The Age of the Patriarchs
~2100–1800 BCE (traditional) · Event
Genesis 12–50: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph — the family through whom the covenant passes.
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More from The Bible
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- The Nativity: Jesus is born in Bethlehem (5 BCE)
- The Creation (4004 BCE)
- The Life of Jesus (5 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses the lawgiver (1526 BCE)
- The Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (1446 BCE)
Around 2166 BCE
- Maya civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Epic of Gilgamesh recorded (2100 BCE)
- Akkadian Empire under Sargon (2334 BCE)
- Minoan civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055 BCE)
- The Great Flood (2348 BCE)
- Abraham, father of the covenant (2166 BCE)
- The Tower of Babel (2242 BCE)
- Abraham and the binding of Isaac (2054 BCE)
- Sargon of Akkad (2334 BCE)