Period,MT coordinates,Years,Narrative qualification
First seven-year service,1929 → 1922,7,Leads to the marriage transition
Second seven-year service,1922 → 1915,7,Obligation follows Rachel's wedding week
Flock service,1915 → 1909,6,Ends with the return to Canaan
All service,1929 → 1909,20,14 for the daughters + 6 for the flock
Plenty,1885 → 1878,7,Joseph age 30 at the opening
Famine,1878 → 1871,7,Jacob enters Egypt after two famine years
Jacob in Egypt,1876 → 1859,17,Egypt residence to his death