Name | Birth | Death | Comment |
3924 BCE |
2994 BCE | Genesis 1:1 |
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3794 BCE |
2882 BCE |
Genesis 3:23 |
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3689 BCE |
2784 BCE |
Genesis 5:6 |
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3599 BCE |
2689 BCE |
Genesis 5:9-14 |
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3529 BCE |
2634 BCE |
Genesis 5:12-17 |
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3464 BCE |
2502 BCE |
Genesis 5:15, 20 |
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3302 BCE |
2872 BCE |
Genesis 5:18, 23-4 |
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3287 BCE |
2268 BCE |
Genesis 5:21-27, Died in Great Flood |
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Lamech & Ada, Tzilah |
3050 BCE |
2273 BCE |
Genesis 5:29, 31 |
Noah | 2868 BCE |
1760 BCE |
Genesis 5 - 9 |
Shem | 2366 BCE |
1766 BCE |
Genesis 5:32, 10:21 |
Arpachshad | 2266 BCE |
1828 BCE |
Genesis 11:10 |
Salah |
2231 BCE |
1798 BCE |
Genesis 11:12 |
2201 BCE |
1737 BCE |
Genesis 11:14, Tower of Babel |
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Peleg & Lomna |
2167 BCE |
1928 BCE |
Genesis 11:16 |
Re'u & Ora |
2137 BCE |
1898 BCE |
Genesis 11:18 |
Serug & Milca |
2105 BCE |
1875 BCE |
Genesis 11:20-23 |
2075 BCE |
1927 BCE |
Genesis 11:22 |
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Terakh of Ur of the Chaldees (Khasdim) | 2046 BCE |
1841 BCE |
Genesis 11, 20 |
Abraham & Sarah (Yiskah) | 1976 BCE |
1801 BCE |
Patriarch of Israelites & Monotheism |
Yitzhak (Issac) & Rivka (Rebecca) | 1876 BCE |
1696 BCE |
Patriarch, Genesis 21:5 |
Yaakov (Jacob) Israel & Leah | 1816 BCE |
1679 BCE |
Forefather of the Twelve Tribes of Israel |
Yehudah (Judah) & Tamar | Father of Tribe of Judah |
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Peretz | Genesis 38:29 |
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Chezron | Moved to Egypt with Jacob |
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Ram | |||
Aminadav | |||
Nachshon | Headed Crossing of Red Sea |
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Salmon | First in line to cross back to Promised Land |
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Boaz & Ruth | |||
Oved | |||
Yishai (Jesse) | |||
King David | 1071 BCE | 967 BCE | King of United Monarchy of Israel and Judah |
Shiftia, ben Avital | II Samuel 3:4, fifth son of David | ||
Hillel the Elder | 110 BCE | 10 CE | Mother of Davidic origins, Mishnaic Sage |
Shimon HaNasi ben Hillel | Mishnaic Sage | ||
Gamliel the Elder | 50 CE | Mishnaic Sage. Pharisee, Acts 5:34-40 | |
Shimon ben Gamliel | 10 CE | 80 CE | Tannaist Sage. Martyr. |
Gamliel II of Yavne | 118 CE | First post-Temple Nasi of Sanhedrin | |
Shimon ben Gamliel II | 165 CE | Nasi, Tannaist Sage | |
Yehuda HaNasi | 135 CE | 220 CE | Editor of Mishnah |
Yehoshua ben Levi | 3rd. century CE | Amora, Head of Lod School | |
Yohanan bar Nafcha | 289 CE | Amora, Tiberius School | |
Rabbi Nahman | 320 CE | Babylonian Talmudist | |
Yossi Barbi Bon | 380 CE | Author of the 'Loops of Song' (Lulaot HaShir) | |
Yanni the Poet | late 3rd. century | Amora, Akbara School | |
Manyomi Gaon | 4th century CE | Pupil of Amemar of Nehardea | |
Yossi of Constantine | 514 CE | First Savorai Rabbi, Pumpedita School | |
Abraham | |||
Aharon HaRofeh (the healer) | |||
Eliakim (his grandson) | |||
Yitzchak Tzarfati HaKadosh (the Holy) | |||
Shlomo Yitzchaki - the Rashi | 1040 CE | 1105 CE | Talmudic Commentator |
Yocheved (daughter of Rashi) & Meir of Rameru | 1065 CE | ||
Miriam Chana (her daughter) & Shmuel of Vitry | |||
Jacob Tam | |||
Shmuel (Samuel) | |||
Yitzchak of Napier (France ) (HaRai) the Elder | 1190 CE | 1115CE | |
Elchanan HaKadosh (the Holy) (his son) | 1150 CE | Died in pogrom, known as Baalei HaTosafot | |
Shmuel of Bologna (his son) | |||
Moshe Joffe (his son) | |||
Meyer Joffe (her son) | |||
Eliezer Joffe | 14th. century CE | Brother of Israel Joffe of Heidelburg, printer of Darmstadt Haggada | |
Moshe Joffe (his son) | Still in Bologna | ||
Avraham Bohimus Joffe (his son) | 1445 CE | 1536 CE | 'Prefect' of Jews of Poland |
Rabbi Eliezer Joffe | 1465 CE | Rabbi in Prague and Cracow | |
Moshe Joffe of Cracow | 1485 CE | 1520 CE | |
Mordechai Joffe of Prague | 1530 CE | 1612 CE | Author of Lebushim |
Shmuel Joffe | 1540 CE | 1620 CE | His wife Surkeh was the daughter of Gershon HaCohen |
Joel Sirkes (the Bach) | 1561 CE | 1640 CE | Named after his mother, Rabbi of eight towns and villages (Cracow, Shidlov, Brisk, Belza, Mezhivozesh, Lubomil, Lukow, Prozhini) |