Jacob marries Leah and Rachel

1794 BCAge of the Patriarchs

The facts

Dates	1794 BC
Era	Age of the Patriarchs
Source	Printed on the chart

Where this sits on the chart

Jacob marries Leah and Rachel falls 2210 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Age of the Patriarchs arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.

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Who else was alive

Sarah1817 BC Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah1812 BC Jacob flees to Haran1796 BC Jacob’s dream of the ladder at Bethel1796 BC The births of Jacob’s twelve sons1791 BC Jacob wrestles with an angel and his name is changed to Israel1776 BC Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers1748 BC Joseph1745 BC – 1635 BC

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