Maps and Charts

First Dispensation

Second Dispensation

Third Dispensation

Jaredite Dispensation

Lost Tribes

Fourth Dispensation

Fifth Dispensation

Sixth Dispensation

Lehi—Nephite Dispensation

Seventh Dispensation

Adam (b. 4000 B.C.)¹

Seth

Enos

Cainan

Mahaleleel

Jared

6 Generations

(Moses 5:6–12; 6:64–68)

Beginning of Mortality. Adam taught children.

Enoch

Methuselah

Lamech

3 Generations

(Moses 6:25–39; 8:1; D&C 107:49)

Enoch apparently called by the Lord at age 65. Dispensation probably commenced in 3313 B.C., 687 years after the first dispensation began (see D&C 107:47–49.)

Noah (b. 2944 B.C.)

Shem

Arphaxad

Salah

Eber

Peleg

Reu

Serug

Nahor

Terah

10 Generations

(Genesis 6:8–9, 13; 7:6; Moses 8:19)

Noah walked with God. Noah entered ark at age 600. Flood commenced at approx. 2344 B.C.; beginning of third dispensation with 8 people, 969 years after the second dispensation began.

Approx. 2234 B.C.

Tower of Babel.

Confusion of Tongues and scattering

Carried away 721–717 B.C. (? Dispensations among lost tribes)

Abraham (b. 1992 B.C., if born when Terah was 130 years of age)

Isaac

6 Generations

Jacob (Israel)

(Abraham 1:16–19; 2:14; Genesis 12:1–4; 17:1)

Abraham called by the Lord at approx. age 75 (Genesis 12:4) or 62 (Abraham 2:14). The Fourth dispensation commenced approx. 1917 B.C., 427 years after the third dispensation began.

Reuben

Simeon

Levi

Kohath

Amram

Judah

Zebulon

Issachar

14 generations from Abraham to David (Matthew 1:17)

Gad

Asher

Dan

Naphtali

Joseph

Benjamin

Ephraim

Manasseh

Several Generations

Ishmael

Lehi

David

14 generations

Jechonias (carried to Babylon)

14 generations

Jesus Christ (b. A.D. 1)

Moses (b. approx. 1567 B.C.)

Age 80 when children of Israel delivered. Fifth dispensation commenced approx. 1487 B.C., 430 years after the fourth dispensation (See Exodus 3:7–12).

Twelve Apostles

(Dispensation of the meridian of time)

Commenced about A.D. 30, approx. 1517 years after the fifth dispensation began.

Joseph Smith (b. A.D. 1805)

(Dispensation of the fullness of times)

(Acts 3:19–21; Ephesians 1:9–10; D&C 27:13)

Joseph Smith, age 24 years and 3 months when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1830. Commencement of last dispensation 1800 years after the sixth dispensation began.

(600 B.C.)

Nephi and Lehi (20 B.C.)

(Helaman 10:3–17; 11:19–23; 3 Nephi 7:15–19; 9:15–22; 11:7–40)

Commencement of 200 years of peace—A.D. 34

(seventh great-grandson of Noah)

(Genesis 11:10–26)

Married Sarah (Sarai)

(daughter of Haran)

(Genesis 11:29)

Married Milcah (daughter of Haran)

(Genesis 20:20–22)

(Genesis 11:27–29; Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 705)

(Genesis 18:1–14; 21:1–3)

Married Rebekah

(daughter of Bethuel)

(Genesis 25:21–26)

(Genesis 22:23)

(Genesis 24:29)

(sold his birthright to Jacob)

(Genesis 25:29–34)

(Genesis 29:16)

Through Hagar, Sarah’s handmaiden, Abraham fathered Ishmael (see Genesis 17:20). After Sarah’s death, Abraham married Keturah, through whom he had six children, named in Genesis 25:1–2.

(Genesis 29:30–35)

(Genesis 30:17–21)

(Genesis 30:22–24)

(Genesis 35:16–18)

(Rachel’s handmaiden)

(Genesis 30:4–8)

(Leah’s handmaiden)

(Genesis 30:9–13)

Married Asenath (Genesis 41:45)

(Alma 10:3)

(Genesis 41:50–52)

The birthright tribe

(Genesis 48)

(Adapted from Burl Shephard, comp., “The Family of Abraham,” Instructor, Jan. 1964, inside back cover.)

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Adam 930

Seth 912

Enos 905

Cainan 910

Mahalaleel 895

Jared 962

Enoch 430

Methuselah 969

Lamech 777

Noah 950

Japheth

Shem 610

Ham

Canaan

Mizraim

Arphaxad 438

Salah 433

Eber 464

Peleg 239

Reu 239

Serug 230

Nahor 148

Terah 205

Abraham

Abraham 175

Abraham leaves Ur

Abraham settles in Canaan

Isaac born

Brother of Jared

Gentiles

Mesopotamia

Land of Canaan

Egypt

Western Hemisphere

(Jaredites)

Age of the Patriarchs

Age of the Patriarchs

Age of Abraham

Cain and Able

City of Enoch translated

The Flood

Tower of Babel

Jaredites leave for New World

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A.D.1

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Mesopotamia

Land of Canaan

Egypt

Western Hemisphere

(Jaredites)

Minor Kingdoms

Assyria

Persia

Seleucids

Rome

Ptolemies

Seleucids

Rome

Ptolemies

Seleucids

Rome

Persia

Ptolemies

Rome

Book of Mormon

(Nephites and Lamanites)

Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah

Age of Abraham

Israel in Egypt

Return to Canaan

Reign of the Judges

United Kingdom

Divided Kingdom

Divided Kingdom

Exile

Return of Jews

Greek Domination

Maccabeans

Roman Domination

Babylon

Samaritans

Babylon

Persia

Maccabeans

Maccabeans

Abraham 175

Isaac born

Esau and Jacob born

Joseph born

Manasseh and Ehpraim

Israel and family in Egypt

Moses

Exodus

Israel enters Canaan

Joshua

Gideon

Samson

Ruth

Samuel

Nathan

Temple built

Elijah

Elisha

Jonah

Assyrian Captivity

Ten tribes

Daniel

Ezekiel

Esther

First Babylonian captivity

Second Babylonian captivity

First return

Second return

Third return

Isaiah

Lehi leaves Jerusalem

Jeremiah

Jerusalem destroyed

Third Babylonian captivity

Mulek leaves Jerusalem

Haggai

Zechariah

Temple rebuilt

Ezra

Malachi

Jesus Christ

Nephi

Jacob

Mosiah

Alma

Helaman

Jesus Christ

Saul

David

Solomon

Asa

Jehoshaphat

Rehoboam

Jeroboam

Ahab

Omri

Jehoram

Uzziah

Hezekiah

Josiah

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Joshua

Ruth

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

Job?

Jonah?

Joel?

Amos

Zephaniah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Jeremiah & Lamentations

Ezekiel

Obadiah?

Zechariah

Haggai

Esther

Malachi

Nehemiah

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

Poetry and Wisdom Literature

2 Kings

2 Chronicles

Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes

Hosea

Isaiah

Micah

Daniel

Ezra