The Strand Study Bible

GENEALOGY CHART TO JOB

NAME

BORN

Terah (Abraham’s father)

2122 BC 2052 BC c. 2022 BC c. 1945 BC

Terah’s 3 sons: 1. Haran

2. Nahor

Buz (son of Nahor - Gen 22:20, 21)

Elihu (Job’s friend, and a descendant of Abraham’s nephew, Buz - Job 32:2)

1992 BC

3. Abraham

Abraham’s 3 sons: 1. Ishmael

1906 BC c. 1850 BC

2. Shuah (son of Abraham - Gen 25:2)

Bildad (Job’s friend and a descendant of Abraham’s son, Shuah - Job 2:11)

1892 BC 1832 BC c.1792 BC c.1752 BC

3. Isaac

Isaac’s 2 sons: 1. Esau

Eliphaz (son of Esau)

Teman (son of Eliphaz - Gen 36:4, 11)

Eliphaz (Job’s friend and a descendant of Abraham’s great, great grandson, Teman - Job 2:11)

1832 BC

2. Jacob

Jacob’s 12 sons:

1. Reuben (Gen 29:32) 2. Simeon (Gen 29:33) 3. Levi (Gen 29:34)

c.1748 BC c.1747 BC c.1746 BC c. 1708 BC c. 1650 BC c. 1746 BC c. 1745 BC c. 1745 BC c. 1744 BC c. 1744 BC c. 1743 BC c. 1743 BC 1568 BC

(Jacob is 84) (Jacob is 85) (Jacob is 86)

Kohath (son of Levi)

Amram (son of Kohath)

Moses (son of Amram)

4. Dan (Gen 30:1-6) 5. Judah (Gen 29:35) 6. Naphtali (Gen 30:7, 8) 7. Gad (Gen 30:9-11) 8. Issachar (Gen 30:14-18) 9. Asher (Gen 30:12, 13) 10. Zebulum (Gen 30:19-20) 11. Joseph (Gen 30:22-24)

(Jacob is 86) (Jacob is 87) (Jacob is 87) (Jacob is 88) (Jacob is 88) (Jacob is 89) (Jacob is 89) (Jacob is 90)

1742 BC NOTE - Joseph died in 1632 BC at the age of 110 years old. The events in Job took place around 7 years after the death of Joseph (c. 1625 BC). Job was around 50 years old at the time.

12. Benjamin (Gen 35:16-18)

c. 1726 BC

(Jacob is 106)

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