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Notes on the Nations
 Books of the Bible
 Notes on Israel
    3rd Kingdom of Ur (2112-2004 BC)
         Shulgi 2094-2047BC (47)
         Amar-Sin 2046-2037
         Shu-Sin 2037-2027
         Ibbi-Sin 2026-2004?
    Book Name Genesis
    Dates covered Creation to c.1780 BC
    Date written 1446-1440 BC
    Author Moses
 
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          Ages of the Patriarchs
          Patriarchal Timeline From Adam
               Through Isaac
          Timeline of the Flood
    Isin Dynasty 2017-1794BC
         Ishbi-Erra 2017-1984BC
         Shu-Ilishu 1984-1974BC
    Larsa Dynasty 2025-1763BC
         Naplanum 2025-2004BC
         Emisum 2004-1976BC
         Samium 1976-1941BC
    Kingdom of Egypt (?-30 BC)
            Holman Bible Dictionary
    11TH Dynasty (142) 2133-1991BC
         Menthu-hotep I (15) 2133-2118BC
         Inyotef I (-1) 2118-2117BC
         Inyotef II (48) 2117-2069BC
         Inyotef III (7) 2068-2061BC
         Menthu-hotep II (51) 2061-2010BC
         Menthu-hotep III (12) 2010-1998BC
    12TH Dynasty (213) 1991-1778BC
         Amenenhet (29) 1991-1962BC
    The Post Flood Patriarchs
         Shelah 2480-2047BC (403 years)
              International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
              Fausset's Bible Dictionary
              Smith's Bible Dictionary
              Nave's Topics
 
         Eber 2450-2020BC (430 years)
              International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
              Fausset's Bible Dictionary
              Smith's Bible Dictionary
              Nave's Topics
 
         Abraham 2165-1990BC (175 years)
                   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
                   Fausset's Bible Dictionary
                   Smith's Bible Dictionary
                   Nave's Topics
                   Abraham's Family Tree
 
         Isaac 2065-1885BC (180 years)
              International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
              Fausset's Bible Dictionary
              Smith's Bible Dictionary
              Nave's Topics
 
         Jacob 2005-1858BC (147 years)
               International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
               Fausset's Bible Dictionary
              Smith's Bible Dictionary
              Nave's Topics
 
         Ishmael 2079-1942BC (137 years)
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               Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs
               The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses
               Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age
               The Migration of Abraham
               Abraham in Canaan
               Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
               Travels of Jacob
               The Journeys of Joseph
 
Notes on Israel's Involvement With the Nations
      

     Notes on Biblical Names used in the Secular Record of the Day

The following is taken from A Survey of Israel's History by Leon Wood

1. Names. One aspect concerns the existence of names in ancient texts like those used in Genesis. The name, Jacob, for instance, has been found in the form Ya `qob-el designating a person in an eighteenth century text from Chagar-bazar in Upper Mesopotamia, and designating a place in Palestine in a list of Thutmose III; also in the form Ya `qob-har as the name of a Hyksos chief.3 The name, Abraham, has been found in Babylonian texts of the sixteenth century in the form Abamram, and in other forms at .Mari.4 A Mari text uses the name of Abraham's brother, Nahor, in the form Nakhur, as the name of a city in the vicinity of Haran. Mari texts speak further of a people called Banu-yamina (Benjamin),5 and use names built on the same roots as Gad, Dan, Levi, and Ishmael. Later Assyrian texts speak of two cities, Til-turakhi and Sarugi, the equivalents of Terah and Serug, father and prior ancestor of Abraham respectively. These names, and others that might be added, all appear in texts from the first half of the second millennium. Though evidence is lacking that any refers to a specific biblical person or place, they do indicate that the names employed in the Genesis record are those of the nomenclature of the day.6

Footnotes
3 Cf. Albright, JAOS, 74(1954); p. 231; R. DeVaux, RB, 72(1985), p. 9.
4 For three such texts, cf. G. Barton, AB, pp. 344-45. On names generally at Mari, cf. H. B. Huffmon, Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts (1965).
5 Cf. Gelb, JCS, 15(1961), pp. 37-38; and H. Tadmore, JNES, 17(1958), p. 130, n. 12.
6 For further discussion generally and references, cf. M. Unger, AOT, pp. 127-28; J. Bright, BHI, pp. 70f; C. H. Gordon, ANE, pp. 113-33; and K. A. Kitchen, AOOT, pp. 48f: 153f.

     Notes on the Land of Canaan During the Time of Abraham

Almost half a century prier to the arrival of Abraham into the land of Canaan, the land was in the middle of it's Late Bronze Age. There were fortified City-States such as Jericho & Megiddo. Beginning some time around 2200 BC a group of nomadic people known as the Amorites began to invade Canaan. Much of the local population & cities were destroyed. This left the land of Canaan sparsely populated & controlled by a still semi-nomadic people with a few fortified cities mostly in the southern parts of the land when Abraham entered the land. (See chapter 3 of A Survey of Israel's History by Leon Wood)

     Note on Who was the Pharaoh of Egypt when Abraham Sojourned there

There is much difficulty in determining who was Pharaoh of Egypt when Abraham sojourned there. Not because of the Biblical record but because of the Egyptian record. We know that Abraham Sojourned in Egypt soon after he entered Canaan in c. 2091. During this time, Egypt was ruled by 5 different Dynasties (Dynasties VII, VII, IX, X & XI). & if that wasn't bad enough, even the experts can't agree on the dates of any of the pharaohs. Take for example Inyotef II, the following are just some of the possable dates the experts have placed as his reign. 2123-2074 (Dodson), 2118-2068 (Redford), 2118-2069 (Grimal), 2112-2063 (Shaw), 2107-2058 (Malek) 2103-2054 (von Beckerath) & 2065-2016 (Franke) so his 48 year reign would fall sometime during the 107 years claimed by the so-called experts. I have placed Inyotef II with the dates of 2117-2069 BC Also known as the Middle date because it seemed to fit when later Pharaohs are placed.
 
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