Egypt & Exodus
Jacob's family goes down to Egypt
Jacob's family goes down to Egypt is dated 1876 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1706 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Genesis 46:6. Joseph (son of Jacob), Jacob (Israel), Reuben, Zebulun, Simeon are part of it.
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 1876 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 1706 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 115; Exodus 12:40 (430 years).
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Joseph (son of Jacob)
- Jacob (Israel)
- Reuben
- Zebulun
- Simeon
- Naphtali
- Levi (patriarch)
- Judah (patriarch)
- Gad
- Dan
- Issachar
- Asher
Where: Egypt.
Which verses connect to Genesis 46:6?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Joshua 24:45 votes
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Psalm 105:235 votes
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Isaiah 52:45 votes
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
- Acts 7:155 votes
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- Deuteronomy 26:54 votes
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Genesis 15:132 votes
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.