Genesis

1

In the Beginning

Light, sky, land, plants, sun, animals, mankind

2

The Garden and Eve

The Garden of Eden, the forbidden tree. Creation of Eve

3

The Fall

The forbidden fruit, gaining conciousness. Expulsion from paradise.

4

Cain and Abel

One a farmer, one a shepherd. Both offer but one is not accepted. The first murder.

5

From Adam to Noah

Ten generations, everyone living for hundreds of years.

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God Regrets

"I am sorry that I have made them." But there is one man: Noah. He is commanded to build an ark.

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The Flood

Forty days and forty nights of rain. The waters rise, everything dies.

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The Dove and the Landing

The waters receded. A raven and a dove are sent out. Leaving the ark. The first altar.

9

The Rainbow Covenant

God makes an agreement with Noah: there will never be another flood. The rainbow is the seal.

10

The Table of Nations

Seventy nations from the three sons of Noah. The northerners from Japheth, Egypt and the Canaanites from Ham, the Semites from Shem.

11

The Tower of Babel and Abram

One language, one speech. A tower reaching to the heavens. God punsihes humanity by confusing the languages.

12

The Call and the Journey to Egypt

Abram rises, builds an altar in Canaan. Because of famine he goes down to Egypt.

13

The Separation of Abram and Lot

Their herdsmen begin to quarrel. Lot chose the plain of Sodom, Abram stayed in Canaan.

14

Four Kings, Five Kings

Eastern kings sacked Sodom, Lot was taken captive, Abram rescued him.

15

As the Stars

Abram complains of being childless. God says "Count the stars.".

16

Hagar and Ishmael

Sarai is barren, gives Hagar to Abram. The pregnant Hagar despises Sarai; Sarai treats her harshly. Hagar flees to the desert.

17

The Covenant of Circumcision

Circumcision is the seal of the covenant in the flesh. A child is promised, Abraham laughed.

18

The Three Visitors and the Intercession

Three strangers arrived, Abraham hosted them. God revealed the fate of Sodom.

19

Sodom and Gomorrah

Angels rescued Lot. Fire and brimstone from heaven destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

20

Abraham and Sarah in Gerar

A repeat of Egypt: Abraham called Sarah his sister. King Abimelech was warned in a dream.

21

The Birth of Isaac and the Expulsion of Hagar

The promise is fulfilled: Isaac is born from Sarah. Sarah drove Hagar away.

22

The Akedah — The Binding of Isaac

"Take your only son and sacrifice him" . At the last moment an angel rushed to stop him.

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The Death of Sarah

Sarah died at 127. Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah from the Hittites as the burial site.

24

Rebekah

Abraham sent his servant on a long journey: find a wife for my son Isaac.

25

The Death of Abraham; Esau and Jacob

Abraham died at 175. Isaac and Ishmael buried him together.

26

Isaac in Gerar: Wells and Covenant

Famine, a hundredfold harvest. The stopped-up wells.

27

The Blessing Jacob Took by Deceit

Blind Isaac, the stolen blessing. "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

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Jacob's Dream: The Ladder at Bethel

A stone pillow, a ladder reaching to heaven, angels ascending and descending.

29

Rachel at the Well; Leah and Rachel

Jacob finds Rachel at the well, works seven years for Laban to get rachel.

30

The Contest for Sons and Jacob's Flocks

Jacob grows wealthy through a trick

31

Jacob's Flight and the Covenant with Laban

Rachel steals her father's household gods, the family flees secretly; Laban pursues them.

32

Wrestling at the Jabbok: The Name Israel

Isaac sees Esau in his way back but Fears Esau

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The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau

Esau runs to embrace his brother, they weep together.

34

The Revenge for Dinah: Shechem

Dinah is violated; her brothers turn it into a bloody revenge.

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Return to Bethel; The Death of Rachel

Idols are buried, the vow is fulfilled at Bethel.

36

The Descendants of Esau (Edom)

The genealogy of the rejected brother: the chiefs and kings of Edom.

37

Joseph's Dreams and His Sale

Joseph, the favored dreamer, is thrown into a pit out of his brothers' jealousy

38

Judah and Tamar

The widowed Tamar, takes justice into her own hands.

39

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Joseph is falsely accused and thrown into the dungeon.

40

Dreams in the Dungeon

Joseph interprets the dreams of the cupbearer and the baker; both happen just as he said.

41

Pharaoh's Dreams; Joseph's Rise

Foretelling seven years of plenty and seven years of famine, Joseph goes from a slave to the second man in Egypt.

42

The Brothers' First Journey to Egypt

the ten brothers bow before the unrecognized Joseph.

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The Second Journey with Benjamin

Joseph sees his brother and weeps in secret

44

The Silver Cup; Judah's Speech of Sacrifice

Judah offers to remain a slave in Isaacs place.

45

Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers

"I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?"

46

Jacob Goes to Egypt; Jacob's Family

the long-awaited reunion of father and son.

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Before Pharaoh; Management of the Famine

The aged Jacob blesses Pharaoh. Joseph consolidates the land of Egypt for the state

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The Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh

Jacob adopts Joseph's two sons; with crossed hands, he puts the younger ahead of the older.

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Jacob Blesses His Sons; The Death of Jacob

The poetic prophecy of the twelve tribes

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The Burial of Jacob; The Death of Joseph

A magnificent funeral procession, the reconciliation of brothers