1684 BCIsrael died in Egypt at the age of 147. [Gen 47:28]He was embalmed and mummified. The Egyptians allowed Joseph and his brothers to take Israel's body to Canaan for burial, and with them went all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. Israel was buried in Canaan in the cave of the field of Machpelah and mourned for 7 days. [Gen 49:33, 50:7-8, 13] The fact that all these people went with him to bury Israel, a Hebrew, is a good reason to believe that Joseph was vizier of Egypt during the Hyksos reign. Reuben 62 / Simeon 61 / Levi 60 / Judah & Dan 59/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 58 / Asher & Zebulun 57 / Joseph 56 / Benjamin 50 / Manasseh 25 / Ephraim 21 1663 BCAmram was born in Egypt to Kohath at the age of about 51.1630 BCJoseph died in Egypt at the age of 110. He was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt. Joseph lived to see the 3rd generation of Ephraim's children. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knee. [Gen 50: 22, 26]The fact that Joseph's body was not taken to Canaan for burial, is a good reason to believe that the reign of the Hyksos was nearly at an end, and they were at war with Kamose, son of Sekenerre'. Reuben 116 / Simeon 115 / Levi 114 / Judah & Dan 113/ Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 112 / Asher & Zebulun 111 Benjamin 104 / Manasseh 79 / Ephraim 75 1607 BCLevi died in Egypt at the age of 137. [Exo 6:16]Joseph had died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. [Exo. 1:6-7] 1581 BCKohath, Levi's second son, died in Egypt at the age of 133. [Exo 6:18]The Bible doesn't say when Kohath was born or when he died; it just states that he lived 133 years and that he, and his brothers, came to Egypt with their father Levi, and their grandfather Israel (Jacob). 1575 BCA new pharaoh arose in Egypt who did not know Joseph, and the Egyptians set taskmasters over the Hebrews to afflict them with many burdens. The children of Israel built for Pharaoh the supply cities of Pithom and Raamses. But the more the Egyptians afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. The Egyptians were in dread of the Hebrews. So they made them serve with rigor, and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage ~ in mortar, brick, and in all manner of service. [Exo: 1:1-14; Acts 7: 17]I believe this new pharaoh is Ahmose I. He defeated the Hyskos rulers and took over the throne of Egypt. Merytamun, his daughter was wife of Amenhotep I and is possibly the one who saved Moses from the Nile. 1550 BCPharaoh Ahmose I died and his son Amenhotep I reigns as Pharaoh of Egypt. Pharaoh Amenhotep I's queen was Merytamun, daughter of Ahmose I.1529 BCAaron was born to Amram about the age of 134. It's possible that Amram married Jochebed (his father's sister) much earlier. [Exo 6: 20]1528 BCPharaoh Amenhotep I died, and Tuthmose I assumes the throne of EgyptTuthmose I (r. 1528-1510). 1526 BCMoses was born to Amram and Jochebed. Pharaoh Tuthmose I of Egypt commanded the midwives that all male Hebrew babies were to be killed at birth. Jochebed kept him hidden at home for three months, then she put him in a basket and into the Nile River. Merytamun, Pharaoh Ahmose I's daughter, found him while bathing and knowing he was a Hebrew adopted him as her own son. Jochebed was paid by Merytamun to nurse him until weaned (abt. 2-3 years). Moses was then raised in the court of Pharaoh and educated in all the wisdom of Egypt. [Exo 1:15-19; 2:1-10; Acts 7:22]Nothing is said of when Miriam, Aaron and Moses sister, was born, but she was quite a bit older than Moses. It is possible that Moses was born to Amram at the age of 137, maybe even a few months before he died as there is no mention of him after Moses was born. Since her father had commanded all male Hebrew children to be killed, Merytamun told her husband, Amenhotep I, that Moses was her son. Amram died at the age of 137. [Exo. 6:20] Aaron 3 1510 BCPharaoh Thutmoses I dies and his son Thutmose II reigns. His half-sister Hatshepsut is his wife.1509 BCJoshua born to Nun.Aaron 20 / Moses 17 1490 BCPharaoh Tuthmose II died. His sister/wife Hatshephut reigns as chief co-regent with Tuthmose III who is only a small child.Tuthmose III is the son of Tuthmose II by a concubine. Hatshephut reigns with him for 22 years. 1486 BCMoses, at the age of 40, has it in his heart to visit his people, the Hebrews. When he saw an Egyptian beating one of his brethren, he avenged him by killing the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand. Moses then fled from the presence of Pharaoh into the desert of Midian because Pharaoh sought to kill him. [Gal 3:18]Moses thought his brethren would understand he was to lead them out of Egypt's bondage. But they did not understand. Hatshephut, as a young princess, rescued Moses from her father's murderous rampage against male Hebrew children. She had raised him in the court of Pharaoh as her own son, and gave him everything Egypt had to offer. She therefore might have felt betrayed when he killed an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew slave. As supreme ruler and judge of Egypt she, probably believing her father had been right in the first place, commanded he be found and executed for murder.[Exo 2:15; Acts 7:20-25] During his desert sojourn, Moses married Zipporah, the daughter of the priest of Midian, Jethro (Reuel), who is descended from Abraham and Keturah (Abraham's 2nd wife). Zipporah bore Moses two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. Aaron 43 / Moses 40 / Joshua 23 1484 BCCaleb born to Jephunneh the Kenizzite [Jos 14:7]1446 BCWhen Moses was 80 years old, Queen Hatshephut died, Tuthmose III reigns alone as Pharaoh of Egypt. [Exo 2:23]I believe the Pharaoh of the Exodus is Tuthmose III (r. c. 1490-1436).> The Lord appeared to Moses in a burning bush and commanded him to return to Egypt to lead the children of Israel when He brought them out of Egypt as He had promised. [Exo 3:2-22; 4: 1-17; 7:7] Aaron 83 / Moses 80 / Joshua 63 / Caleb 38 Exodus From EgyptMoses and Aaron had, by the power of God, demonstrated 9 plagues on Egypt in an attempt to make Pharaoh let the children of Israel go out of Egypt.10 April 1446 BCThe 1st Passover Instituted by God"The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, "This month, April (Nisan), shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: 'On the 10th day of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household... Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or the goats. Now you shall keep it until the 14th day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire - its head with its legs and its entrails. You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. And this you shall eat of it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So shall you eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. So this day shall be to you a memorial'; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance." [Exo 12:1-14] 14 April 1446 BCEven after the 9 plagues, Pharaoh still refused to let the children of Israel go. However, after the 10th plague, the death of the firstborn of all Egypt including the firstborn of Pharaoh, he begged them to go. The only ones spared from the 10th plague were those who had put their trust in God's word and were "covered by the blood of the lamb" when the Lord passed over at midnight. When the children of Israel left Egypt they asked to be given articles of silver, of gold, and clothing. They also took with them the remains of Joseph as promised. There were about 600,000 men on foot, besides children. And a mixed multitude of others went out with them also. [Exo 12:37-38]During the Passover night... when the Death Angel struck the firstborn in all Egypt... the Bible does not say the firstborn of Pharaoh was his son... could have been his daughter. [Exo 12:29] There is a footnote to Exo. 12:40 pointing to the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek Septuagint. These two documents state that this verse refers to the sojourn of children of Israel who lived not only in Egypt, but Canaan as well. This verse says nothing about 400 or 430 years of "affliction," only that they had lived in Egypt and Canaan for 430 years. Exo 12:41 says only that they went out of Egypt "on that same day"... which I believe points to a day in 1876 BC when Abraham went to Mt. Moriah to sacrifice Isaac as a test of his faith in God (1876-430=1446). This event is a correlation of the Crucifixion of Jesus when God sacrificed His own son for us [Exo 12:40-41]. The 430 years sojourn could not have begun when Jacob brought his family to Egypt... if it had, the Exodus would have taken place in about 1250 BC (as some believe)... and Amram would have been 314 years old when Moses was born, 80 years before the Exodus... the Bible states he only lived 137 years. Crossing The Red SeaThe children of Israel camped for the night by the Red Sea. Pharaoh made ready his chariot and took his people with him to go after them. He took 600 choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. Moses was commanded to lift up his rod, and stretch out his hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. The Egyptians went after them into the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. [Exo 14: 10-26]15 April 1446 BCIn the morning, God took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty. Then the Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea so the waters would come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots and on their horsemen. Moses did so and when morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. The waters covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh. Not so much as one of them remained. [Exo 14: 24-28]Nothing was said about Pharaoh himself going into or drowning in the Red Sea. 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