| Description |
xiii, 338 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Text and interpretation |
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Text and interpretation.
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| Contents |
Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-35) -- The firstborn cheated of his blessing (27:1-45) -- The wives of Jacob and Esau (27:46-28:9) -- Jacob's dream and vow at Bethel (28:10-22) -- Jacob and Laban; Leah and Rachel (29:1-30) -- Leah and Rachel; The birth and naming of Jacob's sons (29:31-30:24) -- Jacob outwits Laban (30:-25-43) -- Jacob's separation from Laban (31:1-54) -- Preparations for the meeting with Esau (31:55-32:21) -- Jacob at the Jabbok (32:22-32) -- The meeting of the brothers (33:1-20) -- Dinah and the Shechemites (34:1-31) -- Jacob at Bethel and Hebron; Jacob's sons; Isaac's death (35:1-29) -- Esau's descendants (36:1-43) -- Concluding remarks on Genesis 12-36 -- The Joseph story (chs. 37-50) -- Joseph and his brothers (37:1-36) -- Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) -- Joseph and his master's wife (39:1-23) -- Joseph interprets the dreams of the Cupbearer and Baker (40:1-23) -- Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's elevation (41:1-57) -- The first journey of the brothers to Egypt (42:1-38) -- The second journey of the brothers to Egypt (43:1-34) -- The goblet (44:1-34) -- Joseph reveals himself to his brothers (45:1-28) -- Jacob's journey to Egypt and reunion with Joseph (46:1-30) -- Joseph provides for his family (46:31-47:28) -- Jacob's testament (47:29-48:22) -- Jacob's death and burial (49:1a, 28b-50:14) -- Confirmation of the reconciliation (50:15-21) -- Epilogue : Joseph's old age and death (50:22-26) -- The blessing of Jacob (49:1-28a) -- Concluding remarks on the story of Joseph |
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The primal history -- The creation of the world (1:1-2:4a) -- Creation and limitations of the human race (2:4b-3:24) -- Cain and Abel; the descendants of Cain (ch. 4) -- The descendants of Cain (4:17-26) -- The primeval genealogy (5:1-32) -- The sons of the gods and the giants (6:1-4) -- The flood (6:5-9:17; 28-29) -- Noah and his sons (9:18-27) -- The table of nations (10:1-32) -- The tower of Babel (11:1-9) -- The genealogy of Shem (11:10-26) -- Concluding remarks on the primal history -- The patriarchal history -- Abraham (chs. 12-25) -- The transition to the story of Abraham (11:27-32) -- Promise to Abraham and Migration (12:1-9) -- The ancestral mother in danger (12:10-20) -- Abraham and Lot on the way (13:1-18) -- Abraham and the kings (14:1-24) -- The promise to Abraham (15:1-21) -- Sarah and Hagar (16:1-16) -- The covenant with Abraham (17:1-27) -- Abraham and the three guests (18:1-16a) -- Abraham queries the destruction of Sodom (18:16b-33) -- The destruction of Sodom and the rescue of Lot (19:1-29) -- Lot's daughters (19:30-38) -- Abraham and Abimelech (20:1-18) -- The birth of Isaac (21:1-7) -- Hagar and her child (21:8-21) -- Dispute and treaty with Abimelech (21:22-34) -- Abraham's sacrifice (22:1-19) -- The descendants of Nahor (22:20-24) -- Sarah's death and the purchase of the burial cave (23:1-20) -- The wooing of Rebekah (24:1-67) -- Abraham's death and his sons' descendants (25:1-18) -- Concluding remarks on the story of Abraham -- Jacob and Esau (25:19-36:43) -- The birth of Esau and Jacob; the pot of lentil soup (25:19-34) |
| Analysis |
Bible O.T Genesis - Critical studies |
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Bible. Old Testament Genesis - Commentaries |
| Notes |
"Translated from the Dutch edition Genesis: een praktische bijbelverklaring, volumes I and II"--T.p. verso |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017837 -- Commentaries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001404
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Bible. Genesis http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017837 -- Commentaries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001957
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| Author |
Green, David (David E.)
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| LC no. |
87024603 |
| ISBN |
0802801064 (paperback) |
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