Abraham

Chronology: Flood to present (2011)Period Years DateFlood to Abraham 292 years 2449 BCAbraham to Joseph (birth) 250 years 2157 BCJoseph (leader) to Moses 430 years 1877 BCExodus to Dedication of Solomon’s temple

480 years 1447 BC

Date of Temple Dedication 967 BC*Birth of Jesus / Baptism 0 0End of year 2010 2010 years 2011 ADTotal years 4460 years

*Stevens, Marty E. Temples, tithes, and taxes: the temple and the economic life of ancient Israel, pg. 3. Hendrickson Publishers 2006, ISBN 1565639340

Genealogy of ShemPatriarch Age_Son yrs Son Yrs_Died Date (BC)Noah 500 Shem 950 3087Shem 100 Arphaxad 500 2487Arphaxad 35 Shelah 403 2387Shelah 30 Eber 403 2352Eber 34 Peleg 430 2322Peleg 30 Reu 209 2288Reu 32 Serug 207 2258Serug 30 Nahor 200 2226Nahor 29 Terah 119 2196Terah 70 Abraham 205 2167 Nahor Harran / LotAbraham 100 Isaac 175 2097Isaac 60 Jacob 180 1997Jacob 90 Joseph 147 1907Prince of Egypt 110 1877Moses 120 1527

Abraham’s Family Line

• Genesis 11: 22-26• 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father

of Nahor. 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

• 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

• 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Harran.

Abraham’s Family Line

• Genesis 11: 31-32• 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son

of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

• 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

The Ark rested: mountains of Urartu

UR1

UR2

UR1 = northern MesopotamiaUR2 = southern Mesopotamia

What do “Chaldeans” mean?

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Ur, Serug, Harran

Ur of the “Chaldeans”

Harran

KALDU: adept astrologers, magicians, mathematicians

Ur of the “Chaldeans”

Harran

* Tel-Terahi

Sanliurfa = “Urfa” = “UR”

Suruc = “Serug”

The Ark rested

UR

From Ur to Harran

UR

Harran

The Promise

• Genesis 12• 1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country,

your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.[a] 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”[b]

From Harran to Canaan

• Genesis 12• 4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot

went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

From Harran to Canaan

UR

Harran

Canaan