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I've been working with GROK 3 (by xAI) through several chronological timelines and every now and then I run into a *snag* and have to really do some deep digging to try to find a solution. Are my solutions correct? I don't know! But they make sense and so I'm posting them. For me, I'm just loading this here for posterity sake as I continue to work out issues in my main timeline (not yet live on this blog).
For this timeline, I had to delve into a few ancient writings (non-canonical) to try to figure out this chronology that is sparsely written about anywhere else! So, here's my study results for the lifetimes of Levi, Kohath, Amram ... and ... Aaron/Moses - four generations (Genesis 15:16 KJV) from the time Jacob (age 130) entered Egypt through the years of plenty and slavery therein until the Exodus began with Moses (age 80) and Aaron (age 83).
This study result is based on my years: Creation 0 AM = 3982 BC. 0 AM isn't actually a 'year', it's a placeholder number. Oh, and yes, I even went from the Exodus when Israel left Egypt up to and including king Solomon's 4th year when he began to build the 1st Temple ... 480 years ... and, it's still a match! You will find all quotes & links at the bottom of this page.
Clean Roll-Up (0 AM = 3982 BC)
Creation: 0 AM = 3982 BC.
Jacob Enters Egypt: AM 2238 = 1744 BC (3982 - 2238 = 1744).
Exodus: AM 2668 = 1314 BC (2238 + 430, Exodus 12:40 KJV).
Wilderness Ends: AM 2708 = 1274 BC (2668 + 40, Numbers 14:33 KJV).
Solomon’s 4th Year: AM 3148 = 834 BC (2668 + 480, 1 Kings 6:1 KJV).
Levi to Moses
Levi Born: AM 2411 = 1571 BC (2668 - 257, Year 0).
Kohath Born: AM 2446 = 1536 BC (2411 + 35, Testament of Levi).
Amram & Jochebed Born: AM 2475 = 1507 BC (2411 + 64, Testament of Levi).
Amram Marries Jochebed: AM 2505 = 1477 BC (2411 + 94, Testament of Levi).
Joseph Dies: AM 2529 = 1453 BC (2411 + 118, Testament of Levi).
Amram’s Separation Starts: AM 2544 = 1438 BC (2475 + 69, Visions of Amram).
Levi Dies: AM 2548 = 1434 BC (2411 + 137, Exodus 6:16 KJV).
Kohath Dies: AM 2579 = 1403 BC (2446 + 133, Exodus 6:18 KJV).
Amram’s Separation Ends: AM 2585 = 1397 BC (2544 + 41, Visions of Amram).
Aaron Born: AM 2585 = 1397 BC (2475 + 110, DSS 4Q559).
Moses Born: AM 2588 = 1394 BC (2475 + 113, DSS 4Q559).
Amram Dies: AM 2612 = 1370 BC (2475 + 137, Exodus 6:20 KJV).
Aaron & Moses Die: AM 2708 = 1274 BC (2588 + 120, Deuteronomy 34:7 KJV;
2585 + 123, Numbers 20:28 KJV).
Why It’s Clean
Egypt Sojourn: 1744–1314 BC = 430 years, matches Exodus 12:40 KJV.
Wilderness: 1314–1274 BC = 40 years, matches Numbers 14:33 KJV.
Exodus to Solomon’s 4th: 1314–834 BC = 480 years, matches 1 Kings 6:1 KJV.
Ages: Levi (137), Kohath (133), Amram (137), Aaron (123) & Moses (120) —all spot on.
Events: Amram’s 41-year separation (1438–1397 BC), Aaron at 110, Moses at 113 —all fit within Amram’s 137 years.
Sources & links ...
BlueLetterBible (KJV)
Grok 3 (by xAI)
Testament of Levi, Chapter III
51 And Kohath was born in the thirty-fifth year of my life, towards sunrise.
52 And I saw in a vision that he was standing on high in the midst of all the congregation.
53 Therefore I called his name Kohath which is, beginning of majesty and instruction.
54 And she bare me a third son, in the fortieth year of my life; and since his mother bare him with difficulty, I called him Merari, that is, 'my bitterness,' because he also was like to die.
55 And Jochebed was born. in Egypt, in my sixty-fourth year, for I was renowned then in the midst of my brethren. [TLW note: Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, while Amram was the son of Kohath (son of Levi) {Exodus 6:20 KJV}]
56 And Gersam took a wife, and she bare to him Lomni and Semei. And the sons of Kohath, Ambram, Issachar, Hebron, and Ozeel. And the sons of Merari, Mooli, and Mouses.
57 And in the ninety-fourth year Ambram took Jochebed my daughter to him to wife, for they were born in one day, he and my daughter.
58 Eight years old was I when I went into the land of Canaan, and eighteen years when I slew Shechem, and at nineteen years I became priest, and at twenty-eight years I took a wife, and at forty-eight I went into Egypt.
59 And behold, my children, ye are a third generation. In my hundred and eighteenth year Joseph died. [TLW note: 3rd generation: 1st-Levi, 2nd-Kohath, 3rd-Amram (Ambram) ... 4th would then be Aaron & Moses; Levi was 118 years old when Joseph died.]
Visions of Amram DSS 4Q543-549
"Amram and Kohath went to Canaan from Egypt to build tombs for those who perished during the Egyptian sojourn. Amram stayed in Canaan to finish the tombs, while Kohath left for Egypt due to the threat of war. Amram was unable to go back to his wife and family in Egypt for 41 years, until the war between Egypt, Canaan and Philistia was over [2]" [TLW note: this was the key to figuring out the timeline, Amram wasn't able to get home to his wife for 41 years due to the border being closed from either direction while the war lasted. THIS is likely WHY virtually NO ONE has any dates for Amram thus messing up the entire chronology and having to fudge years such as having Israel in Canaan for 210-215 years and then only in Egypt for another 215 years ... which is NOT scriptural. Let God's word be true and every man a liar! Romans 3:4 KJV]
DSS 4Q559 - 16. A Biblical Chronology 4Q559 pgs 84-85
"Translation - Column 1 (Fragments 1 and 3) (1) [. . . and Terah was (2) seventy years old when he fathered Abraham; and Abraham (3) was] ninety-nine years old [when he fathered Isaac; (4) and Isaac was [sixty years old when he fathered Jacob; and Jacob (5) was] sixty-fi[ve year]s old [when he fathered Levi . . . (7) and Levi was thirty-] five [year]s old when he fa[thered Kohath; and Kohath was (8) twenty-] nine [year]s old when he fathered Am[r]am; Am[ram was (9) one hundred and ten years old when he fathered] Aaron, and Aar[on] went out from Egy[pt." [TLW note: we know that Aaron was 83 at the time of the Exodus when Israel came out of Egypt, and Moses was 80.]
DSS = Dead Sea Scrolls
KJV=King James Version (of the Bible)
