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Chapter 1God creates Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, in six days.
Chapter 2God rests on the seventh day. He places man in the Garden of Eden, commands him not to eat of the tree of knowledge, and forms a woman of his rib.
Chapter 3The serpent's craft. The fall of our first parents. Their punishment. The promise of a Redeemer.
Chapter 4The history of Cain and Abel, including the account of the first homicide.
Chapter 5The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Noah. The translation of Enoch.
Chapter 6Man's sin is the cause of the flood. Noah is commanded to build the ark.
Chapter 7Noah with his family go into the ark. The flood overflows the earth.
Chapter 8The flood ceases. Noah goes out of the ark, and offers a sacrifice. God's covenant to him.
Chapter 9God blesses Noah, forbids blood, and promises never more to destroy the world by water. The blessing of Shem and Japheth.
Chapter 10The genealogy of the children of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood.
Chapter 11The tower of Babel. The confusion of tongues. The genealogy of Shem down to Abram.
Chapter 12The call of Abram, and the promise made to him. He sojourns in Canaan, and then goes down to Egypt during a famine.
Chapter 13Abram and Lot part from each other. God's promise to Abram.
Chapter 14The expedition of the four kings; the victory of Abram; he is blessed by Melchisedech.
Chapter 15God promises seed to Abram. His faith, sacrifice and vision.
Chapter 16Abram marries Hagar, who brings forth Ishmael.
Chapter 17The Covenant of circumcision.
Chapter 18Angels are entertained by Abraham. They foretell the birth of Isaac. Abraham's prayer for the men of Sodom.
Chapter 19Lot, entertaining Angels in his house, is delivered from Sodom, which is destroyed: his wife for looking back is turned into a statue of salt.
Chapter 20Abraham sojourned in Gerara: Sarah is taken into King Abimelech's house, but by God's commandment is restored untouched.
Chapter 21Isaac is born. Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth.
Chapter 22The faith and obedience of Abraham is proved in his readiness to sacrifice his son Isaac. He is stayed from the act by an angel. Former promises are renewed to him. His brother Nachor's issue.
Chapter 23Sarah's death and burial in the field bought of Ephron.
Chapter 24Abraham's servant, sent by him into Mesopotamia, brings from thence Rebecca, who is married to Isaac.
Chapter 25Abraham's children by Cetura; his death and that of Ishmael. Isaac has Esau and Jacob twins. Esau sells his first birthright to Jacob.
Chapter 26Isaac sojourns in Gerara, where God renews to him the promise made to Abraham. King Abimelech makes league with him.
Chapter 27Jacob, by him mother's counsel, obtains his father's blessing instead of Esau. And by her is advised to fly to his uncle Laban.
Chapter 28Jacob's journey to Mesopotamia: his vision and vow.
Chapter 29Jacob serves Laban seven years for Rachel: but is deceived with Leah: he afterwards marries Rachel. Leah bears him four sons.
Chapter 30Rachel, being barren, delivers her handmaid to Jacob; she bears two sons. Leah ceasing to bear, gives also her handmaid, and she bears two more. Then Leah bears other two sons and one daughter. Rachel bears Joseph. Jacob, desirous to return home, is hired to stay for a certain part of the flock's increase, whereby he becomes extremely rich.
Chapter 31Jacob's departure: he is pursued and overtaken by Laban. They make a covenant.
Chapter 32Jacob's vision of angels; his message and presents to Esau; his wrestling with an angel.
Chapter 33Jacob and Esau meet: Jacob goes to Salem, where he raises an altar.
Chapter 34Dina is ravished, for which the Sichemites are destroyed.
Chapter 35Jacob purges his family from idols: goes by God's commandment to Bethel, and there builds an altar. God appearing again to Jacob blesses him, and changes his name into Israel. Rachel dies in childbirth. Isaac also dies.
Chapter 36Esau with his wives and children parts from Jacob. An account of his descendants, and of the first kings of Edom.
Chapter 37Joseph's dreams: he is sold by his brethren, and carried into Egypt.
Chapter 38The sons of Judah: the death of Her and Onan: the birth of Phares and Zara.
Chapter 39Joseph has charge of his master's house: rejects his mistress' solicitations: is falsely accused by her, and cast into prison, where he has the charge of all the prisoners.
Chapter 40Joseph interprets the dreams of two of Pharao's servants in prison: the event declares the interpretations to be true, but Joseph is forgotten.
Chapter 41Joseph interprets the two dreams of Pharao: he is made ruler over all Egypt.
Chapter 42Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. Their treatment by Joseph.
Chapter 43The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Benjamin. They are entertained by Joseph.
Chapter 44Joseph's contrivance to stop his brethren. The humble supplication of Judah.
Chapter 45Joseph makes himself known to his brethren: and sends for his father.
Chapter 46Israel, warranted by a vision from God, goes down into Egypt with all his family.
Chapter 47Jacob and his sons are presented before Pharao: he gives them the land of Gessen. The famine forces the Egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king.
Chapter 48Joseph visits his father in his sickness, who adopts his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, and blesses them, preferring the younger before the elder.
Chapter 49Jacob's prophetical blessings of his twelve sons: his death.
Chapter 50The mourning for Jacob, and his interment. Joseph's kindness towards his brethren. His death.

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