Event | Aprox Date | Bible Reference |
Creation Story | 4000 BC | GN 1: 1-31 | Original Sin - Adam & Eve disobey God when they eat the forbidden fruit | 4000 BC | GN 3: 1-24 | The Genealogy of Noah - Adam to Noah | 4000 BC To 2600 BC | GN 5: 1-32 | The Great Flood - God destroys all life on earth except for Noah, his family, and the animals in the ARK | 2500 BC | GN 6: 5 - GN 8: 22 | The Genealogy of Abraham - Shem (Son of Noah) to Abraham | 2600 BC To 1800 BC | GN 11: 10-32 | The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah | 1713 BC | GN 18: 1 - GN 19: 29 | Miraculous birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah when they were well beyond the age of child bearing | 1712 BC | GN: 21: 1-7 |
Abraham tested by God - Abraham asked to sacrifice his only son Isaac | 1700 BC | GN 22: 1-19 |
The Birth of Isaac's twin sons; Esau and Jacob | 1652 BC | GN 25: 19-28 |
God gives Jacob his new name: Israel | 1630 BC | GN 32: 23-32 |
The birth of the Twelve sons of Israel - who became the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel | 1568 BC To 1548 BC | GN 35: 23-26 |
Israel's son Joseph is sold into slavery and taken to Egypt | 1544 BC | GN 37: 12-36 |
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams and is appointed second in command to Pharaoh | 1532 BC | GN 41: 1-49 |
Jacob (Israel) and all his descendants move to Egypt | 1523 BC 1 | GN 46: 1-7 |
A new Pharaoh does not appreciate Joseph or the children of Israel and enslaves them | 1429 BC | EX 1: 1-22 |
The story of Moses' birth | 1393 BC | EX 2: 1-22 |
God calls Moses-the burning bush-Moses is instructed to lead the Israelites from Egypt to the promised land | 1314 BC | EX 2: 23 - EX 3: 20 |
Moses inflicts nine plagues upon the Egyptians as a punishment if Pharaoh will not let the Israelites leave Egypt | 1313 BC | EX 7: 1 - EX 10: 29 |
The 10th plague-all Egyptian first born males will die. The Israelites are saved by the blood of the Passover lamb | 1313 BC | EX 12: 1 - 14 |
Pharaoh relents. God (In the form of the Pillar of cloud/fire) leads the Israelites out of Egypt | 1313 BC 1 | EX 12: 37 - 42, EX 13: 17 - 23 |
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