Created Early Spring 2004, updated July 8, 2009

Sub-Headings:        Some Observations

What this is, is a detailed step by step timeline of all the events of the Bible prior to Acts. I think it is immensely helpful to be aware of events not really mentioned in context that really help you to get a feel for the times and days of early man, post flood era and the rest. For instance, Shem lives for 500 years after the flood. You will note that this is after Abraham is born. That early period, known in secular circles as Middle Bronze Age, was interesting due to the many generations that lived together at the same time. Knowledge did not need to be stored or recorded since those who had it were around for so long.

But the danger was when they began to die off, not all that far from each other. This massive loss of knowledge could have well added to a dark age in time. We know little of the Middle Bronze due to little being recorded. In fact, even the Late Bronze Age is a bit murky. It is the Iron Age where things begin to get recorded and last, so that we can see more clearly from then on. So one can better grasp the flow of events with the help of timelines. I feel I learned more just putting it together and carefully questioning everything. So have fun.

I do a more concise and reduced Chronology which shows clearly how the Timeline was calculated so that you can verify or challenge my figures and reasoning where it was needed. Added to that Chronology and this one are Supplemental Chronologies of particular subjects, Namely one dealing with times involving Jesus, one of the period of the Kings of Judah and Israel to show there are no missing gaps or conflicts, and one on the period of Judges and how to understand that as well. They are all listed at the end of this article.

My dates will possibly be off by 1 to 2 years as I chose to give a full year for any time said to be "in the year of." When giving the year of a king, it may say in the say 4th year of such and such. The 4th year as in the "20th century is filled with the 1900's" and the 4th year would mean a full 3 years and the 4th in progress. There is no 0 year for the birth of Christ. We have 1 BC and then 1 AD. And some dates are given by chronologists as 2 years such as 587/6 BC. Take your pick. So the years could be off by a couple or even 3 years. This will not be significant in archaeological or Biblical terms. Exact dates are an elusive pursuit and always subject to change. I include BC dates in some tables before I actually explain how I arrived at those dates. After you come across the explanation, you can go back and double check them if you like.

There is less explanation in this Timeline. I reserve that for the other Timelines in most cases. There may be a few minor corrections to make at this point but nothing serious. I'll also be making a few more references available and a few more dates very soon. Its been a long time coming.

I use the following abbreviations as dating descriptions:

AA = years After Adam                Some call this AM (Anno Mundi) but I don't speak Latin. I speak English.
BF = years Before the Flood
AF = years After the Flood
EX = Years After the Exodus
BC = Before Christ
AD = After Christ                        AD actually stands for (Anno Domini) but again, I speak English, not Latin. But everyone commonly knows this one so I keep it.

 

0	AA	Adam	born 0	-1656	BF			-4006	BC		Genesis 5
130	AA	Seth	born 130 of Adam	-1526	BF			-3876	BC		Genesis 5
235	AA	Enosh	born 105 of Seth	-1421	BF			-3771	BC		Genesis 5
325	AA	Kenan	born 90 of Enosh	-1331	BF			-3681	BC		Genesis 5
395	AA	Mahalalel	born 70 of Kenan	-1261	BF			-3611	BC		Genesis 5
460	AA	Jared	born 65 of Mahalalel	-1196	BF			-3546	BC		Genesis 5
622	AA	Enoch	born 162 of Jared	-1034	BF			-3384	BC		Genesis 5
687	AA	Methuselah	born 65 of Enoch	-969	BF			-3319	BC		Genesis 5
874	AA	Lamech	born 187 of Methuselah	-782	BF			-3132	BC		Genesis 5
930	AA	Adam	died at 930	-726	BF			-3076	BC		Genesis 5
987	AA	Enoch	died at 365	-669	BF			-3019	BC		Genesis 5
1042	AA	Seth	died at 912	-614	BF			-2964	BC		Genesis 5
1056	AA	Noah	born 182 of Lamech	-600	BF			-2950	BC		Genesis 5
1140	AA	Enosh	died at 905	-516	BF			-2866	BC		Genesis 5
1235	AA	Kenan	died at 910	-421	BF			-2771	BC		Genesis 5
1290	AA	Mahalalel	died at 895	-366	BF			-2716	BC		Genesis 5
1422	AA	Jared	died at 962	-234	BF			-2584	BC		Genesis 5
1556	AA	Japheth	born 500 of Noah	-100	BF			-2450	BC		*estimation
1557	AA	Ham	born 501 of Noah	-99	BF			-2449	BC		*estimation
1558	AA	Shem	born 502 of Noah: 600	-98	BF			-2448	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1651	AA	Lamech	died at 777	-5	BF			-2355	BC		Genesis 5
1656	AA	Methuselah	died at 969	0	BF			-2350	BC		Genesis 5
1656	AA	Noah	600 at Flood	0	BF			-2350	BC		Genesis 7:11-12
1656	AA	Flood	Begins, lasts 1 year	0	BF			-2350	BC		Genesis 7:24
											Genesis 8:3-6
1657	AA	Flood	Waters are gone	1	AF			-2349	BC		Genesis 8:13-14
1658	AA	Arpachshad	born 100 of Shem: 438	2	AF			-2348	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1658	AA	Arpachshad	born 2 years after flood	2	AF			-2348	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1693	AA	Shelah	born 35 of Arpachshad: 433	37	AF			-2313	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1723	AA	Eber	born 30 of Shelah: 464	67	AF			-2283	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1757	AA	Peleg	born 34 of Eber: 239	101	AF			-2249	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1757	AA	Confusion	of languages after this	101	AF			-2249	BC		Genesis 10:25
1787	AA	Reu	born 30 of Peleg: 239	131	AF			-2219	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1819	AA	Serug	born 32 of Reu: 230	163	AF			-2187	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1849	AA	Nahor	born 30 of Serug: 148	193	AF			-2157	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1878	AA	Terah	born 29 of Nahor: 205	222	AF			-2128	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1996	AA	Confusion	of languages before now	340	AF			-2008	BC		Genesis 10:25
1996	AA	Peleg	dies at 239	340	AF			-2008	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
1997	AA	Nahor	dies at 230	341	AF			-2009	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
2006	AA	Noah	dies at 950	350	AF			-2000	BC		Genesis 9:28
2008	AA	Abraham	born 130 of Terah: 175	352	AF			-1998	BC		Genesis 12:1-4
2018	AA	Sarah	born 10 after Abraham	362				-1988	BC		Genesis 17:17
2026	AA	Reu	dies at 239	370				-1980	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
2049	AA	Serug	dies at 230	393				-1957	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
2083	AA	Terah	dies at 205 at Haran	427	AF			-1923	BC		Genesis 10:32
2083	AA	Abraham	at 75 Leaves Haran	427	AF			-1923	BC		Genesis 12:1-4
2083	AA	1st 1/2 Sojourn	begins 1st 215 wandering	427	AF			-1923	BC		Exodus 12:40
2094	AA	Ishmael	born 86 of Abraham	438	AF			-1912	BC		Genesis 17:24
2096	AA	Arpachshad	dies at 438	440	AF			-1910	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
2107	AA	Abraham	Circumcised	451	AF			-1899	BC		Genesis 17:24
2107	AA	Sodom and	Gomorrah Destroyed	451	AF			-1899	BC		Genesis 17:24
2108	AA	Isaac	born 100 of Abraham: 180	452	AF			-1898	BC		Genesis 21:5
2113	AA	Isaac	weaned, persecuted at 5	457	AF			-1893	BC		Galatians 4:27-31
2126	AA	Shelah	dies at 430	470	AF			-1906	BC		Genesis 5
2145	AA	Sarah dies	at 127 near Isaac marry	489	AF			-1861	BC		Genesis 23:1, 17:17
2148	AA	Isaac	marries Rebekah at 40	492	AF			-1858	BC		Genesis 25:20
2158	AA	Shem	dies at 600	502	AF			-1848	BC		Genesis 11:10-26
2168	AA	Jacob	born 60 of Isaac: 147	512	AF			-1838	BC		Genesis 25:26
2183	AA	Abraham	dies at 175	527	AF			-1823	BC		Genesis 25:7
2187	AA	Eber	dies at 464	531	AF			-1819	BC		Genesis 5
2246	AA	Jacob	begins serving Laban	590	AF			-1756	BC		*estimation
2253	AA	Jacob	gets married, works 7 more	597	AF			-1749	BC		*estimation
2253	AA	Reuben	born 85 of Jacob/Leah	597	AF			-1749	BC		*estimation
2254	AA	Simeon	born 86 of Jacob/Leah	598	AF			-1748	BC		*estimation
2255	AA	Levi	born 87 of Jacob: 137	599	AF			-1747	BC		*estimation
2255	AA	Judah	born 87* of Jacob/Leah	599	AF			-1747	BC		*estimation
2257	AA	Issachar	born 89 of Jacob/Leah	601	AF			-1749	BC		*estimation
2258	AA	Zebulun	born 90 of Jacob/Leah	602	AF			-1748	BC		*estimation
2259	AA	Dinah	born 91* of Jacob/Leah	603	AF			-1747	BC		*estimation
2259	AA	Joseph	born 91 of Jacob:110	603	AF			-1747	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2259	AA	Jacob	begins 6 more for Laban	603	AF			-1747	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2265	AA	Jacob	leaves Laban after 6	609	AF			-1741	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
		Jacob	moves to Succoth 7 yrs								Genesis 33:17
		Jacob	camped at Schechem	616							Genesis 33:18
		Dinah	violated, seduced ~13*	616							Genesis 34:2-5
		Jacob	moves to Bethel	616							Genesis 35:1
		Deborah	nurse dies at Bethel								Genesis 35:8
		Jacob	to Ephrath/Bethlehem	617							Genesis 35:16
		Rachel	dies having Benjamin								Genesis 35:19
			on way to Bethlehem
		Jacob	goes to Mamre/Hebron	618	AF						*estimation
2276	AA	Joseph	Sold into Slavery at 17	620	AF			-1730	BC		Genesis 37:1-3,26-28,36
2288	AA	Jacob	in Hebron w/ Isaac by now	632	AF			-1718	BC		Genesis 35:27
2288	AA	Isaac	dies at 180 in Hebron	632	AF			-1718	BC		Genesis 35:28
2289	AA	Joseph	30 at Pharaoh's appntment	633	AF			-1717	BC		Genesis 41:46
2276	AA	Joseph	Sold into Slavery at 17	620	AF			-1730	BC		Genesis 37:1-3,26-28,36
2276	AA	Joseph	serves Potiphar ~6 yrs	620	AF			-1730	BC
2282	AA	Joseph	serves prison warden~7yrs	626	AF			-1724	BC
2287	AA	Joseph	interprets 2 dreams 2yrs	631	AF			-1719	BC		Genesis 41:1
2289	AA	Joseph	30 at Pharaoh's appntment	633	AF			-1717	BC		Genesis 41:46
2289	AA	7 years	of good harvest begin	633	AF			-1717	BC
		Joseph	2 sons born before famine
2296	AA	7 years	of bad harvest begins	640	AF			-1710	BC
2298	AA	2 years	of famine past	642	AF			-1708	BC		Genesis 45:6-11
2298	AA	Jacob	comes to Egypt at 130	642	AF			-1708	BC		Genesis 47:9
2298	AA	Joseph	is 39	642	AF			-1708	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2298	AA	2nd 1/2 Sojourn	begins 215 years in Egypt	642	AF			-1708	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2315	AA	Jacob	dies at 147	659	AF			-1693	BC		Genesis 47:28-29
2332	AA	Kohath	born ?? of Levi  (58)*	661	AF			-1691	BC		Exodus 6:16
2369	AA	Joseph	dies at 110	713	AF			-1637	BC
2374	AA	Amram	born ?? of Kohath  (58)*	718	AF			-1632	BC		Exodus 6:18
2378	AA	Mt. Thera	Major Eruption	722	AF			-1628	BC
2392	AA	Levi	dies at 137	736	AF			-1614	BC		Exodus 6:16
2433	AA	Moses	born ?? of Amram  (58)*	777	AF			-1573	BC		Exodus 6:20
2473	AA	Moses	at 40 flees to Midian	817	AF			-1533	BC
2513	AA	Moses	at 80 leads Exodus	857	AF	0	EX	-1493	BC
		Israel	wanders 40 years
2553	AA	Moses	at 120 dies	897	AF	40	EX	-1453	BC
2553	AA	Joshua	takes over Israel	897	AF	40	EX	-1453	BC
2553	AA	Judges	Period Begins	897	AF	40	EX	-1453	BC
		Judges	Period 356 years long
		Huge Climate	Disruption in Tree Rings					-1159	BC
2909	AA	Judges	ENDS	1253	AF	396	EX	-1097	BC
2909	AA	Saul	40 years	1253	AF	396	EX	-1097	BC		Acts 13: 21
2949	AA	David	40 years	1293	AF	436	EX	-1057	BC		2 Samuel 5: 4
2989	AA	Solomon	40 years	a	AF	476	EX	-1017	BC		1 Kings 11: 42
2993	AA	Solomon's	4th Year	1337	AF	480	EX	-1013	BC
2993	AA	Temple	Construction begins	1337	AF	480	EX	-1013	BC
3029	AA	Reheboam	17 years	1373	AF	516	EX	-977	BC		1 Kings 14: 21
3029	AA	Israel	Separates	1373	AF	516	EX	-977	BC
3046	AA	Abijam	3 years	1390	AF	533	EX	-960	BC		1 Kings 15: 1-2
3049	AA	Asa	41 years	1393	AF	536	EX	-957	BC		1 Kings 15: 9-10
3090	AA	Jehoshaphat	25 years	1434	AF	577	EX	-916	BC		1 Kings 22: 42
3111	AA	Jehoram*	1st 4 of 8 Co-rex w/Jshpht 21st	1455	AF	598	EX	-891	BC		2 Kings 8: 17
3115	AA	Jehoram*	Last 4 of 8 alone begins	1459	AF	602	EX	-895	BC
3119	AA	Ahaziah	1 year	1463	AF	606	EX	-887	BC		2 Kings 8: 26
3120	AA	Athaliah	7 years	1464	AF	607	EX	-886	BC		2 Kings 11: 3-4
3127	AA	Jehoash	40 years	1471	AF	614	EX	-879	BC		2 Kings 12: 1
3167	AA	Amaziah	29 years	1511	AF	654	EX	-839	BC		2 Kings 14: 1-2
3196	AA	Uzziah	52 years	1540	AF	683	EX	-810	BC		2 Kings 15: 1-2
3248	AA	Jotham	16 years	1592	AF	735	EX	-758	BC		2 Kings 15: 32-33
3264	AA	Ahaz	16 years	1608	AF	751	EX	-742	BC		2 Kings 16: 1-2
3280	AA	Hezekiah	29 years	1624	AF	767	EX	-726	BC		2 Kings 18: 2
3286	AA	Hezekiah's	6th year	1630	AF	773	EX	-720	BC		2 Kings 18: 11
3286	AA	Shalmaneser	Hoshea/Israel Falls to Assyria	1630	AF	773	EX	-720	BC		2 Kings 18: 11
3309	AA	Manasseh	55 years	1653	AF	796	EX	-697	BC		2 Kings 21: 1
3364	AA	Amon	2 years	1708	AF	851	EX	-642	BC		2 Kings 21: 19
3366	AA	Josiah	31 years	1710	AF	853	EX	-640	BC		2 Kings 22: 1
3397	AA	*Jehoahaz	0 years 3 months	1741	AF	884	EX	-609	BC		2 Kings 23: 31
3397	AA	Jehoiakim	11 years	1741	AF	884	EX	-609	BC		2 Kings 23: 36
3408	AA	*Jehoiachin	0 years 3 months	1752	AF	895	EX	-598	BC		2 Kings 24: 8
3408	AA	Zedekiah	11 years	1752	AF	895	EX	-598	BC		2 Kings 24: 18
3419	AA	Jerusalem	& Judah Falls	1763	AF	906	EX	-587	BC
3419	AA	Israel	Fulfills 390 Years	1763	AF	906	EX	-587	BC
		510 Years for	Saul to Judah's Fall
		426 Years for	Solmn's 4th to Judah's Fall
		133 Years for	Israel's Fall to Judah's Fall
3034	AA	Shishak	attacks Rehoboam	1378	AF	521	EX	-972	BC		1 Kings 14:25
3235	AA	Menahem	bribes Pul of Assyria  ++	1579	AF	722	EX	-771	BC		2 Kings 15:19
3264	AA	Tiglathpileser	attacks Pekah/Israel   ++	1608	AF	751	EX	-742	BC		2 Kings 15:29
3284	AA	Shalmaneser	attacks Hoshea	1628	AF	771	EX	-718	BC		2 Kings 18:9
3286	AA	Shalmaneser	defeats Hoshea	1630	AF	773	EX	-720	BC		2 Kings 18:11
3294	AA	Sennacherib	defeated, killed	1638	AF	781	EX	-712	BC		2 Kings 18:13
3397	AA	Neco	kills Josiah	1741	AF	884	EX	-609	BC		2 Kings 23:29
3401	AA	Nebuchadrezzar	defeats Neco	1745	AF	888	EX	-605	BC		Jeremiah 46:2
3467	AA	Babylon	falls to Cyrus of Persia	1811	AF			-539	BC
3489	AA	Darius	of Medo-Persia 2nd year	1833	AF			-517	BC
3489	AA	Zechariahs 1:12	70 years since fall of Jerusalem	1833	AF			-517	BC
3561	AA	Artaxerxes 20th	decree to rebuild Jerusalem	1905	AF			-445	BC
			483 Lunar years to AD 29					-445	BC
			476 Solar years to AD 29					-445	BC
4004	AA	Jesus	born in Fall 2 BC	2348	AF			-2	BC
4034	AA	Jesus	Baptized AD 29	2378	AF			29	AD
4034	AA	Completed	476 Solar years to AD 29	2378	AF			29	AD
			69 weeks of years
4038	AA	Jesus	Crucified, 19th Year of Tiberius	2282	AF			33	AD
4075	AA	Titus / Rome	Conquers Jerusalem	2319	AF			70	AD

Some Observations
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The languages were changed/confused during the days of Peleg, which likely refers to some significant time in his life when he was prominent. It would be (rounding off numbers) between 2000 BC and 2250 BC, those being near his birth and death. Archaeology seems to show a change about 2100 BC, with many more languages appearing at that time.

Most of the great early patriarchs die off before Jacob. Shem and Shelah both die just before him. Abraham and Eber (also Heber as in Heberu/Hebrew) die off after Jacob is born and in his teens. So Jacob really begins a new era where on the old guard have died off, perhaps leaving a sort of sudden information loss. Note how the ages of the patriarchs get much shorter with each generation from Noah/Shem to Jacob.

The next series of events highlights how easy it is to put God in 2nd place behind Political Correctness or other such perceived priorities and authorities. The Bible makes it clear that Jacob comes to Laban and agrees to work for Laban for 7 years in order to marry Rachel. After the 7 years, Laban throws a party, likely gets Jacob full of liquor, and then sneaks in Rachel's sister, Leah, into the tent to wait for Jacob. He goes in, in the dark. Remember that before electricity, it was very dark and you did not bring fire near tents except by little lamps with wicks. Jacob does not discover the switch till morning. H complains but Laban says he will give Rachel, too, but, of course, would need another 7 years in consideration of 2 brides given instead of one. Laban did not want to lose good help but it was still dirty.

Jacob agrees and begins having babies with Leah, AFTER having worked 7 years already. Dr. Floyd Jones, in consideration of how young Dinah was, by modern 21st century standards of the USA, when she was violated/seduced, could not possibly imagine that Jacob had 12 kids by 4 women in 7 years. It's quite easy, with 4 wives. One could do it with time to spare. But Dinah ends up being "only" 13 by his estimation, which I agree with, and so he does not believe that she would be let out alone and so he concludes, against what the scriptures clearly state, and suggests that Jacob began having kids at the start of his service, 7 years before he was even married. God must have made a mistake in His figuring I guess.

I say bring this up because I do respect the work of Jones very much and highly recommend his book, mentioned elsewhere. But to ignore the Bible's clear statements and opt for another accounting is not acceptable and not what he normally suggests in his interpretations, which normally favor accepting God's word above all other sources. A moment of inconsistency. Even the best appear to do it at times. Jones does it here. I don't. Jones is overcome by his certainty, as I see it, that our ways today are correct and the way it was done 3700 years ago by God's people as well. But the truth is, that God's people were much different and had a much different outlook than we have today. A woman (according to then) of 13 was a perfectly acceptable age to marry in many circumstances.

Leah quickly has 4 sons, likely born fairly close to each other. 4 sons at 10 months each ( I had to give Leah at least a month's break between each child, the poor thing ) requires only 3 years and 4 months. I then give Leah a year break (its only fair) before having 3 more. 3 kids at 10 months, 30 months, is 2.5 years. 3.5 years + 1 + 2.5 = 7 years. Easily done, unless you are Leah. Dinah would have been born near the same time as or just before Joseph. Jacob packs up and moves on, leaving double dealing Laban behind. I show his steps after that as well.

Now Benjamin was born long after the other kids. His mother dies giving birth to him on the way to Bethlehem, estimated to be no more than 8 years after leaving Laban. He was at Succoth for some time, having even built a considerable house and homestead before hand. But here is the thing. Jacob and Benjamin embrace when Joseph reveals himself in Egypt. Joseph remembers Benjamin. We do not know if Benjamin also remembered him or not. But if we allow Joseph a couple years at Hebron before he is sold into slavery, that allows Benjamin to be 3 before Joseph is sold. Ussher allows only 1 year, so that Joseph at least knows about Benjamin. Any less and that would not work. But even with this scenario, Dinah is merely 15, still quite young by today's silly standard.

But for Joseph to have had a few memories of Benjamin would require 2 or 3 years at the least. If Benjamin was to remember Joseph much at all, we might need him to be 4 or 5 before Joseph disappears. At least 3 for sure. So 13 is likely, 12 is possible, 11 does seem a little young, but still not outside of the realm of possibility for back then. So it would seem right to me to give at least 5 or 6 years at Succoth before moving on.

Also consider that Dinah's brothers were quite upset over the treatment of their sister. Hamor's son, Shechem, violates Dinah when he sees her among his village's daughters and falls for her. The Bible says he "humbled" her. That is how most Bible translations word it. Humiliated is used 2 or 3 times in the Bibles I checked. But this type of description is often used in virgins being deflowered. it does not necessarily indicate rape, though it could. But the account also says that Shechem spoke kindly/comfortingly to her, as most Bibles put it. She either consented or consented after the initial forcing with some persuasion. It would not be the first time that such a thing has happened where a woman at first refused and then reluctantly writes it off and consents to marriage or a continued relationship.

So from the Bible's viewpoint, it was not rape. That is often the word used but such a charge would never be allowed according to the circumstances described. Rape might be what they would call it today since an initial no seals the deal. But if a change of heart occurs, it is not rape by Bible standards. The Bible's standards and those of today clearly differ. I prefer God's definition in my judgment. Any judgment the differs from God's is from the devil. I'll leave it at that.

Jacob's own boys were no angels in their lives so I do not understand the anger if Dinah relented and went along with the humbling before or after. It was not uncommon and never has been. I know of a number of instances in my lifetime where a woman feigned "no," only to accept the intrusion and continue the relationship. Regardless of the political correctness doctrine of no means no; God says that one must act in accordance with the charge and if the woman forgave the man, then it is not rape. Forgiving is not in harmony with a woman who truly did not want the violation and remains angry or deeply hurt and wants nothing more to do with the man.

But what might have very much angered Dinah's brothers is if she had been quite young at the time of her being urged along rather reluctantly. If she were 11 or 12 and pre-pubescent, that just might have angered the boys as it did. And if she was not willing at first, then all the more resentment would be more understandable. Gen. 34:7 . . . "they were very angry, because he had done foolishness in Israel , to lie with the daughter of Jacob, and it should not be done in this way." The brothers were not happy about something in particular. Maybe they thought she was just too young to have been prevailed upon, when she was not even developed yet, being pre-pubescent.

But Jacob agreed with the marriage, Dinah agreed, and the boys "said" they agreed, but they lied. Jacob was quite unhappy about this treacherous action. He remembered it in his deathbed pronunciation. So while Dr. Jones does not think Dinah could be any less than 13, I am not so sure. 13 does seem to me to be the most likely solution, but not beyond the boundaries of other possibilities. Rather, I think that 15 is more unlikely than 12. But for sure, she is young by any measure.

Now Jones changing the birth dates of the boys, thereby changing their ages compared to Joseph's, does not harm the Chronology as it is not affected by the change, it is a slight to God's word, which says they were born after 7 years of labor when Jacob first married.

Our next little dilemma is with the generations between Levi and Moses. We know who, but not when people were born. It does not affect the Timeline but is still interesting and I wanted to clear up what I had done. We do not know when Levi had Kohath, nor when Kohath had Amram. We do not know the ages of Kohath and Amram. We do know when Moses was born by subtracting 80 years from the Exodus, but do not know how old Amram was at the time of Moses' birth. But the average age of the fathers at each birth was 58 years so I assigned 58 years to each to give a good possibility of approximate times when it could have happened. Recall that after 4 generations in Egypt, Israel would come back out.

This lineage or that of Judah would confirm this prophecy. while it was only 4 generations, as you can see, the average number of years when child was born, is considerable. So while 4 generations as a while does not allow for a lot of breeding, when this particular 4 generations in considered, it is quite a bit of time and many lines of Israel might have been far more than 4 generations. Would you wait 58 years or so to marry and have kids? Of course, many more kids could have been born to each of these men but the Bible does not say if there were or not.

2298	AA	Jacob	comes to Egypt at 130	642	AF			-1708	BC		Genesis 47:9
2298	AA	Joseph	is 39	642	AF			-1708	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2298	AA	2nd 1/2 Sojourn	begins 215 years in Egypt	642	AF			-1708	BC		EXTRAPOLATION
2315	AA	Jacob	dies at 147	659	AF			-1693	BC		Genesis 47:28-29
2332	AA	Kohath	born ?? of Levi  (58)*	661	AF			-1691	BC		Exodus 6:16
2369	AA	Joseph	dies at 110	713	AF			-1637	BC
2374	AA	Amram	born ?? of Kohath  (58)*	718	AF			-1632	BC		Exodus 6:18
2378	AA	Mt. Thera	Major Eruption	722	AF			-1628	BC
2392	AA	Levi	dies at 137	736	AF			-1614	BC		Exodus 6:16
2433	AA	Moses	born ?? of Amram  (58)*	777	AF			-1573	BC		Exodus 6:20
2473	AA	Moses	at 40 flees to Midian	817	AF			-1533	BC

I cover the periods of the Judges, Kings, and Jesus in their own articles on chronology. I point out that Jesus was born in the fall of 2 BC. Being only 3 or 4 months before a new Roman year, placing it in 2 BC, could inflate my overall timeline by 8 or 9 months. the 480th year of the Exodus, in th e4th years of Solomon, was only 2 months into that year. So it could inflate my timeline by another 10 months. But then again, David technically reigned 40.5 years, not 40. So I got at least 18 extra months and take away 6 for David's time, and I still have 12 months I could take out of my timeline. This would make the flood date to 2349 BC, which is also the very year determined by dendrochronologists, who study tree rings for dating and climate change, when a very extreme abrupt change in climate disturbance is shown. Imagine that the Bible and mainstream "Science" could agree on anything and to such exact agreement. Almost too much to believe. Someone pinch me so I know I'm not dreaming!

Of course, since there are a number of incomplete years that make up this timeline and others, the variance could move one way or the other by a year or 2, maybe even 3. But we have no evidence for any or which ones they might be. What we have allows a perfect match. Its not bad, but its not necessarily permanent, either. Close enough, though!

You should be aware that agreement between the Bible and science "evidence" often agree. It is the academic "interpretation" of the evidence that often is seen in conflict. That same evidence can be shown to have much better interpretations applied to it and I will with time, God permitting. But it would seem to me that Timelines and Chronology were important to God and that He took the appropriate care to allow reasonably good calculations. Chronology and prophecy are often inseparable and both give good reason to have faith.

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