Event

Joseph Made Ruler over Egypt

Joseph, aged 30, interprets Pharaoh's dreams and is set over all the land of Egypt (Gen 41:38–46).

Sort year1716/1715 BC

Tier 1 · CFAH anchor point

Tier 1: CFAH anchor point: 1716/1715 BC (new AP-61)

Description

CFAH-6 dates Joseph's promotion to 1716/1715 BC, two and a half years after the failed assassination attempt on Amenemhat I and in the year of Isaac's death per the Midrash, forming "new Anchor Point #61".

Scripture

Chronologies

Dates for Joseph Made Ruler over Egypt, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH anchor point	1716/1715 BC Precision: year-range	1716/1715 BC	Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 6: The Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt," ARJ 18 (2025): 13–60, Argument 4 §7 "Joseph was Promoted in the Year of Isaac's Death 1716/1715 BC" ("new Anchor Point #61") (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
CFAH-1 Table 1 Ussher–Jones baseline	1715 BC (Joseph Raised to Vizier) Precision: year	1715 BC	Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 1: Problem, Data, and Methodology," ARJ 15 (2022): 377–390, section "Our Assumptions (Declared Biases)", Table 1 "Biblically derived dates from Ussher and Jones" (opens in a new tab) CFAH-1 Table 1 (Ussher-Jones biblical baseline adopted by CFAH); not a triangulated anchor point. Differs from sort year by 1 yr
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	2289 AM, 1715 BC Precision: year	1715 BC AM 2289	Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §131 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Differs from sort year by 1 yr
Jordan secondary	"2289 - Joseph, age 30, stands before Pharaoh at the beginning of the 7 years of plenty (Gen. 41:46)" Precision: year	1641 BC AM 2289	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) BC year from Jordan, "Egypt in Biblical History" (BC 5:8): section "Egypt and the Patriarchs": "Joseph ruled Egypt for Pharaoh from a.m. 2289 to 2369 ... any accurate history of Egypt must assume an era of faith between the years 1641 B.C. and 1561 B.C." BC 2:7: "AM 2289 Joseph becomes viceroy of Egypt, age 30". B.C. year is Jordan's "SBC" (strictest Biblical chronology), which takes Daniel's 70 weeks literally from Cyrus (456 B.C. instead of the conventional 536 B.C.); not comparable one-to-one with Ussher/CFAH B.C. years. Differs from sort year by 75 yrs
Jordan (compilation) secondary	Joseph, 30 yrs. old, stands before Pharaoh (41:46) after “2 full years”. (41:1) 2289 AM Precision: year	AM 2289	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 2289.
Biblical statements (direct Scripture data)	When Joseph was 30 years old Precision: unknown	—	Gen 41:46 (opens in a new tab)
Josephus (Whiston translation)	"Joseph was now grown up to thirty years of age" (no year count) Precision: year	—	Josephus, Antiquities II.6.1 (Whiston) (opens in a new tab)