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Patriarchal Age is the era of the times described in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 11:27-12:4). This part of the Bible contains narratives about personal stories and family history of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and his twelve sons. The era began with the receding of the global flood and ended when Israelites entered the Egypt. This article is about Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Bible. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλιος biblios, meaning book, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Isaac or Yitzhak (יִצְחָק He will laugh. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article is on mythology involving great floods. ... An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Miṣr or Maṣr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in north-eastern Africa. ...

During this time, Yahweh made three promises to Abraham and his descendants: The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (1100 BC to 300 CE), Aramaic (10th Century BC to 0) and modern Hebrew scripts. ...

• the land promise: God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants, if they will worship him
• the nation promise: Abraham will become father of nations, his descendants will be too numerous to count.
• the seed promise: through one of Abraham's descendants all nations of the earth would be blessed (Jesus Christ).

"...that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice" (Gen. 22:10-18). This article is about the land called Canaan. ... The neutrality and accuracy of this article are disputed. ...

Calculations suggest that the Patriarchal Age took place between 2091 and 1876 BC. However, this dating is controversial and debated. (22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2130 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt 2112 - 2095 BC -- Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu 2091 -- beginning of the Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year 2064... (20th century BC - 19th century BC - 18th century BC - other centuries) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events Hittite empire in Anatolia 1829 - 1818 BC -- Egyptian-Nubian war 1818 BC -- Egyptian Campaign in Palestine 1813 BC -- Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia 1806 BC -- Traditional date for the...