Preface |
V |
Principal Abbreviations |
XI |
Note on Transliteration |
XIII |
INTRODUCTION |
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The Biblical Process |
XVII |
What's in a Name? |
XX |
Biblical Criticism |
XXII |
The Documentary Sources of Genesis (1) P, (2) J, (3) E, (4) |
XXXVII |
The Residue The Tradition behind the Documents Genesis of the Biblical Process |
XLIII |
Introduction to the Book of Genesis |
LIII |
Nature of the Contents (1) Primeval History, (2) The Story of the Patriarchs |
LIII |
Genesis Exegesis |
LX |
On Translating Genesis |
LXIII |
Standard Versions |
LXXI |
I. PRIMEVAL HISTORY |
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1. Opening Account of Creation (i 1-ii 4a) |
3 |
2. The Story of Eden (ii 4b-24) |
14 |
3. The Fall of Man (ii 25-iii 24) |
21 |
4. Cain and Abel (iv 1-16) |
29 |
5. The Line of Cain (iv 17-26) |
34 |
6. The Patriarchs before the Flood (v 1-32) |
39 |
7. Prelude to Disaster (vi 1-4) |
44 |
8.The Flood (vi 5-viii 22) |
47 |
9. Blessing and Covenant (ix 1-17) |
57 |
10. Noah and His Sons (ix 18-29) |
60 |
11. The Table of Nations (x 1-32) |
64 |
12. The Tower of Babel (xi 1-9) |
74 |
13.Genealogies from Shem to Abraham (xi 10-32) |
77 |
II. THE STORY OF THE PATRIARCHS THE STORY OF ABRAHAM |
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14. Abraham's Call and Migration (xii 1-9) |
85 |
15. Abraham and Sarah in Egypt (xii 10-20) |
89 |
16. Lot's Separation from Abraham (xiii 1-18) |
95 |
17. Invasion from the East. Abraham and Melchizedek (xiv 1-24) |
99 |
18. Promise and Covenant (xv 1-21) |
110 |
19. The Birth of Ishmael (xvi 1-16) |
116 |
20. Covenant and Circumcision (xvii 1-27) |
122 |
21. Abraham and His Mysterious Visitors (xviii 1-15) |
128 |
22. Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (xviii 16-33) |
132 |
23. Destruction of Sodom. Lot's Escape (xix 1-29) |
136 |
24. Lot's Daughters (xix 30-38) |
144 |
25. Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (xx 1-18) |
147 |
26. Birth of Isaac and Expulsion of Hagar (xxi-1-21) |
153 |
27. Abraham and Abimelech at Beer-sheba (xxi 22-34) |
158 |
28. The Ordeal of Isaac (xxii 1-19) |
161 |
29. The Line of Nahor (xxii 20-24) |
167 |
30. The Machpelah Purchase (xxiii 1-19) |
168 |
31. Isaac and Rebekah (xxiv 1-67) |
174 |
32. The Sons of Keturah. Death of Abraham. The Line of Ishmael (xxv 1-18) |
186 |
THE STORY OF JACOB |
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33. Esau and Jacob: Their Birth and Youth (xxv 19-34) |
193 |
34. Various Notices about Isaac (xxvi 1-35) |
198 |
35. Isaac Deceived (xxvii 1-45) |
205 |
36. Jacob Is Sent to Laban (xxvii 46-xxviii 9) |
214 |
37. Jacob's Dream at Bethel (xxviii 10-22) |
217 |
38. Jacob's Arrival in Haran (xxix 1-14a) |
221 |
39. Jacob's Marriages with Leah and Rachel (xxix 14b-30) |
224 |
40. The Birth of Jacob's Children (xxix 31-xxx 24) |
228 |
41. Jacob's Bargain with Laban (xxx 25-43) |
234 |
42. Jacob's Flight from Haran (xxxi 1-54) |
240 |
43. Encounters (xxxii 1-33) |
252 |
44. Meeting between Jacob and Esau (xxxiii 1-20) |
258 |
45. The Rape of Dinah (xxxiv 1-31) |
262 |
46. Bethel Revisited (xxxv 1-15) |
269 |
47. Brief Notices about Jacob's Family (xxxv 16-29) |
272 |
48. Edomite Lists (xxxvi 1-xxxvii 2a) |
276 |
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS |
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49. Joseph Sold into Egypt (xxxvii 2b-36) |
287 |
50. Judah and Tamar (xxxviii 1-30) |
295 |
51. The Temptation of Joseph (xxxix 1-23) |
301 |
52. Joseph Interprets the Dreams of Pharaoh's Servants (xl 1-23) |
305 |
53. What Dreams Did for Joseph (xli 1-57) |
309 |
54. The Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (xlii 1-38) |
318 |
55. Second Trip to Egypt (xliii 1-34) |
325 |
56. The Ultimate Test (xliv 1–34) |
331 |
57. The Disclosure (xlv 1-28) |
336 |
58. Jacob's Migration to Egypt (xlvi 1-34) |
342 |
59. Jacob before Pharaoh. His Land Policy (xlvii 1-26) |
348 |
60. The Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh (xlvii 27-xlviii 22) |
354 |
61. The Testament of Jacob (xlix 1-27) |
361 |
62. Death of Jacob and Joseph (xlix 28-1 26) |
373 |
Key to the Text |
379 |