Person
Isaac
Son of Abraham and Sarah, born when Abraham was 100 (Gen 21:5); father of Esau and Jacob; died aged 180 (Gen 35:28-29).
Sort year1896 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1896 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Scripture
Family
- Father
- Abraham (Abram)
- Children
- Esau (Edom), Jacob (Israel)
Birth
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference. CFAH-6 Argument 4 §5 "Isaac's Famine: ~1816 BC" says Isaac was "born in 1896 BC" (Ussher-Jones), but this is not a numbered anchor point 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) Also p. 47: "1896 BC (birth of Isaac)". 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 | 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 (Abraham 100 at Isaac's birth), taking Abraham's birth as AM 2008 (see abraham-birth) (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.
Death
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH anchor point | 1716 BC (year of Isaac's death) Precision: year |
1716 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) Component of AP-61: CFAH-6 takes Isaac's death in 1716 BC from Jones (2019, 58) and makes Joseph's promotion the same year. |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002). Leave empty until verified. |
| Ussher | 2288c AM, 1716 BC Precision: year |
1716 BC AM 2288 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §130 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | 2288 - Isaac dies at 180 (Gen. 35:28). Precision: year |
AM 2288 | 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 | Isaac - 180 yrs. old, 2288 AM, Gn.35:28 Precision: year |
AM 2288 | 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 2288. |
| MT-Gen | AM 2288 Precision: year |
AM 2288 | Gen 35:28 (Isaac lived 180 years): 2108 + 180 (opens in a new tab) |
Events
Related
CFAH charts
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CFAH-6 (OSF) · Fig. 19
Isaacs famine author (from the OSF file name; no caption has been checked).
OSF component hp3fg: CFAH-6: The Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt; file "figure_19_isaacs_famine_author.png"
Records: Isaac
OSF (served as a download, application/octet-stream; text card, no hotlinked thumbnail)
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.17.19 ; Gen.21.1-Gen.21.8 ; Gen.22.1-Gen.22.19 ; Gen.25.19-Gen.25.26 ; Gen.35.28-Gen.35.29 public-domain
- Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) — p. 47, p. 59 free-to-read
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4) (Biblical Chronology 6:6, June 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §11, §13 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 history of the world (London: printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre, 1617), EEBO-TCP A10357 (opens in a new tab) open-license
- Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 6: The Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt, (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.