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Jacob is between 97 and 108 years old. Joseph is between 6 and 17 years old. Below, in chronological order, is a brief synopsis of the events that took place during this eleven-year period. Jacob, at Penuel, wrestles with "a man" all night long who is Jesus Christ manifested in the flesh.
Timeline based on traditionally accepted timeframes and general consensus of a variety of sources, including Wilmington's Guide to the Bible, A Survey of Israel's History (Wood), The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (Thiele), ESV Study Bible, The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, and Easton's ...
Joseph lived for 110 years – which seems like a long time to us, but was significantly shorter than the lives of his ancestors, including his father Jacob, who died at the age of 147. Only a small part – just 11 years – of Joseph’s life was spent in the land of Canaan.
When was Joseph in Egypt? Can we identify the Pharaoh of Joseph? Is there any archaeological evidence for Joseph? Joseph is critical to the biblical timeline because the genealogy provided in Genesis ends with Jacob.
Jacob came down to Egypt when he was 130 years old (Genesis 47:9), which means that Joseph was born when Jacob was 91—that is, in 2199 AC. As most of Jacob’s family seems to have been born during the 20 years that he was in Haran, it appears that the twins Jacob and Esau were about 70 when the deception over the birthright occurred.
End of the Book of Genesis. Joseph dies 54 years after the death of Jacob, and 286 years after God called Abraham to leave Haran and enter Canaan. Joseph dies at age 110. Joseph’s body is is kept by family until the exodus, and carried to Canaan where he was buried at the Shechem plot purchased by.
according to 1 Kings 6:1, Jacob’s entry into Egypt at the age of 130 was 1876 bc according to Genesis 47:9 and the remaining patriarch dates are calculated according to the descriptions in Genesis 5, 11, 21:5, 25:26 and 47:9.
