Bible-Genesis

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Estimated date of authorship: 1445-1405 BC
Estimated date when events of book occurred: ~4004 BC - 1806 BC
Bible Book Category: Law
Outline (dates are approximate)

Timeframe	What Happened	Scripture
Before 4000 BC	The Creation	Genesis 1
Before 4000 BC	The Garden of Eden	Genesis 2
Before 4000 BC	The Fall of Man	Genesis 3
Before 3000 BC	Cain kills Abel	Genesis 4
Before 3000 BC	From Adam to Noah	Genesis 5
Before 2500 BC	Wickedness Provokes God's wrath	Genesis 6
Before 2500 BC	The Great Flood	Genesis 7
Before 2500 BC	The Flood Subsides	Genesis 8
Before 2500 BC	Covenant of the Rainbow	Genesis 9
Before 2500 BC	Shem, Ham and Japheth	Genesis 10
Before 2100 BC	The Tower of Babel	Genesis 11
2091 BC	God Sends Abram to Egypt	Genesis 12
2090 BC	The Famine in Canaan	Genesis 12:10
2085 BC	Abram and Lot Part Ways	Genesis 13
2085 BC	Abram Promised Many Descendants	Genesis 13:14
2084 BC	Abram Rescues Lot	Genesis 14
2081 BC	God's Covenant with Abram	Genesis 15
2081 BC	Sarai and Hagar	Genesis 16
2080 BC	Ishmael Born	Genesis 16:15
2067 BC	The Covenant of Circumcision	Genesis 17
2067 BC	God Promises the Birth of Isaac	Genesis 18
2067 BC	The Destruction of Sodom	Genesis 19
2067 BC	Abraham, Sarah and Abimelech	Genesis 20
2066 BC	Isaac Born	Genesis 21
2064 BC	Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away	Genesis 21:8
2057 BC	The Treaty at Beersheba	Genesis 21:22
2054 BC	The Offering of Isaac	Genesis 22
2030 BC	Death and Burial of Sarah	Genesis 23
2026 BC	Isaac Marries Rebekah	Genesis 24
2006 BC	Birth of Jacob and Esau	Genesis 25
1991 BC	Death of Abraham	Genesis 25:5
1978 BC	Esau sells his birthright	Genesis 25:29
1977 BC	Isaac and Abimelech	Genesis 26
1929 BC	Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing	Genesis 27
1928 BC	Jacob Flees to Laban	Genesis 28
1928 BC	Jacob's vision of a ladder	Genesis 28:10
1928 BC	Jacob Serves Laban	Genesis 29
1921 BC	Jacob Marries Rachel	Genesis 29:28
1921 BC	Jacob and His Sons	Genesis 30
1916 BC	Rachel Bears Joseph	Genesis 30:22
1908 BC	Jacob Leaves for Canaan	Genesis 31
1906 BC	Jacob Wrestles with God	Genesis 32
1906 BC	Jacob Meets Esau	Genesis 33
1906 BC	Jacob Settles in Shechem	Genesis 33:18
1906 BC	Shechem Defiles Dinah	Genesis 34
1906 BC	Jacob Returns to Bethel	Genesis 35
1906 BC	Jacob Named Israel	Genesis 35:10
1906 BC	Descendants of Esau	Genesis 36
1903 BC	Rachel Dies	Genesis 35:18
1898 BC	Joseph's Dreams and Betrayal	Genesis 37
1898 BC	Joseph Sold into Slavery	Genesis 37:25
1898 BC	Tamar deceives Judah	Genesis 38
1898 BC	Joseph Prospers Under Potiphar	Genesis 39
1889 BC	Potiphar's Wife Accuses Joseph	Genesis 39:7
1889 BC	Joseph Imprisoned	Genesis 39:20
1887 BC	The Cupbearer and the Baker's Dreams	Genesis 40
1886 BC	Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams	Genesis 41
1886 BC	Joseph Put in Charge	Genesis 41:33
1886 BC	Seven Years of Plenty Begin	Genesis 41:47
1875 BC	Famine Begins	Genesis 41:53
1875 BC	Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt	Genesis 42
1875 BC	Simeon Detained by Joseph	Genesis 42:24
1875 BC	The Return with Benjamin	Genesis 43
1875 BC	Benjamin and the Silver Cup	Genesis 44
1875 BC	Joseph Reveals His Identity	Genesis 45
1875 BC	Joseph Sends for Jacob	Genesis 45:9
1875 BC	Jacob and Family to Egypt	Genesis 46
1875 BC	Jacob to Goshen	Genesis 47
1859 BC	Jacob's Illness	Genesis 48
1859 BC	Jacob's Blessing and Death	Genesis 49
1859 BC	The Burial of Jacob	Genesis 50
1806 BC	The Death of Joseph	Genesis 50:26