| 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 |