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GENESIS
God made the earth and the sky
Godmadethe garden of Eden
Those first people sinned by disobeying God
God punished Adam and Eve's oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel
ThedescendantsofCain
Adam and Eve had another son, Seth
The descendants of Adam
People became very evil and did many evil things
Noah pleased God, soGod planned to spare him
God sent a flood to cover the earth
God caused the water to recede and then told Noah to leave the boat
God promised to never again destroyallthepeoplewitha flood
God made an agreement with Noah
What happened afterNoah got drunk
The descendants of Noah's sons
Yahweh caused people to speak many different languages after they started to build a tower at Babel
Shem's descendants
Terah's descendants
Yahweh told Abram to go to Canaan and promised to bless him
Abramand Sarai wentto Egypt for a while
Abram and Lot separated
Abram moved to Hebron
Abram rescued Lot
Melchizedek blessed Abram
Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram
Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael
Yahweh changed Abram's name to Abraham and made an agreement with him
God told Abraham thatallthe males mustbe circumcised as part ofthat agreement
God changed Sarai's name to Sarah
Godpromised Abraham and Sarah thattheywouldhaveason
Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son
Abraham tried to intercede forthe wicked peopleof Sodom
Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people's wickedness
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah cities
Lot's daughters tricked himinto making them pregnant
Abraham deceived King Abimelech about Sarah
Sarah gave birth to Isaac
Abrahamsent Hagar andherson Ishmael away
Yahweh told Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice
After Sarah died, Abraham bought a burial place for her
Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac
Abraham's servant found a wife for Isaac
Abraham died and was buried near Sarah
Thedescendantsof Ishmael
Thebirthof Esau andJacob
Esausoldhis rights asthe oldest son
Isaac deceived King Abimelech
The Philistines argued withIsaacabout wells
Isaacmadea peace treaty with King Abimelech
Esau married foreign women
Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery
Jacob fled from Esau
Isaac gave instructions to Jacob
Esaumarried Ishmael's daughter
Godmadea promise to Jacob ina dream
Jacob met Laban's daughter Rachel at Haran
Jacobmarried Leah andRachel
Leahgave birth to four sons
Jacob had more sons and a daughter
Jacob tricked Laban and became very wealthy
Jacob's family fled from Laban
Jacob rebuked Laban after Laban caught upwithhim
Jacoband Laban madea solemn promise nottoharm each other
Jacob sent gifts to Esau as he prepared to meet him
Jacob wrestled with Yahweh
Jacob and Esau met peacefully
Hamor's son Shechem raped Jacob's daughter Dinah
Dinah's brothers got revenge
Jacob and his family returned to Bethel
Rachel died as Benjamin was born
Isaac died
The descendants of Esau
Joseph had two dreams about himself and his brothers
Josephwastakento Egypt afterhisbrothers sold him.
Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant
In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar's wife
To get revenge, Potiphar's wife lied, and Potiphar hadJoseph thrown into prison
Joseph told two other prisoners the meaning of their dreams
Joseph told the king that the meaning of his dreams was that there would be a big famine
The king madeJosephthe governor of all ofEgypt, to handle the problem ofthefamine
Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn't realize they were buying it from their brother
Joseph's brothers returned home, frightened becausethe money they paid wasintheir sacks
Joseph's brothers returned to Egypt with Benjamin, to buy more grain
Josephmadea feast forhis brothers, buttheystilldidnot recognize him
Joseph tricked his brothers by having his cup put in Benjamin's sack
Backin Egypt, Joseph said that only theonewho stole his cup wouldbehis slave
Judah pleaded thathebe allowed tobecome Joseph's slave instead of Benjamin
Joseph told his brothers who he was
Theking invited Joseph's family to come and live in Egypt
Jacob and his family moved to Egypt
Joseph arranged forhisfamilyto settle in Goshen
Jacob blessed the king of Egypt
Joseph arranged for people to buy grainfromhimduringthe famine
Jacob made Joseph promise tonot bury himinEgyptafterhe died.
Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh
Jacob blessed Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, inaway contrary towhatJosephexpected
Jacob prophesied what would happen to his sons and their descendants
Jacob died
Jacob's body was taken to Canaan and buried there
Joseph told hisbrothersthathewould not get revenge for what they did tohim
Joseph died in Egypt

Note: The Old Testament in this translation is still being worked on, and is in draft form. Updates will be posted at eBible.org/t4t/.

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