Llamado de Abraham
~2091 BCGod calls Abram from Ur of the Chaldees to a land He will show him, promising to make him a great nation, bless him, and bless all families of the earth through him. Abraham obeys by faith.
Los Patriarcas
-2100 a.C. — -1800 a.C.
La era de Abraham, Isaac, Jacob y José (aprox. 2000–1700 a.C.). Dios llama a Abraham de Ur para convertirse en el padre de una gran nación. Las narrativas del Génesis 12–50 narran el establecimiento del pacto, la promesa de la tierra y la descendencia, y el descenso de la familia de Jacob a Egipto.
Eventos clave
La destrucción de Sodoma
~2081 BCGod establishes a formal covenant with Abraham, promising countless descendants and the land of Canaan. The covenant is sealed through circumcision as an outward sign.
Nacimiento de Isaac
~2066 BCThe miraculous birth of Isaac to Abraham (100 years old) and Sarah (90 years old), fulfilling God's promise. Isaac is the child of promise through whom the covenant line continues.
Jacob y Esaú
~2050 BCGod tests Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah. Abraham obeys, but God provides a ram as a substitute — a profound foreshadowing of Christ's substitutionary sacrifice.
José en Egipto
~2006 BCThe twin sons of Isaac — Jacob, the younger, receives the birthright and blessing through cunning, then flees from Esau's wrath. God later renames Jacob 'Israel' after wrestling with him at Peniel.
El éxodo de Egipto
~1898 BCJacob's favorite son Joseph is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt. Through imprisonment and divine gift of dream interpretation, Joseph rises to become Egypt's second-in-command.