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I. Primeval History
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Creation story
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1:1-2:4a
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Paradise story
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2:4b-3:24
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Cain and Abel
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4:1-16
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Cainite genealogy
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4:17--26
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Genealogy, Adam-Noah
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5:1-28, 30-32
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5:29
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The sons of God
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6:1-4
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The Flood
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6:5-8
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6:9-22
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7:1-5
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7:6
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7:7
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7:11
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7:16b
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7:8-12
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7:13-16a
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7:17a
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7:17b
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7:18-21
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7:22-23
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7:24
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8:1-2a
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8:6a
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8:2b, 3a
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8:3b-5
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8:6b
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8:7
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8:8-12
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8:13a
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8:13b
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8:14-19
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8:20-22
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9:1-17
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Noah’s curse, blessing
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9:18-27
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9:28-29
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Table of Nations
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10:1-7
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10:8-19
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10:20
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10:21
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10:22-23
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10:24
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10:25-30
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10:31-32
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Tower of Babel
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11:1-9
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Genealogy, Shem to Abraham
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11:10-27, 31-32
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11:28-30
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II. Ancestral History
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Abraham-Sarah (12:1-25:18)
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Call of Abraham
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12:1-4a
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12:4b-5
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12:6-9
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Abraham, Sarah in Egypt
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12:10-13:1
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Separation from Lot
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13:2-5
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13:6
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13:7-11a
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13:11b-12
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13:13-18
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Abraham’s victory
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14:1-24
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Covenant with Abraham
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15:1-2
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15:3a
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15:3b-4
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15:5
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15:6-12
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15:13-16
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15:17-21
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Ishmael’s birth
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16:1a
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16:1b-2
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16:3
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16:4-14
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16:15-16
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Covenant of circumcision
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17:1-14
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Promise of a son
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17:15-27
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Yahweh’s visit to Abraham and Sarah
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18:1-16
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Yahweh’s monologue
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18:17-19
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Dialogue with God
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18:20-33
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Sodom’s destruction; Lot’s deliverance
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19:1-28
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19:29
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Lot’s daughters
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19:30-38
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Abraham, Sarah in Gerar
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20:1a
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20:1b-18
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Isaac’s birth; Ishmael’s banishment
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21:1b-5
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21:1a
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21:6
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21:7
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21:8-21
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Abimelech of Gerar
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21:22-34
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Sacrifice of Isaac
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22:1-19
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Nahor’s descendants
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22:20-24
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Purchase of burial site
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23:1-20
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A bride for Isaac
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24:1-67
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Children by Keturah
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25:1-6
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Abraham’s death
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25:7-11a
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25:11b
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Ishmael’s descendants
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25:12-17
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Jacob Cycle (25:19-35:43)
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Birth of Esau and Jacob
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25:19-20, 26b
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25:21-26a, 27-34
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Isaac stories
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26:1-33
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26:34-35
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Stolen blessing
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27:1-45
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Jacob’s exile to Aram
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27:46-28:9
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Jacob’s dream at Bethel
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28:10, 13-16, 19
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28:11-12, 17-18, 20-22
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Jacob’s arrival in Aram
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29:1-14
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Marriage to Leah and Rachel
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29:15-20
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Jacob’s children
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29:31-35; 30:4-5, 7-16, 20-21, 24
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30:1-3, 6, 17-19, 22-23
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Jacob’s wealth
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30:25-43
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Jacob’s flight; covenant with Laban
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31:18
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31:1, 3, 17, 19a, 20-23, 25b, 27, 30a, 31, 36a, 38-40, 46-49, 51-53a
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31:2, 4-16, 19b, 24-25a, 26, 28-29, 30b, 32-35, 36b-37, 41-45, 50, 53b-55
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The angel of Mahanaim
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32:1-2
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Preparations to meet Esau
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32:3-13a
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32:13b-21
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Jacob wrestles at Penuel
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32:22-32
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The meeting with Esau
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33:1-3, 6-7, 12-17
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33:4-5, 8-11
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Jacob arrives at Shechem
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33:18a
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33:18b
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33:19-20
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Rape of Dinah
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34:1-31
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Jacob returns to Bethel
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35:6, 9-13, 15
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35:1-5, 7-8, 14
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Birth of Benjamin
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35:16-20
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Jacob’s sons
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35:22b-26
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35:21-22a
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Isaac’s death
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35:27-29
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Edomite lists
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36:1-14
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36:15-23 = addition to P
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Joseph story
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Joseph’s dreams and consequences
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37:1-2
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37:3a, 4-21, 25-28
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37:3b, 22-24, 29-36
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Judah and Tamar
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38:1-30
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Temptation of Joseph
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39:1-23
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Joseph interprets dreams in prison
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40:1
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40:2-23
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Interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams—Joseph’s elevation
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41:46a
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41:34a, 35b, 41-45, 46b, 49, 55-57
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41:1-33, 34b, 35a, 36-40, 47-48, 50-54
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Brothers’ first trip to Egypt
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42:1b, 4-5, 8-11a, 12, 27-28a, 38
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42:1a, 2-3, 6-7, 11b, 13-26, 28b-37
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Brothers’ second trip to Egypt
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43:1-34
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Testing of the brothers
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44:1-34
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Recognition
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45:1, 4-5a, 16-28
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45:2-3, 5b-15
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Jacob’s immigration to Egypt
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46:6-27
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46:5b, 28-34
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46:1-5a
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Jacob before Pharaoh
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47:1-5a, 6b
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47:5b, 6a, 7-12
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Joseph’s agrarian policy
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47:27-28
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47:13-26
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Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh
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48:3-6
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47:29-31
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48:1-2, 7-22
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Blessing of Jacob
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49:1a
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49:1b-28 poem
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Jacob’s death
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49:29-33
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Jacob’s burial
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50:12-13
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50:1-10a, 14
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50:10b-11
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Joseph’s forgiveness of brothers and last days
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50:15-26
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This list of sources in Genesis is taken from Martin Noth, A History of Pentateuchal Traditions, translated by Bernhard W. Anderson.