Person
Jacob (Israel)
Jacob (Israel) lived 147 years by the genealogies' ages: 2006 BC – 1859 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1836 BC – 1689 BC in the Traditional.
When did Jacob live?
- Modern reckoning
- 2006–1859 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 1836–1689 BC
- Age at death
- 147, by the genealogies' ages
Ages come from the Bible's own numbers, read the traditional way (no gaps in the genealogies). In the Modern reckoning a life keeps its length and is placed from the nearest dated event. Lifespans: Theographic Bible Metadata. About the two reckonings.
Who was alive at the same time as Jacob?
By the genealogies' ages (traditional reading), longest overlap first.
Events
- Birth of Jacob and Esau ≈ 2011 BC
- Birth of Reuben ≈ 1928 BC
- Birth of Simeon ≈ 1927 BC
- Birth of Levi ≈ 1926 BC
- Birth of Judah ≈ 1925 BC
- Birth of Dan ≈ 1925 BC
- Birth of Naphtali ≈ 1924 BC
- Birth of Gad ≈ 1923 BC
- Birth of Asher ≈ 1922 BC
- Birth of Issachar ≈ 1922 BC
- Birth of Zebulon ≈ 1921 BC
- Birth of Dinah ≈ 1920 BC
- Birth of Joseph ≈ 1915 BC
- Joseph sold to Egypt ≈ 1898 BC
- Joseph imprisoned ≈ 1888 BC
- 7 years of famine ≈ 1878 BC
- Jacob's family goes down to Egypt 1876 BC
- Death of Jacob ≈ 1859 BC
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.