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2300 B.C.
 | Ham's first grandchild, Nimrod
(also known as Izdhubar), son of Cush was born. Nimrod founded
Babylon (or Chaldea, the capital was Ur). The Tower of Babel was
started. ("The Tower of Babel" the probable "Temple
of Jupiter Belus" in Babylon was seen and described by
Herodotus in 440 B.C. It was a quarter of a mile square at the base
and in eight stories rose 650 feet high.) Gen.10:10 |
| Shem's fifth son, Aram, was
born. Aram had four sons. Gen. 10:23 |
| Shem's great grandchild, Eber
(or Heber), son of Salah was born. Eber lived 464 years and fathered
two sons. |
| Ham's second and third
grandchildren were born. Sidon founded Sidon (the Sidonians and
Ammonites) and Heth, the sons of Cannan. |
| The destruction of the Tower of
Babel caused the dispersion of Babylon's population, sending it to
the ends of the earth. It was 101 years from the flood to the
"Confusion of Tongues" and the "Dispersion."
(2247 B.C.) Gen. 11:1-9 |
| (Exaggerated Chronologies.
"Exaggerated chronologies are common to a large number of
nations. Critical examination has (in all cases but one)
demonstrated their fallacy; and the many myriads of years postulated
for their past civilization and history by the Babylonians,
Assyrians, Hindus, Chinese, and others have been shown to be pure
fiction, utterly unworthy of belief. Cuneiform scholars confidently
place the beginning of Babylon about B.C. 2300, of Assyria about
B.C. 1500. The best Arian scholars place the dawn of the Iran
civilization about B.C. 1500, of India about B.C. 1200. Chinese
investigators can find nothing solid or substantial in the past of
the 'Celestials' earlier than B.C. 781, or, at the furthest B.C.
1154." Rawlinson (The "Temple of Jupiter Belus" was
named by Nebuchadnezzar. "The Temple of the Seven Lights of the
Earth" at Borsippa-Barzipa. ie, Tower of Tongues, located
eleven miles from the north ruins of Babylon was described thus by
Nebuchadnezzar in the "Borsippa Inscription." "A
former king built it, but he did not complete its head. SINCE A
REMOTE TIME PEOPLE HAD ABANDONED IT, WITHOUT ORDER EXPRESSING THEIR
WORDS. Since that time the earthquake and the thunder had dispersed
its sun-dried clay; the bricks of the casing had been split, and the
ear of the interior had been scattered in heaps. Merodach, the great
lord, excited my mind to repair this building. I did not change the
site, nor did I take away the foundation stone. As it had been in
former times, so I founded, I made it as it had been in ancient
days, so I exalted its summit." Smith's Bible Dictionary.)
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| Shem's great-great grandchild,
Peleg, son of Eber was born. Peleg's name means,
"division." "During his lifetime the people of the
world were divided into different language groups and
dispersed" Gen 10:24 Peleg lived 239 years and fathered sons
and daughters. His brother's name was Joktan. Joktan had 13 sons.)
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| The descendants of Japheth
dispersed, populating Greece, Parthia, Russia and northern Europe.
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| Javan, son of Japheth settled
Greece or Ionia. (Attica, Arcadia and Sparta) (The Greeks are said
to have been the descendants of Javan, the fourth son of Japheth.)
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| The descendants of Ham
dispersed, populating Africa and Egypt. |
| Mizraim or Egypt began to be
established. (First through sixth Dynasties) (Old Empire or Native
Dynasties 2450 B.C. or 2250 B.C. to about 1750 B.C.) |
| The descendants of Canaan
settled Phoenicia or Canaan. (The city of Sidon was early celebrated
for its textile fabrics, and Tyre for its commerce in purple. The
people were the most eminent navigators and traders of antiquity.
From Phoenicia came the original Roman alphabet.) |
| The descendants of Shem
dispersed forming the Semetic people of the Middle East, including
the Arabs and the nation of Israel. |
| Shem's great-great-great
grandchild, Reu, son of Peleg was born. Reu lived 239 years and
fathered sons and daughters. |
| Fohi (or Yao) founded China. He
was supposed to be the Noah of the Bible. Chinese historians state
that Fohi was a divine personage and that he invented a symbolic
mode of writing. He also invented music, dressmaking and the custom
of sacrificing at the solstices. First Dynasty, Hiah began. (2240
B.C.) |
2200 B.C.
| Ninth Dynasty of Thebes began.
(Date not known) |
| Shem's great-great-great-great
grandchild, Serug, son of Reu was born. Serug lived 230 years and
fathered sons and daughters. |
| Shem's
great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Nahor, son of Serug was
born. Nahor lived 148 years and fathered sons and daughters.
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| Shem's
great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Terah, son of Nahor
was born. Terah lived 205 years. Terah had three sons. |
2100 B.C.
| Shem's
great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren, Haran and
Nahor, sons of Terah were born. Haran and |
| Nahor were the brothers of
Abraham. |
| Nahor, son of Serug died at the
age of 148. (2007 B.C.) |
| Peleg died at the age of 239.
(2008 B.C.) |
2000 B.C.
| Noah died at the age of 950.
Noah lived after the flood 350 years and died two years before
Abraham was born. (1998 B.C.) |
| Terah's third son, Abraham, was
born. Abraham was called "The Father of the Faithful" and
"The Friend of God." |
| Haran's daughter, Milcah, was
born. |
| Terah's daughter, Sarah, was
born. |
| Haran's daughter, Iscah, was
born. |
| Reu died at the age of 239
years. (1978 B.C.) |
| Haran's son, Lot, was born. |
| Nahor and Milcah married. (Milcah
was niece and wife to Nahor.) |
| Serug died at the age of 230.
(1955 B.C.) |
| Sarah and Abraham married. |
| Terah left Ur of the Chaldeans
to go to Canaan. He stopped short of his goal, however, and settled
in the village of Haran. |
| Nahor's son, Bethule, was born. |
| Lot's two daughters are born. |
| Terah died at the age of 205.
(1921 B.C.) |
| God called Abraham to leave Ur.
He and Lot left and journeyed to Canaan. They settled in Shechem (Sichem).
(There are 427 years from the flood to the "Call of
Abraham." In the call Abraham was promised descendants, and
that though him "all the families of the earth will be
blessed.") Genesis 12:1-3 (1921 B.C.) |
| A famine drove Abraham and Lot
into Egypt. (1919 B.C.) |
| Abraham and Lot returned to
Canaan and in 1916 they separated. (1917 B.C.) |
| The Elamites invaded Sodom.
Chedoralaomer took Lot and all the people of Sodom captive. Abraham
pursued and recaptured all. He killed the four kings. Genesis 14
(1913 B.C.) |
| Hagar, Sarah's slave mistress,
bore Abraham a son, Ishmael. Ishmael lived 137 years. He fathered 12
sons and became the father of the Arab nations. |
| Arphaxad died at the age of 438.
(Arphaxad talked with Abraham 88 years.) (1908 B.C.) |
1900 B.C.
| This was the beginning of the
Hykso's (or Shepherd Kings of Egypt) three dynasties. The three
rulers of this century were: Set (or Saites) for 19 years, Bnon for
40 years and Pacchnan for 36 years. This era was termed the
"Middle Empire." (1750 B.C. to 1500 B.C.) |
| God repeated his promise of a
son to be born to Abraham and Sarah. The covenant of circumcision
was made (the sign and seal). Abraham's name was changed from Abram
to Abraham, and Sarah's from Sarai to Sarah. (1898 B.C.) |
| Sodom and Gomorrah were
destroyed. Lot along with his two daughters and wife were evacuated
from the city by angels. Lot's wife looked back, in disobedience to
an expressed command, and became a pillar of salt. (1898 B.C.)
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| Sarah gave birth to Isaac in her
nineties. |
| Hagar and Ishmael were banished
from Abraham's camp and returned to the Euphrates River area.
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| Ishmael's blood descendants
formed the Arabs, but all Moslems, including the Persians, trace
ancestry back to Abraham through Ishmael. |
| Lot's two daughters each bore a
son by their father. They were Moab, father of the Moabites, and
Ben-Ammi, father of the Ammonites. Gen 19:30-38 |
| Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milcah,
fathered Laban and Rebekah. |
| Salah died at the age of 433.
Salah talked with Abraham 118 years and outlived the burning of
Sodom by 19 years. (1878 B.C.) |
| Sarah died. (1859 B.C.) |
| The first immigration into
Greece by Inachus began. Greece was already in the possession of
powerful tribes, called "The Pelasgi" when the four
immigrations of Inachus, Cecrops, Cadmus and Pelops brought Greece
into historic notice. From the earliest account of Greece to the
Trojan War (1184 B.C.) is termed "The Fabulous Age." (1856
B.C.) |
| Whang-ti became Emperor of China
at 12 years of age. "He spoke as soon as weaned...discovered
the use of the magnet, and made many astonishing inventions."
Chinese History (1852B.C.) |
| Isaac and Rebekah married. Isaac
was 40 at the time. |
| Assyria, a colony from
Babylonia, capital Asshur, became independent under Ismi. Dagan
(1852 B.C.) |
| Shem died at the age of 600.
Shem lived after the flood 502 years and after Noah 152 years. He
talked with Abraham 150 years and with Isaac 50 years. He outlived
Lot's wife by 52 years. (1846 B.C.) |
| Twin sons, Esau and Jacob, were
born to Isaac and Rebekah. Jacob carried on Adam, Seth, Shem and
Abraham's godly family line. Esau founded the nation of Edom. (1836
B.C.) |
| Abraham died at the age of 175.
(1821 B.C.) |
| Esau sold his birthright to
Jacob for a bowl of lentils. Gen. 25:29-34 |
| God passed on Abraham's covenant
promise to Isaac. Gen. 26:1-5 |
| Eber died at the age of 464
years. Eber outlived Abraham by four years, and overlapped Isaac 79
years, and Jacob 20 years. (1817 B.C.) |
1800 B.C
| Egypt's "Middle
Empire" continued. This century's rulers were Staan for 50
years, Archles for 49 years, Apepi (or Apophis) the last king, for
61 years. Joseph was chief minister of Apepi. |
| Jacob moved to Mesopotamia. God
passed on the covenant promise to him. |
| Ishmael died at the age of 137.
(1773 B.C.) |
| The second dynasty, Shang, began
in China. (1756 B.C.) |
| Jacob married both Leah (by
trickery) and Rachel. Leah bore Jacob six sons and one daughter. Her
maid, Zilpah, whom she caused to be a surrogate mother for her, bore
Jacob two sons. Rachel bore Jacob two sons and her maid, Bilhah,
whom she caused to be a surrogate mother for her, bore Jacob two
sons. In total Jacob (Israel) had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and
Benjamin. The family tree is traced from Adam to the twelve sons of
Jacob, from whom sprang the "Twelve Tribes" of the
Israelites. (Circa.1752 B.C.) |
| Levi's second son, Kohath, was
born. Kohath lived 133 years and was the family line through which
the Levitical priesthood came. He was a direct ancestor of Moses and
Aaron. (1735 B.C.) |
| Jacob was called by God to move
back to Canaan. He began his journey. On the way he wrestled with an
angel who changed his name to "Israel." |
| Rachel died on the way back to
Canaan. (1732 B.C.) |
| Joseph was sent captive to Egypt
at the age of seventeen. (1728 B.C.) |
| Isaac died at the age of 180.
(1716 B.C.) |
| Joseph was made governor of
Egypt. (1715 B.C.) |
| Jacob, now called Israel, and
his family went into Egypt. Of Jacob's children and grandchildren,
sixty-six went down to Egypt. These plus the nine wives of his sons
made 75 people in all. It was 215 years after the "Call of
Abraham" that Jacob and his family moved to Egypt. Two hundred
and fifteen years later Moses led them out of Egypt and received the
Law on Mt. Sinai. Acts 7:14 and Gal. 3:17 (1706 B.C.) |
1700 B.C
| Pelasgi, from Ardacia, settled
Italy (or Latium). The Pelasgi were the primitive inhabitants of
Greece and Italy and probably belonged to the Indo-Germanic race.
From the Pelasgi came the Dorians, Aeolians and Ionians, all three
being Heilenes or Greeks. (1694 B.C.) |
| Jacob elevated Ephraim and
Manasseh to the same status as his sons, creating the twelve tribes
of Israel (Thirteen tribes actually, but Levi was elevated to the
status of priesthood, leaving twelve to divide up the land).
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| All Babylonia was permanently
united. The capital, "Babylon the Great," for some 1700
years stood as the queen city of the world. Pliny says, "It was
the greatest city the sun ever shone upon." "Its walls,
300 feet high and 75 feet wide, enclosed an area of 225 square
miles. Its temples, palaces, fortresses, brazen gates, quays,
artificial mountains and lakes, made it one of the Seven Wonders of
the World." Strabo. |
| Jacob died at the age of 147.
(1689 B.C.) |
| Aahmes became Pharoah of Egypt.
He ruled for 25 years, expelling the Hyksos and restoring the
temples. (Circa. 1655 B.C.) |
| Kohath's son, Amram, was born.
Amram fathered Moses, Aaron and Miriam. (1646 B.C.) |
| This was believed to be the time
of the book of Job. Job, of Idumea, an Arabian sage, was supposed by
some to be identical with Jobab who was a grandson of Easu. (Circa.
1655 B.C.) |
| Levi's daughter, Jochebed, was
born. (Jochebed later became the wife of Amram and the mother of
Moses, Aaron and Miriam.) |
| Genesis, the Bible's first book,
came to an end. Genesis embraced 2369 years of history. The Bible's
second book, Exodus, began. |
| Joseph died at the age of 110.
(1635 B.C.) |
| Levi died. (1632 B.C.) |
| Krishna flourished about this
time in India. |
| Amen-Hotep the First became
Pharaoh of Egypt. He reigned 24 years. Horses and wheeled carts were
first represented on monuments. |
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