This year, for my Bible study, I am enjoying my chronological Bible. I love the perspective it brings, as it arranges everything in chronological order. I’m still in Genesis, so there’s not any difference so far; but once I get into the Samuels, Kings, and Chronicles, it really helps straighten things out for me. I’m keeping a spiral notebook to jot down major events; and of course I add lots of sticky notes as I think of “what ifs,” odd thoughts, and questions.
I posted an Adam to Noah Timeline some time ago. Now I’ve made a Shem to Abram Timeline. I find it interesting that Shem was still alive when Abram / Abraham was born and, in fact, died shortly after Abraham.
Shem was God’s chosen line of salvation (Genesis 9.26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem…). So God had made Himself known to Shem and his descendants; and Abraham and his family were followers of Jehovah. When Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac, he made the servant swear NOT to let Isaac marry a daughter of the Canaanites, But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac (Genesis 24.4). It was because he knew that his family were followers of Jehovah. (Evidence Genesis 24.50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.)
This cleared up a few things for me, because I’d wondered if God had just chosen some random pagan when He chose Abraham. Well, of course He didn’t, because God doesn’t work that way; but I liked that He filled in some info for me.
Here are the timelines:

