Timeline of the Pentateuch

Ps 86:9-10 "All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your Name, For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God"

Timeline of Events from Creation to Joshua
Event Approx Date Scriptures
Creation 4004 BC Genesis 1:1
The Birth of Noah 2948 BC Genesis 5:28, 29
The Death of Methuselah 2348 BC Genesis 5:27
The Flood 2348 BC Genesis 7:19
The Tower of Babel 2234 BC Genesis 8:11
The Birth of Abraham 1996 BC Genesis 11:27
Abraham Leaves Haran 1936 BC Genesis 12:4
Sodom and Gomorrah are Destroyed 1897 BC Genesis 17:1
Isaac is Born 1896 BC Genesis 21:5
Isaac Marries Rebecca 1856 BC Genesis 25:20
The Birth of Jacob and Esau 1836 BC Genesis 25:26
The Death of Abraham 1821 BC Genesis 25:7
Jacob Flees to his Uncle Laban 1759 BC Genesis 28
The Birth of Joseph 1746 BC Genesis 30:23,24
Joseph is made Governor of Egypt 1716 BC Genesis 41
Jacob Comes to Egypt and Dies 1689 BC Genesis 49
The Israelites Journey into Egypt 1675 BC Exodus 12:40
Joseph Dies in Egypt 1636 BC Genesis 50:26
Hebrew Slavery Begins 1580 BC Exodus 1:11
Moses is Born 1571 BC Exodus 2:2
Moses Flees to Midian 1531 BC Exodus 2:11-13
The Exodus from Egypt 1491 BC Exodus 12:51
The Wilderness Wanderings 40 Years Deuteronomy 2:7
Moses Dies 1451 BC Deuteronomy 34
Israel Enters Canaan 1451 BC Joshua 3:16
From Creation to Canaan 2550 Years The 5 Books of Moses

According to Ussher's chronology there were 1656 years from creation to the flood, 427 years from the flood to the call of Abraham, 430 years from the call of Abraham to the Exodus from Egypt, and 40 years from the Exodus from Egypt to the entering of the land of Canaan by Joshua and the new generation of Israelites. It would be another 487 years until the Temple of Solomon would be dedicated to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ps 33:8-9 "Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him, For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast"
 

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