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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Preface
Principal Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Title
II. Structure
III. Composition
IV. Theology
V. Problems in Interpretation
A. The “Days” of Genesis 1
B. Genesis as Myth
C. The Patriarchs and History
D. The Religion of the Patriarchs
VI. Canonicity
VII. The Hebrew Text
VIII. Bibliography
Text and Commentary
I. Primeval History (1:1–11:32)
A. The Creation of the World (1:1–2:3)
1. In the Beginning (1:1–2)
2. The First Day (1:3–5)
3. The Second Day (1:6–8)
4. The Third Day (1:9–13)
5. The Fourth Day (1:14–19)
6. The Fifth Day (1:20–23)
7. The Sixth Day (1:24–31)
8. The Seventh Day (2:1–3)
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B. The Garden of Eden and Its First Occupants (2:4–25)
1. The Formation of a Gardener (2:4–7)
2. One Garden, Two Trees (2:8–9)
3. One Garden, Four Rivers (2:10–14)
4. Keeping Both the Garden and the Commandment (2:15–17)
5. A Fit Helper Among the Animals? (2:18–20)
6. The Creation of Woman (2:21–25)
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C. The Temptation in the Garden (3:1–24)
1. The Tempter’s Methods (3:1–7)
2. God and Man Meet in the Garden (3:8–13)
3. The Consequences of Transgression (3:14–19)
4. A New Name and a New Covering (3:20–21)
5. Expulsion from the Garden (3:22–24)
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D. Fraternal Strife (4:1–26)
1. One Offering Accepted, One Offering Rejected (4:1–7)
2. A Judge and a Criminal (4:8–16)
3. The Family of Cain (4:17–24)
4. The Birth of Seth (4:25–26)
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E. From Adam to Noah: Ten Generations (5:1–32)
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F. The Sons of God and the Daughters of Humankind: Illicit Relationships (6:1–4)
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G. The Great Flood (6:5–9:29)
1. The Reason for a Flood (6:5–10)
2. Corruption and Violence in the Earth (6:11–12)
3. The Command to Build the Ark (6:13–22)
4. The Command to Enter the Ark (7:1–10)
5. The Start of the Flood (7:11–16)
6. The Cresting of the Waters (7:17–24)
7. The Floodwaters Recede (8:1–5)
8. The Emergence of Dry Land (8:6–14)
9. Noah Leaves the Ark (8:15–22)
10. God’s Covenant with Noah (9:1–17)
11. Noah’s Nakedness (9:18–29)
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H. The Table of Nations (10:1–32)
1. The Japhethites (10:1–5)
2. The Hamites (10:6–20)
3. The Shemites (10:21–32)
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I. Shinarites and Shemites (11:1–32)
1. Tower Builders at Babel (11:1–9)
2. Genealogy of Shemites (11:10–32)
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II. The Abraham Cycle, Part I (12:1–17:27)
A. The Emergence of Abram (12:1–20)
1. The Call of Abram (12:1–9)
2. Abram in Egypt with Sarai (12:10–20)
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B. The Separation of Lot and Abram (13:1–18)
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C. Militant Abram and the Kings (14:1–24)
1. Four Kings against Five (14:1–12)
2. The Recapture of Lot (14:13–16)
3. Abram Meets Two Kings (14:17–24)
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D. The Covenant with Abram (15:1–21)
1. The Covenant Promises (15:1–6)
2. The Covenant Ceremonies (15:7–21)
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E. Hagar and Ishmael (16:1–16)
1. Strife in the Family (16:1–6)
2. The Birth of Ishmael (16:7–16)
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F. The Reaffirmation of the Covenant (17:1–27)
1. A Name Change for Abram (17:1–8)
2. The Sign of the Covenant (17:9–14)
3. Sarah and Isaac (17:15–22)
4. The Circumcision of Abraham and Ishmael (17:23–27)
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Notes
Indexes
Subjects
Authors
Scripture References
Hebrew Words
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