Genesis : a continental commentary / Claus Westermann ; translated by John J. Scullion.

CHAPTERS 1-11 -- Translator's preface -- Introduction to the story of primeval events (Genesis 1-11) ; -- The creation of the world (1:1-2:4a) ; -- The creation of man and woman and the expulsion from paradise (2:4b-3:24) ; -- Cain and Abel (4:1-16) -- The Cainites (4:17-26) ; -- The succession of generations in the primal period (5:1-32) ; -- The sons of the gods and the giants (6:1-4) ; -- The flood (6:5-8:22) ; -- Blessing and covenant (9:1-17, 28-29) ; -- Noah and his sons (9:18-27) ; -- The table of the nations (10:1-32) ; -- The Tower of Babel (11:1-9) ; -- The genealogy of Sham (11:10-26) ; -- The formation and theological meaning of the primeval story

CHAPTERS 12-36 -- Translator's preface -- Introduction to the patriarchal story (Genesis 12-50) ; -- Structure and growth of Genesis (12-25) ; -- Transition to the story of Abraham (11:27-32) -- Promise to Abraham and migration (12:1-9) ; -- The ancestral mother in danger (12:10-20) ; -- Abraham and Lot on the way (13:1-18) ; -- Abraham and the kings (14:1-24) -- The promise to Abraham (15:1-21) ; -- Sarah and Hagar - flight and promise of a son (16:1-16) ; -- The covenant with Abraham (17:1-27) ; -- Abraham and the three guests (18:1-16a) ; -- Abraham queries and the destruction of Sodom (18:16b-33) ; -- The destruction of Sodom and the rescue of Lot (19:1-29) ; -- Lot's daughters (19:30-38) ; -- Abraham and Abimelech (20:1-18) ; -- The birth of Isaac (21:1-7) ; -- The expulsion and rescue of Hagar and her child (21:8-21) ; -- Dispute over the wells and treaty with Abimelech (21:22-24) ; -- Abraham's sacrifice (22:1-19) ; -- The descendants of Nahor (22:20-24) ; -- Sarah's death and the purchase of the burial cave (23:1-20) -- The wooing of Rebekah (24:1-67) ; -- Conclusion of the Abraham story (25:1-18) ; -- The Abraham story in retrospect ; -- Structure, origin, and growth (25:19-36:43) ; -- The birth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-28) ; -- The pot of lentil soup (25:19-28) -- Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-35) ; -- The firstborn cheated of his blessings (27:1-45) ; -- Jacob's departure and Esau's wives (26:34-35; 27:46; 28:1-9) ; -- Jacob's dream and vow at Bethel (28:10-22) ; -- Jacob and Laban - marriage with Leah and Rachel (29:1-30) ; -- The birth and naming of Jacob's sons (29:31-30:24) ; -- Jacob outwits Laban (30:25-43) ; -- Jacob's separation from Laban (31:1-54) ; -- Preparations for the meeting with Esau (32:1-22) ; -- The attack on Jacob at the Jabbok (32:23-33) ; -- The meeting of brothers (33:1-20) ; -- Dinah and the Shechemites (34:1-31) ; -- Jacob in Bethel and Hebron, Jacob's sons, Isaac's death (35:1-29) ; -- Esau's descendants (36:1-43) ; -- Conclusion to Genesis 12-36

CHAPTERS 37-50 -- Translator's preface -- Introduction to the Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) -- Joseph and his brothers (37:1-36) -- Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) -- Joseph and his master's wife (39:1-23) -- Joseph interprets the dreams of the cupbearer and the baker (40:1-23) -- Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's elevation (41:1-57) -- The first journey of the brothers to Egypt (42:1-38) -- The second journey of the brothers to Egypt (43:1-34) -- The goblet (44:1-34) -- Joseph makes himself known to his brothers (45:1-28) -- Jacob's journey to Egypt : his reunion with Joseph (46:1-30) -- Joseph provides for his family ; Jacob blesses the Pharaoh ; Appendage (46:31-47:28) -- Jacob's testimony (47:29-48:22) -- Jacob's death and burial (49:1a, 28b-50:14) -- Confirmation of the reconciliation (50:15-21) -- Epilog : Joseph's old age and death (50:22-26) -- Genesis 46-50 (survey) -- The blessings of Jacob (49:1-28a) -- Concluding remarks (37-50) -- Supplement to literature on Genesis 1-50.

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