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| 1 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath (1:1-2:4a) 1:28"Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. | The God controls birth | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:18for God had tightly closed every womb in Abimelechs household on account of Abrahams wife Sarah. |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) 2:7the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. | Birth | 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) 19:36Thus both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. 19:37The older one gave birth to a son whom she named Moab, saying, "From my father." He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today. 19:38The younger one, too, gave birth to a son, and she named him Ammon, saying, "The son of my kin." He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today. |
| 3 Creation of Woman (2:18-25) 2:22The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, | Wife and pillar(TzL) | 25 Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed (19:12-29) 19:26But Lots wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. |
| 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) 3:24When he expelled the man, he settled him east of the garden of Eden; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword, to guard the way to the tree of life. | Guarded by angel | 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) 19:10But his guests put out their hands, pulled Lot inside with them, and closed the door; 19:11at the same time they struck the men at the entrance of the house, one and all, with such a blinding light that they were utterly unable to reach the doorway. |
| 5 Cain Murders Abel (4:1-26) 4:10your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil! | Outcry to the God | 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) 18:20"The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, |
| 6 Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons (5:1-32) Genealogy of Adam(5:3-28) | Birth of son | 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) 18:10"I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son." |
| 7 The Great Flood (6:1-8:22) 6:18But with you I will establish my covenant; you and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives, shall go into the ark. | Covenant with the God | 21 The Sign of the Covenant (17:1-27) 17:2Between you and me I will establish my covenant, and I will multiply you exceedingly." |
| 8 The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth. | Promise to increase descendants | 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:10I will make your descendants so numerous," added the LORDS messenger, "that they will be too many to count. |
| 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) 9:25"Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers." | Descendants become servant | 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) 15:13"Know for certain that your descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. |
| 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) 10:9 He was a mighty hunter in the eyes of the LORD | The right person in the eyes of the Lord | 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) 14:18 Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High |
| 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:6"If now, while they are one people, all speaking the same language, they have started to do this, nothing will later stop them from doing whatever they presume to do. 11:7Let us then go down and there confuse their language, so that one will not understand what another says." | Unity and division | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) Alliance and war of kings (14:8-12) |
| 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:3They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar. | Bitumen | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; |
| 12 Descendants of Shem (11:10-26) 11:26When Terah was seventy years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. | Abram's lineage | 16 Abram and Lot Separate (13:1-18) 13:16I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted. |
| 13 Descendants of Terah (11:27-32) 11:29Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahors wife was Milcah, | Abram and Sarai | 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) 12:17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abrams wife Sarai. |
| 13 Descendants of Terah (11:27-32) 11:31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go to the land of Canaan. But when they reached Haran, they settled there. | Journey of Abram | 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) 12:20Then Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all that belonged to him. |
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| 1 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath (1:1-2:4a) 1:28God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth." | Blessing of the God | 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) 12:2"I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) 2:15The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. | Migration | 13 Descendants of Terah (11:27-32) 11:31and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go to the land of Canaan. But when they reached Haran, they settled there. |
| 3 Creation of Woman (2:18-25) 2:24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body. | United with wife | 12 Descendants of Shem (11:10-26) Birth of children(11:11-25) |
| 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) 3:24When he expelled the man, he settled him east of the garden of Eden; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword, to guard the way to the tree of life. | Banishment | 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:8Thus the LORD scattered them from there all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. |
| 5 Cain Murders Abel (4:1-26) Descendants of Cain | List of descendants | 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) Descendants of Noah |
| 6 Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons (5:1-32) 5:32When Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. | Son of Noah | 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. |
| 7 The Great Flood (6:1-8:22) 6:13"I have decided to put an end to all mortals on earth; the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I will destroy them and all life on earth. | Flood destroys all mortals | 8 The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) 9:11I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth." |
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| 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. | Blessing and curse | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:7as a spokesman he will intercede for you--that your life may be saved. If you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who are yours will certainly die." |
| 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) 12:15they praised her to Pharaoh. So she was taken into Pharaoh's palace. | Camouflaged wife | 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) 19:33So that night they plied their father with wine, and the older one went in and lay with her father; |
| 16 Abram and Lot Separate (13:1-18) 13:10 (This was before the LORD had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) | Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah | 25 Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed (19:12-29) 19:24at the same time the LORD rained down sulphurous fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah (from the LORD out of heaven). 19:25He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil. |
| 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) 14:12taking with them Abram's nephew Lot, who had been living in Sodom, as well as his possessions. | Lot's hardship | 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) 19:9They replied, "Stand back! This fellow," they sneered, "came here as an immigrant, and now he dares to give orders! We'll treat you worse than them!" With that, they pressed hard against Lot, moving in closer to break down the door. |
| 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) 14:19Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; | Blessing of Abraham | 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) 18:18now that he is to become a great and populous nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him? |
| 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) 14:20Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. | Ten | 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) 18:32"Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time. What if there are at least ten there?" |
| 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) 15:4"No, that one shall not be your heir; your own issue shall be your heir." | Promise of birth | 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) 18:10and Sarah will then have a son." |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:10I will make your descendants so numerous," added the LORD'S messenger, "that they will be too many to count. | Blessing of Ishmael | 21 The Sign of the Covenant (17:1-27) 17:20As for Ishmael, I am heeding you: I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and will multiply him exceedingly. |
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| 28 The Birth of Isaac (21:1-8) 21:2Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, | Increasing descendants | 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:24I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham." |
| 29 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away (21:9-21) 21:13 I will make a great nation of him also, since he too is your offspring." | Blessing for descendants of Abraham | 40 Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-14) 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing-- 26:5this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate (my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions)." |
| 30 The Covenant of Abram and Abimelech (21:22-34) 21:31This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two took an oath there. | Oath | 39 Esau Sells His Birthright (25:29-34) 25:33So he sold Jacob his birthright under oath. |
| 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 22:17your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies, | Prophecy about victory of descendant | 38 The Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-28) 25:23"Two nations are in your womb, two peoples are quarreling while still within you; But one shall surpass the other, and the older shall serve the younger." |
| 32 The Children of Nahor (22:20-24) 22:20"Milcah too has borne sons, to your brother Nahor: 22:21Uz, his first-born, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22:22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." | Genealogy of collateral | 37 Ishmael's Descendants (25:12-18) 25:12These are the descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham. |
| 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) 23:19After this transaction, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. | Death and burial | 36 The Death of Abraham (25:7-11) 25:10the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there he was buried next to his wife Sarah. |
| 34 The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-67) 24:4but that you will go to my own land and to my kindred to get a wife for my son Isaac." | Taking a wife | 35 Abraham Marries Keturah (25:1-6) 25:1Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah. |
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| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:22 The LORD has now given us ample room, and we shall flourish in the land. | Gaining peaceful land | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:52 This mound shall be witness, and this memorial stone shall be witness, that, with hostile intent, neither may I pass beyond this mound into your territory, nor may you pass beyond it into mine. |
| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:24 The same night the LORD appeared to him and said: "I am the God of your father Abraham. You have no need to fear, since I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham." | The God of Abraham | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor (their ancestral deities) maintain justice between us! |
| 42 Covenant with Abimelech (26:26-33) 26:29 you shall not act unkindly toward us, just as we have not molested you, but have always acted kindly toward you and have let you depart in peace. | Leaving without being harmed | 53 Laban Overtakes Jacob (31:22-42) 31:27 Why did you dupe me by stealing away secretly? You should have told me, and I would have sent you off with merry singing to the sound of tambourines and harps. |
| 42 Covenant with Abimelech (26:26-33) 26:28 We are convinced that the LORD is with you, | The Lord being with him | 53 Laban Overtakes Jacob (31:22-42) 31:29 I have it in my power to harm all of you; but last night the God of your father said to me, 'Take care not to threaten Jacob with any harm!' |
| 43 Esau's Hittite Wives (26:34-35) 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hivite. | Taking wife to Canaan | 52 Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks (31:1-21) 31:17Jacob proceeded to put his children and wives on camels, 31:18and he drove off with all his livestock and all the property he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. |
| 44 Jacob Steals the Blessing (27:1-40) 27:29Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you." | Blessing by Jacob | 51 Jacob Prospers at Laban's Expense (30:25-43) 30:27"If you will please. . . . "I have learned through divination that it is because of you that God has blessed me. |
| 45 Rebekah Recommends That Jacob Flee (27:41-45) 27:41"When the time of mourning for my father comes, I will kill my brother Jacob." | Hostility against siblings | 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) 30:1When Rachel saw that she failed to bear children to Jacob, she became envious of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I shall die!" |
| 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) 28:9so he went to Ishmael, and in addition to the wives he had, married Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. | Marriage of Isaac's son | 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:22So Laban invited all the local inhabitants and gave a feast. 29:23At nightfall he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob consummated the marriage with her. |
| 47 Jacob's Dream at Bethel (28:10-22) 28:18Early the next morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head, set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on top of it. 28:19He called that site Bethel, | Jacob takes a stone | 48 Jacob Meets Rachel (29:1-14b) 29:10As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, with the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went up, rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well, and watered his uncles sheep. |
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| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:10 Then he prayed: "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac! You told me, O LORD, 'Go back to the land of your birth, and I will be good to you.' (32:10) | Return to the land of ancestors | 81 Joseph's Last Days and Death (50:22-26) 50:24God will surely take care of you and lead you out of this land to the land that he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." |
| 56 Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau (32:14-22) 32:21 and be sure to add, Your servant Jacob is right behind us." For Jacob reasoned, "If I first appease him with gifts that precede me, then later, when I face him, perhaps he will forgive me." (32:21) | Fear for brothers anger | 80 Joseph Forgives His Brothers (50:15-21) 50:15Now that their father was dead, Josephs brothers became fearful and thought, "Suppose Joseph has been nursing a grudge against us and now plans to pay us back in full for all the wrong we did him!" |
| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:31"Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared." | Seeing face to face | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) 50:1Joseph threw himself on his father's face and wept over him as he kissed him. |
| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:24After he had taken them across the stream and had brought over all his possessions, 32:25Jacob was left there alone. | The east bank of the Jordan | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) 50:11It is beyond the Jordan. |
| 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) 33:1So he divided his children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants, 33:2putting the maids and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. | Jacob's attitude towards his children | 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he bade them farewell and gave to each of them an appropriate message. |
| 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) 34:2When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force. | Shechem | 77 Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons (48:1-22) 48:22As for me, I give to you, as to the one above his brothers, Shechem, which I captured from the Amorites with my sword and bow." |
| 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) 35:1"Go up now to Bethel. Settle there and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you while you were fleeing from your brother Esau." | Going to the land of the ancestors | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:30When I lie down with my ancestors, have me taken out of Egypt and buried in their burial place." |
| 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) 35:8Death came to Rebekah's nurse Deborah; she was buried under the oak below Bethel, | Burial | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:30When I lie down with my ancestors, have me taken out of Egypt and buried in their burial place." |
| 61 The Covenant Renewed (35:9-15) 35:12The land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac I now give to you; And to your descendants after you will I give this land." | Gaining a land | 75 The Famine in Egypt (47:13-26) 47:20Thus Joseph acquired all the farm land of Egypt for Pharaoh, since with the famine too much for them to bear, every Egyptian sold his field; so the land passed over to Pharaoh, |
| 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) 35:28The lifetime of Isaac was one hundred and eighty years; | Lifetime | 74 Jacob and Pharaoh (46:28-47:12) 47:9"The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers." |
| 63 Esau's Descendants (36:1-43) List of Esau's descendants | List of descendants | 73 List of Jacob's Family (46:8-27) List of Jacob's descendants |
| 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) 37:5Once Joseph had a dream, which he told to his brothers: | Dream | 72 Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (46:1-7) 46:2There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called, "Jacob! Jacob!" |
| 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) 37:23So when Joseph came up to them, they stripped him of the long tunic he had on; 37:24then they took him and threw him into the cistern, | Sin against Joseph | 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) 45:5But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you. |
| 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) 38:17"provided you leave a pledge until you send it." 38:18Judah asked, "What pledge am I to give to you?" She answered, "Your seal and cord, and the staff you carry." So he gave them to her and had intercourse with her, | Leaving something / someone as a pledge | 70 Joseph's Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (42:1-38) 42:19If you have been honest, only one of your brothers need be confined in this prison, while the rest of you may go and take home provisions for your starving families. |
| 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) 39:4he took a liking to Joseph and made him his personal attendant; he put him in charge of his household and entrusted to him all his possessions. | Joseph becomes a manager | 69 Children of Joseph (41:46-57) 41:55Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them. |
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| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:11 I am unworthy of all the acts of kindness that you have loyally performed for your servant: although I crossed the Jordan here with nothing but my staff, I have now grown into two companies.(32:11) | The LORD's favor | 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) 41:45 Pharaoh also bestowed the name of Zaphnath-paneah on Joseph, and he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis.(41:45) |
| 56 Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau (32:14-22) 32:19 Then you shall answer, They belong to your brother Jacob, but they have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau; and Jacob himself is right behind us."(32:19) | Property of the lord | 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) 39:8 my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, but has entrusted to me all he owns. |
| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:29"You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed." | Winner | 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) 38:29"What a breach you have made for yourself!" So he was called Perez. |
| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:31"Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared." | Seeing / hiding a face | 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) 38:15When Judah saw her, he mistook her for a harlot, since she had covered her face. |
| 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) 33:1Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. | Brothers meet again | 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) 37:18They noticed him from a distance, and before he came up to them, they plotted to kill him. 37:19They said to one another: |
| 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) 34:7just as Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard the news, the men were shocked and seethed with indignation. | Anger of Jacob's sons | 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) 37:4When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much that they would not even greet him. |
| 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) 35:1"Go up now to Bethel. Settle there and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you while you were fleeing from your brother Esau." | Fleeing from brother | 63 Esau's Descendants (36:1-43) 36:6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock comprising various animals and all the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to the land of Seir, out of the way of his brother Jacob. |
| 61 The Covenant Renewed (35:9-15) 35:11be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, shall stem from you, and kings shall issue from your loins. | Increasing descendants | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) 35:22The sons of Jacob were now twelve. |
| 61 The Covenant Renewed (35:9-15) 35:10"You whose name is Jacob shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." Thus he was named Israel. | Change of name | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) 35:18With her last breath--for she was at the point of death-she called him Ben-oni; his father, however, named him Benjamin. |
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| 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) 40:14So if you will still remember, when all is well with you, that I was here with you, please do me the favor of mentioning me to Pharaoh, to get me out of this place. | Joseph's request | 81 Joseph's Last Days and Death (50:22-26) 50:25 "When God thus takes care of you, you must bring my bones up with you from this place." |
| 69 Children of Joseph (41:46-57) 41:54the seven years of famine set in, just as Joseph had predicted. Although there was famine in all the other countries, food was available throughout the land of Egypt. | The plan of salvation | 80 Joseph Forgives His Brothers (50:15-21) 50:20Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve his present end, the survival of many people. |
| 70 Joseph's Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (42:1-38) 42:24But turning away from them, he wept. | Joseph's tear | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) 50:1Joseph threw himself on his father's face and wept over him as he kissed him. |
| 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) 45:7God, therefore, sent me on ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance. | Joseph becomes a savior | 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) 49:24By the power of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, |
| 72 Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (46:1-7) 46:4Not only will I go down to Egypt with you; I will also bring you back here, | Prophecy of returning to Canaan | 77 Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons (48:1-22) 48:21But God will be with you and will restore you to the land of your fathers. |
| 73 List of Jacob's Family (46:8-27) List of Jacob's descendants | Increasing Jacob's descendants | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. There they acquired property, were fertile, and increased greatly. (47:27) |
| 74 Jacob and Pharaoh (46:28-47:12) 47:11As Pharaoh had ordered, Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them holdings in Egypt on the pick of the land, in the region of Rameses. 47:12And Joseph sustained his father and brothers and his fathers whole household, down to the youngest, with food. | Land and food | 75 The Famine in Egypt (47:13-26) 47:18"We cannot hide from my lord that, with our money spent and our livestock made over to my lord, there is nothing left to put at my lords disposal except our bodies and our farm land. 47:19Why should we and our land perish before your very eyes? Take us and our land in exchange for food, and we will become Pharaohs slaves and our land his property; only give us seed, that we may survive and not perish, and that our land may not turn into a waste." |