Genesis 12-50Chapters 12-50 of the book of Genesis may be considered as enshrining the patriarchal traditions of the Jewish people. Besides the elements of poetry and legend embodied in these traditions, Professor Davidson shows that there can be a historical basis for the narratives and offers guidelines for exploring it. The Genesis stories cannot simply be seen as a reading back into earlier times of the background to the social customs and religious outlook of their later editors. Introductory sections deal with the sources, historicity and general character¬istics of the narratives, and are followed by a section-by-section presentation of the text with commentary in the established style of the series. |
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Abimelech Abraham Abram ancient Near East angel answered appears Beersheba Benjamin Bethel Bilhah blessing brothers buried called camels Canaan Canaanite century B.C. chapter chief child circumcised covenant daughter descendants Deut dream Edom Edomites Egypt Egyptian Ephraim Esau Esau's Exod faith famine father flocks Genesis Gerar give given God's Hagar Hamor Hebrew Hebrew text Hebrew verb Hebrew word herds hill-country Hittite Horite household interpretation Isaac Ishmael Israel Jacob Joseph story journey Judah king Laban land Leah literally live LORD Mamre Manasseh meaning N.E.B. footnote N.E.B. translation Nahor Nuzi oath Old Testament Paddan-aram Pharaoh phrase promise Rachel Rebecca reference religious rendered Reuben Revised Standard Version Sarah Sarai Seir Septuagint servant seven Shechem silver Simeon slave slave-girl Sodom and Gomorrah sons Tamar told tradition tribes verse 17 verse 28 Version wife word translated