TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westermann,Claus
TI  - Genesis: a continental commentary 
T2  - A Continental commentary
SN  - 9780800695002
AV  - BS1235 .G464 1994
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Augsburg Pub. House
KW  - Bible
KW  - Genesis, I-XI
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Genesis, XII-XXXVI
KW  - Genesis
KW  - Commentary
N1  - 1 and indexes; 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; 2
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