Event
Birth of Isaac
Isaac is born to Abraham (100) and Sarah (90), as promised (Gen 21:1-7).
Sort year1896 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1896 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
God visited Sarah and she bore Isaac at the set time of which God had spoken; Abraham was 100 years old (Gen 21:1-5).
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference. CFAH-6 Argument 4 §5 states Isaac was "born in 1896 BC" (Ussher-Jones); not an AP or a CFAH-1 Table 1 row. |
| Ussher-Jones | BC 1896 (2108 AM) Precision: year |
1896 BC AM 2108 |
Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 59 ("1896 BC = 2108 AM Year Isaac is born (Gen.21:5, see Chart 3)") (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2108c AM, 1896 BC Precision: year |
1896 BC AM 2108 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §85 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | 2108 - In the spring Sarah gives birth to Isaac in Philistine territory (Gen. 21:1-7). Precision: year |
AM 2108 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4)," Biblical Chronology 6:6 (June 1994), §11 "The Life of Abraham" (year list) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 100 yrs old Abraham; Isaac is born. (21:5) ... 2108 AM Precision: year |
AM 2108 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 3, chart "Genesis 12 – 25 Chronology of Abraham’s Life" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2108. |
| MT-Gen | AM 2108 Precision: year |
AM 2108 | Gen 21:5, with Abraham born AM 2008 (opens in a new tab) |
| Raleigh, The History of the World (1614/1617) | "in the yeere 2109" Precision: year |
AM 2109 | Raleigh, The History of the World (1617, EEBO-TCP A10357), Book II, ch. I, §IIII (opens in a new tab) One year more than Ussher. The 1617 text puts Abraham's birth at AM 2008 (Book II, ch. I, §VIII), so 2109 does not follow from "Abraham 100" (Gen 21:5). Raleigh's Jacob (2169), Moses (2434) and flight to Midian (2474) are also one year above Ussher. |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2108 (Ussher-Jones, MT-Gen, Ussher, Jordan, Jordan (compilation)); AM 2109 (Raleigh, The History of the World (1614/1617)).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
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Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.21.1-Gen.21.7 public-domain
- Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4) (Biblical Chronology 6:6, June 1994) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The history of the world (London: printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre, 1617), EEBO-TCP A10357 (opens in a new tab) open-license
- Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.