2059 Age of Ninus and Semiramis, Assyrian monarchs.
2000 Sicyon founded—the earliest town in Greece; Sidon founded.
1996 Birth of Abram, in Ur of the Chaldees; 1998 Noah dies.
1921 Call of Abram; he leaves Ur; comes to Haran, where his father, Terah, dies, aged 205 years; emigrates to Canaan, with Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and dwells at Shechem.
1920 Abram removes to Egypt; returns the same year.
1912 Abram defeats Chedorlaomer and the confederate kings; rescues Lot.
1910 Birth of Ishmael, the son of Abram and Hagar. (Gen. xvi. 16.)
1897 Destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.; Lot retires to Zoar; Abram’s name changed to Abraham; Sarai’s changed to Sarah.
1896 Isaac born at Beersheba; 1871 Offered up as a sacrifice by his father.
1836 Birth of Esau and Jacob; 1821 Abraham dies.