Abraham chronology

Mesopotamia ( Iraq) years

lives in Ur, capital of Mesopotamia, at the height of the splendor of a highly developed ancient world.


criticizes his father


took on his father, an idol maker. He smashes all of th idols but one.



condemned to burn in a furnace by King Nimrod of Babylon
. God protects him


leaves Ur and follows traditional trade route to Haran, in Israel. Haran and cities around it are into polytheism




marries Sarai and begins a life-long partnership with her



God calls Abraham to leave his home and family and travel into a strange land


Abraham, Lot and families move south to Canaan ( fierce trives lived there)


Famine in Canaan causes them to go Eqypt for a while


As he fears he may be killed because of her beauty, he has Sarai pretend to be his sister.



Pharoh notices Sarai and takes her as a concubine.



Pharoh hit with plagues and send Abram away with treasures



Lot and Abram return to Canaan, but have an ‘falling out’



Lot chooses prime land, including the cities of Sodom and Gamorah



God promises Abraham and his descendants would inherit all the lands that he could see.


Lot is taken captive by tribesmen in Sodom where he had moved.




God reaffirmed that He would give the land from the Nile to the Euphrates to Abram's descendants, but only after they had spent 400 years as slaves.


Ishmael is born to Hagar when Abram was 86



13 years later God appears and updates the promise. if Abram would "walk before [the LORD] and be upright" then God would make Abram the "father of a multitude of nations."


When God talked about another son, who would be the root of the next generations, Abraham laughed, God said the boy's name would be Isaac, which means "he laughs."



On their way to destroy Sodom, God , with two strangers ( angels) visits with Abram and strikes a deal with God... 10 good men in Sodom... means Lot will be saved.