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Israel in Egypt

The Parallel Chronology Behind the Exodus

Creation yearTishriSept./Oct.	BCDec./Jan.	Promise counts430 · 400	Years in Egypt	Joseph’s age	Egypt	Edom	Chittim	KJV Scripture	Jasher · parallel historical source
2254Jacob dies in Egypt	1669/1668 BC	237207	17	56				Genesis 47:28 · KJV And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.	Jasher 56:1 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob were one hundred and forty-seven years. Why Esau was killed — Jasher 56:49–66 When Joseph and his brothers brought Jacob to the cave of Machpelah for burial, Esau and his sons stood against them and blocked the cave. Esau claimed that the burial place belonged to him and his father. The dispute became a battle. Chushim, the son of Dan, learned why Jacob's burial had been delayed, struck Esau with a sword, and cut off his head. The sons of Jacob then prevailed and buried Jacob in the cave. Jasher 56:68; 57:1–4 After Jacob was buried, Joseph and his brothers mourned him seven days. The fighting with Esau's sons continued. The survivors carried Esau's body to Seir, while his head was buried at the place of the battle in Hebron. Source note: Genesis records Jacob's death and burial but does not give this account of Esau's death; these details are from Jasher's parallel narrative.
2255	1668/1667 BC	238208	18	57					Jasher 57:36 And the children of Esau dwelt in Seir in the place of the children of Seir, and they inherited their land and took possession of it. Jasher 57:38 And it came to pass in those days, that the children of Esau resolved to crown a king over them in the land of which they became possessed. And they said to each other, Not so, for he shall reign over us in our land, and we shall be under his counsel and he shall fight our battles, against our enemies, and they did so.
2256	1667/1666 BC	239209	19	58					Jasher 57:41–42 · Bela chosen and crowned And there was a man there from the people of Angeas king of Dinhabah; his name was Bela the son of Beor, who was a very valiant man, beautiful and comely and wise in all wisdom, and a man of sense and counsel; and there was none of the people of Angeas like unto him. And all the children of Esau took him and anointed him and they crowned him for a king, and they bowed down to him, and they said unto him, May the king live, may the king live. Jasher 57:45 And Bela reigned over the children of Esau thirty years, and the children of Esau dwelt in the land instead of the children of Seir, and they dwelt securely in their stead unto this day.
2257	1666/1665 BC	240210	20	59		Bela · 0
2258	1665/1664 BC	241211	21	60		Bela · 1
2259	1664/1663 BC	242212	22	61		Bela · 2
2260	1663/1662 BC	243213	23	62		Bela · 3
2261	1662/1661 BC	244214	24	63		Bela · 4
2262	1661/1660 BC	245215	25	64		Bela · 5
2263	1660/1659 BC	246216	26	65		Bela · 6
2264	1659/1658 BC	247217	27	66		Bela · 7
2265	1658/1657 BC	248218	28	67		Bela · 8
2266	1657/1656 BC	249219	29	68		Bela · 9
2267	1656/1655 BC	250220	30	69		Bela · 10
2268	1655/1654 BC	251221	31	70		Bela · 11			Jasher 58:14-15 And it came to pass in the 32nd year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, that is in the 71st year of the life of Joseph, in that year died Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Magron his son reigned in his stead. Magron was 41 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40 years
2269	1654/1653 BC	252222	32	71	Magron · 0	Bela · 12
2270	1653/1652 BC	253223	33	72	Magron · 1	Bela · 13
2271	1652/1651 BC	254224	34	73	Magron · 2	Bela · 14
2272	1651/1650 BC	255225	35	74	Magron · 3	Bela · 15
2273	1650/1649 BC	256226	36	75	Magron · 4	Bela · 16
2274	1649/1648 BC	257227	37	76	Magron · 5	Bela · 17
2275	1648/1647 BC	258228	38	77	Magron · 6	Bela · 18
2276	1647/1646 BC	259229	39	78	Magron · 7	Bela · 19
2277	1646/1645 BC	260230	40	79	Magron · 8	Bela · 20
2278	1645/1644 BC	261231	41	80	Magron · 9	Bela · 21
2279	1644/1643 BC	262232	42	81	Magron · 10	Bela · 22
2280	1643/1642 BC	263233	43	82	Magron · 11	Bela · 23
2281	1642/1641 BC	264234	44	83	Magron · 12	Bela · 24
2282	1641/1640 BC	265235	45	84	Magron · 13	Bela · 25
2283	1640/1639 BC	266236	46	85	Magron · 14	Bela · 26
2284	1639/1638 BC	267237	47	86	Magron · 15	Bela · 27			Jasher 58:14 And it came to pass at the end of many days and years, when the children of Esau were dwelling quietly in their land with Bela their king, that the children of Esau were fruitful and multiplied in the land, and they resolved to go and fight with the sons of Jacob and all Egypt, and to deliver their brother Zepho, the son of Eliphaz, and his men, for they were yet in those days slaves to Joseph (after being taken the year Jacob and Esau died: Jasher 57:12)
2285	1638/1637 BC	268238	48	87	Magron · 16	Bela · 28
2286	1637/1636 BC	269239	49	88	Magron · 17	Bela · 29 / Jobab · 0 begins		Gen 36:32 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead	Jasher 58:18 And Joseph went forth with his brethren with the mighty men of Egypt, about 600 men, and they fought with them in the land of Rameses; and the sons of Jacob at that time again fought with the children of Esau, in the 50th year of the sons of Jacob going down to Egypt, that is the 30th year of the reign of Bela over the children of Esau in Seir.
2287	1636/1635 BC	270240	50	89	Magron · 18	Jobab · 1
2288	1635/1634 BC	271241	51	90	Magron · 19	Jobab · 2
2289	1634/1633 BC	272242	52	91	Magron · 20	Jobab · 3
2290	1633/1632 BC	273243	53	92	Magron · 21	Jobab · 4
2291	1632/1631 BC	274244	54	93	Magron · 22	Jobab · 5
2292	1631/1630 BC	275245	55	94	Magron · 23	Jobab · 6
2293	1630/1629 BC	276246	56	95	Magron · 24	Jobab · 7
2294	1629/1628 BC	277247	57	96	Magron · 25	Jobab · 8
2295	1628/1627 BC	278248	58	97	Magron · 26	Jobab · 9
2296	1627/1626 BC	279249	59	98	Magron · 27	Jobab · 10 / Chusham · 0 begins			Jasher 59:29 And it came to pass after this, at the end of 10 years, Jobab, the son of Zarach, from Botzrah, died, and the children of Esau took a man whose name was Chusham, from the land of Teman, and they made him king..., Chusham reigned in Edom for 20 years.
2297	1626/1625 BC	280250	60	99	Magron · 28	Chusham · 1			Reign of Zepho Jasher 61:25 And Zepho reigned over the whole land of Chittim and over the land of Italia 50 years.
2298	1625/1624 BC	281251	61	100	Magron · 29	Chusham · 2	Zepho · 0
2299	1624/1623 BC	282252	62	101	Magron · 30	Chusham · 3	Zepho · 1
2300	1623/1622 BC	283253	63	102	Magron · 31	Chusham · 4	Zepho · 2
2301	1622/1621 BC	284254	64	103	Magron · 32	Chusham · 5	Zepho · 3
2302	1621/1620 BC	285255	65	104	Magron · 33	Chusham · 6	Zepho · 4
2303	1620/1619 BC	286256	66	105	Magron · 34	Chusham · 7	Zepho · 5
2304	1619/1618 BC	287257	67	106	Magron · 35	Chusham · 8	Zepho · 6
2305	1618/1617 BC	288258	68	107	Magron · 36	Chusham · 9	Zepho · 7
2306	1617/1616 BC	289259	69	108	Magron · 37	Chusham · 10	Zepho · 8		Jasher 59:20 And Joseph lived in the land of Egypt 93 years, and Joseph reigned over all Egypt 80 years. Joseph King over Egypt 40 years dies
2307	1616/1615 BC	290260	70	109	Magron · 38	Chusham · 11	Zepho · 9		Jasher 61:3 Zebulun the son of Jacob died in that year, that is the 72nd year of the Israelites going to Egypt Zeb. was 114 years old. Jasher 59:28 And it came to pass after the death of Joseph, all the Egyptians began in those days to rule over the children of Israel, and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who reigned in his fathers stead, took all the laws of Egypt and conducted the whole government of Egypt under his counsel, and he reigned securely over his people. Jasher 60:1 And when the year came round, being the 72nd year from the Israelites going down to Egypt, after the death of Joseph, Zepho, the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, fled from Egypt, he and his men, and they went away. And he came to Africa, which is Dinhabah, to Angeas king of Africa, and Angeas received them with great honor, and he made Zepho the captain of his host. And Zepho enticed Angeas king of Africa to collect his army to go and fight with the Egyptians, and with the sons of Jacob, and to
2308Joseph dies	1615/1614 BC	291261	71	110	Magron · 39	Chusham · 12	Zepho · 10	Genesis 50:22, 26 · KJV And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old.	Jasher 59:25 Joseph died in Egypt in the one hundred and tenth year of his life, and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin. Jasher 61:1 And it came to pass at that time Pharaoh king of Egypt commanded all his people to make for him a strong palace in Egypt. And he also commanded the sons of Jacob to assist the Egyptians in the building and the Egyptians made a beautiful and elegant palace for a royal habitation, and he dwelt therein and he renewed his government and he reigned securely.

How this timeline was built

KJV Scripture governs the chronology. Jasher is shown as a clearly labeled parallel historical source. Its linked statements about Israel’s years in Egypt, Pharaoh, Edom, Chittim, and Moses’s Cush reign were compared year by year rather than treated as separate stories. The “Years in Egypt” column uses the same completed-year count as the Original Timeline: Jacob’s entry is year 0, his death in Creation year 2254 is year 17, Joseph’s death in Creation year 2308 is year 71, and the Exodus in Creation year 2446 is year 209. The “Promise counts” column also records completed years: the Exodus row shows 429 and 399, meaning the 430th and 400th years are underway. Joseph’s age is shown only in the first section, while he was living. Age numbers record completed age on the Creation-year line. The Exodus-row note separately preserves Scripture’s statement that Moses was eighty at the Exodus event.

Moses was the fourth familial generation

Genesis 15:13 speaks of Abraham’s seed as strangers, servants, and afflicted for four hundred years; Genesis 15:16 then says, “in the fourth generation they shall come hither again.” Exodus 6:16–20 records the familial line: Levi was the first generation, Kohath the second, Amram the third, and Moses the fourth. Their lives overlapped, and some of that family had already lived before Jacob’s household entered Egypt. Therefore the four-generation promise and the four-hundred-year prophecy are related, but they are not interchangeable calculations. This timeline follows the recorded family line, ages, and synchronisms rather than assigning one hundred years to each generation.

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Israel in Egypt

The Parallel Chronology Behind the Exodus