Josephs timeline

Joseph is born

1650 BCE

Joseph Was Born As A Favourite In His Family Because Jacob Claims That God Gave Him A Son In His Old Age "3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate[a] robe for him."

Josephs life

Period: 1650 BCE to 1540 BCE

Sold as a slave

1640 BCE

26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Potiphars wife accused him

1618 BCE

12 She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, 14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. 15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Joseph interoperates dreams

1600 BCE

12“This is what it means,”Joseph said to him.“The three branches are three days.13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days. 19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”

Joseph interoperates Pharos dream

1598 BCE

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. 27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.

Joseph is second most powerful

1597 BCE

41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,[b] and people shouted before him, “Make way[c]!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.

Joseph puts Benjamin in jail

1580 BCE

17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”

Joseph forgives his brothers and said that it was Gods will

1579 BCE

Joseph said to I am Joseph Is my father still living But his brothers were not able to answer him because they were terrified at his presence Then Joseph said to his brothers Come close to me When they had done so he said I am your brother Joseph the one you sold into Egypt And now do not be sad and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your live

Joseph has children

1570 BCE

Ephriam was the name of josephs first son
Manasseh was the name of josephs second son

Joseph dies

1540 BCE

Joseph dies