Event
Jacob flees to Laban in Haran (Bethel vision)
After receiving Isaac's blessing, Jacob (aged 77) flees from Esau to Laban in Haran; at Bethel he dreams of the ladder (Gen 27-28).
Sort year1759 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1759 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Jacob left Beersheba for Haran and saw the ladder to heaven at Bethel (Gen 28:10-22). His age (77) is derived from Gen 41:46, 45:6 and 47:9.
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | BC 1759 Precision: year |
1759 BC | Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 62 ("1759 B.C. 77 year old Jacob fled to Laban (Chart Two)") (opens in a new tab) On p. 65 Jones says Ussher placed Jacob's arrival at Haran about BC 1760 and "had been right". The two figures differ by one year (departure vs. the start of the 7 years of service?). Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2245a AM, 1760 BC Precision: year |
1760 BC AM 2245 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §111 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) §111-112. The transcription has a typo here: "Jacob was 77 years old in 2259 AM" (should be 2245). Differs from sort year by 1 yr |
| Jordan secondary | 2245 - ... Jacob leaves home at age 77 to get a wife in Padan-Aram. God appears to him at the top of a ladder to heaven (Gen. 27-28). Precision: year |
AM 2245 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4)," Biblical Chronology 6:6 (June 1994), §13 "Jacob and Esau" (year list) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2245 AM Jacob, 77 yrs old, meets Rachel. Precision: year |
AM 2245 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 5, chart "Chronology From Abraham’s Death to Joseph’s Death" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2245. |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1760 BC (Ussher); 1759 BC (Ussher-Jones).
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.27.41-Gen.27.46 ; Gen.28.1-Gen.28.22 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
- 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.