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Story of Genesis and Exodus

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Description of the Poem
  3. 3Lamech’s Bigamy
  4. 4Death of Cain
  5. 5How the Child Moses Behaved Before Pharaoh
  6. 6How Moses Defeated the Ethiopians
  7. 7The Plague of Frogs
  8. 8Date and Dialect of the Poem
  9. 9Grammatical Details
  10. 10The Metre of the Poem
  11. 11Contractions Used in the Glossary
  12. 12The Story of Genesis and Exodus, etc.
  13. 13God Made Heaven and Earth by His Word
  14. 14The Devil’s Fall From Heaven. The First Light Dawns
  15. 15The Heavens and the Earth Are Parted
  16. 16The Stars Are Set, and Fowl and Fish Are Made
  17. 17Cattle Are Made for Man’s Service. Adam Is Created
  18. 18Of Paradise and the Creation of Eve
  19. 19The Seventh Day Is Made a Day of Rest
  20. 20Lucifer Is Cast Into Hell, and There Plots Man’s Fall
  21. 21Eve and Adam Eat the Forbidden Fruit
  22. 22God’s Curse on Adam and Eve, and the Adder
  23. 23Eve Begets Cain and Abel, and Other Children
  24. 24Cain Builds Eno. Lamech Begins Bigamy
  25. 25Lamech Kills Cain and His Own Servant
  26. 26Of Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah
  27. 27Of the World’s Corruption and Noah’s Flood
  28. 28The Building of the Ark. the Flood
  29. 29The Ark Stood in Armenia
  30. 30The Rainbow Appears in the Welkin
  31. 31Confusion of Tongues. Origin of Idolatry
  32. 32Abram Leaves Mesopotamia
  33. 33Abram Reaches Canaan. He Goes to Egypt
  34. 34Pharaoh Takes Away Sarai, and Is Punished by a Plague
  35. 35Abram Dwells at Mamre. Lot in Sodom
  36. 36The Battle of Four Kings Against Five
  37. 37Abram Rescues Lot. Melchizedek Blesses Him
  38. 38Abram Complains for Want of an Heir
  39. 39Sarai Being Barren Gives Hagar to Abram
  40. 40Ishmael Is Born. Circumcision Is Instituted
  41. 41Abraham Is Promised a Son
  42. 42Lot Entertains Two Angels
  43. 43The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
  44. 44The Births of Ammon and Moab
  45. 45Abraham Dwells in Gerar
  46. 46The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael
  47. 47Abimelech Covenants With Abraham
  48. 48And Gives Him the Well of Beersheba
  49. 49The Offering of Isaac
  50. 50Eliezer Is Sent to Mesopotamia
  51. 51Eliezer Meets With Rebekah
  52. 52Isaac Takes Rebekah to Wife
  53. 53The Birth of Esau and Jacob
  54. 54The Privileges of the First Born
  55. 55Jacob Defrauds Esau of the Blessing
  56. 56Esau Threatens to Kill Jacob
  57. 57Jacob Is Sent to Padan-Aram
  58. 58From Luz He Journeys to Haran
  59. 59Jacob Covenants for Rachel
  60. 60Jacob Marries Rachel
  61. 61Jacob Leaves Laban Secretly
  62. 62The Covenant Between Jacob and Laban
  63. 63The Meeting of Esau and Jacob
  64. 64Jacob Dwells at Succoth. Dinah’s Folly
  65. 65Benjamin Is Born. Rachel Dies
  66. 66Joseph Is Hated by His Brethren
  67. 67Joseph Is Sold to Chapmen
  68. 68Who Sell Him to Potiphar, an Egyptian
  69. 69Joseph Is Cast Into Prison
  70. 70He Interprets the Prisoners’ Dreams
  71. 71King Pharaoh Dreams a Dream
  72. 72Which Is Interpreted by Joseph
  73. 73The Famine in Egypt and Canaan
  74. 74Joseph’s Harshness to His Brethren
  75. 75Benjamin Is Taken to Egypt
  76. 76Joseph’s Interview With His Brethren
  77. 77The Brethren Are Accused of Theft
  78. 78Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brethren
  79. 79Jacob and His Family Go Into Egypt
  80. 80They Dwell in the Land of Goshen
  81. 81The Death of Jacob
  82. 82He Is Buried in Hebron
  83. 83The Death of Joseph
  84. 84The Oppression of the Israelites
  85. 85The Birth and Preservation of Moses
  86. 86Teremuth Adopts Him as Her Son
  87. 87The Ethiopians Invade Egypt
  88. 88And Are Defeated by Moses
  89. 89Moses Slays an Egyptian
  90. 90And Flees Into Midian
  91. 91God Appears to Moses at Sinai
  92. 92Moses and Aaron Are Sent to Egypt
  93. 93Greater Labours Are Laid Upon the Israelites
  94. 94Moses and Aaron Perform Miracles Before Pharaoh
  95. 95The Waters Are Turned Into Blood
  96. 96The Plagues of Frogs and Gnats
  97. 97Plagues of Flies, Boils, and Blains
  98. 98Hail-Storm, and Grasshoppers
  99. 99Plagues of Locusts and Darkness
  100. 100The Institution of the Passover
  101. 101The Destruction of the First-Born
  102. 102The Israelites Leave Egypt
  103. 103The Israelites Cross the Red Sea
  104. 104The Egyptian Hosts Are Drowned
  105. 105The Sojourn at Shur, Elim, and Sin
  106. 106The Miraculous Fall of Manna
  107. 107The Israelites Overcome the Amalekites
  108. 108Jethro Visits Moses
  109. 109The People Come to Sinai
  110. 110Moses Receives the Ten Commandments
  111. 111The People Are Afraid
  112. 112They Worship a Golden Calf
  113. 113The Idolaters Are Slain
  114. 114The Tables Are Renewed
  115. 115The Burning at Taberah
  116. 116Miriam Is Smitten With Leprosy
  117. 117The Report of the Spies
  118. 118The Rebellion of Korah and Abiram
  119. 119A Plague Slays Fourteen Thousand People
  120. 120The Priesthood of Aaron Confirmed
  121. 121The Death of Aaron at Hor
  122. 122Sihon and Og Are Overcome
  123. 123Balaam Sets Out to Curse Israel
  124. 124Balaam’s Ass Speaks
  125. 125Balaam Blesses Israel
  126. 126Balaam’s Advice to Balak
  127. 127Whoredom and Idolatry Punished
  128. 128Moses Dies in Moab
  129. 129May God Shield Us From Hell’s Night!
  130. 130Glossarial Index
  131. 131Abbreviations Used in the Index of Rimes

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