OT Timeline: The creation

  • Creation
    4004 BCE

    Creation

    In the beginning, God created heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  • Adam and Eve
    3969 BCE

    Adam and Eve

    God creates Adam and Eve. Ussher's chronology of the Old Testament places their creation at 4004.
  • Abraham sacrifices Isaac
    3000 BCE

    Abraham sacrifices Isaac

    By asking him to sacrifice, God was testing Abraham to see if he trusted him. and he did: Abrahams faith in god was so great that he was willing to give him his only son
  • Noahs ark
    2472 BCE

    Noahs ark

    Noah was told to build the ark by god. God's instructions he took into the ark male and females species of all the worlds species of animals.
  • The twelve son of Jacob, Josephs rise to power
    1700 BCE

    The twelve son of Jacob, Josephs rise to power

    The offspring of Jacob sons became the tribe of Israel following exodus when the Israelites conquered and settled in the land of Israel.
  • Moses and the exodus
    1440 BCE

    Moses and the exodus

    After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
  • The crossing of the Red Sea
    1250 BCE

    The crossing of the Red Sea

    When the Israelites reached the red sea Moses stretched out his hand and the water divided allowing his follower's safe passage.
  • Old Testament
    1200 BCE

    Old Testament

    The first part of the Christian bible, comprising thirty-nine books and corresponding approximately to the Hebrew bible.
  • The burning bush
    800 BCE

    The burning bush

    There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush he looked and the bush was blazing yet it was not consumed.
  • Jacobs ladder
    70 BCE

    Jacobs ladder

    In any case, the ladder symbolizes ''stepping up'' into heaven through means provided by god and administered by his servants.