Africa Study Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 93
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History in Africa from the Patriarchs
to the Promised Land
3100 BC—1406 or 1240 BC
Patriarch’s Journeys (B, C). The map in the top left
illustrates the journey of Abram. The map on the bottom
left charts Joseph’s journey.
? Date unknown.
Genesis 10:13-14 mentions
some of Noah’s descendants
who are considered to be African
peoples including Ludites,
Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
Pathrusites, and Casluhites. These
people groups settled in portions
of Egypt and Libya.
of Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty who
reigned from 1897–1878 BC. Other
scholars think the pharaoh could
have been one of the five Hyksos
rulers in the Fifteenth Dynasty.
A
3000 BC
2500 BC
A 3100 BC. First Egyptian Dynasty
B 2000 BC plus or minus 100 years.
Abram and his family are forced to
go to Egypt to survive the famine in
Canaan. Because of the Nile River,
Egypt was fertile and the crops
were not as dependent on rain.
C 1825 BC plus or minus 100 years.
Joseph is sold into slavery by his
brothers and taken to Egypt. He
rises from slavery to become an
unnamed pharaoh’s advisor. Some
scholars think this pharaoh may
have been Senusret II, fourth ruler
B
2000 BC
C
1500 BC
G H
1000 BC
D
E
Joseph, Advisor to Pharoah (C).
D 1820 BC plus or minus 100
years. Joseph marries Asenath,
F
I
an Egyptian and the daughter of
a priest from the city On. Their
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim,
eventually become tribes of Israel,
making the founders of these two
tribes half African.