. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed 15 cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth and every man.... Only Noah and those with him in the ark remained alive. [Gen 7:11-23]

The dimensions of the Ark allow for it's volume to equal that of 569 railroad box cars.

2344 BC marks the end of the Antediluvian age, it lasted 1,656 years. These people were not stupid cave men. They built ships; ruled cities; farmed the land; tended herds; and created music. They had fire; ate; walked; talked; married; danced and sang. They created extravagant gold, silver and lapis lazuli jewelry; bowls of alabaster, objects of art; and weapons. They had language and writing. From Adam to Noah each person had many children, who in turn had many children. This was a huge population that disappeared. Is it possible that the Pre-Flood Age represents Atlantis referred to by Plato... that "sank beneath the sea" 10,000 years before his time? You never know.

2349 BC Lamech died at the age of 777. [Gen 5:31] Assur-banipal, king of Babylon (c. 1364-1368 BC), recorded that he "loved to read the writings of the age before the Flood." He referred to "inscriptions of the time before the Flood.".... Each person had their own seal. Seals were carved by delicate saws or drills on small pieces of stone or metal. In use they were impressed on clay tablets, while the clay was yet soft. The people of the antediluvian age were not ignorant cavemen, their seals and writings have been found under the Flood layer in Ur (modern Kuwait) ie., the "Temptation Seal" was found near Babylon, portraying in pictures exactly what Genesis says in words. It shows a tree, on the left side a man, the right side a woman plucking fruit, and behind her a serpent. Source: Halley's Bible Handbook, by H.H.Halley; Zondervan Publishing Co.; Copyright 1965; p. 44 Jesus said, "For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not understand until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." [Mat 24:38-39]

27 June 2344 BC
God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. [Gen 8:1-3] Three things were let loose creating this flood... (1) fountains of the great deep (2) windows of heaven, and (3) 40 days and night of torrential rain. (17 May plus 40 days/40 nights = 27 June 2344)

17 October 2344 BC The waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days then began to decrease. In the 7th month, on the 17th day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. [Gen 7:24; 8:4] It has been 5 months since the flood began - 17 May plus 150 days = 17 October 2344 (150 ÷ 30 days = 5 months) -- Mount Ararat is in Eastern Turkey (Old Armenia). "There are two main mountains. Great Ararat has an altitude of 16,946 feet (5,169 m) above sea level; 7 miles (11 km) southeast, Little Ararat is 12,877 feet (3,928 m) above sea level. Both are symmetrical, cone-shaped volcanoes composed of alternating layers of lava and ash. Because of the lack of water, the area is relatively barren and uninhabited. From medieval accounts, the Ararat region was a beautiful, forest-clad mountain with many human settlements and abundant wildlife; however, deforestation, overgrazing, and a destructive earthquake in 1840 have severely impacted the area." Source: - http://worldroom.tamu.edu/mideast/photos/064-80-087.html

17 October 2344 BC The waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days then began to decrease. In the 7th month, on the 17th day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. [Gen 7:24; 8:4] It has been 5 months since the flood began - 17 May plus 150 days = 17 October 2344 (150 ÷ 30 days = 5 months) -- Mount Ararat is in Eastern Turkey (Old Armenia). "There are two main mountains. Great Ararat has an altitude of 16,946 feet (5,169 m) above sea level; 7 miles (11 km) southeast, Little Ararat is 12,877 feet (3,928 m) above sea level. Both are symmetrical, cone-shaped volcanoes composed of alternating layers of lava and ash. Because of the lack of water, the area is relatively barren and uninhabited. From medieval accounts, the Ararat region was a beautiful, forest-clad mountain with many human settlements and abundant wildlife; however, deforestation, overgrazing, and a destructive earthquake in 1840 have severely impacted the area." Source: - http://worldroom.tamu.edu/mideast/photos/064-80-087.html 1 January 2344 BC The waters decreased continually until the 10th month. In the 10th month, on the 1st day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. [Gen 8:5] Noah and his family have been on the ark for 8 months and 14 days. The tops of Mt Ararat were seen. Actually there are two mountains... Great Ararat and Little Ararat.

11 February 2344 BC At the end of the 40 days, Noah opened the window and sent out a raven which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth, He also sent out a dove, to see if the waters had abated from the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. [Gen 8: 7-11] It is now 9 months and 10 days since the flood began -- The Bible clearly states that the Flood covered the whole earth, it was not just a local flood as some believe.

18 February 2344 BC At the end of 7 more days, Noah sent out the dove again, and it returned in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth. [Gen 8:10] It is now 9 months and 17 days since the flood began

25 February 2344 BC After another 7 days, Noah sent out the dove, and it didn't return. [Gen 8:12] It is now 9 months and 24 days since the flood began.

1 April 2343 BC And it came to pass in the 601st year of Noah's life, in the 1st month, the 1st day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. [Gen 8:13] The flood is finally over for Noah and his family after 11 months and 14 days. Actually we have no idea on what date a new year began in the antediluvian age. However, in Exodus 12:2... God made it law that April would be the 1st month of the Jewish year, so this is the date I have used for all calculations here... accurately or inaccurately assuming it is the date He prefers for this time in history as well. Noah 601 / Shem 98 / Ham 97 / Japheth 96

Archaeological Significance of the Flood The Genesis account of the Flood of Noah is quite explicit. It describes the Flood as more than a local flood, more even than a regional catastrophe; suffice it to say that the Hebrew word used in the original text means "cataclysm" and is applied only to the Genesis flood. It is clear that this year-long flood was not only worldwide, but one which produced dramatic desolation. Indeed, it must have been a world-restructuring event. So great was its force, that in all likelihood even Noah would not have been able to recognize his former homeland. It is very unlikely that any vestiges of the pre-flood civilizations survived, at least in any recognizable form. Noah's Ark, therefore, constitutes the one remaining archaeological link to the world before the Flood. No other major antediluvian artifact is ever likely to be found. Source: - http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-022.html

Creation scientists believe the great coal deposits of the world are the transported and metamorphosed remains of the extensive vegetation of the antediluvian world. This catastrophic interpretation is further supported by the presence of polystrate fossils in coal beds which indicate rapid formation. Also, the type of plants involved and the texture of these deposits testify of turbulent waters, not a stagnant swamp. ... human skeletons and artifacts, such as intricately structured gold chains, have been found in coal deposits. In Genesis 4 we learn that metal-working was already highly developed; Tubalcain was an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron. Source: - http://www.chick.com/reading/books/174/evolvex.htm Source: - http://www.wyattarchaeology.com/noah.html (Noah's Ark)

2343 B.C. - 1446 B.C.

Post-Flood Age

Noahic Covenant
27 May 2343 BC
In the 2nd month, on the 27th day of the month, the earth was dry. God told Noah to leave the ark. Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma. The Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease." God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. "It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth." [Gen 8-17] "The fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood." [Gen 9:3] Man is told he can now eat meat.

"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed. For in the image of God He made man." [Gen 9:5-6] This is a clear reference advocating the death penalty for 1st degree murder.

God promised never again to destroy the earth with a flood. The rainbow is His sign to us of this covenant with Noah and his descendants. "While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night shall not cease." Noah 601 / Shem 98/ Ham 97 / Japheth 96

2342 BC
Cush was the firstborn son of Ham at the age of 98 [Gen 10:6]

2242 BC Peleg was born to Eber at the age of 34. The earth was divided in his day. [Gen 11:16; 1 Chr 1:19] It is now 101 years after the Flood. The Bible says the earth was divided... not language confused or people scattered... this is possibly when the seven continents were created. Peleg had a brother named Joktan. [Gen 10:25] Noah 702 / Shem 199 / Arphaxad 99 / Salah 64 / Eber 34


Nimrod born to Cush. [Gen 10:6-8]
There is no mention in the Bible as to when Cush was born, or the age of Cush when Nimrod was born.
It is possible that Cush (1st born) was born to Ham shortly after the Flood.
The beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel, Erech, Acad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar, and also Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen in Assyria (modern Iraq)." He and his people began building the Tower of Babel (the Ziggurant) in Babylon. Worshiped in these cities were 4 main gods, (1) heaven-god, An, (2) air-god, Enlil, (3) water-god, Enki, and (4) great mother goddess, Ninhursag. In addition to these there were 3 important astral gods, (1) mood-god, Nanna (also called Sin), (2) the sun god, Utu, and (3) Inanna, Queen of Heaven, known to the Semites as Ishtar (from whom comes our word Easter), and her husband Drumuzi (Tammuz). God said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them." He then confused their language and scattered them all over the face of the earth [Gen 11:1-9].

It is curious that in the late 20th century we are again attempting to build our tower of Babel in the guise of the New World Order... global unity. Nebuchadnezzar's Inscription
Source: The Sumarians: Their History, Culture, and Character; by Samuel Noah Kramer; The University of Chicago Press; copyright 1963; pp. 44-45; 118

"... One of the grandsons of Noah is Cush and he was plotting a one-world government and building a tower to heaven in rebellion to God. And he is married to the most beautiful woman in the world or so the legend goes. Her name is Semiramis and she is the original mother of all the fertility goddesses, she is Isis, Diana, Artemis and all of the other goddesses throughout history they all are this woman Semiramis. Cush and Semiramis had a son.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD:
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar".
Source: http://momentin.com/revstudy/chap02pergamos.html#pergamos Noah 702 / Shem 199 / Arphaxad 99

2212 BC
Reu was born to Peleg at the age of 30. [Gen 11:20]

2242 BC
The earth is divided into its parts in the days of Peleg
Peleg was born to Eber at the age of 34. The earth was divided in his day. [Gen 11:16; 1 Chr 1:19]
It is now 101 years after the Flood. The Bible says the earth was divided... not language confused or people scattered... this is possibly when the seven continents were created. Peleg had a brother named Joktan. [Gen 10:25] Noah 702 / Shem 199 / Arphaxad 99 / Salah 64 / Eber 34

Tower of Babel, and confusion of speech

Nimrod , the mighty archer, born to Cush. [Gen 10:6-8]
There is no mention in the Bible as to when Cush was born, or the age of Cush when Nimrod was born. It is possible that Cush (1st born) was born to Ham shortly after the Flood. The beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel, Erech, Acad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar, and also Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen in Assyria (modern Iraq)." He and his people began building the Tower of Babel (the Ziggurant) in Babylon. Worshiped in these cities were 4 main gods, (1) heaven-god, An, (2) air-god, Enlil, (3) water-god, Enki, and (4) great mother goddess, Ninhursag. In addition to these there were 3 important astral gods, (1) mood-god, Nanna (also called Sin), (2) the sun god, Utu, and (3) Inanna, Queen of Heaven, known to the Semites as Ishtar (from whom comes our word Easter), and her husband Drumuzi (Tammuz). God said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them." He then confused their language and scattered them all over the face of the earth [Gen 11:1-9]. It is curious that in the late 20th century we are again attempting to build our tower of Babel in the guise of the New World Order... global unity. Nebuchadnezzar's Inscription
Source: The Sumarians: Their History, Culture, and Character; by Samuel Noah Kramer; The University of Chicago Press; copyright 1963; pp. 44-45; 118

"... One of the grandsons of Noah is Cush and he was plotting a one-world government and building a tower to heaven in rebellion to God. And he is married to the most beautiful woman in the world or so the legend goes. Her name is Semiramis and she is the original mother of all the fertility goddesses, she is Isis, Diana, Artemis and all of the other goddesses throughout history they all are this woman Semiramis. Cush and Semiramis had a son. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar". Source: http://momentin.com/revstudy/chap02pergamos.html#pergamos
Noah 702 / Shem 199 / Arphaxad 99

2212 BC Reu was born to Peleg at the age of 30. [Gen 11:20] Noah 732 / Shem 229 / Arphaxad 129 / Salah 94 / Eber 64

2121 BC
Terah was born to Nahor I, at the age of 29. [Gen 11:24]
Terah lived in the city of Ur, in the land of Shinar (near modern Kuwait). He worshiped the moon-god Nanna (also called Sin) [Josh 24:2].
Noah 823 / Shem 320 / Arphaxad 220 / Salah 185 / Eber 155 / Peleg 121 / Reu 91 / Serug 59 / Nahor I 29

2051 BC
Haran was born to Terah at the age of 70 [Gen 11:26]
Haran was undoubtedly raised by his father to worship the mood god Sin. He had three children: Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died in Ur. Noah 893 / Shem 390 / Arphaxad 290 / Salah 255 / Eber 225 / Peleg 191 / Reu 161 / Serug 129 / Nahor I, 99 / Terah 70

2003 BC
Peleg died at the age of 239. [Gen 11:19] Noah 941 / Shem 438 / Arphaxad 338 / Salah 303 / Eber 273 / Reu 209 / Serug 177 / Nahor I, 147 / Terah 118

1994 BC
Noah died at the age of 950. [Gen 9:29]
He was born 600 years before, and lived 350 years after the Flood. Through Adam, Methuselah, Noah, and Shem... men before and after the Flood had the word of God.
Shem 447 / Arphaxad 347 / Salah 312 / Eber 282 / Reu 218 / Serug 186 / Terah 127

1991 BC
The Birth of Abraham
Abram was born to Terah at the age of 130. [Gen 11:32; 12:4; Acts 7:4]
Terah was born in 2121, he died at age 205 in 1916 BC. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran shortly after Terah died. {205 - 75 = 130. Therefore 2121 - 130 = 1991 = Abram born}.
Shem 450 / Arphaxad 350 / Salah 315 / Eber 285 / Reu 221 / Serug 189 / Terah 130

1981 BC Sarai was born to Terah and his 2nd wife (or concubine), at the age of 140. [Gen 17:17; 20:12] Sarai was 10 years younger than Abram and his half sister. Shem 460 / Arphaxad 360 / Salah 325 / Eber 295 / Reu 231 / Serug 199 / Terah 140 / Abram 10

1928 BC The Kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (Zoar) began serving King Chedorlaomer of Elam. [Gen 14:4] Shem 513 / Arphaxad 413 / Salah 378 / Eber 348 / Terah 193 / Abram 63 / Sarai 53

1916 BC
Terah died at the age of 205 in Haran. Abram, his wife Sarai, and his nephew Lot, left Haran when Terah died. [Gen 11:32; Acts 7:4]

The Lord said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from you kindred and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was 75 years old when he departed from the city of Haran. [Gen 12:1-4] Shem 525 / Arphaxad 425 / Salah 390 / Eber 360 / Abram 75 / Sarai 65

Abram and Sarai went to Egypt to sojourn there for the famine was severe in the land. Abram told a half truth to Pharaoh about Sarai being his sister, instead of his wife. Sarai was taken into Pharaoh's house, and Abram was treated well for her sake. The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, and he sent Abram and Sarai away with great wealth. [Gen 12:10-20] Sarai was a beautiful woman at age 65.

When Abram, Sarai and Lot left Egypt Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold.[Gen 13:1-2] Pharaoh is possibly Hekenemmae II of the 12th Dynasty (r. c.1929-1895 BC).

They traveled back to the site of the original altar, between the cities of Bethel and Ai. The land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great. There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left." Lot chose all the plain of Jordan and journeyed east. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord. [Gen 13:9-13] Shem 525 / Arphaxad 425 / Salah 390 / Eber 360 / Abram 75 / Sarai 65

Battle of the kings in the Valley of Siddim (the Dead Sea)
For 12 years, King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (Zoar), had served King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and in the 13th year they rebelled. [Gen 14:1-4]

In the 14th year, Chedorlaomer king of Elam and the three kings that were with him attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the Wilderness. Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar. And the King of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Bela (that is Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar... 4 kings against 5. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains. Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions... they also took Lot, Abram's nephew who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. [Gen 14: 5-12] Shinar = Babylon - King Amraphel is possibly King Hammarabi of Babylon - Elam is ancient Persia (modern Iran) - The Valley of Siddim = The Salt Sea / the Dead Sea.

Abram Enters the Battle
Someone who had escaped came and told Abram, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and Aner; and they were allies with Abram. When Abram heard that Lot was taken captive, he armed his 318 trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. He brought back all the goods, and also Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. [Gen 14:13-16]
The king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. He said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have make Abram rich.' except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion." [Gen 14:17]

Abram Meets Melchizedek, King of Salem
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the high priest of God Most High. And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." [Gen 14: 18-20]
King Melchizedek had no father, no mother, no genealogy, neither beginning or ending of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually. He met Abram returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, Abram gave him 1/10 of the spoils of the battle. Jesus is a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. This King Melchizedek is a pre-incarnation appearance of Christ. [Hebrews 7]

1906 BC
Abram was 85 years old when God appeared to him in a vision and promised him an heir. Abram believed in the Lord and He accounted it to him for righteousness. [Gen 15:4-6; Rom 4:3-25]
Abram believed God! Faith in His word is what declares us righteous in His sight.
Shem 535 / Arphaxad 435 / Salah 400 / Eber 370 / Abram 85 / Sarai 75

The Abrahamic Covenant
The Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them 400 years. And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they will come out with great possessions. Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. But in the 4th generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." [Exo 15:13-16]
This passage speaks about Abraham's descendants being afflicted 400 years... not Abraham. The 4th generation from Abraham ~ (1) Isaac, (2) Jacob, (3) Joseph (4) Manasseh & Ephraim.
Shem 535 / Arphaxad 435 / Salah 400 / Eber 370 / Abram 85 / Sarai 75

1905 BC
Ishmael born to Abram and Hagar at the age of 86. [Gen 16:16]
Hagar was Sarai's Egyptian handmaid. Because Sarai was barren she told Abraham to take Hagar in order to fulfill God's promise. Ishmael was born and then raised as Sarai's son. However, this was not God's plan.
Shem 536 / Arphaxad 436 / Salah 401 / Eber 371 / Abraham 86 / Sarah 76

1903 BC
Arphaxad died at the age of 438. [Gen 11:12-13]
Arphaxad was born two years after the Flood. He saw the re-population of the earth.
Shem 538 / Salah 403 / Eber 373 / Abraham 88 / Ishmael 2

1892 BC
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
Abram was 99 years old when the Lord appeared to him again. He changed his name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah. The Lord told Abraham that Sarah would bear him a son the next year and they were to call him Isaac. Abraham circumcised himself and all the men in his household as a sign of this covenant. [Gen 17:1-21]
Sometime between 1892-1891 B.C. God destroyed five cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah, for their rampant homosexuality, and general wickedness. Only Lot and his two daughters escaped. His sons-in-law thought he was joking, or out of his mind, when told to leave the city and did not heed his warning. Lots wife was turned into a "pillar of salt" because she disobeyed God's word not to look back at the conflagration. Lot's two daughters got him drunk and had sexual relations with him and in doing so created the nations of Moab and Ammon (modern Jordan) from the two sons born of these incestuous unions. [Gen 19]
Shem 549 / Salah 405 / Eber 384 / Abraham 99 / Sarah 89 / Ishmael 13

1891 BC
Isaac was born to Abraham at the age of 100. Sarah was 90 years old. Prophecy fulfilled. [Gen 21:5]
Shem 550 / Salah 406 / Eber 385 / Abraham 100 / Sarah 90 / Ishmael 14

1885 BC
God was with Ishmael, and as he grew he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. When Ishmael was grown, probably about the age of 20, his mother Hagar arranged a marriage with an Egyptian girl from among her people. [Gen 21:21]
It's possible that the pharaoh of the Exodus was a descendant of Ishmael.
Shem 556 / Salah 412 / Eber 391 / Abraham 106 / Sarah 96 / Ishmael 20 / Isaac 6

1876 BC
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Abraham went to Mt. Moriah to sacrifice Isaac as commanded by God who was testing his faith. [Gen 22:1-18]
Abraham calls Isaac a "lad" or a young man... he could have been about 15 years old. The age of a warrior is 20, and at that age he would have been referred to as a man. This event is a correlation to the crucifixion of Jesus.
Shem 565 / Salah 421 / Eber 400 / Abraham 115 / Sarah 105 / Ishmael 29 / Isaac 15

1873 BC
Salah died at the age of 433. [Gen 11:14-15]
Shem 568 / Eber 403 / Abraham 118 / Sarah 108 / Ishmael 32 / Isaac 18

1854 BC
Sarah died at the age of 127. She died in Hebron and was buried in the Cave at Machpelah purchased by Abraham. Abraham later remarried a woman named Keturah and had six more children. (1) Zimran, (2) Jokshan, (3) Medan (4) Midian, (5) Ishbak, and (6) Shuah. He also had concubines and probably other children. [Gen 23:1-9; 25: 1-6]
Shem 587 / Eber 422 / Abraham 137 / Ishmael 51 / Isaac 37

1851 BC
Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah as wife. She was the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, sister of Laban. [Gen 25:20]
Shem 570 / Eber 425 / Abraham 140 / Ishmael 54 / Isaac 40

1841 BC
Shem died at the age of 600. [Gen 11:10-11]
Shem is the last of the antediluvian patriarchs.
Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael heard the word of God through Noah's son Shem who learned from his great grandfather Methuselah who had learned directly from Adam. Shem lived 100 years before, and 500 years after the Flood.
He must have told them all about the pre-Flood world.
Eber 435 / Ishmael 64 / Isaac 50

1831 BC
Jacob and Esau, twin sons, were born to Isaac at the age of 60. [Gen 25:26]
Esau was the first of the twins to be born. He was red and hairy. Esau and Jacob had learned about the pre-Flood world from Abraham who had learn from Shem.
Eber 445 / Abraham 160 / Ishmael 74 / Isaac 60

1816 BC
Abraham died at the age of 175, and Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave at Machpelah, along side of Sarah. [Gen 25:7]
Eber 460 / Ishmael 89 / Isaac 75 / Jacob & Esau 15

1812 BC
Eber died at the age of 464. [Gen 11:16-17]
Ishmael 93 / Isaac 79 / Jacob & Esau 19

1791 BC
Sometime before Esau was 40 years old he sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew. [Gen 25:29-34] He then took two Canaanite wives: Judith the Hittite daughter of Beeri, and Basemath the Hittite daughter of Elon. He also took other wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. He also took Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth (Nabajoth). [Gen 26:34; 36: 2-4]
Eliphaz is the first born son of Esau by Adah. Eliphaz's 1st born son was Teman. The people of Ameleck descended from Eliphaz and his concubine Timna. Esau = Edom = modern Saudia Arabia. In certain societies, a concubine is a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status. [Gen 36: 1-16]
Ishmael 100 / Isaac 97 / Jacob & Esau 40

1768 BC Ishmael died at the age of 137. [Gen 25:17] Ishmael had 12 sons: (1) Nebajoth, (2) Kedar, (3) Adbeel, (4) Mibsam, (5) Mishma, (6) Dumah, (7) Massa, (8) Hadar (Hadad), (9) Tema, (10) Hetyrm (11) Naphish, (12) Kedemah. They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria. [Gen 25:12-18] Isaac 123 / Jacob & Esau 63

1754 BC Issac sent Jacob, age 77, to Laban, in Padan Aram (Syria) to find a wife among the Hebrews. When Jacob arrived in Padan Aram he fell in love with Rachel and made a deal with Laban to work 7 years for her hand in marriage. [Gen 28:9; 29:15-20] As to Jacob's age when he went to Padan Aram - the Bible clearly states that Jacob was 130 when he went to Egypt because of the famine (Gen 47:9). His son Joseph was 39 years old at that time. Joseph was born to Rachel about 14 years after Jacob went to Padan Aram. He was the next to last to be born. Joseph was 17 when sold into slavery. I can see no other option but that Jacob was 77 years old when he went to Laban's house to find a wife {77+14+ 39=130}. Laban and Rebekah were born to Bethuel, son of Nahor II and Milcah. Nahor II is Abraham's brother - Milcah is Abraham's niece, Harran's daughter. Laban is Jacob's uncle (Gen. 24:24; 28:2; 29:2). Isaac 137 / Jacob & Esau 77

1747 BC Jacob worked 7 years to have Rachel as his wife. At the end of the 7 years, Laban tricked Jacob and gave him his oldest daughter Leah instead of Rachel, as was the custom (oldest first). If Jacob wanted Rachel too, he would have to work another 7 years for her. He agreed and Rachel became his wife. [Gen. 29:26-30] Isaac 144 / Jacob & Esau 84

The 12 Tribes of Israel
1746 BC
Reuben was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 29:33]
Isaac 145 / Jacob & Esau 85

1745 BC
Simeon was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 29:33]
Isaac 146 / Jacob & Esau 86 / Reuben 1

1744 BC
Levi was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 29:34]
Isaac 147 / Jacob & Esau 87 / Reuben 2 / Simeon 1

1743 BC
Judah born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 29:35]
Dan was born to Jacob and Billah (Rachel's handmaid). [Gen 30:61]
Isaac 148 / Jacob & Esau 88 / Reuben 3 / Simeon 2 / Levi 1

1742 BC Naphtali was born to Jacob and Billah. [Gen 30:8] Issachar was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 30:18] Gad was born to Jacob and Zilpah (Leah's handmaid). [Gen 30:11] Isaac 149 / Jacob & Esau 89 / Reuben 4 / Simeon 3 / Levi 2 / Judah &38; Dan 1

1741 BC Zebulun was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 30:20] Isaac 150 / Jacob & Esau 90 / Reuben 5 / Simeon 4 / Levi 3 / Judah & Dan 2 / Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 1

1740 BC
Joseph was born Jacob and Rachel. [Gen 30:25]
Dinah was born to Jacob and Leah. [Gen 30:21]
Isaac 151 / Jacob & Esau 91 / Reuben 6 / Simeon 5 / Levi 4 / Judah &38; Dan 3 / Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 2 / Zebulun 1

1734 BC Jacob left Padan Aram (Haran, Syria) after 20 years. [Gen 31:38-41] Jacob met Esau on the trail and they separated as friends. Then Jacob wrestled with an Angel of the Lord and the Lord changed Jacob's name to Israel. Benjamin was born to Jacob and Rachel. She died in childbirth and was buried on the road to Bethlehem. [Gen 35:9, 16-19] Isaac 157 / Israel & Esau 97 / Reuben 12 / Simeon 11 / Levi 10 / Judah &38; Dan 9 / Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 8 / Zebulun 7 / Joseph 6

1723 BC Joseph was 17 years old when his brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. [Gen 37:1] Isaac 168 / Israel & Esau 108 / Reuben 23 / Simeon 22 / Levi 21 / Judah & Dan 20/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 19 / Zebulun 18

1714 BC Kohath was born to Levi at the age of about 30. He is Levi's second son. [Exo 6:18]

1712 BC Joseph was 28 years old when he was sent to prison for 2 years by Potiphar. Joseph was a good looking man, and Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him and when he refused, she falsely accused him attempting to rape her. [Gen 39:6-20] Isaac 179 / Israel & Esau 119 / Reuben 34 / Simeon 33 / Levi 32 / Judah & Dan 31/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 30 / Zebulun 29

1711 BC Isaac died at the age of 180. He was buried by Jacob (Israel) and Esau in Hebron. [Gen 35:28-29] Nothing more is known of Esau. Israel & Esau 120 / Reuben 35 / Simeon 34 / Levi 33 / Judah & Dan were 32/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad were 31 / Zebulun 30 / Joseph 29

1710 BC Joseph was 30 years old when he was summoned from prison to interpret Pharaoh's dream of 7 years of plenty and 7 years of severe famine. Pharaoh was so pleased, he made Joseph vizier, second only to Pharaoh (Gen 41:40), changed his name to Zaphnath-Paaneah, and gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Phera, the priest of On, as his wife. [Gen 41] Could be Joseph is the same as Vizier Ankhu mentioned by Josephus who was vizier through the reign of several Hyksos rulers. Pharaoh Apachman, according to Josephus, is the 3rd Hyksos king of Egypt, reigning c. 1771-1674. The Vizier was 2nd in power only to Pharaoh. Source: Egypt of the Pharaoh's: An Introduction, by Sir Alan Gardiner, © 1961, Pub. Oxford University Press, pp. 153-156. Israel 121 / Reuben 36 / Simeon 35 / Levi 34 / Judah &38; Dan 33/ Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 32 / Zebulun 31

1709 BC Manasseh was born to Joseph at the age of about 31, before the years of famine. [Gen 41:50] Israel 122 / Reuben 37 / Simeon 36 / Levi 35 / Judah &38; Dan 34/ Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 33 / Zebulun 32

1704 BC Ephraim was born to Joseph at the age of about 36, before the years of famine. [Gen 41:50] Manasseh and Ephraim are the 4th generation from Abraham. Israel 126 / Reuben 41 / Simeon 40 / Levi 39 / Judah &38; Dan 38/ Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 37 / Zebulun 36 / Manasseh 4

1703 BC Joseph was 37 years old when the famine began. Israel 128 / Reuben 43 / Simeon 42 / Levi 41 / Judah &38; Dan 40 / Naphtali, Issachar &38; Gad 39 / Zebulun 38 / Joseph 37 / Manasseh 6 / Ephraim 2

1701 BC All three of Levi's sons, Gershon, Kohath & Merari, were born before they went to Egypt. [Gen 46:6-11]

Israel was 130 years old when he took his family to Egypt to sojourn because of the famine. [Gen 47:8-9] This is a fulfillment of the prophecy given by God to Abraham 205 years earlier [Gen 15:13]. Israel 130 / Reuben 45 / Simeon 44 / Levi 43 / Judah &38; Dan 42 / Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 41 / Zebulun 40 / Joseph 39 / Manasseh 8 / Ephraim 4

1684 BC
Israel died in Egypt at the age of 147. [Gen 47:28]
He was embalmed and mummified. The Egyptians allowed Joseph and his brothers to take Israel's body to Canaan for burial, and with them went all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. Israel was buried in Canaan in the cave of the field of Machpelah and mourned for 7 days. [Gen 49:33, 50:7-8, 13]
The fact that all these people went with him to bury Israel, a Hebrew, is a good reason to believe that Joseph was vizier of Egypt during the Hyksos reign.
Reuben 62 / Simeon 61 / Levi 60 / Judah & Dan 59/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 58 / Zebulun 57 / Joseph 56 / Manasseh 25 / Ephraim 21

1663 BC Amram was born in Egypt to Kohath at the age of about 51.

1630 BC Joseph died in Egypt at the age of 110. He was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt. Joseph lived to see the 3rd generation of Ephraim's children. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knee. [Gen 50: 22, 26] The fact that Joseph's body was not taken to Canaan for burial, is a good reason to believe that the reign of the Hyksos was nearly at an end, and they were at war with Kamose, son of Sekenerre'. Reuben 116 / Simeon 115 / Levi 114 / Judah & Dan 113/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 112 / Zebulun 111 / Manasseh 79 / Ephraim 75

1607 BC Levi died in Egypt at the age of 137. [Exo 6:16]

Joseph had died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. [Exo. 1:6-7]

1581 BC Kohath, Levi's second son, died in Egypt at the age of 133. [Exo 6:18] The Bible doesn't say when Kohath was born or when he died; it just states that he lived 133 years and that he, and his brothers, came to Egypt with their father Levi, and their grandfather Israel (Jacob).

1575 BC
A new pharaoh arose in Egypt who did not know Joseph, and the Egyptians set taskmasters over the Hebrews to afflict them with many burdens. The children of Israel built for Pharaoh the supply cities of Pithom and Raamses. But the more the Egyptians afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. The Egyptians were in dread of the Hebrews. So they made them serve with rigor, and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage ~ in mortar, brick, and in all manner of service. [Exo: 1:1-14; Acts 7: 17]
This new pharaoh is Amosis. He defeated the Hyskos rulers and took over the throne of Egypt.

1550 BC Pharaoh Amosis died and his son Amenophis I reigns as Pharaoh of Egypt.

1529 BC
Aaron was born to Amram about the age of 134. It's possible that Amram married Jochebed (his aunt, his father's sister) much earlier, but Jochebed was barren until the time of the Exodus from Egypt drew near. [Exo 6: 20; 7:7]

1528 BC
Pharaoh Amenophis I died, and Tuthmosis I assumes the throne of Egypt Tuthmosis I (r. c. 1528-1510).

1526 BC
Moses was born to Amram and Jochebed. Pharaoh Tuthmosis I of Egypt commanded the midwives that all male Hebrew babies were to be killed at birth. Jochebed kept him hidden at home for three months, then she put him in a basket and into the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter, Hatshephut, found him while bathing and knowing he was a Hebrew adopted him as her own son. Jochebed was paid by Hatshephut to nurse him until weaned (abt. 2-3 years). Moses was then raised in the court of Pharaoh and educated in all the wisdom of Egypt. [Exo 1:15-19; 2:1-10; Acts 7:22]
Nothing is said of when Miriam, Aaron and Moses sister, was born, but she was quite a bit older than Moses. It is possible that Moses was born to Amram at the age of 137, maybe even a few months before he died as there is no mention of him after Moses was born. Since her father had commanded all male Hebrew children to be killed, Hatshephut told her father that Moses was her son.

Amram died at the age of 137. [Exo. 6:20] Aaron 3

1510 BC
Pharaoh Thutmoses I dies and his son Thutmoses II reigns.

1509 BC
Joshua born to Nun.
Aaron 20 / Moses 17

1490 BC
Pharaoh Tuthmosis II died. His sister/wife Hatshephut reigns as chief co-regent with Tuthmosis III who is only a small child.
Tuthmosis III is the son of Tuthmosis II by a concubine. Hatshephut reigns with him for 22 years.

1486 BC
Moses, at the age of 40, has it in his heart to visit his people, the Hebrews. When he saw an Egyptian beating one of his brethren, he avenged him by killing the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand. Moses then fled from the presence of Pharaoh into the desert of Midian because Pharaoh sought to kill him.
Moses thought his brethren would understand he was to lead them out of Egypt's bondage. But they did not understand. Hatshephut, as a young princess, rescued Moses from her father's murderous rampage against male Hebrew children. She had raised him in the court of Pharaoh as her own son, and gave him everything Egypt had to offer. She therefore might have felt betrayed when he killed an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew slave. As supreme ruler and judge of Egypt she, probably believing her father had been right in the first place, commanded he be found and executed for murder.[Exo 2:15; Acts 7:20-25]

During his desert sojourn, Moses married Zipporah, the daughter of the priest of Midian, Jethro (Reuel), who is descended from Abraham and Keturah (Abraham's 2nd wife). Zipporah bore Moses two sons, Gershom and Eliezer.
Aaron 43 / Moses 40 / Joshua 23

1484 BC
Caleb born to Jephunneh the Kenizzite [Jos 14:7]

1446 BC
When Moses was 80 years old, Queen Hatshephut died, Tuthmosis III reigns alone as Pharaoh of Egypt. [Exo 2:23]
The Pharaoh of the Exodus is Tuthmose III (r. c. 1490-1436).

The Lord appeared to Moses in a burning bush and commanded him to return to Egypt to lead the children of Israel when He brought them out of Egypt as He had promised. [Exo 3:2-22; 4: 1-17; 7:7]
Aaron 83 / Moses 80 / Joshua 63 / Caleb 38

Exodus From Egypt
Moses and Aaron had, by the power of God, demonstrated 9 plagues on Egypt in an attempt to make Pharaoh let the children of Israel go out of Egypt.

10 April 1446 BC
The 1st Passover Instituted by God
"The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, "This month, April (Nisan), shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: 'On the 10th day of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household... Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or the goats. Now you shall keep it until the 14th day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire - its head with its legs and its entrails. You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. And this you shall eat of it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So shall you eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. So this day shall be to you a memorial'; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance." [Exo 12:1-14]

14 April 1446 BC
Even after the 9 plagues, Pharaoh still refused to let the children of Israel go. However, after the 10th plague, the death of the firstborn of all Egypt including the firstborn of Pharaoh, he begged them to go. The only ones spared from the 10th plague were those who had put their trust in God's word and were "covered by the blood of the lamb" when the Death Angel passed over at midnight. When the children of Israel left Egypt they asked to be given articles of silver, of gold, and clothing. They also took with them the remains of Joseph as promised. There were about 600,000 men on foot, besides children. And a mixed multitude of others went out with them also. [Exo 12:37-38]
During the Passover night... when the Death Angel struck the firstborn in all Egypt... the Bible does not say the firstborn of Pharaoh was his son... could have been his daughter. [Exo 12:29]

There is a footnote to Exo. 12:40 pointing to the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek Septuagint. These two documents state that this verse refers to the sojourn of children of Israel who lived not only in Egypt, but Canaan as well. This verse says nothing about 400 or 430 years of "affliction," only that they had lived in Egypt and Canaan for 430 years. Exo 12:41 says only that they went out of Egypt "on that same day"... which I believe points to a day in 1876 BC when Abraham went to Mt. Moriah to sacrifice Isaac as a test of his faith in God (1876-430=1446). This event is a correlation of the Crucifixion of Jesus when God sacrificed His own son for us [Exo 12:40-41]. The 430 years sojourn could not have begun when Jacob brought his family to Egypt... if it had, the Exodus would have taken place in about 1250 BC (as some believe)... and Amram would have been 314 years old when Moses was born, 80 years before the Exodus... the Bible states he only lived 137 years.

Crossing The Red Sea The children of Israel camped for the night by the Red Sea. Pharaoh made ready his chariot and took his people with him to go after them. He took 600 choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. Moses was commanded to lift up his rod, and stretch out his hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. The Egyptians went after them into the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. [Exo 14: 10-26]

15 April 1446 BC
In the morning, God took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty. Then the Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea so the waters would come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots and on their horsemen. Moses did so and when morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. The waters covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh. Not so much as one of them remained. [Exo 14: 24-28]
Nothing was said about Pharaoh himself going into or drowning in the Red Sea.


Babylon
PERSIA
the Greeks and their neighbors,
Egypt and Africa
the Romans and their neighbors
the Vikings and the european coastal countries
kings and their vassals
the beginnings of writings against kings in eastern europe
Britain and their troops imposing on colony of America
France and their revolution against the kings
war of 1812
silent war of 1912 over control of America's money
Stalin and the so called people's revolution in Russia
Hitler and the rise of National Socialism in Germany
war of 1929 for control of wealth
removal of gold and imposition of social taxes in America
war over who controls the schools and what they teach
and now America is going toward a socialist view

Next outline will be on the history of freedom documents such things as the Magna Carta and why.....

Documents and historical stories on liberties and control of money. Legal rights under power of law, and money rights.

All the problems came about as a result of the curse which was the consequence of Adam's willful choice to go against God's word.

  Wars, Just and Unjust


see references in American history on this theme,... justifified wars.
Hint: Declaration of Independence
The full speech of "...give me liberty or give me death..." from 1776


It is good to fight for the right. It is abomination to fall down before the wicked.
The law of sin and death is not allowed to rule.
To think all war is evil is to think amiss.
To think all fights must be avoided even to the point of letting a stranger kill your children and rape your wife is an excuse of the fearful and unbelieving.

 

Presentations of history


Centered on the word of God
Economic and geographic centered
Major people centered, as in Napolean,....

Most contemporary history books will do anything to avoid reference to original sin or the law of sin and death, or even the total depravity of man as expressed in the book of Romans chapter two.

I suggest you read The Light and The Glory, by Marshall, for a good beginning on God centered explanation of history for the last few hundred years.
And then at least scan through A Christian History of The Constitution.


 


Magna Carta is one of the early major documents for liberty and a rule by law.
The barrons were trying to put limits on the capricious decisions of their king.
They didn't like arbitrary taxes, nor the severe punishments for failure to pay all those taxes.
Neither did they like the severe penalties for failure to pay a debt on time.
The barrons said much of what the king did was unjust and they wanted a legal limit on his power.
Much like the states wanting a legal limit on the central goverment.
The only absolute king any man should want is King Jesus.


Magna Carta is considered by many to be the chief defence against arbitrary and unjust rule in England.

It has a few statements of general principle and a series of detailed issues.
The king was unwilling to grant those principles or details so the barrons took London by force.

Magna Carta established for the first time a constitutional principle,
that the power of the king could be limited.

The king was trying to hold on to his control over lands and power in Normandy and western France. The cost of the wars led him to tax his own people to an extent that has been called oppressive and extortionate.
The king was ruthlesss in dealing with his own subjects who failed to pay their taxes. His adminsitration of justice was considered capricious and unequal.

Time-line

January 1215 A.D.
a group of barons demanded a charter of liberties
as a safeguard against the King's arbitrary behaviour.

Interval of four months during which time the king refused to give up any of his so-called total power

May, 1215 A.D.
The barons took up arms against John and captured London

June 10, 1215 A.D.
the barons held negotiations with the king at Runnymede, a famous meadow by the River Thames.
The barons wrote what they wanted and told the king if he wanted to stay in any power, he must give up his total centralized power by signing the document called 'Articles of the Barons'.
The King agreed and attached the King's great seal.

June 19, 1215 A.D.
the barons renewed their oaths of allegiance to the King.


The royal chancery produced a formal statement
based on the agreements reached at Runnymede,
which became known as Magna Carta (Latin for the 'Great Charter').  

The Brits tried to lord it over the Americans.
They succeeded for years in lording it over the Indies. The Spanish tried to lord it over the Mexicans The French tried to lord it over their colonies. The Egyptians lorded it over the Africans as long as they could. Through out history where a people had power over another,
they eventually turned to excesses in their excercise of dominion over the other people.

This eventually led to fighting and throwing off the yoke of some-one else's power.

This is not so much a need to fight over bread and basic things of life, as I was told in my high school. "wars were usually over land and things for the people to eat..."
No, wars were because one foolish leader wanted too much and tried to take it from somebody else. Pride, fear, and Greed are the causes of war. The King of England thought he had the right to take all he wanted from the land of India. Likewise the kings of Spain, and France. Just as the Egyptians and the Romans.

What about the Babylonians. Well, they took from all their neighbors and they Nebucanezer tried to take from God. They were an older nation, closer to the days when countries and kings talked about God and gods.

And with Cain and Able, it was just another example of pride, fear, and greed.

History has a different color when you see it in the light of Christ.
Sin, flesh, and the devil as defined in scripture are things we all need to understand.
Whether we learn the lessons during our short time on this present earth, or whether we learn them standing before the judgment seat of God, learn them we will.

It is good to remember and come to grow in understanding of this great truth expressed in scripture:


the law of the Spirit, which is Life in Christ Jesus,
has made me free of the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:2

and also, His mercy is over all His works. Psalms and Proverbs, stated in many ways

We must see His mercy if we are to understand.

There is no other thread of common understanding that goes back so far as to the beginning, other than God and His word. "in the beginning, God...." That is the single truth by which we can weave together a coherent understanding of the history of man.
Do you believe that matter can neither be created nor destroyed? Then what about your soul?
It goes on too. We will be changed, in the twinkling of an eye. I love you, son. This was written for you. Love, dad.

We were reconciled at the cross. Colossians 2 Ephesians and others, the whole book tells us God manifest in the flesh as our Salvation Isaiah 12:2

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