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| 1 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath (1:1-2:4a) see 5-1-1 | see 5-1-1 | 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) see 5-1-1 |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) see 5-1-1 | see 5-1-1 | 8 The Covenant with Noah (9:1-17) see 5-1-1 |
| 3 Creation of Woman (2:18-25) see 5-1-1 | see 5-1-1 | 7 The Great Flood (6:1-8:22) see 5-1-1 |
| 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) see 5-1-1 | see 5-1-1 | 6 Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons (5:1-32) see 5-1-1 |
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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 and curse | 5 Cain Murders Abel (4:1-26) 4:11Therefore you shall be banned from the soil that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. |
| 2 The Garden of Eden (2:4b-17) 2:17except the tree of knowledge of good and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die." | The tree of knowledge of good and bad | 4 The First Sin and Its Punishment (3:1-24) 3:3it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die." |
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| 5 Cain Murders Abel (4:1-26) 4:8When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. | Sin of brother | 9 Noah and His Sons (9:18-29) 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside about it. |
| 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." | Cursed earth | 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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| 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) see 3-1 | see 3-1 | 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) see 3-1 |
| 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) see 3-1 | see 3-1 | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) see 3-1 |
| 12 Descendants of Shem (11:10-26) see 3-1 | see 3-1 | 16 Abram and Lot Separate (13:1-18) see 3-1 |
| 13 Descendants of Terah (11:27-32) see 3-1 | see 3-1 | 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) see 3-1 |
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| 10 Nations Descended from Noah (10:1-32) 10:32These are the groupings of Noah's sons, according to their origins and by their nations. From these the other nations of the earth branched out after the flood. | Nations of the earth | 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) 12:3All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you." |
| 11 The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) 11:2While men were migrating in the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. | Migration | 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. |
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| 14 The Call of Abram (12:1-9) see 4-1-2 | see 4-1-2 | 18 Abram and Melchizedek (14:13-24) see 4-1-2 |
| 15 Abram and Sarai in Egypt (12:10-20) see 4-1-2 | see 4-1-2 | 17 Lot's Captivity (14:1-12) see 4-1-2 |
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| 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) 15:7"I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession." | Giving land | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:15"Here, my land lies at your disposal; settle wherever you please." |
| 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." | Becoming being able to give a birth | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) 20:17Abraham then interceded with God, and God restored health to Abimelech, that is, to his wife and his maidservants, so that they could bear children; |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) 16:15Hagar bore Abram a son, | Giving a birth | 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) 19:36Thus both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. 19:37 The older one gave birth to a son whom she named Moab, saying, "From my father." He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today. 19:38 The 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. |
| 21 The Sign of the Covenant (17:1-27) 17:14If a male is uncircumcised, that is, if the flesh of his foreskin has not been cut away, such a one shall be cut off from his people; | Perish | 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). 19:25 He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil. |
| 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) 18:5Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way." | Entertaining a traveller | 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) 19:2"Please, gentlemen, come aside into your servant's house for the night, and bathe your feet; you can get up early to continue your journey." |
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| 19 God's Covenant with Abram (15:1-21) see 5-2-1 | see 5-2-1 | 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) see 5-2-1 |
| 20 The Birth of Ishmael (16:1-16) see 5-2-1 | see 5-2-1 | 22 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah (18:1-15) see 5-2-1 |
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| 23 Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (18:16-33) see 5-2 | see 5-2 | 27 Abraham and Sarah at Gerar (20:1-18) see 5-2 |
| 24 The Depravity of Sodom (19:1-11) see 5-2 | see 5-2 | 26 The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon (19:30-38) see 5-2 |
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| 28 The Birth of Isaac (21:1-8) 21:5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. | Age of Abraham | 36 The Death of Abraham (25:7-11) 25:7The whole span of Abraham's life was one hundred and seventy-five years. |
| 29 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away (21:9-21) 21:14Early the next morning Abraham got some bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. Then, placing the child on her back, he sent her away. | Collaterals are sent away | 35 Abraham Marries Keturah (25:1-6) 25:6To 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. |
| 30 The Covenant of Abram and Abimelech (21:22-34) 21:31the two took an oath there. | Oath | 34 The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-67) 24:9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him in this undertaking. |
| 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 21:18Arise, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand; for I will make of him a great nation." | Elected by the God | 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) 23:6listen to us! You are an elect of God among us. |
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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, | Giving a birth | 32 The Children of Nahor (22:20-24) 22:20"Milcah too has borne sons, to your brother Nahor: |
| 29 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away (21:9-21) 21:16and then went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away; for she said to herself, "Let me not watch to see the child die." | Death of child | 31 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac (22:1-19) 22:10Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. |
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| 32 The Children of Nahor (22:20-24) 22:20"Milcah too has borne sons, to your brother Nahor: | Married couple | 36 The Death of Abraham (25:7-11) 25:10there he was buried next to his wife Sarah. |
| 33 Sarah's Death and Burial (23:1-20) 23:1The span of Sarah's life was one hundred and twenty-seven years. | Wife | 35 Abraham Marries Keturah (25:1-6) 25:1Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah. |
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| 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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| 37 Ishmael's Descendants (25:12-18) 25:18The Ishmaelites ranged from Havilah-by-Shur, which is on the border of Egypt, all the way to Asshur; and each of them pitched camp in opposition to his various kinsmen. | Hostility of neighbours | 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:20the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's servants, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So the well was called Esek, because they had challenged him there. |
| 37 Ishmael's Descendants (25:12-18) 25:16These are the sons of Ishmael, their names by their villages and encampments; twelve chieftains of as many tribal groups. | 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. |
| 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." | Prophecy about Isaac's descendants | 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-- |
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| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:20the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaacs servants, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So the well was called Esek, because they had challenged him there. | Hostility | 45 Rebekah Recommends That Jacob Flee (27:41-45) 27:41Esau bore Jacob a grudge because of the blessing his father had given him. |
| 41 Trouble with Wells, Covenant with God (26:15-25) 26:22When he had moved on from there, he dug still another well; but over this one they did not quarrel. | Evacuation from enemy | 45 Rebekah Recommends That Jacob Flee (27:41-45) 27:43Therefore, son, do what I tell you: flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran |
| 42 Covenant with Abimelech (26:26-33) 26:29'The LORD'S blessing be upon you!'" | Blessed person | 44 Jacob Steals the Blessing (27:1-40) 27:29Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you." |
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| 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) 28:4 May he extend to you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham, so that you may gain possession of the land where you are staying, which he assigned to Abraham. | Taking over the land of Abraham | 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. 31:53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor (their ancestral deities) maintain justice between us!" Jacob took the oath by the Awesome One of Isaac. |
| 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) 28:1You shall not marry a Canaanite woman! 28:2Go now to Paddan-aram, to the home of your mother's father Bethuel, and there choose a wife for yourself from among the daughters of your uncle Laban. | Jacob's wife | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters, or take other wives besides my daughters, remember that even though no one else is about, God will be witness between you and me. |
| 47 Jacob's Dream at Bethel (28:10-22) 28:12 Then he had a dream: a stairway rested on the ground, with its top reaching to the heavens; and Gods messengers were going up and down on it. 28:13 And there was the LORD standing beside him and saying: "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. | The Lord speaking in dream | 53 Laban Overtakes Jacob (31:22-42) 31:24But that night God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him |
| 48 Jacob Meets Rachel (29:1-14b) 29:13 When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he hurried out to meet him. After embracing and kissing him, he brought him to his house. | Jacob's arrival / escape | 52 Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks (31:1-21) 31:17 Jacob proceeded to put his children and wives on camels, 31:18 and 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. |
| 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?" | Labans deception | 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, while Jacob continued to pasture the rest of Labans flock. |
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| 46 Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury (27:46-28:9) 28:2Go now to Paddan-aram, to the home of your mother's father Bethuel, and there choose a wife for yourself from among the daughters of your uncle Laban. 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fertile, multiply you that you may become an assembly of peoples. | Increasing Jacob's descendants | 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) Birth of Jacob's children(29:32-30:24) |
| 47 Jacob's Dream at Bethel (28:10-22) 28:16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, "Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know it!" | Awaking and noticing | 49 Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (29:14c-30) 29:25In the morning Jacob was amazed: it was Leah! |
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| 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) Birth of Jacob's children(29:31-30:24) | Jacob's children | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:43 The women are mine, their children are mine, and the flocks are mine; everything you see belongs to me. But since these women are my daughters, I will now do something for them and for the children they have borne. |
| 50 Children of Jacob (29:31-30:24) 30:1 When 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!" | Suffering of Jacobs wife | 54 Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant (31:43-54) 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters, or take other wives besides my daughters, remember that even though no one else is about, God will be witness between you and me. |
| 51 Jacob Prospers at Laban's Expense (30:25-43) 30:35 That 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. 30:36 Then he put a three days' journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to pasture the rest of Laban's flock. | Laban's deception | 53 Laban Overtakes Jacob (31:22-42) 31:41Of the twenty years that I have now spent in your household, I slaved fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, while you changed my wages time after time. |
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| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) 32:4 Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, (32:4) | Esau in the land of Seir | 63 Esau's Descendants (36:1-43) 36:8 So Esau settled in the highlands of Seir. (Esau is Edom.) (36:8) |
| 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) | Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) 35:29 then he breathed his last. After a full life, he died as an old man and was taken to his kinsmen. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.(35:29) |
| 57 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (32:23-33) 32:30Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him. | Jacobs blessing | 61 The Covenant Renewed (35:9-15) 35:9On Jacobs arrival from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. |
| 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) 33:15Esau replied, "Let me at least put at your disposal some of the men who are with me." But Jacob said, "For what reason? Please indulge me in this, my lord." 33:16So on the same day that Esau began his journey back to Seir, | Meeting / escaping from brother | 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) 35:1Settle there and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you while you were fleeing from your brother Esau." |
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| 55 Mahanaim (32:1-13) see 5-4 | see 5-4 | 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) see 5-4 |
| 56 Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau (32:14-22) see 5-4 | see 5-4 | 58 Jacob and Esau Meet (33:1-20) see 5-4 |
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| 59 The Rape of Dinah (34:1-31) see 5-4-2 | see 5-4-2 | 63 Esau's Descendants (36:1-43) see 5-4-2 |
| 60 Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-8) see 5-4-2 | see 5-4-2 | 62 Deaths and Birth of a Child (35:16-29) see 5-4-2 |
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| 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) see 3-3 | see 3-3 | 72 Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (46:1-7) see 3-3 |
| 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) see 3-3 | see 3-3 | 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) see 3-3 |
| 66 Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) see 3-3 | see 3-3 | 70 Joseph's Brothers' First Trip to Egypt (42:1-38) see 3-3 |
| 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) see 3-3 | see 3-3 | 69 Children of Joseph (41:46-57) see 3-3 |
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| 64 Joseph Dreams of Greatness (37:1-11) see 4-4-1 | see 4-4-1 | 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) see 4-4-1 |
| 65 Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (37:12-36) see 4-4-1 | see 4-4-1 | 67 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (39:1-23) see 4-4-1 |
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| 68 Joseph Interprets Dreams (40:1-41:45) 41:16"It is not I," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God who will give Pharaoh the right answer." | The Lord speaking in 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!" |
| 69 Children of Joseph (41:46-57) 41:57In fact, all the world came to Joseph to obtain rations of grain, for famine had gripped the whole world. | Famine becomes severe | 71 Joseph's Brothers' Second Trip to Egypt (43:1-45:28) 43:1Now the famine in the land grew more severe. 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." |
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| 73 List of Jacob's Family (46:8-27) see 5-5-2 | see 5-5-2 | 81 Joseph's Last Days and Death (50:22-26) see 5-5-2 |
| 74 Jacob and Pharaoh (46:28-47:12) see 5-5-2 | see 5-5-2 | 80 Joseph Forgives His Brothers (50:15-21) see 5-5-2 |
| 75 The Famine in Egypt (47:13-26) see 5-5-2 | see 5-5-2 | 79 Jacob's Death and Burial (49:29-50:14) see 5-5-2 |
| 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) see 5-5-2 | see 5-5-2 | 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) see 5-5-2 |
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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) | Manasseh and Ephraim | 77 Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons (48:1-22) 48:1 Some time afterward, Joseph was informed, "Your father is failing." So he took along with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.(48:1) |
| 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." | Lifetime of Jacob | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years; the span of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years. |
| 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. | Getting a land | 76 The Last Days of Jacob (47:27-31) 47:27Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. There they acquired property, were fertile, and increased greatly. |
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| 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. | Prophecy about going back to Canaan | 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." |
| 78 Jacob's Last Words to His Sons (49:1-28) 49:26May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers. | Selection of Joseph | 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!" |