Abraham

Chronology: Flood to present (2011) PeriodYearsDate Flood to Abraham292 years2449 BC Abraham to Joseph (birth)250 years2157 BC Joseph (leader) to Moses430 years1877 BC Exodus to Dedication of Solomon’s temple 480 years1447 BC Date of Temple Dedication967 BC* Birth of Jesus / Baptism00 End of year years2011 AD Total years4460 years *Stevens, Marty E. Temples, tithes, and taxes: the temple and the economic life of ancient Israel, pg. 3. Hendrickson Publishers 2006, ISBN Temples, tithes, and taxes: the temple and the economic life of ancient IsraelISBN

Genealogy of Shem PatriarchAge_Son yrsSonYrs_DiedDate (BC) Noah 500Shem Shem100Arphaxad Arphaxad35Shelah Shelah30Eber Eber34Peleg Peleg30Reu Reu32Serug Serug30Nahor Nahor29Terah Terah70Abraham Nahor Harran / Lot Abraham100Isaac Isaac60Jacob Jacob90Joseph Prince of Egypt Moses

Abraham’s Family Line Genesis 11: 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: 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 Mesopotamia UR2 = southern Mesopotamia

What do “Chaldeans” mean?

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]ab

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