ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I From Creation to the Death of Joseph
CHAPTER I CREATION Genesis 1.1 to 2.3
CHAPTER II ADAM AND EVE Genesis 2.4 to 3.24
CHAPTER III CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4.1 to 15
CHAPTER IV NOAH Genesis 6.5 to 9.1
CHAPTER V THE TOWER OF BABEL Genesis 11.1 to 9
CHAPTER VI THE CHOICE OF ABRAM AND THE CHOICE OF CANAAN Genesis 12.1 to 10 and 13.1 to 18
CHAPTER VII BEGINNING OF ABRAM'S GREATNESS Genesis 14
CHAPTER VIII HAGAR AND THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL Genesis 15.16.17
CHAPTER IX ABRAHAM ENTERTAINS THE ANGELS Genesis 18.1 to 16
CHAPTER X THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH Genesis 18.7 to 19.29
CHAPTER XI THE DIVORCE OF HAGAR Genesis 20 and 21
CHAPTER XII THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC Genesis 22.1 to 19
CHAPTER XIII DEATH OF SARAH AND THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH Genesis 23 and 24
CHAPTER XIV THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT Genesis 25.1 to 34
CHAPTER XV JACOB SECURES THE BLESSING Genesis 26.1 to 28.9
CHAPTER XVI JACOB'S DREAM Genesis 28.10-22
CHAPTER XVII JACOB IN ARAMEA Genesis 29.1 to 31.54
CHAPTER XVIII JACOB RETURNS TO CANAAN Genesis 32 to 35
CHAPTER XIX JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY Genesis 37
CHAPTER XX FROM SLAVE TO VICEROY Genesis 39.1 to 41.46
CHAPTER XXI JOSEPH MEETS HIS BROTHERS Genesis 41.47 to 42.38
CHAPTER XII JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS Genesis 43.1 to 45.28
CHAPTER XIII THE DEATH OF JACOB AND OF JOSEPH Genesis 46.1 to 50.26
PART II Israel Under the Leadership of Moses
CHAPTER I THE BIRTH OF MOSES Exodus 1.1 to 2.10
CHAPTER II MOSES, THE FRIEND OF THE WEAK AND OPPRESSED Exodus 2.11 to 23
CHAPTER III GOD SENDS MOSES TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE Exodus 3.1-4.31
CHAPTER IV MOSES' FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE PHARAOH Exodus 4.29 to 6.8
CHAPTER V THE PLAGUES Exodus 6.9 to 10.29
CHAPTER VI THE EXODUS Exodus 11.1 to 13.16
CHAPTER VII ISRAEL AT THE RED SEA Exodus 13.17 to 15.21
CHAPTER VIII FROM THE RED SEA TO SINAI Exodus 15.22 to 18.27
CHAPTER IX THE REVELATION Exodus 19.1 to 20.18
CHAPTER X THE GOLDEN CALF Exodus 32.1 to 34.35
CHAPTER XI THE TABERNACLE AND ITS SERVICE Exodus 25.1 to 31.11 and 35.4 to 40.33
CHAPTER XII TRIALS OF MOSES AND ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XIII THE SPIES Numbers 13.1 to 14.45. Deuteronomy 1.20-46
CHAPTER XIV MORE TRIALS OF MOSES Numbers 16.1 to 17.26, also 20.1 to 13 and 21.5 to 9
CHAPTER XV ISRAEL ARRIVES AT THE BORDER OF THE PROMISED LAND
CHAPTER XVI THE DEATH OF MOSES Numbers 27.12 to 23. Deuteronomy 31.14 to 34.12
BY
Rabbi of Congregation Chizzuk Emunah Baltimore, Md.
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NEW YORK THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA 5677—1917
Copyright, 1917 BY THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA
To the memory of SOLOMON SCHECHTER ז״צ״ל this book is reverently inscribed
