Biblical Events

450 events span the Bible's timeline, from Creation at the opening of Genesis to the early church's first years in Acts. Some, like the Exodus or the crucifixion, fill entire books and reshape everything that follows; others are a single verse, a private moment between two people that still made it into the record. Wars, famines, weddings, plagues, journeys, and quiet conversations all sit on the same timeline, in the order they happened rather than the order they were written down. Laid out together, they show how one event set up the next, across thousands of years of history.

Old Testament

The Old Testament covers thousands of years, from Creation and the Flood through the Exodus, the reigns of Israel's kings, the divided kingdom, exile, and the return to Jerusalem. This timeline lays out the people and events behind that story in the order they happened.

New Testament

The New Testament runs from the birth of Jesus through his ministry, death, and resurrection to the growth of the early church and Paul's journeys. This timeline places each event in order, alongside where it happened and who was involved.

The Web

Many events in the Bible belong to a larger story: Holy Week, the Exodus, Paul's journeys. The graph starts with the events tied to the most people, places, and other events, linked where one is part of another or comes right before it. Click an event to see who was there and where it happened.

Index of events

In the order they happened.

  1. Creation of all things 4003 BC Genesis opens with God speaking the world into existence over six days: light, sky, land and sea, plants, sun and moon, sea and air creatures, and land animals, resting on the seventh (Genesis…
  2. Creation of Adam and Eve 4003 BC Genesis 2 gives a second, closer account of humanity's creation: God forms Adam from the dust and breathes life into him, places him in the garden of Eden, and later forms Eve from his side as his…
  3. The Fall 4003 BC The Fall is the biblical account of Adam and Eve's disobedience in eating fruit from the one tree God had forbidden, after the serpent convinced Eve it would make them like God. It results in their…
  4. Lifetime of Adam 4003 BC–3073 BC
  5. Cain kills Abel 3874 BC Adam and Eve's son Cain, jealous that God favored his brother Abel's offering over his own, kills Abel in the field, the Bible's first murder. God confronts Cain and sends him away as a marked…
  6. God curses Cain 3874 BC
  7. Birth of Seth 3873 BC
  8. Lifetime of Seth 3873 BC–2961 BC
  9. Birth of Enos 3768 BC
  10. Lifetime of Enos 3768 BC–2863 BC
  11. Birth of Cainan 3678 BC
  12. Lifetime of Cainan 3678 BC–2768 BC
  13. Birth of Mahlaleel 3608 BC
  14. Lifetime of Mahlaleel 3608 BC–2713 BC
  15. Birth of Jared 3543 BC
  16. Lifetime of Jared 3543 BC–2581 BC
  17. Birth of Enoch 3381 BC
  18. Lifetime of Enoch 3381 BC–3016 BC
  19. Birth of Methuselah 3316 BC
  20. Lifetime of Methuselah 3316 BC–2347 BC
  21. Birth of Lamech 3129 BC
  22. Lifetime of Lamech 3129 BC–2352 BC
  23. Death of Adam 3074 BC
  24. Enoch taken up 3016 BC Genesis says of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah, that he "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" (Genesis 5:24), read since ancient times as meaning he was taken to heaven without dying.…
  25. Death of Seth 2961 BC
  26. Birth of Noah 2947 BC
  27. Lifetime of Noah 2947 BC–1997 BC
  28. Death of Enos 2863 BC
  29. Death of Cainan 2768 BC
  30. Death of Mahlaleel 2713 BC
  31. Death of Jared 2582 BC
  32. God decides to destroy every living thing 2467 BC
  33. Birth of Shem 2445 BC
  34. Lifetime of Shem 2445 BC–1845 BC
  35. God instructs Noah to build the ark 2399 BC
  36. Death of Lamech 2352 BC
  37. Death of Methuselah 2347 BC
  38. The Great Flood 2347 BC–2346 BC God judges a corrupt and violent world by flooding the earth, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals gathered in the ark he was instructed to build (Genesis 6-8). Afterward God promises never…
  39. The Great Flood begins 2347 BC
  40. Water covers the earth 2347 BC
  41. The flood subsides 2346 BC–2345 BC
  42. Leaving the Ark 2346 BC
  43. God makes a covenant with Noah 2346 BC After the flood, God establishes a covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature, promising never again to destroy the earth with a flood and giving the rainbow as its sign (Genesis…
  44. Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed 2345 BC
  45. Birth of Arphaxad 2345 BC
  46. Lifetime of Arphaxad 2345 BC–1907 BC
  47. Birth of Salah 2310 BC
  48. Lifetime of Salah 2310 BC–1877 BC
  49. Birth of Eber 2280 BC
  50. Lifetime of Eber 2280 BC–1816 BC

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