1816/1815 BC
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Jacob
life, dates, and events
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Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 2108–2255
Genesis 47:28; 49:33 · 1669/1668 BC
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Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Jacob →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Jacob →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Jacob →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Jacob →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Jacob
Creation year 21081816/1815 BC
Esau and Jacob are born
Isaac’s sixtieth year places the twins’ birth in year 2108.
Genesis 25:24–26 · KJV
“And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.”
Jasher 26:16–17
Open Creation year 2108 in the Original Timeline →Rebecca bare twins; the first came out red and they called his name Esau, and afterward came his brother holding Esau’s heel and they called him Jacob.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 22371687/1686 BC
Jacob enters Egypt
Jacob entered Egypt at age 130, in the second year of famine.
Genesis 46:5–7; 47:9 · KJV
“And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and they came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years.”
Jasher 52:12
Open Creation year 2237 in the Original Timeline →Jacob and all belonging to him rose up from Canaan and came to Egypt, and Joseph went forth to meet his father.
Read these verses in our Jasher reader →Creation year 22541670/1669 BC
Jacob dies in Egypt
Seventeen years after Jacob enters Egypt, his 147-year life ends in year 2254.
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
Open Creation year 2254 in the Original Timeline →Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob were one hundred and forty-seven years.
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