Person
Jacob (Israel)
Younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah (Gen 25:26), renamed Israel (Gen 32:28); father of the twelve tribes. Went down to Egypt aged 130 (Gen 47:9) and died aged 147 (Gen 47:28).
Sort year1836 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones): 1836 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Scripture
Birth
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2168 (MT-Gen, Ussher, Jordan, Jordan (compilation)); AM 2169 (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 | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | BC 1689 Precision: year |
1689 BC | Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 54 ("1836 – 147 = 1689 BC (Jacob's death)") (opens in a new tab) |
| Ussher | 2315 AM, 1689 BC Precision: year |
1689 BC AM 2315 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §145 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | 2313 - Jacob dies at 147 (Gen. 47:28). Precision: year |
AM 2313 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 5)," Biblical Chronology 6:7 (July 1994), §14 "Joseph and Judah" (year list) (opens in a new tab) Jordan prints 2313, but his own birth year 2168 + 147 = 2315 (and his descent year 2298 + 17, Gen 47:28, = 2315). This looks like a slip in Jordan's list. |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | Jacob - 147 yrs. old, 2315 AM, Gn.47:28 Precision: year |
AM 2315 | 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) Jordan's own list (BC 6:7 §14) prints 2313; the compilation's 2315 matches 2168 + 147. Differs from Jordan's own published figure(s): AM 2313. |
| MT-Gen | AM 2315 Precision: year |
AM 2315 | Gen 47:28 (Jacob lived 147 years): 2168 + 147 (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2313 (Jordan); AM 2315 (MT-Gen, Ussher, Jordan (compilation)).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Events
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.25.21-Gen.25.34 ; Gen.27.1-Gen.27.46 ; Gen.28.1-Gen.28.22 ; Gen.32.28 ; Gen.47.9 ; Gen.47.28 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
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 5) (Biblical Chronology 6:7, July 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.