The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1

by Louis Ginzberg

The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg

TRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT BY
HENRIETTA SZOLD

VOLUME I
BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS
FROM THE CREATION TO JACOB

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To
MY BROTHER ASHER

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Contents

[PREFACE]

[I. THE CREATION OF THE WORLD]

[The First Things Created]

[The Alphabet]

[The First Day]

[The Second Day]

[The Third Day]

[The Fourth Day]

[The Fifth Day]

[The Sixth Day]

[All Things Praise the Lord.]

[II. ADAM]

[Man and the World]

[The Angels and the Creation of Man]

[The Creation of Adam]

[The Soul of Man]

[The Ideal Man]

[The Fall of Satan]

[Woman]

[Adam and Eve in Paradise]

[The Fall of Man]

[The Punishment]

[Sabbath in Heaven]

[Adam's Repentance]

[The Book of Raziel]

[The Sickness of Adam]

[Eve's Story of the Fall]

[The Death of Adam]

[The Death of Eve.]

[III. THE TEN GENERATIONS]

[The Birth of Cain]

[Fratricide]

[The Punishment of Cain]

[The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths]

[The Descendants of Cain]

[The Descendants of Adam and Lilith]

[Seth and His Descendants]

[Enosh]

[The Fall of the Angels]

[Enoch, Ruler and Teacher]

[The Ascension of Enoch]

[The Translation of Enoch]

[Methuselah.]

[IV. NOAH]

[The Birth of Noah]

[The Punishment of the Fallen Angels]

[The Generation of the Deluge]

[The Holy Book]

[The Inmates of the Ark]

[The Flood]

[Noah Leaves the Ark]

[The Curse of Drunkenness]

[Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad]

[The Depravity of Mankind]

[Nimrod]

[The Tower of Babel.]

[V. ABRAHAM]

[The Wicked Generations]

[The Birth of Abraham]

[The Babe Proclaims God]

[Abraham's First Appearance in Public]

[The Preacher of the True Faith]

[In the Fiery Furnace]

[Abraham Emigrates to Haran]

[The Star in the East]

[The True Believer]

[The Iconoclast]

[Abraham in Canaan]

[His Sojourn in Egypt]

[The First Pharaoh]

[The War of the Kings]

[The Covenant of the Pieces]

[The Birth of Ishmael]

[The Visit of the Angels]

[The Cities of Sin]

[Abraham Pleads for the Sinners]

[The Destruction of the Sinful Cities]

[Among the Philistines]

[The Birth of Isaac]

[Ishmael Cast Off]

[The Two Wives of Ishmael]

[The Covenant with Abimelech]

[Satan Accuses Abraham]

[The Journey to Moriah]

[The Akedah]

[The Death and Burial of Sarah]

[Eliezer's Mission]

[The Wooing of Rebekah]

[The Last Years of Abraham]

[A Herald of Death]

[Abraham Views Earth and Heaven]

[The Patron of Hebron.]

[VI. JACOB]

[The Birth of Esau and Jacob]

[The Favorite of Abraham]

[The Sale of the Birthright]

[Isaac with the Philistines]

[Isaac Blesses Jacob]

[Esau's True Character Revealed]

[Jacob Leaves His Father's House]

[Jacob Pursued by Eliphaz and Esau]

[The Day of Miracles]

[Jacob with Laban]

[The Marriage of Jacob]

[The Birth of Jacob's Children]

[Jacob Flees before Laban]

[The Covenant with Laban]

[Jacob and Esau Prepare to Meet]

[Jacob Wrestles with the Angel]

[The Meeting between Esau and Jacob]

[The Outrage at Shechem]

[A War Frustrated]

[The War with the Ninevites]

[The War with the Amorites]

[Isaac Blesses Levi and Judah]

[Joy and Sorrow in the House of Jacob]

[Esau's Campaign against Jacob]

[The Descendants of Esau.]

PREFACE