Bible history

Period of the Dispersion

Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 30

Begins on Vol. I, p. 30

From the Flood to the Promise (435 Years).

Year of the World	Before Christ	Events from the Flood to the Promise
1657	2347	Noah issues from the ark, the 27th of the second month. (October or November.)
1658	2346	Birth of Arphaxad.
1693	2311	Birth of Salah.
1723	2281	Birth of Eber.
1757	2247	Birth of Peleg. The earth divided in his days. Babel, The confusion of tongues.
1787	2217	Birth of Reu.
1819	2185	Birth of Serug.
1849	2155	Birth of Nahor.
1878	2126	Birth of Terah.
1948	2056	Terah's eldest son is born.
1996	2008	Death of Peleg, aged 239 years.
1997	2007	Death of Nahor, aged 148 years.
2006	1998	Death of Noah, aged 950 years.
2008	1996	Birth of Abraham.
2026	1978	Death of Reu, aged 239 years.
2049	1955	Death of Serug, aged 230 years.
2083	1921	Death of Terah; Abraham departs to Canaan.
2083 2084 2091	1921 1920 1912	Abraham, seventy-five years old, departs from Haran, to which place he had previously gone from Ur of the Chaldees (Gen. xi. 31-xii. 5); comes to Sichem; thence to a place between Bethel and Ai; thence advances southward, and, in consequence of a famine, descends into Egypt, where he makes no long stay, xii. Returns to Bethel. Lot separates from Abraham, xiii. At this time the cities of the plain revolted from Chedorlaomer, to whom they had been subject twelve years, xiv. 1. Chedorlaomer's invasion and battle with the kings of these cities. Abraham rescues Lot. Melchizedek blesses him, xiv. The word of the Lord comes to Abraham; The Promise, xv.