Chronology of
births and deaths
from מתושלח METUŜELAḤ
to לוי LEVI

Births and deaths connect the family history of עם ישראל AM YISRAʾEL to recurring sacred memory. These traditions place the ancestors within עברית IVRIT time, sometimes assigning the same calendar day to the beginning and end of a life.

The sequence follows received year calculations, with the spring placement of אברהם AVRAHAM's birth and death in the main list and the autumn placement in footnotes. The תורה TORA supplies ages and family relationships; later texts supply many of the months and days.1

י״א בחשוון א׳תרנ״ו 11th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 1656Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

מתושלח METUŜELAḤ died before the מבול MABUL, according to the traditional mourning reckoning.

י״א בחשוון א׳תרנ״ו 11th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 1656: מתושלח METUŜELAḤ died before the מבול MABUL, according to the traditional mourning reckoning.2

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ניסן א׳תתקמ״ח Nisan, AM 1948Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed

אברהם AVRAHAM was born.

ניסן א׳תתקמ״ח Nisan, AM 1948: אברהם AVRAHAM was born.3

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ט״ו בניסן ב׳מ״ח 15th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2048Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

יצחק YIẒḤAK was born on the date later associated with the departure from מצרים MIẒRAYIM.

ט״ו בניסן ב׳מ״ח 15th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2048: יצחק YIẒḤAK was born on the date later associated with the departure from מצרים MIẒRAYIM.4

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ניסן ב׳קכ״ג Nisan, AM 2123Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed

אברהם AVRAHAM died, completing a lifespan of 175 years.

ניסן ב׳קכ״ג Nisan, AM 2123: אברהם AVRAHAM died, completing a lifespan of 175 years.5

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י״ד בכסלו ב׳קצ״ג 14th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 2193Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

ראובן REʾUVEN was born.

י״ד בכסלו ב׳קצ״ג 14th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 2193: ראובן REʾUVEN was born. His day and numbered month also appear in ספר היובלים SEFER HAʾYOVELIM.6

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ט״ז בניסן ב׳קצ״ה 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2195Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

לוי LEVI was born in the later calendar tradition.

ט״ז בניסן ב׳קצ״ה 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2195: לוי LEVI was born in the later calendar tradition.7

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כ׳ בשבט ב׳קצ״ט 20th 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 2199Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

אשר AŜER was born in the later calendar tradition.

כ׳ בשבט ב׳קצ״ט 20th 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 2199: אשר AŜER was born in the later calendar tradition.8

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י״א בחשוון ב׳ר״ח 11th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 2208Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

רחל RAḤEL died while giving birth to בנימין BINYAMIN.

י״א בחשוון ב׳ר״ח 11th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 2208: רחל RAḤEL died while giving birth to בנימין BINYAMIN. Family continuity and maternal loss occupy the same anniversary.9

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י״ד בכסלו ב׳שי״ח 14th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 2318Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

ראובן REʾUVEN died on his 125th birthday in the later tradition.

י״ד בכסלו ב׳שי״ח 14th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 2318: ראובן REʾUVEN died on his 125th birthday in the later tradition.10

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כ׳ בשבט ב׳שכ״ב 20th 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 2322Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

אשר AŜER died on his 123rd birthday in the later tradition.

כ׳ בשבט ב׳שכ״ב 20th 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 2322: אשר AŜER died on his 123rd birthday in the later tradition.11

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ט״ז בניסן ב׳של״ב 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2332Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

לוי LEVI died on his 137th birthday in the later tradition.

ט״ז בניסן ב׳של״ב 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 2332: לוי LEVI died on his 137th birthday in the later tradition. The תורה TORA gives the lifespan, not this calendar date.12

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Dates without established years

These two anniversaries belong within the family history above; their absolute years remain unresolved.

ה׳ בתשרי 5th 𝑜𝑓 TiŝreiPrecision: unresolved-year-day · Basis: not-assessed

A later tradition places נפתלי NAFTALI's death on his birthday.

ה׳ בתשרי 5th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei: A later tradition places נפתלי NAFTALI's death on his birthday.14

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Footnotes

  1. Rosh Hashanah 10b–11a,; Book of Jubilees 28, ↩
  2. Seder Olam Rabbah 1:2,; Rashi on Genesis 7:4, ↩
  3. Seder Olam Rabbah 1:2,; Rosh Hashanah 10b–11a,. The autumn chronology instead places the birth at תשרי א׳תתקמ״ח Tiŝrei, AM 1948. ↩
  4. https://www.sefaria.org/Seder_Olam_Rabbah.5.2 ↩
  5. Rosh Hashanah 10b–11a,; Genesis 25:7,. The autumn chronology places the death at תשרי ב׳קכ״ג Tiŝrei, AM 2123. Both seasonal chronologies place his birth and death in the same month. ספר קרניים SEFER KARNAYIM supplies a third placement, טבת ב׳קכ״ג Tevet, AM 2123, through a symbolic reading of the promise of a good old age: Sefer Karnayim 6,. ↩
  6. Book of Jubilees 28, ↩
  7. Chabad, Levi Born,. ספר היובלים SEFER HAʾYOVELIM instead places the birth on the new moon of the first month, conventionally mapped to א׳ בניסן 1st 𝑜𝑓 Nisan. Its 364-day calendar is not identical to the later lunisolar calendar: Book of Jubilees 28,; Book of Jubilees 6, 6:29–38. ↩
  8. Chabad, Asher born,. ספר היובלים SEFER HAʾYOVELIM instead places the birth on the second day of the eleventh month in its 364-day calendar, conventionally mapped to ב׳ בשבט 2nd 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat: Book of Jubilees 28,. ↩
  9. Genesis 35:16–20,; Book of Jubilees 32, ↩
  10. Chabad, Reuben Born, ↩
  11. Orthodox Union, Asher,; Chabad, Asher born,. An alternative placement is 2320-11-04. That year follows a different calculation; its source explicitly supplies the birthday, while identifying it as the death day requires a further traditional attribution: Seder HaDorot, Asher,; Matzav, 4 Shevat,. ↩
  12. Exodus 6:16,; Chabad, Prelude to Slavery, ↩
  13. ספר היובלים SEFER HAʾYOVELIM gives the fifth day of the seventh month in its 364-day calendar; the linked record follows the later month mapping: Book of Jubilees 28,; Book of Jubilees 6,. ↩
  14. Daily Zohar, Naphtali, ↩