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Tables of Contents for Genesis
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
11
2
Abbreviations
13
4
Introduction
17
38
Commentary
Prologue (1:1-2:3)
55
18
Excursus: The Literary Genre of the Creation Account
73
6
The Account of the Heavens and the Earth (2:4-4:26)
79
30
Excursus: Genesis Genealogies
105
4
The Account of Adam's Descendants (5:1-6:8)
109
12
The Account of Noah and His Family (6:9-9:29)
121
40
The Account of Shem, Ham, Japheth and Their Descendants (10:1-11:9)
161
24
Table of Nations (10:1-32)
162
13
Escalation of Sin in Bablyon (11:1-9)
175
10
The Account of Shem's Descendants (11:10-26)
185
8
The Account of Terah's Descendants (11:27-25:11)
193
150
Introduction (11:27-32)
199
3
Abraham and the Promised Land (12:1-15:21)
202
45
The Call of Abraham and Abraham's Migration to the Promised Land (12:1-9)
202
8
Deliverance from Egypt (12:10-13:2)
210
8
Separation of Lot from the Land of Promise (13:3-18)
218
7
Victory over Eastern Kings (14:1-24)
225
13
God's Covenant with Abraham (15:1-21)
238
9
Abraham and the Promised Seed (16:1-22:19)
247
64
Hagar and Ishmael Rejected (16:1-16)
248
9
God's Covenant to Bless Nations Through Abraham's and Sarah's Seed (17:1-27)
257
8
The Visitation of the Lord and His Angels: Abraham as Prophet (18:1-33)
265
7
Judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah (19:1-38)
272
10
Matriarch and Patriarch Delivered from Philistia (20:1-18)
282
7
Isaac's Birth and Blessings in Land (21:1-21.)
289
9
Covenant with Abimelech (21:22-34)
298
3
Sacrifice of Isaac and God's Oath (22:1-19)
301
10
Transition to Isaac (22:20-25:11)
311
32
Rebekah's Family Background (22:20-24)
312
3
The Acquisition of the Cave of Machpelah (23:1-20)
315
8
Gift of Rebekah to Isaac (24:1-67)
323
11
Isaac the Sole Heir (25:1-6)
334
6
Death of Abraham (25:7-11)
340
3
The Account of Ishmael's Descendants (25:12-18)
343
6
The Account of Isaac's Descendants (25:19-35:29)
349
132
Family Conflicts in Canaan (25:19-28:9)
354
31
Births and-Genealogy (25:19-26)
355
6
Esau Sells His Birthright to Jacob (25:27-34)
361
4
Digression: Rebekah in Foreign Palace, Pact with Foreigners (26:1-33)
365
8
Jacob Steals Esau's Blessing (26:34-28:9)
373
12
Covenant Blessings on Jacob and His Exile in Paddan Aram (28:10-33:17)
385
72
Angels Meet Jacob at Bethel (28:10-22)
387
11
Jacob Arrives at Laban's House (Jacob Meets Rachel at the Well) (29:1-14a)
398
5
Laban Outwits Jacob: Leah for Rachel (29:14b-30)
403
4
The Birth of Jacob's Children (29:31-30:24)
407
9
Jacob Outwits Laban (30:25-43)
416
5
Jacob Flees Laban (31:1-55)
421
16
Angels Meet Jacob at Mahanaim and Peniel: Preparation of Jacob to Meet Esau (32:1-32)
437
13
Esau's Reconciliation with Homeward-Bound Jacob (33:1-17)
450
7
Transition to Jacob (33:18-35:29)
457
24
Digression: Dinah in Foreign Palace, Pact with Foreigners (33:18-34:31)
458
11
Israel Fulfills His Vow at Bethel (35:1-15)
469
6
Births and Deaths (35:16-29)
475
6
The Account of Esau's Descendants (36:1-37:1)
481
10
The Account of Jacob's Descendants (37:2-50:26)
491
138
Introduction to the Dysfunctional Family in Canaan (37:2-38:30)
497
19
Joseph Rejected by His Brothers and Sold into Slavery (37:2-36)
497
9
Judah Sins against Tamar and Begets Twins (38:1-30)
506
10
Joseph's Rise to Rulership over Egypt (39:1-41:57)
516
23
Joseph in Potiphar's House (39:1-20)
517
6
Joseph in Prison: Interpreter of Dreams (39:21-40:23)
523
5
Joseph in Palace: Second Only to Pharaoh (41:1-57)
528
11
The Dysfunctional Family Reconciled (42:1-46:27)
539
40
First Journey: Joseph Disciplines His Brothers (42:1-38)
542
9
Second Journey: Joseph Entertains His Brothers (43:1-34)
551
6
The Brothers Tested and Reconciled (44:1-45:15)
557
11
The Reconciled Family Migrates to Egypt (45:16-46:27)
568
11
The Family Blessed in Egypt Looking for the Promised Land (46:28-50:26)
579
50
Israel's Arrival in Egypt (46:28-47:12)
584
4
Joseph's Administration of Egypt during the Famine (47:13-31)
588
5
Jacob's Blessing on Joseph (48:1-22)
593
9
Israel's Blessings for the Twelve Tribes (49:1-28)
602
14
Jacob's Death and Burial in Canaan (49:29-50:21)
616
9
Joseph's Death in Egypt and Future Burial in Canaan (50:22-26)
625
4
Bibliography
629
13
Subject Index
642
12
Author Index
654