Creation & Patriarchs
Abraham is born
Abraham is born is dated 2166 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1996 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Genesis 11:26. Abraham, Terah are part of it.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 2166 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 1996 BC
- How it's dated
- the Bible's numbers
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 65; Merrill (2008).
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Ur of the Chaldees.
Which verses connect to Genesis 11:26?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Joshua 24:25 votes
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
- Genesis 12:4–53 votes
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- 1 Chronicles 1:26–273 votes
Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram (that is, Abraham).
- Genesis 22:20–242 votes
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), …
- Genesis 29:4–51 vote
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered. “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.