04/05/25 ~ My Jasher Timeline (Chapters 1-26)

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JASHER: CHAPTERS 1 - 26
* From Creation to the Flood (0000-1656 AM)
* From the Flood to the birth of Abraham (1656-1948 AM)
* From the birth of Abraham to the birth of Jacob (1948-2108 AM)
* From Jacob's birth to him (age 130) & clan entering Egypt (2108-2238 AM)
* From Israel entering Egypt plus 430 years to the beginning of the Exodus (2238-2668 AM)
* From the beginning of the Exodus plus 480 years to Solomon's 4th year (2668-3148 AM)
* From Solomon's 4th year plus 834 years to the birth of Jesus (3148-3982 AM)
* From the birth of Jesus plus 2025 years or 2025 AD (3982-6007 AM)
... OR ... From Creation (3892 BC) to 2025 AD = 6007 years
... OR ... From the fall of Adam & Eve (3974 BC) to 2025 AD = 5999 years

"Is not this written in the book of Jasher?" Joshua 10:13 KJV
"... behold, it is written in the book of Jasher." 2 Samuel 1:18 KJV

Chapter 1

BC	AM	Event in History
3982	0000	Creation, including Adam & Eve
		0 AM is a 'placeholder', not a year zero
3975	0007	Adam & Eve sinless in Eden (full 7 years)
3974	0008	Adam & Eve sin (2nd month, 17th day), expelled from Eden (new moon, 4th month)
		7 AM & 8 AM come from Jubilees 3:17-32

Chapter 2

BC	AM	Event in History
3852	0130	Adam 130 when Seth born
3747	0235	Seth 105 when Enos born
3657	0325	Enos 90 when Cainan born
3617	0365	Cainan 40 when he "reigned over all the sons of men"
3587	0395	Cainan 70 when Mahalaleel born
3522	0460	Mahalaleel 65 when Jared born
		Jared 62 when Enoch born
3360	0622	===> 3360/0622 Jared (age 162) when Enoch born - see Genesis 5:18 KJV

Chapter 3

BC	AM	Event in History
3295	0687	Enoch 65 when Methuselah born
		Methuselah 87 when Lamech born
3108	0874	===> 3108/0874 Methuselah (age 187) when Lamech born - see Genesis 5:25 KJV
3052	0930	===> Enoch walked with God & he reigned over the sons of men (after Methuselah was born) for 243 years (age 65 + 243 = 308); Lamech (age 56); Adam died at 930

Chapter 4

BC	AM	Event in History
2995	0987	Enoch 365 ascended (translated) into heaven
		Lamech 160 when Seth died at 912
2940	1042	===> 2940/1042 Lamech (age 168) when Seth died at 912 - see Genesis 5:25 KJV; Genesis 5:8 KJV
		Lamech 180 when Noah born
2926	1056	===> 2926/1056 Lamech (age 182) when Noah born - see Genesis 5:25 KJV; Genesis 5:28-29 KJV

Chapter 5

BC	AM	Event in History
2842	1140	Noah 84 when Enos died at 905
2747	1235	Noah 179 when Cainan died at 910
		Noah 195 when Lamech died at 770
2731	1251	===> Noah 195 when Lamech (age 777) died (see below) - see Genesis 5:31 KJV
2692	1290	Noah 234 when Mahalaleel died at 895
		Noah 336 when Jared died at 962
2560	1422	===> Noah (age 366) when Jared died at 962 - see Genesis 5:28-29 KJV; Genesis 5:20 KJV
2446	1536	Noah 480 when God warns 120 years before flood
2428	1554	Noah 498 marries (daughter of Enoch) Naamah 580
		===> Noah 500? when Japheth born (elder son - Genesis 5:32 KJV; Genesis 10:21 KJV)
2424	1558	Noah 502 when Shem born (middle son, verse 18) - NOTE: Shem is mentioned first because he's the prominent son, not the first born (see above/below)
		===> Noah 504? when Ham born, though he's not mentioned here (youngest son - Genesis 6:10 KJV; Genesis 9:24 KJV) - Ham is mentioned in Jasher 7:1 (link below)
2331	1651	===> 2331/1651 Lamech (age 777) died (see above) - see Genesis 5:31 KJV
2331	1651	Noah 595 begins to build the ark - apparently after Lamech (his father) died - see Genesis 5:30 KJV; it takes 5 years to complete
		Methuselah 960 died
2326	1656	===> 2326/1656 Methuselah (age 969) died (7 days before the flood began) - see Genesis 5:27 KJV

Chapter 6

BC	AM	Event in History
2326	1656	Noah 600 when flood waters came (after the death of Methuselah who died 7 days before the flood began) 2nd month, 17th day - see Genesis 7:4-10 KJV; the flood rains lasted 40 days & 40 nights
2325	1657	Noah 601 & family left the ark (at the end of 1 year from when the flood began) - 2nd month, 27th day - see Genesis 8 KJV

Chapter 7

BC	AM	Event in History
2104	1878	Nahor 29 when Terah born - I can confirm Nahor/Terah via the years mentioned below and my previous chronologies - also see Genesis 11:24-26 KJV
2066	1916	Terah 38 when Haran & Nahor (apparently twins, verse 22) born - NOTE: the majority of the chapter is about Ham/Cush/Nimrod but specifically mentions Haran & Nahor born when Terah 38 (see below, and verse 8:28-29)
2034	1948	Terah 70 when Abram born - NOTE: the last verses (49-51) specifically say Abram (Abraham) was born when Terah 70 ... NOT 120 as many tout! Abram is mentioned first because he's the prominent son, not the first born (see above, and verse 8:28-29) - see Genesis 11:26 KJV

Chapter 8

BC	AM	Event in History
2034	1948	This chapter mostly speaks of interaction between Nimrod & Terah regarding the birth of Abram - NOTE: on the night of Abram's birth there was "one very large star" that "came from the East" and rapidly "ran with great speed" and "swallowed up four great stars" from the "four sides of the heavens" (verses 10-13) ... this reminds me of the "star" that arose in the "East" and led the "wise men" to where Jesus had been born (Matthew 2:9 KJV) ... three days later, Terah gives Nimrod another of his newborn sons, whom Nimrod kills
2024	1958	Abram is hidden in a cave for 10 years by Terah (verses 35-36)

Chapter 9

BC	AM	Event in History
2027	1955	Haran 39 when Lot born
2024	1958	Haran 42 when Sarai born, Abram 10
2024	1958	Abram 10, when he went to live with Noah & Shem (Abram knew the Lord from 3 years old - verse 6)
		Abram 49 living with Noah & Shem for 39 years after leaving the cave (10 + 39 = 49, verses 8:36, 9:6) - NOTE: Terah had "twelve gods" "after the twelve months of the year" and he "served each one monthly" "every month" (verse 8) ... this suggests there were only 12 months per year at that time, which was after the flood

Chapter 10

BC	AM	Event in History
1986	1996	Peleg 239 died, Abram 48 (verse 1) - NOTE: the rest of the chapter just talks about where the children of Japheth, Shem, and Ham, were "dispersed into the four corners of the earth"

Chapter 11

BC	AM	Event in History
1985	1997	Nahor (148) died, Abram 49 - NOTE: since Nahor was 29 when Terah born 2104/1878 (see above) then we can use those 29 years, along with Abram being 49 (1985/1997) here, to get Nahor's birth in 2133/1849 (not listed above, just here for an FYI); see Genesis 11:22-25 KJV
1984	1998	Abram 50, left Noah’s house for Terah’s (see also verse 51) - NOTE: Terah would have been 120 (he was 70 when Abram was born + Abram's current age of 50 = Terah 120); we can double check this by Terah's birth above 2104/1878 when Nahor 29

Chapter 12

BC	AM	Event in History
1984	1998	Abram 50 when Nimrod, because of a dream, seeks to kill him a second time
1984	1998	Haran 82 died in furnace, Abram 50 survives without being burned; this means that Haran (Abram's elder brother) was 32 when Abram born (see verse 16) and also aligns with Haran & Nahor's birth 2066/1916 (see above)
1984	1998	Abram (Abraham) 50 marries Sarai (Sarah) 40
1982	2000	Abram 52 flees to Noah & Shem, stays one month and then convinces Terah to move with all their family & belongings to the land of Canaan

Chapter 13

BC	AM	Event in History
1982	2000	Abram 52 moves with Terah & family from Ur to Haran (1st time)
		Abram 50 (this is incorrect, 52 + 3 = 55, he's 55 after 3 years in Haran, see below)
1979	2003	===> Abram 55 after 3 years in Haran he's told by God to go to the land of Canaan (1st time); Nahor, Terah, and Lot remained in Haran
1976	2006	Abram 58, Sarai 48 & family, were 3 years in the land of Canaan, when Noah died at 950
1974	2008	Abram 60 (5th year in the land of Canaan) when Sodom, Gomorrah & the cities of the plain, revolt against the king of Elam
1969	2013	Abram 65 (10th year in the land of Canaan) when Nimrod wars with king of Elam
1964	2018	Abram 70 (15th year in the land of Canaan) God promises the land of Canaan to his descendants who will inherit the land when "the fourth generation shall return here in the land and shall inherit it forever" - see Genesis 15:16 KJV
1964	2018	Abram 70 departs Canaan (1st time) and goes to Haran (2nd time) to visit his parents & clan (he stays in Haran for 5 years - see below)
1959	2023	Abram 75 when God again tells him to depart from Haran (2nd time) and return to Canaan (2nd time), and this time Lot goes with him

Chapter 14

BC	AM	Event in History
		There is no chronology in this chapter. It's about a poor man name Rikayon that goes to Egypt and becomes rich by imposing a tax before anyone can bury their dead. He is the first to be called "Pharaoh", though he wasn't a king, and thereafter "all the kings that reigned in Egypt from that time forward were called Pharaoh"

Chapter 15

BC	AM	Event in History
		There is no chronology in this chapter. It's about a famine in Canaan that forced Abram & family into Egypt, the Pharaoh takes Sarai, but returns her, and gives Abram a lot of booty, then sends him out of Egypt, where he returned to Canaan. Lot is told to separate from him at this time, he does so and goes to Sodom - see Genesis 13:1-12 KJV. "Abram dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron ... and ... remained in that place many years"

Chapter 16

BC	AM	Event in History
1956	2026	Abram 78 when Reu 239 died
1956	2026	I want to note here that this is the time when Abram met Adonizedek (Melchizedek) "king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem" who blessed him "for Adonizedek was a priest before God" - NOTE: Melchi (Melech or Melek) means king; Zedek means priest (see Genesis 14:18-20 KJV, Psalm 110:4 KJV, Hebrews 5-7 KJV)
1949	2033	Abram 85 when Sarai gave Hagar to him - this is "at the end of ten years" (from when he left Egypt and went back to Canaan for the 3rd time) - Hagar conceived
1948	2034	Abram 86 when Ishmael (son of Hagar) born

Chapter 17

BC	AM	Event in History
1943	2039	Abram 91 when children of Chittim war with Tubal
1935	2047	Abram 99 when God renames him Abraham, Sarai 89 renamed Sarah (see Genesis 17:15 KJV) - NOTE: God also declares the covenant of circumcision with Abraham (see Genesis 17:10-14 KJV)

Chapter 18

BC	AM	Event in History
1935	2047	Ishmael 13 when circumcised with Abraham 99 - see Genesis 17:23-26 KJV; God appears again and foretells that Sarah will have a son (Isaac), and the chapter also tells of the wickedness of Sodom for which God has sent angels to go there

Chapter 19

BC	AM	Event in History
		No events with ages, dates, or years found in this chapter. This chapter deals with more of the sins of the "cities of the plain" (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim) and the resulting destruction thereof and ends with Lot and his two daughters fleeing, and the daughters getting him drunk and having sons by him. Of the five "cities of the plain" that God originally decreed fire and brimstone on, only Zoar (the smallest) was spared (see Genesis 19 KJV).

Chapter 20

BC	AM	Event in History
1934	2048	Abraham 100 arrives in Gerar (in the land of the Philistines), his 25th year in Canaan; Sarah 90. King Abimelech and his people are plagued on account of him taking Sarah, and due to a dream he'd had that night he returned her to Abraham the next day.

Chapter 21

BC	AM	Event in History
1934	2048	Abraham 100, Sarah 90, Ishmael 14, when Isaac born - "And it was at that time at the end of a year and four months of Abraham's dwelling in the land of the Philistines in Gerar, that God visited Sarah, and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived and bare a son to Abraham" ... "Abraham circumcised his son Isaac at eight days old"
1933	2049	Serug 230 died (see Genesis 11:22-23 KJV) "in the first year of the birth of Isaac"
1929	2053	Isaac 5 when Ishmael 19 mocks him (according to this chapter, verses 13-14, Ishmael had intended to kill Isaac) - "13 And when Isaac was five years old he was sitting with Ishmael at the door of the tent. 14 And Ishmael came to Isaac and seated himself opposite to him, and he took the bow and drew it and put the arrow in it, and intended to slay Isaac."

Chapter 22

BC	AM	Event in History
1933	2049	Abraham 101, moves to Beersheba (near Hebron) after the 26th year of being in Gerar (land of the Philistines)
1899	2083	Terah 205 died, Isaac 35
1897	2085	Isaac 37 when God invites satan to "consider" Abraham - (verse 54) "And the Lord said to Satan, Hast thou thus considered my servant Abraham?"

Chapter 23

BC	AM	Event in History
1897	2085	Sarah 127 died (her death is mentioned here while her age at death is mentioned in chapter 24:1), Abraham 137, Isaac 37

Chapter 24

BC	AM	Event in History
1897	2085	Abraham 137 buys cave in Hebron to bury Sarah 127 (after she died), Isaac 37
1895	2087	Isaac 39 when Lot 140 died, Abraham returns to Beersheba
1894	2088	Nahor 172 (Abraham's brother) died, Isaac 40 marries Rebekah 10 - NOTE: I'm not so sure that Rebekah was just 10 years old but that's what the text says, perhaps her young age is 'why' she was barren for many years? Their marriage is also recorded in Genesis 25:20 KJV

Chapter 25

BC	AM	Event in History
1886	2096	Arpachshad 438 died when Isaac 48

Chapter 26

BC	AM	Event in History
1875	2107	Isaac 59 when Rebekah 29? still barren
1874	2108	Isaac 60 when Jacob & Esau born; Abraham 160
1859	2123	Abraham 175 died when Isaac 75, and Jacob & Esau 15 - at this age the chapter says that Esau was an hunter, Jacob was a shepherd. NOTE: Jacob is the primary son that the Abrahamic lineage goes through so his is the important name to follow from here on out!

The book of Jasher is 91 chapters long and I'm only at chapter 26, I may continue (in another article), I may not ... and for a good and logical reason. We end here to FOCUS on the timeline from Jacob's birth because, following, I'm going to drastically cut the timeline down, veering away from Jasher, by adding a few more important years according to scripture (KJV): 

  1) Genesis 47:5-11 KJV: from Jacob's birth (1874 BC / 2108 AM) to his age of 130 (1744 BC / 2238 AM) when he enters Egypt with his clan in the days of Joseph being Viceroy 

  2) Exodus 12:40-41 KJV, Galatians 3:17 KJV: from there we can count 430 years in Egypt (not Canaan) until the Exodus begins (1314 BC / 2668 AM) that occurred on the selfsame day of Israel (Jacob & clan) entering Egypt - Nisan 14/15 would be that selfsame day. This would have been after "400 years" (Genesis 15:16 KJV) in bondage in Egypt (not Canaan) after the friendly Pharaoh's death, and it would have been the "fourth generation" (Genesis 15:16 KJV) after Jacob, being ... Levi, Kohath, Amram, and Moses (age 80 at the start of the Exodus) 

  3) 1 Kings 6:1 KJV: from there we can count 480 years from the beginning of the Exodus from Egypt (1314 BC / 2668 AM) to the 4th year of Solomon's reign (834 BC / 3148 AM) 

  4) Matthew 1 KJV: and from there is 834 years to the birth of Jesus - give or take a year or two (no year zero) and factoring in that I believe He was born, when Jupiter was rising at the horizon in Virgo around midnight, in 2 BC or 1 BC, on December 24/25 (not September 11, 3 BC - the celestial event of that date would have been what triggered the Magi to start their journey). King Herod the Great died in 1 BC because his son took over from him then - see Chabad's timeline that states: "Archelaus (son of Herod I) ruled" in 1 AD. A son, especially not Herod's son!, cannot take his father's place until his father dies. There are plenty of good arguments for Herod's death in 1 BC (not 4 BC), including an eclipse. Again, see Chabad's timeline because they end up with Solomon's fourth year reign at 833 BC (because they started at year 1 and I started at 0 (placeholder, not an actual year)) 

  5) and that brings us to 2025 AD, which if adding to 3982 BC, brings us to 6007 AM from creation ... but wait, there's more! ... God would not have counted Adam & Eve's sinless 7 years (see Jubilees 3:17 link above) and so the actual count for the time of mankind would have begun after the fall and expulsion from the Garden of Eden around 3974 BC + 2025 AD = 5999 AM! Are we there yet? We don't know, but the math adds up!

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