CONTENTS

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Introduction[13]
PART I
From the Creation to the Death of Joseph
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I.Creation[35]
II.Adam and Eve[38]
III.Cain and Abel[41]
IV.Noah[44]
V.The Tower of Babel[47]
VI.The Choice of Abram and the Choice of Canaan[49]
VII.Beginning of Abram's Greatness[53]
VIII.Hagar and the Birth of Ishmael[56]
IX.Abraham Entertains the Angels[62]
X.The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah[67]
XI.The Divorce of Hagar[70]
XII.The Sacrifice of Isaac[73]
XIII.The Death of Sarah and the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah[78]
XIV.The Sale of the Birthright[80]
XV.Jacob Secures the Blessing[89]
XVI.Jacob's Dream[93]
XVII.Jacob in Aramea[96]
XVIII.Jacob Returns to Canaan[99]
XIX.Joseph Sold into Slavery[104]
XX.From Slave to Viceroy[109]
XXI.Joseph Meets His Brothers[113]
XXII.Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers[117]
XXIII.The Death of Jacob and of Joseph[120]
PART II
Israel Under the Leadership of Moses
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I.The Birth of Moses[127]
II.Moses, the Friend of the Weak and the Oppressed[133]
III.God Sends Moses to Save His People[135]
IV.Moses' First Appearance before Pharaoh[140]
V.The Plagues[145]
VI.The Exodus[149]
VII.Israel at the Red Sea[156]
VIII.From the Red Sea to Sinai[160]
IX.The Revelation[164]
X.The Golden Calf[173]
XI.The Tabernacle and its Service[183]
XII.Trials of Moses and Israel in the Wilderness[190]
XIII.The Spies[197]
XIV.More Trials of Moses[201]
XV.Israel Arrives at the Border of the Promised Land[209]
XVI.The Death of Moses[216]