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| 1 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath (1:1-2:4a) 2:2Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. | Liberation from slavery / labor (obd) after time in multiples of seven | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) Rebellion of the kings after fourteen years (14:4-6) |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) 2:8Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed. | Garden of the Lord | 16 Abram and Lot Separate (13:1-18) 13:10how well watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the LORD'S own garden, or like Egypt. |
| 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. | Wife | 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) Disguising Sarai as a sister (12:11-13) |
| 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) 3:17 "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, "Cursed be the ground because of you! | Curse | 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. |
| 5 Cain Murders Abel (4:1-26) Genealogy of Cain(4:17-26) | Genealogy | 13 Descendants of Terah (11:27-32) Genealogy of Terah(11:27-32) |
| 6 Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons (5:1-32) Genealogy of Adam(5:1-32) | Genealogy | 12 Descendants of Shem (11:10-26) Genealogy of Shem(11:10-26) |
| 7 The Great Flood (6:1-8:22) 6:7"I will wipe out from the earth the men whom I have created, and not only the men, but also the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air, for I am sorry that I made them." | Damnation | 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:7Let us then go down and there confuse their language, so that one will not understand what another says." |
| 8 The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled. | Noah's descendants | 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) Genealogy of Noah(10:1-32) |
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| 1 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath (1:1-2:4a) 1:27God created man in his image; | Ancestor of humanity | 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled. |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) 2:16"You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden | Regulation for food | 8 The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) 9:3Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; |
| 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. | Married couple | 7 The Great Flood (6:1-8:22) 6:19Of all other living creatures you shall bring two into the ark, one male and one female, that you may keep them alive with you. |
| 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) 3:17"Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, "Cursed be the ground because of you! | Cursed earth | 6 Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons (5:1-32) 5:29"Out of the very ground that the LORD has put under a curse, this one shall bring us relief from our work and the toil of our hands." |
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| 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) 9:25"Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers." | Slavery | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) 14:4For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. |
| 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) 10:19so that the Canaanite borders extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar, near Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, near Lasha. | Sodom and Gomorrah | 16 Abram and Lot Separate (13:1-18) 13:10Lot looked about and saw how well watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the LORD'S own garden, or like Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) |
| 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:7Let us then go down and there confuse their language, so that one will not understand what another says." | Damnation | 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. |
| 12 Descendants of Shem (11:10-26) Genealogy of Shem(11:10-26) | Father's house of Abraham | 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) 12:1"Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. |
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| 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into these, | Dead in a pit | 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. |
| 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) 14:13A fugitive came and brought the news to Abram the Hebrew, | Arrival of a news | 32 The Children of Nahor (22:20-24) 22:20Some time afterward, the news came to Abraham: |
| 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) 15:5"Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so," he added, "shall your descendants be." | Increasing descendants as stars | 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 22:17I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:2Sarai said to Abram: "The LORD has kept me from bearing children. Have intercourse, then, with my maid; perhaps I shall have sons through her." Abram heeded Sarai's request. | Heeding a request | 30 The Covenant of Abram and Abimelech (21:22-34) 21:22"God is with you in everything you do. 21:234 Therefore, swear to me by God at this place that you will not deal falsely with me or with my progeny and posterity, but will act as loyally toward me and the land in which you stay as I have acted toward you." 21:24To this Abraham replied, "I so swear." |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:5So Sarai said to Abram: "You are responsible for this outrage against me. I myself gave my maid to your embrace; but ever since she became aware of her pregnancy, she has been looking on me with disdain. May the LORD decide between you and me!" 16:6Abram told Sarai: "Your maid is in your power. Do to her whatever you please." | Acceptance of appeal | 30 The Covenant of Abram and Abimelech (21:22-34) 21:25Abraham, however, reproached Abimelech about a well that Abimelechs men had seized by force. 21:26"I have no idea who did that," Abimelech replied. "In fact, you never told me about it, nor did I ever hear of it until now." 21:27Then Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech and the two made a pact. |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:14That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi. | Naming a well | 30 The Covenant of Abram and Abimelech (21:22-34) 21:31This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; |
| 21 The Sign of the Covenant (17:1-27) 17:4you are to become the father of a host of nations. | Father of a nation | 29 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away (21:9-21) 21:13As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a great nation of him also, since he too is your offspring." |
| 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) 18:12So Sarah laughed to herself | Laugh (Isaac) | 28 The Birth of Isaac (21:1-8) 21:6"God has given me cause to laugh, and all who hear of it will laugh with me. |
| 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) 18:23 Then Abraham drew nearer to him and said: "Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty? 18:24 Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it? | Abraham prays for others | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:7as a spokesman he will intercede for you--that your life may be saved. |
| 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) 19:8I have two daughters who have never had intercourse with men. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you please. | Lot and daughters | 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) 19:36Thus both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. |
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| 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 25 Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed (19:12-29) see 2-1 |
| 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) see 2-1 |
| 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) see 2-1 |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) see 2-1 |
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| 25 Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed (19:12-29) 19:26But Lot's wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. | Wife's death | 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) Burial of Sarah(23:2) |
| 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) 19:36Thus both of Lots 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. | Giving birth | 32 The Children of Nahor (22:20-24) 22:20"Milcah too has borne sons, to your brother Nahor: |
| 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:7as a spokesman he will intercede for you--that your life may be saved. | Blessing because of Abraham | 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 22:18and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing |
| 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:2he said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." | Abraham's deception | 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 22:8"Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." |
| 28 The Birth of Isaac (21:1-8) 21:3Abraham gave the name Isaac to this son of his whom Sarah bore him. 21:4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded. | Naming | 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. |
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| 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) see 1-1 |
| 34 The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-67) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 48 Jacob Meets Rachel (29:1-14b) see 1-1 |
| 35 Abraham Marries Keturah (25:1-6) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 47 Jacob's Dream at Bethel (28:10-22) see 1-1 |
| 36 The Death of Abraham (25:7-11) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) see 1-1 |
| 37 Ishmael's Descendants (25:12-18) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 45 Rebekah Recommends That Jacob Flee (27:41-45) see 1-1 |
| 38 The Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-28) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 44 Jacob Steals the Blessing (27:1-40) see 1-1 |
| 39 Esau Sells His Birthright (25:29-34) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 43 Esau's Hittite Wives (26:34-35) see 1-1 |
| 40 Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-14) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 42 Covenant with Abimelech (26:26-33) see 1-1 |
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| 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) 23:17Thus Ephron's field in Machpelah, facing Mamre, together with its cave and all the trees anywhere within its limits, was conveyed 23:18to Abraham by purchase in the presence of all the Hittites who sat on Ephron's town council. | Gaining a land | 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:22It was called Rehoboth, because he said, "The LORD has now given us ample room, and we shall flourish in the land." |
| 34 The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-67) 24:67Then Isaac took Rebekah into his tent; he married her, and thus she became his wife. | Isaac and Rebekah | 40 Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-14) 26:7When the men of the place asked questions about his wife, he answered, "She is my sister." He was afraid, if he called her his wife, |
| 35 Abraham Marries Keturah (25:1-6) 25:5Abraham deeded everything that he owned to his son Isaac. 25:6 To his sons by concubinage, however, he made grants while he was still living, as he sent them away eastward, to the land of Kedem, away from his son Isaac. | Birthright of first-born | 39 Esau Sells His Birthright (25:29-34) 25:33So he sold Jacob his birthright under oath. |
| 36 The Death of Abraham (25:7-11) 25:11After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, | Blessed child | 38 The Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-28) 25:23and he answered her: "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." |
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| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:19But when Isaac's servants dug in the wadi and reached spring water in their well, 26:20 the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's servants, saying, "The water belongs to us!" | Quarrel | 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:25"How could you do this to me! Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why did you dupe me?" |
| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:23From there Isaac went up to Beer-sheba. | Seven | 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:18"I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." |
| 42 Covenant with Abimelech (26:26-33) 26:32That same day Isaac's servants came and brought him news about the well they had been digging; they told him, "We have reached water!" | Water of well | 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 uncle's sheep. |
| 43 Esau's Hittite Wives (26:34-35) 26:34When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hivite. 26:35But they became a source of embitterment to Isaac and Rebekah. | Alienated Esau / selected Jacob | 47 Jacob's Dream at Bethel (28:10-22) 28:13"I, the LORD, am the God of your forefather Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying I will give to you and your descendants. |
| 44 Jacob Steals the Blessing (27:1-40) 27:27As Jacob went up and kissed him, Isaac smelled the fragrance of his clothes. With that, he blessed him, saying, | Blessing for Jacob | 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) 28:6Esau noted that Isaac had blessed Jacob when he sent him to Paddan-aram to get himself a wife there, |
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| 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:25"How could you do this to me! Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why did you dupe me?" | Deception | 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) 37:31They took Joseph's tunic, and after slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in its blood. |
| 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) Birth of Jacobs children(29:32-30:24) | Jacobs children | 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) 37:9"I had another dream," he said; "this time, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." |
| 51 Jacob Prospers at Laban's Expense (30:25-43) 30:35That same day Laban removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats, all those with some white on them, as well as the fully dark-colored sheep; these he left. . . in charge of his sons. 30:36Then he put a three days' journey between himself and Jacob, | Journey with domestic animals | 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. |
| 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. | Jacob returns to father | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) 35:27 Jacob went home to his father Isaac at Mamre, in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. |
| 53 Laban Overtakes Jacob (31:22-42) 31:24But that night God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, "Take care not to threaten Jacob with any harm!" | The word of the God | 61 The Covenant Renewed (35:9-15) 35:10 God said to him: "You whose name is Jacob shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." Thus he was named Israel. |
| 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:45 Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial stone. 31:46Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather some stones." So they got some stones and made a mound; and they had a meal there at the mound. 31:47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed. | Naming and building monument | 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) 35:6 Thus Jacob and all the people who were with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. 35:7 There he built an altar and named the place Bethel, for it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. |
| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:3 When he saw them he said, "This is God's encampment." So he named that place Mahanaim. | Two camps | 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) 34:9Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 34:10Thus you can live among us. The land is open before you; you can settle and move about freely in it, and acquire landed property here. |
| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:12 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau! Otherwise I fear that when he comes he will strike me down and slay the mothers and children.(32:12) | Genocide | 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) 34:25 On the third day, while they were still in pain, Dinahs full brothers Simeon and Levi, two of Jacobs sons, took their swords, advanced against the city without any trouble, and massacred all the males. (34:25) |
| 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) | Reunion with Esau | 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) 33:1Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. |
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| 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:25In the morning Jacob was amazed: it was Leah! | Unknown because of darkness | 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:27The man then said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go until you bless me." |
| 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) Rachel and Leah(30:1-24) | Siblings' discord and bargainings | 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) |
| 51 Jacob Prospers at Laban's Expense (30:25-43) 30:40 The sheep, on the other hand, Jacob kept apart, and he set these animals to face the streaked or fully dark-colored animals of Laban. Thus he produced special flocks of his own, which he did not put with Labans flock. | Two divided crowd | 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:8 Jacob was very much frightened. In his anxiety, he divided the people who were with him, as well as his flocks, herds and camels, into two camps. (32:8) |
| 52 Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks (31:1-21) 31:13 I am the God who appeared to you in Bethel, where you anointed a memorial stone and made a vow to me. Up, then! Leave this land and return to the land of your birth. | Memorial stone and oath | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:51Laban said further to Jacob: "Here is this mound, and here is the memorial stone that I have set up between you and me. 31:52This 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. |
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| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) see 2-2 |
| 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) see 2-2 |
| 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 63 Esau's Descendants (36:1-43) see 2-2 |
| 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) see 2-2 |
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| 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) 37:33"My son's tunic! A wild beast has devoured him! Joseph has been torn to pieces!" | Joseph's death | 81 Joseph's Last Days and Death (50:22-26) 50:26Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. |
| 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) 38:25But as they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "It is by the man to whom these things belong that I am with child. Please verify," she added, "whose seal and cord and whose staff these are." 38:26Judah recognized them and said, "She is more in the right than I am, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." | Sin and reconciliation | 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. 50:21Therefore have no fear. I will provide for you and for your children." |
| 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) 39:7After a time, his master's wife began to look fondly at him and said, "Lie with me." | Wife | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) 49:31There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, and so are Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there, too, I buried Leah-- |
| 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) 41:25"Both of Pharaohs dreams have the same meaning. God has thus foretold to Pharaoh what he is about to do. | Prophecy | 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) 49:1"Gather around, that I may tell you what is to happen to you in days to come. |
| 69 Children of Joseph (41:46-57) 41:51He named his first-born Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget entirely the sufferings I endured at the hands of my family"; 41:52and the second he named Ephraim, meaning, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction." | Manasseh and Ephraim | 77 Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons (48:1-22) 48:14But Israel, crossing his hands, put out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, although he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, although he was the first-born. |
| 70 Joseph's Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (42:1-38) 42:37"Put him in my care, and I will bring him back to you. You may kill my own two sons if I do not return him to you." | Oath of Jacob's children | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:31"I will do as you say," he replied. But his father demanded, "Swear it to me!" So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed. |
| 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) 43:2So when they had used up all the rations they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back and procure us a little more food." | People seeking food | 75 The Famine in Egypt (47:13-26) 47:15When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, pleading, "Give us food or we shall perish under your eyes; for our money is gone." |
| 72 Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (46:1-7) 46:6Thus Jacob and all his descendants migrated to Egypt. | Emigration to Egypt | 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, |
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| 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) 37:28 They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. Some Midianite traders passed by, and they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and took him to Egypt.(37:28) | Person who goes to Egypt | 73 List of Jacob's Family (46:8-27) 46:8 These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who migrated to Egypt. Reuben, Jacob's first-born, (46:8) |
| 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) Perez and Zerah(38:27-30) | Judahs descendants / Jacobs descendants | 72 Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (46:1-7) 46:7 His sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters--all his descendants--he took with him to Egypt. (46:7) |
| 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) 39:20He seized Joseph and threw him into the jail where the royal prisoners were confined. | Suffering of Joseph | 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) 45:4When they had done so, he said: "I am your brother Joseph, whom you once sold into Egypt. 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. |
| 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) Dreams of chief cupbearer and chief baker come true(40:20-21) | Dream comes true | 70 Joseph's Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (42:1-38) Joseph's dream comes true(42:9) |
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| 73 List of Jacob's Family (46:8-27) 46:20 In the land of Egypt Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.(46:20) | Josephs descendants | 81 Joseph's Last Days and Death (50:22-26) 50:23 He saw Ephraims children to the third generation, and the children of Manassehs son Machir were also born on Josephs knees. (50:23) |
| 74 Jacob and Pharaoh (46:28-47:12) 47:3"We, your servants, like our ancestors, are shepherds. | Brothers say that they are servants | 80 Joseph Forgives His Brothers (50:15-21) 50:18Then his brothers proceeded to fling themselves down before him and said, "Let us be your slaves!" |
| 75 The Famine in Egypt (47:13-26) 47:20 Thus Joseph acquired all the farm land of Egypt for Pharaoh | Purchasing a land of foreigners | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) 49:30the cave in the field of Machpelah, facing on Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial ground. |
| 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) Jacob's will for Joseph(47:29-30) | Jacob's will | 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) Jacob's blessing for 12 sons (49:1-28) |