Egypt & Exodus

Death of Moses

Death of Moses is dated ≈ 1407 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1452 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Genesis 34:1. Moses is part of it.

Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:1 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
≈ 1407 BC (placed between the dated events around it)
Traditional reckoning
1452 BC

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Mount Nebo.

Which verses connect to Genesis 34:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

  2. How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

  3. When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

  4. Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

  5. Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”

  6. Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.