Event
Birth of Moses
Moses is born to Amram and Jochebed under Pharaoh's decree, hidden three months, and adopted by Pharaoh's daughter (Exod 2:1-10).
Sort year1571 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1571 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Moses was 80 when he spoke to Pharaoh (Exod 7:7), so he was born 80 years before the Exodus. CFAH-6 identifies the barren queen who adopted him with Sobekneferu (Argument 4 §12).
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference. CFAH-6 Argument 4 §12 "Barren Queen with Moses" has Moses "born in 1571 BC" (Ussher-Jones); not an AP or a CFAH-1 Table 1 row. |
| Ussher-Jones | BC 1571 Precision: year |
1571 BC | Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 56 ("1571 BC (Moses born)") (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2433 AM, 1571 BC Precision: year |
1571 BC AM 2433 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §162 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | 2433 - Moses ben Amram born (Amram and Jochebed are 83). Precision: year |
AM 2433 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 5)," Biblical Chronology 6:7 (July 1994), §15 "Moses" (year list) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2433 AM Moses is born Precision: year |
AM 2433 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 6, chart "Year of the World: From Joseph’s death to the Judges" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2433. |
| Raleigh, The History of the World (1614/1617) | "Moses was borne in the yeere of the World 2434" Precision: year |
AM 2434 | Raleigh, The History of the World (1617, EEBO-TCP A10357), Book II, ch. IIII, §I (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2433 (Ussher, Jordan, Jordan (compilation)); AM 2434 (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.
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Exod.2.1-Exod.2.10 ; Exod.7.7 ; Acts.7.20-Acts.7.22 ; Heb.11.23 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 5) (Biblical Chronology 6:7, July 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.