Expanded Analysis of

GENESIS

"Blessed Beginnings"

Prepared by James T. Bartsch

First published, September, 2012

Updated, October 9, 2019

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Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ®,

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The Authorship of Genesis

Nowhere in Genesis is the author identified by name. But Genesis is the first book of a larger work, the first five books of the Bible, which we call the "Pentateuch," and which Judaism identifies as the "Torah." The Torah has always existed as a separate scroll, called the Torah scroll, or more formally, Sefer Torah (meaning Book of Torah). The first five books are thus a single unit. If we can establish the authorship of the Torah, we can establish the authorship of Genesis.

The Traditional (Conservative) View

Conservative Bible scholars have always held to the traditional view – that Moses is the author of the Pentateuch, and thus of Genesis. After all, the Biblical evidence is massive. Let us examine three strands of evidence.

First, there is solid evidence in the Pentateuch itself that Moses is the author. Such Scriptures include Exodus 17:14; 24:4, 7; 34:27-28; Numbers 33:1-2; Deuteronomy 31:9. These Scriptures are of such fundamental importance that they are reproduced here:

Exodus 17:14. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."

Exodus 24:4. Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 24:7. Then he [Moses] took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!"

Exodus 34:27-28. 27Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." 28So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Numbers 33:1-2. 1These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.

Deuteronomy 31:9-11. 9So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10Then Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths, 11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.

Second, there is evidence outside the Pentateuch that Moses is its author. Here are examples: Joshua 1:7-8; 8:30-32, 34; 22:5; 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6; 21:8; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezra 6:18; Nehemiah 13:1; Daniel 9:11-13; Malachi 4:4. This evidence is, again, crucial enough to warrant printing these texts:

Joshua 1:7-8. Yahweh to Joshua: 7"Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. 8"This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.

Joshua 8:30-32, 34. Joshua, recording his own actions: 30Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal, 31just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he 1 had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel. 34Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

Joshua 22:5. Joshua to the two-and-a-half tribes of Israel: "Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul."

Joshua 23:6. Joshua to Israel: "Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

1 Kings 2:3. David to Solomon: "Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,"

2 Kings 14:6. Stated about Amaziah: But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin."

2 Kings 21:8. Quotation of Yahweh by the writer: "And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them."

1 Chronicles 22:13. David to Solomon: "Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed."

Ezra 6:18. Stated about the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles: Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Nehemiah 13:1. At the dedication of the rebuilt wall: On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

Daniel 9:11-13. A portion of the prayer of Daniel: 11"Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him. 12"Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem. 13"As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.

Malachi 4:4. An exhortation of Malachi: "Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel."

Third, there is evidence in the New Testament that Moses wrote the Pentateuch: Matthew 8:4; 19:8; Mark 7:10; 12:26; Luke 16:29-31; 20:37; 24:27, 44-45; John 5:46-47; 7:19, 22-23; Acts 3:22; 15:1; 28:23; Romans 10:5; 10:19; 1 Corinthians 9:9; 2 Corinthians 3:15. Again, the importance of this discussion warrants printing the texts:

Matthew 8:4. Jesus, alluding to Leviticus 13:49; 14:1-57: And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Matthew 19:8. Jesus, referring to Deuteronomy 24:1-4: He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way."

Mark 7:10. Jesus, quoting Exodus 20:12; 21:17; Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 20:9: "For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death';

Mark 12:26. Jesus, quoting from Exodus 3:6: "But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?"

Luke 16:29-31. Jesus, quoting Abraham speaking to the rich man in Hades: 29"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' 30"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' 31"But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"

Luke 20:37. Jesus, to certain Sadducees and scribes questioning Him: "But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Luke 24:27. Luke, describing Jesus' conversation with the travelers to Emmaus: Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44-45. Jesus, addressing two disciples on the road to Emmaus: 44Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." 45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

John 5:46-47. Jesus, to the Jews who sought to kill Him: 46"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. 47"But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

John 7:19. Jesus, to the crowd at the temple, alluding to the whole Torah, and specifically to Exodus 20:13: "Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"

John 7:22-23. Jesus, alluding to Genesis 17:10-14; 21:4; Leviticus 12:3: 22"For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23"If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

Acts 3:22. Peter, in his sermon, alluding to Deuteronomy 18:15, 18: "Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you."

Acts 15:1. Unnamed Judaizers: Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

Acts 28:23. Luke, regarding Paul: When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

Romans 10:5. Paul, alluding to Leviticus 18:5: For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.

Romans 10:19. Paul, quoting Deut. 32:21: But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation, By a nation without understanding will I anger you."

1 Corinthians 9:9. Paul, quoting Deuteronomy 25:4: For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing." God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

2 Corinthians 3:15. Paul, alluding to Exodus 34:33-35: But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;

It is easy to see why scholars who take God's Word at face value and have no agenda to discredit the Bible conclude that Moses is the author of the Torah. The internal evidence is massive.

The Critical (Liberal) View

Unfortunately, there will always be those who refuse to take the Bible at face value. I once encountered a president of a Bible College in another country who obviously took great delight in pointing out what he considered to be errors in the Gospel of Mark. In his conversation, he revealed that, when seeking higher education, he had been unable to find a seminary in his native country that satisfied him. Finally, he found one in America. He traveled to America, completed his degree program, and was satisfied with the training he received, one which reinforced the belief he already held, apparently, that there are errors in the Bible. I say that to say this. We often tend to believe that which we are predisposed to believe. There are obviously some Bible scholars who do not wish to take the Bible at face value. So they invent or discover scholarly hypotheses to circumvent the plain import of Scripture. Much of the information that follows is based upon the following source: "Did Moses Write Genesis?" 2

Jean Astruc, writing in 1753, first noted that Genesis 1:1-2:3 used the name Elohim for God, while Genesis 2:4-24 used the name Yahweh. He conjectured that the different names meant that different authors had originally written the competing texts, and that Moses had fused them into one document. Thus was born the Documentary Hypothesis. But subsequent scholars jettisoned Astruc's belief that Moses had written the Pentateuch. As the Documentary Hypothesis developed, it came to mean that the Pentateuch consists of a series of documents, written over an extended period of time, written by a series of different authors, and finally redacted into its present form by one or more editors a thousand years after Moses. Ultimately, the evolutionary dogma of Charles Darwin, which explains biology without God, was applied to the Bible, explaining the origin of the Torah without God, or at least not in the way the Bible purports it to be. 3

The most popular Documentary Hypothesis (there are several) was published in 1895 by Julius Wellhausen. His hypothesis is as follows: There are four main strands of documents that lie behind the Pentateuch in its present form. The four main documents in the Pentateuch are the Yahwist Document (which used the name Yahweh – Jahweh or Jehovah – for God) (J); the Elohist Document (which used the name Elohim for God) (E); the Deuteronomic Document, which includes most of Deuteronomy (D); and the Priestly Document, which includes most of Leviticus (P), supposedly written by priests. These four different strands then are known by the acronym JEDP (sometimes JEPD). Each of these independent texts was written by an unknown author or series of authors (one can never know), and eventually redacted (edited) into its final form by an unknown redactor or redactors.

As far as a timeline is concerned, these "scissors-and-glue" – "cut-and-paste" scholars have concluded that J wrote his J document around 900-850 B.C.; that E wrote his E document around 750-700 B.C.; that D wrote his D document around the time of Josiah's reforms in 621 B.C.; and that some priest or priests wrote the P document some time after the fall of Babylon in 586 B.C. The final redaction of the whole document into its present form by an unnamed redactor or redactors was accomplished about 400 B.C. 4

By way of illustration, let me guide the reader to the official belief of the Roman Catholic Church as to the origins of the Pentateuch. Sadly, even Roman Catholicism, which we ordinarily think of as being a conservative institution, has fallen prey to liberalism. Here, I quote at length from the Introduction to the Pentateuch found in the New American Bible, which can be accessed on the Vatican website. Note that the document quoted does not rule out Moses' influence, but does not grant him authorship status "in the modern sense." The Introduction speaks of the "historic sweep" of "the story of the formation of the People of God."

The grandeur of this historic sweep is the result of a careful and complex joining of several historic traditions, or sources. These are primarily four: the so-called Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly and Deuteronomic strands that run through the Pentateuch. (They are conveniently abbreviated as J, E, P and D.) Each brings to the Torah its own characteristics, its own theological viewpoint - a rich variety of interpretation that the sensitive reader will take pains to appreciate. A superficial difference between two of these sources is responsible for their names: the Yahwist prefers the name Yahweh (represented in translation as Lord) by which God revealed himself to Israel; the Elohist prefers the generic name for God, Elohim. The Yahwist is concrete, imaginative, using many anthropomorphisms in its theological approach, as seen, e.g., in the narrative of creation in Genesis 2, compared with the Priestly version in Genesis 1. The Elohist is more sober, moralistic. The Priestly strand, which emphasizes genealogies, is more severely theological in tone. The Deuteronomic approach is characterized by the intense hortatory style of Deuteronomy 5-11, and by certain principles from which it works, such as the centralization of worship in the Jerusalem temple.

However, even this analysis of the Pentateuch is an over-simplification , for it is not always possible to distinguish with certainty among the various sources. The fact is that each of these individual traditions incorporates much older material. The Yahwist was himself a collector and adapter. His narrative is made up of many disparate stories that have been reoriented, and given a meaning within the context in which they now stand; e.g., the story of Abraham and Isaac in Gen 22. Within the J and P traditions one has to reckon with many individual units; these had their own history and life-setting before they were brought together into the present more or less connected narrative.

This is not to deny the role of Moses in the development of the Pentateuch. It is true we do not conceive of him as the author of the books in the modern sense. But there is no reason to doubt that, in the events described in these traditions, he had a uniquely important role, especially as lawgiver. Even the later laws which have been added in P and D are presented as a Mosaic heritage. Moses is the lawgiver par excellence, and all later legislation is conceived in his spirit, and therefore attributed to him. Hence, the reader is not held to undeviating literalness in interpreting the words, "the LORD said to Moses." One must keep in mind that the Pentateuch is the crystallization of Israel's age-old relationship with God.

Evaluation

It is interesting that the writer of the Introduction to the Pentateuch in the New American Bible is careful "not to deny the role of Moses in the development of the Pentateuch." But what he offers with one hand, he takes away with the other. He concedes, "It is true we do not conceive of him as the author of the books in the modern sense." While he concedes Mosaic influence, he denies Mosaic authorship. The Documentary Hypothesis as expressed above on the Vatican website is sharply at variance with the united testimony of the Pentateuch itself, with the testimony of other writers in the Old Testament, with the testimony of Jesus, and with the testimony of the Apostles.

How can we evaluate the Documentary Hypothesis? Dr. Terry Mortenson and Bodie Hodge, conservatives, have co-authored an article that is the basis for much of this essay on the authorship of Genesis. The article is entitled, "Did Moses Write Genesis?" In their article the authors maintain the following about liberal scholars and other skeptics who have denied Mosaic authorship of the Torah. Let me summarize their evaluation:

(1) They assumed the Bible is a man-made book, not a supernatural revelation from God. Then they manipulated the data of the text to support their agenda.

(2) They assumed that Israel's religion has evolved, just as other, man-made religions have.

(3) They wrongly asserted that the art of writing was unknown prior to the time of David's monarchy, and that, therefore, Moses could not have written the Torah.

(4) Claiming to base their findings on the Biblical texts, they ignored the texts listed above, which assert that God commanded Moses to write and that he wrote. That is a biased, selective use of evidence.

(5) They illogically assumed that no Hebrew writer was capable of using more than one name for God.

(6) With their agenda-driven bias, they erroneously assumed that any Biblical statement is unreliable unless it can be proven elsewhere. And whenever there was a conflict between competing literature, they reflexively gave the preferential nod to the secular or pagan literature. They have not treated any other literature this way.

(7) When there was repetition in the Hebrew text, they automatically assumed more than one author was at work. (And, I might add, they maintained this despite the fact that Hebrew poetry itself is characterized by a repetition of ideas, not sounds.)

(8) They assumed they could scientifically date the biblical text even though there was no other ancient Hebrew literature with which to compare. (And, I might add, they completely ignored critical elements of the text that did not fit their template, such as the clear claims of Mosaic authorship.)

(9) Finally, and here I quote verbatim: "To date, no manuscript evidence of the J-document, E-document, P-document, D-document, or any of the other supposed fragments have ever been discovered. And there are no ancient Jewish commentaries that mention any of these imaginary documents or their alleged unnamed authors. All the manuscript evidence we have is for the first five books of the Bible just as we have them today. This is confirmed by the singular Jewish testimony (until the last few centuries) that these books are the writings of Moses."

Just as is the case with the theory of evolution, proponents of the Documentary Hypothesis have systematically ignored evidence that does not fit their theory, and have manipulated evidence to fit their preconceived ideas. This is not scholarship. It is propaganda.

What is the motivation of those who hold to the Documentary Hypothesis? We cannot know for certain, of course, unless they choose to tell us. What was Wellhausen's motivation? According to R. K. Harrison, "There can be little doubt that when Wellhausen promulgated his theory of Pentateuchal origins he was endeavoring to develop an instrument for the deeper understanding of Scripture." 5

Whatever the motivation of proponents of JEDP, the effects of their hypothesis is devastating. The tendency is to remove the supernatural from the Bible. Liberals delight in "late-dating" books of the Bible. Dating a book long after it purports to have been written severely dilutes the authenticity and historicity of the book. If Moses didn't write the Torah, then we are left with oral tradition and editorial ingenuity. In the view of liberals, that whole process adds spurious details and embellishments about the miraculous that are not grounded in actual fact. Is that what they want? Why should I believe a Bible that is not authentic, that is not what it claims to be, but is actually a rewritten and rewritten story that has little basis in reality? Is it possible they don't want us to believe the Bible? Do they want us to believe it is "just a story" – a story that has little basis in reality? For support of this conclusion see the offsite article from a conservative point of view, "What is the documentary hypothesis?"

Regardless of motive, the Documentary Hypothesis of JEDP wreaks havoc on one's faith in the Scriptures. "Before his death in 1918 Wellhausen conceded that the rationalism which he had embraced so avidly in earlier years had made havoc of his own faith in the authority and authenticity of the Old Testament." 6

Conclusion

WordExplain rejects out of hand the Documentary Hypothesis. Observe that we do not know a single name of any of these alleged brilliant writers behind, J, E, D, and P. Nor do we know a single name of the alleged brilliant redactors (editors) who combined these hypothetical, alleged, disparate documents into one stupendous volume, the Torah which we now possess. Why don't we know their names? Because they never did exist! No one has ever found a single copy of the J document. No one has ever found a single copy of the E document. No one has ever found a single copy of the D document. And no one has ever found a single copy of the P document. Why not? Because the oldest extant copies of the Torah all exist as a single scroll, the Torah scroll. The separate documents hypothesized by these scholars are figments of their imagination!

There are many reasons why it is defensible to cite Moses as the author of the Pentateuch. The Egyptians of Moses' era could write. Moses himself was a highly educated man. Having been brought up in the courts of Pharaoh, he had received one of the premier educations of his era throughout the entire earth! Certainly he was educated enough to write. To think otherwise is intellectually indefensible. In fact, Moses was the most qualified person in all the world to have written the Torah! There are Biblical texts which state specifically that Moses wrote down that which God revealed to him. According to Charles Ryrie, in his Introduction to Genesis in the Ryrie Study Bible, "eyewitness details point to a participant being the author, not an editor who lived centuries later (Ex. 15:27; Num. 2:1-31; 11;7-8)." Furthermore, according to Ryrie, "the author's information about Egyptian names, words, customs, and geography would have been difficult for an author or editor to have obtained in Canaan centuries after Moses' time (Gen. 13:10; 16:1-3; 33:18; 41:43; cf. Acts 7:22)."

Of course, Moses used sources. His use of the Hebrew word "toledoth" suggests that he used sources (see the note on 2:4 below). He would have used written or oral traditions handed down to him. And certainly God revealed to Moses many things he otherwise could not have known. But Moses wrote the Torah.

Of course there was a minimal amount of editing performed by someone after Moses. He could not have written about his own death (Deut. 34:5-12). Likely Joshua recorded that. Genesis 12:6 appears to end with an editorial comment, "And the Canaanites were then in the land." An edit does not alter the fact that Moses wrote the entire Pentateuch. A reference to Dan in Gen. 14:14 need not necessarily refer to the region that was allotted under the auspices of Joshua later. It more likely identified a city already in existence in Moses' day. Genesis 22:14 may reflect a later, editorial hand, but again, an edit here and there does not alter the fact that Moses wrote the entire book of Genesis, along with the other books that make up the Torah. To deny Mosaic authorship is to deny the inspiration of the whole Bible (2 Timothy 3:16).

The date of the composition of Genesis. Since, according to the entire Bible, Moses wrote the Torah, and since Genesis is an integral part of the Torah, the book of Genesis must be dated some time during the lifetime of Moses (ca. 1525-1405 B.C.) (Thomas Constable, Notes on Genesis, 2019). Since Moses was forty years old when God called him at the burning bush, we can confidently date the composition of Genesis by Moses in the 15th century B.C.

On the subject of the authorship of Genesis, WordExplain highly recommends the excellent article written from a conservative, biblical point of view, "Did Moses Write Genesis?" by Dr. Terry Mortenson and Bodie Hodge.

For another, brief discussion of the JEDP theory from a conservative viewpoint, see "JEDP Theory – What is it?

For yet another, brief discussion of the Documentary Hypothesis from a conservative point of view, see "What is the documentary hypothesis?"

GENESIS

"Blessed Beginnings"

SECTION I. THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 1:1 - 2:3

A 1	GOD'S BLESSED BEGINNING OF PERFECT CREATION 1 - 2

B 1	The Seven Days of Creation 7 1:1 - 2:3

C 1	Day one: Heavens, earth, light 1:1-5

D 1	God's initial creation 1:1

E 1	The time of creation: {1} In the beginning 8

E 2	The identity of the Creator: God 9 created 10

E 3	The identity of His first two created entities

G 1	the heavens 11

G 2	and the earth.

D 2	The initial condition of the earth 1:2a

E 1	Uninhabitable and empty: {2} The earth was formless and void, 12

E 2	Devoid of light: and darkness 13 was over

E 3	A deep aqueous matrix: the surface of the deep, 14

D 3	The creative activity of the Spirit of God 1:2b

E 1	The nature of His activity: and the Spirit of God was moving 15

E 2	The location of His activity: over the surface of the waters. 16

D 4	God's decree of light: {3} Then God said, "Let there be light";

D 5	The result of God's decree; and there was light. 17

D 6	God's assessment of the light He had created: {4} God saw that the light was good; 18

D 7	God's separation of light from darkness: and God separated the light from the darkness.

D 8	God's nomenclature: {5} God called 19 the light day, and the darkness He called night.

D 9	The conclusion of day one: And there was evening and there was morning, one day.20

C 2	Second day: Atmosphere separating "earth water" and "space water" 1:6-8

D 1	God's decree of an atmosphere: {6} Then God said, "Let there be an expanse 21 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

D 2	God's creation of an atmosphere: {7} God made the expanse, 22 and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

D 3	God's nomenclature of the atmosphere: {8} God called the expanse heaven.23

D 4	The conclusion of the second day: And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

C 3	Third day: Formation of land and vegetation 1:9-13

D 1	God's decree to coalesce the waters and the dry land: {9} Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land 24 appear"; 25 and it was so.

D 2	God's nomenclature: {10} God called the dry land earth, 26 and the gathering of the waters He called seas;

D 3	God's assessment: and God saw that it was good. 27

D 4	God's decree of vegetation: {11} Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: 28 plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit 29 after their kind 30 with seed in them";

D 5	The appearance of vegetation as a result of God's decree: and it was so. {12} The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; 31

D 6	God's assessment: and God saw that it was good. 32

D 7	The conclusion of the third day: {13} There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

C 4	Fourth day: Heavenly luminaries/time measurers (sun, moon, stars) 1:14-19

D 1	God's decree of lights in the heavens: {14} Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens

D 2	God's purposes for the lights

E 1	to separate the day from the night,

E 2	and let them be for signs and for seasons

E 3	and for days and years;

E 4	{15} and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens 33 to give light on the earth";

D 3	The result of God's decree: and it was so.

D 4	The account of God's creation of lights

E 1	Of two great lights: {16} God made the two great lights,

G 1	The sun: the greater light to govern the day, 34

G 2	The moon: and the lesser light to govern the night; 35

E 2	Of the stars: He made the stars also. 36

D 5	God's placement of the lights: {17} God placed them in the expanse of the heavens

D 6	God's purposes for the lights

E 1	to give light on the earth,

E 2	{18} and to govern the day and the night, 37

E 3	and to separate the light from the darkness;

D 7	God's assessment of the lights: and God saw that it was good. 38

D 8	The conclusion of the fourth day: {19} There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

C 5	Fifth day: Aquatic and aviary animals blessed by Elohim 1:20-23

D 1	God's decree of aquatic and aviary creatures

E 1	Of marine creatures: {20} Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures,

E 2	Of birds: and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."

D 2	The account of God's creation

E 1	Of large sea monsters: {21} God created the great sea monsters

E 2	Of other sea creatures: and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind,

E 3	Of winged creatures: and every winged bird after its kind;

D 3	God's assessment of His creatures: and God saw that it was good.

D 4	God's blessing of aquatic and aviary creatures: {22} God blessed them, 39 saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

D 5	The conclusion of the fifth day: {23} There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

C 6	Sixth day: Land animals; Man in God's image blessed to "create" and rule 1:24-
31

D 1	God's creation of land animals 1:24-25

E 1	God's decree of land animals

G 1	The origin of the creatures: {24} Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth

G 2	The identification of the creatures

H 1	living creatures after their kind:

H 2	cattle

H 3	and creeping things

H 4	and beasts of the earth after their kind";

E 2	The result of God's decree: and it was so.

E 3	The account of God's creation: {25} God made

G 1	the beasts of the earth after their kind,

G 2	and the cattle after their kind,

G 3	and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind;

E 4	God's assessment of His creation of land animals: and God saw that it was good.

D 2	God's creation of man in His own image and likeness 1:26-31

E 1	God's creation of man 1:26-27

G 1	God's resolve to create man "in Our image and likeness" 1:26

H 1	{26} Then God said, "Let Us make man 40 in Our image, 41

H 2	according to Our likeness; 42

G 2	His decree that man should rule: and let them rule 43

H 1	over the fish of the sea

H 2	and over the birds of the sky

H 3	and over the cattle

H 4	and over all the earth,

H 5	and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

G 3	The account of God's creation of man 1:27

H 1	The fact of God's creation of man: {27} God created man in His own image,

H 2	The unique nature of man – He was created to be like God: in the image of God He created him;

H 3	The specific gender of God's creation of man: male and female He created them.

E 2	God's commissioning of man 1:28

G 1	God's blessing of man: {28} God blessed them;

G 2	God's decree to man: and God said to them,

H 1	To be prolific upon the earth:

J 1	"Be fruitful

J 2	and multiply,

J 3	and fill the earth,

H 2	To subdue the earth: and subdue it; 44

H 3	To rule over all earth's creatures

J 1	and rule over the fish of the sea

J 2	and over the birds of the sky

J 3	and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

E 3	God's provision of food for man and certain animals 1:29-30

G 1	His decree of provision for man: {29} Then God said, "Behold, I have given you

H 1	Every plant: every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth,

H 2	Every fruit tree; and every tree which has fruit yielding seed;

H 3	The purpose of God's gift: it shall be food for you; 45

G 2	His decree of provision for animals

H 1	Land animals: {30} and to every beast of the earth

H 2	Sky animals: and to every bird of the sky

H 3	Moving animals of every sort: and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life,

H 4	The description of God's gift: I have given every green plant

H 5	The purpose of God's gift: for food"; 46

G 3	The result of God's decree: and it was so.

E 4	God's assessment of His creation 1:31

G 1	God's observation of His entire creation: {31} God saw all that He had made,

G 2	God's superlative assessment of His entire creation: and behold, it was very good. 47

E 5	The conclusion of the sixty day: And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

C 7	Seventh day: God's completion of creation and rest; His hallowing and blessing of the seventh day 2:1-3

D 1	The completion of the heavens and earth and all within them 2:1

E 1	Of the heavens and the earth: {1} Thus the heavens and the earth were completed,

E 2	Of all within them: and all their hosts.

D 2	God's resting on the seventh day on account of His having completed His work 2:2

E 1	The day of God's completion of His work: {2} By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done,

E 2	God's rest in commemoration of His completed work: and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

E 3	God's blessing of the seventh day 2:3

G 1	God's blessing of the seventh day: {3} Then God blessed the seventh day

G 2	God's sanctification of the seventh day: and sanctified it,

G 3	The reason for His blessing and sanctification of the seventh day: because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

SECTION II. WHAT BECAME OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 2:4 - 4:26

B 2	Additional Details of Creation 2:4-25

C 1	Man's creation from dust; his placement in the Garden of Eden 2:4-9

D 1	The title – What Became of the Heavens and the Earth 2:4

E 1	The title: {4} This is the account 48 of the heavens and the earth

E 2	The starting point: when they were created,

E 3	The time: in the day that the LORD God 49 made earth and heaven.

D 2	Conditions existing prior to the creation of man 2:5-6

E 1	No shrub of the field: {5} Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, 2:5a

E 2	No plant of the field: and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, 2:5b

E 3	No rain: for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, 50 2:5c

E 4	No man to cultivate: and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 2:5d

E 5	The presence of a watering mist: {6} But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 2:6

D 3	Yahweh Elohim's creation of man 2:7

E 1	Forming him from the dust of the ground: {7} Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, 51

E 2	Breathing life into him: and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;52

E 3	The result – man became a living entity: and man became a living being. 53

D 4	Yahweh Elohim's planting of a garden 2:8-9

E 1	His planting of a garden: {8} The LORD God planted a garden 54 2:8a

E 2	The location of the garden: toward the east, in Eden; 2:8b

E 3	His situation of man in the garden: and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 2:8c

E 4	His creation of trees in the garden 2:9

G 1	The provenance of the trees – the ground: {9} Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow

G 2	The kind of trees

H 1	Aesthetic: every tree that is pleasing to the sight

H 2	Edible fruit: and good for food;

G 3	Two specific trees

H 1	the tree of life 55 also in the midst of the garden,

H 2	and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

C 2	The situation of man in Eden; its rivers and forbidden tree 2:10-17

D 1	The rivers of Eden 2:10-14

E 1	The emanation of a river from Eden: {10} Now a river flowed out of Eden 2:10a

E 2	The purpose of the river: to water the garden; 2:10b

E 3	The division of the river: and from there it divided and became four rivers. 56 2:10c-14

G 1	The first river 2:11-12

H 1	Its name: {11} The name of the first is Pishon; 2:11a

H 2	Its location: it flows around the whole land of Havilah, 2:11b-12

J 1	The presence of gold: where there is gold. 57 2:11b

J 2	The high quality of the gold: {12} The gold of that land is good; 2:12a

J 3	Other entities: the bdellium 58 and the onyx stone are there. 2:12b

G 2	The second river 2:13

H 1	Its name: {13} The name of the second river is Gihon;

H 2	Its location: it flows around the whole land of Cush.

G 3	The third river 2:14a

H 1	Its name: {14} The name of the third river is Tigris;

H 2	Its location: it flows east of Assyria. 59

G 4	The fourth river: And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 2:14b

D 2	God's placing the man in the Garden of Eden: {15} Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden 2:15

E 1	to cultivate it

E 2	and keep it.

D 3	God's probation of the man 2:16-17

E 1	The freedom in eating: {16} The LORD God commanded the man, saying, 2:16

G 1	"From any tree of the garden you may eat

G 2	freely;

E 2	The prohibition of eating – not from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: {17} but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, 60 2:17

E 3	The consequence of disobedience 2:17

G 1	Immediate consequence: for in the day that you eat from it

G 2	Certain consequence: you will surely

G 3	Deadly consequence: die." 61

C 3	God's creation of woman from the man's side, instituting marriage 2:18-25

D 1	Yahweh Elohim's resolve to rectify man's solitary condition 2:18

E 1	His negative assessment of the man's solitary condition: {18} Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; 62

E 2	His resolve to rectify the man's solitary state: I will make him a helper suitable 63 for him."

D 2	The process Yahweh Elohim used to provide companionship and help for the man 2:19-22

E 1	Yahweh Elohim's prior creation of animals: {19} Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, 2:19a

E 2	His bringing the animals to man to name/classify: and brought them to the man 2:19b

G 1	His purpose: to see what he would call them;

G 2	The result: and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

E 3	The man's naming of the animals: {20} The man gave names 2:20a

G 1	to all the cattle,

G 2	and to the birds of the sky,

G 3	and to every beast of the field,

E 4	The obvious deficiency: but for Adam 64 there was not found a helper suitable for him. 2:20b

E 5	Yahweh Elohim's immobilization of the man: {21} So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; 2:21a

E 6	His extraction of a rib: then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 2:21b

E 7	Yahweh Elohim's fashioning woman from man's rib: {22} The LORD God fashioned 65 into a woman 66 the rib which He had taken from the man, 2:22a

E 8	His presentation of woman to man: and brought her to the man. 2:22b

D 3	The response of man to his gift from Yahweh Elohim 2:23

E 1	His analysis of the relationship: {23} The man said,

G 1	"This is now bone of my bones,

G 2	And flesh of my flesh;

E 2	His naming of his counterpart

G 1	Her name: She shall be called Woman, 67

G 2	His reason: Because she was taken out of Man."

D 4	Moses' announcement of the inauguration of marriage 2:24

E 1	Separation: {24} For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother,

E 2	Union: and be joined to his wife;

E 3	Unity: and they shall become one flesh.

D 5	The status of the man and his wife in their Edenic state 2:25

E 1	Naked: {25} And the man and his wife were both naked

E 2	Not ashamed: and were not ashamed.

A 2	GOD'S UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT OF TOTAL DEPRAVITY 3 - 11

B 1	The Blessing of Creation Ruined By Total Depravity Judged By Universal Annihilation 3:1 - 8:19

C 1	Cursing and Death: The first sin and its judgment 3

D 1	The serpent's successful tempting of mankind to eat of the forbidden tree with deadly, knowledge-changing results 3:1-7

E 1	The question of the serpent about God's restriction on eating 3:1

G 1	The shrewdness of the serpent: {1} Now the serpent 68 was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

G 2	His questioning of Elohim's one restriction: And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 69 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

E 2	The woman's explanation of God's requirements about eating 3:2-3

G 1	Her toning down of the privilege of eating 3:2

H 1	{2} The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

G 2	Her amplification of the single restriction: {3} but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'" 3:3

E 3	The serpent's treachery 3:4-5

G 1	His denial of the consequence of death: {4} The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! 70 3:4

G 2	His casting doubt upon the goodness of God's motives: {5} "For God knows that in the day you eat from it 3:5a

G 3	His sinister portrayal of God 3:5b

H 1	As depriving Eve of the marvelous experience of having her eyes opened: your eyes will be opened,

H 2	As wishing to prevent Eve from being like God: and you will be like God,

H 3	As depriving her of the exclusive knowledge of good and evil: knowing good and evil." 71

E 4	Eve's succumbing to temptation 3:6

G 1	Her attraction to the fruit: It was

H 1	Good for food: {6} When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, 72

H 2	Aesthetic to look upon: and that it was a delight to the eyes, 73

H 3	Desirable to make one wise: and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, 74

G 2	Her taking of the fruit and eating it: she took from its fruit and ate; 75

G 3	Her offering some to her husband: and she gave also to her husband with her,

E 5	Adam's succumbing to temptation: and he ate. 76 3:6

E 6	The immediate consequences of sin 3:7

G 1	The opening of their eyes: {7} Then the eyes of both of them were opened,

G 2	Their perception of their nakedness: and they knew that they were naked; 77

G 3	Their sewing of fig leaves to make loin coverings: and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

D 2	God's interrogation 3:8-13

E 1	The couple's hiding themselves from God 3:8

G 1	The triggering sound: {8} They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,

G 2	Their negative reaction: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God 78 among the trees of the garden.

E 2	God's confronting Adam 3:9-12

G 1	God's calling for the man: {9} Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" 3:9

G 2	Adam's explanation of secrecy because of shame from nakedness: {10} He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." 3:10

G 3	God's questioning of Adam: {11} And He said, 3:11

H 1	As to source of knowledge: "Who told you were naked?

H 2	As to obedience: Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

G 4	Adam's response: {12} The man said, 3:12

H 1	His blame of God: "The woman whom You gave to be with me, 79

H 2	His blame of the woman: she gave me from the tree,

H 3	His own admission: and I ate." 80

E 3	God's confronting Eve: {13} Then the LORD God said to the woman, 3:13

G 1	His question: "What is this you have done?"

G 2	Her answer: And the woman said,

H 1	Her blame of the serpent: "The serpent deceived me, 81

H 2	Her own admission: and I ate."

D 3	God's punishment of serpent, woman, and man 3:14-19

E 1	His cursing of the serpent 3:14-15

G 1	Consequential treatment: {14} The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, 82

G 2	The greatness of cursing

H 1	More than all cattle: Cursed are you more than all cattle, 83

H 2	More than every other beast of the field: And more than every beast of the field;

G 3	Physical and strategic handicapping

H 1	Movement only upon its belly: On your belly you will go,

H 2	Imbibing of dust all its life: And dust 84 you will eat All the days of your life;

G 4	Enmity between species: 3:15

H 1	Between the serpent and the woman: {15} And I will put enmity 85 Between you and the woman,

H 2	Between the serpent's descendants and the woman's descendants: And between your seed and her seed;

J 1	The woman's descendant would crush the serpent's head [mandated because of the now inferior position of the serpent]: He shall bruise you on the head, 86

J 2	The serpent would crush the heel of the woman's descendant [damage limited because of the now inferior position of the serpent]: And you shall bruise him on the heel." 87

E 2	His punishment of the woman: {16} To the woman He said, 3:16

G 1	Hard labor in childbirth

H 1	"I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth,

H 2	In pain you will bring forth children;

G 2	Her desire would inevitably be toward her husband: Yet your desire 88 will be for your husband,

G 3	Her husband would rule her: And he will rule over you."

E 3	His punishment of the man 3:17-19

G 1	Adam's sin, the cause of his punishment: {17} Then to Adam He said, 3:17a

H 1	Listening to his wife: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,

H 2	Eating from the tree of which God had commanded him not to eat: and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it';

G 2	The curse upon the ground 3:17b-19

H 1	The cursing attributable to Adam's sin: Cursed is the ground because of you; 3:17b

H 2	Burdensome eating: Adam's eating of the ground would be only through painful toil (hard labor) all his life:

J 1	Exceptionless toil: In toil 89 you will eat of it

J 2	Unremitting toil: All the days of your life.

H 3	Painful, complicated eating 3:18

J 1	The complication of painful thorns and thistles: {18} "Both thorns and thistles 90 it shall grow for you;

J 2	The burden of planting and harvesting crops instead of merely harvesting from trees: And you will eat the plants of the field; 91

H 4	Continual toil in eating: His toil is so continual that even when he stops to eat he is still perspiring: {19} By the sweat of your face You will eat bread,

H 5	Lifelong toil in eating – his toiling to gain food would last his entire life: Till you return to the ground,

H 6	Mortal eating – he would toil for food until he returned to the dust from which he was taken: Because from it you were taken;

J 1	For you are dust,

J 2	And to dust you shall return."

D 4	God's provision for the couple 3:20-24

E 1	Adam's naming of his wife 3:20

G 1	His selected name: {20} Now the man called his wife's name Eve, 92

G 2	His reason: because she was the mother of all the living. 93

E 2	God's provision of more permanent clothing: {21} The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. 94 3:21

E 3	God's prevention of eternally living death through partaking of the Tree of Life in the fallen state 3:22-24

G 1	God's acknowledgment that man had become in some way like the Godhead in knowing both good and evil: {22} Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; 3:22

G 2	God's fear that man would now eat of the tree of life and perpetuate his ruined existence on earth: and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"— 95

G 3	God's expulsion of man from the Garden 3:23-24

H 1	His driving man out of the Garden of Eden to cultivate the soil 3:23-24a

J 1	Banishment: {23} therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden,

J 2	Mission: to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

J 3	Expulsion: {24} So He drove the man out; 96

H 2	His stationing cherubim at the east entrance to guard the way to the tree of life: and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed 3:24b

J 1	the cherubim 97

J 2	and the flaming sword 98 which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

C 2	The Deluge: The accumulation of sin and its judgment 4:1 - 8:19

D 1	Cain's murder and career 4:1-25

E 1	Cain's murder of his brother Abel 4:1-8

G 1	Two births 4:1-2a

H 1	The birth of Cain 4:1

J 1	Eve's conception: {1} Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived

J 2	Cain's birth: and gave birth to Cain,

J 3	Eve's perspective: and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD."

H 2	The birth of Abel: {2} Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. 4:2a

G 2	Two careers 4:2b

H 1	Abel – herdsman: And Abel was a keeper of flocks,

H 2	Cain – farmer: but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

G 3	Two offerings 4:3-4a

H 1	Cain's: From the fruit of the ground: {3} So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.

H 2	Abel's

J 1	From the firstlings of his flock: {4} Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock

J 2	From their fat portions: and of their fat portions. 99

G 4	Two responses 4:4b-5a

H 1	Yahweh's regard: And the LORD had regard 4:4b

J 1	for Abel

J 2	and for his offering;

H 2	Yahweh's disregard 4:5a

J 1	{5} but for Cain

J 2	and for his offering

J 3	He had no regard. 100

G 5	Cain and God 4:5b-7

H 1	Cain's response 4:5b

J 1	His anger: So Cain became very angry 101

J 2	His fallen countenance: and his countenance fell.

H 2	Yahweh's response: {6} Then the LORD said to Cain, 4:6-
7

J 1	Question: "Why are you angry? 102 4:6

J 2	Question: And why has your countenance fallen?

J 3	Question: {7} "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? 103 4:7

J 4	Warning: And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you,

J 5	Recommendation: but you must master it."

G 6	Cain and Abel 4:8

H 1	Cain's talking to Abel: {8} Cain told Abel his brother.

H 2	Cain's isolating Abel in the field: And it came about when they were in the field, 104

H 3	Cain's murder of Abel: that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 105

E 2	God's cursing of Cain from the ground to vagrancy 4:9-15

G 1	Yahweh's holding Cain accountable 4:9-10

H 1	Yahweh's query: {9} Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" 4:9a

H 2	Cain's dishonest evasion 4:9b

J 1	His dishonesty: And he said, "I do not know.

J 2	His evasion: Am I my brother's keeper?" 106

H 3	Yahweh's reply: {10} He said, 4:10

J 1	His question: "What have you done?

J 2	His accusation: The voice of your brother's blood107 is crying to Me from the ground. 108

G 2	Yahweh's punishment of Cain 4:11-12

H 1	His cursing Cain from the ground 4:11-12a

J 1	The fact of cursing: {11} "Now you are cursed from the ground, 109

J 2	The reason for the cursing: which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 4:11

J 3	The mechanics of cursing: {12} "When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; 4:12a

H 2	His forcing Cain to be a nomad: you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth." 4:12b

G 3	Cain's protest to Yahweh 4:13-14

H 1	Of his inability to bear the punishment: {13} Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear! 110 4:13

H 2	Of his being driven from the face of the ground: {14} "Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground;

H 3	Of his being hidden from Yahweh's face: and from Your face I will be hidden,

H 4	Of his destiny of vagrancy and wandering on the earth: and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth,

H 5	Of his fear for his safety: and whoever finds me will kill me."

G 4	Yahweh's protection of Cain 4:15

H 1	His decree of seven-fold vengeance on whoever would kill Cain: {15} So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold."

H 2	His appointing a sign for Cain lest anyone kill him: And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

E 3	Cain's descendants; their occupational pursuits 111 and misadventures 4:16-24

G 1	Cain's activities 4:16-17

H 1	His departure from the presence of Yahweh: {16} Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, 112 4:16

H 2	His residence in the land of Nod: and settled in the land of Nod, 113 east of Eden.

H 3	His begetting a son, Enoch: {17} Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; 4:17

H 4	His building a city named Enoch: and he built a city, 114 and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

G 2	Cain's descendants from Enoch to Lamech: {18} Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. 4:18

G 3	Lamech's career 4:19-24

H 1	His bigamous marriages to Adah and Zillah: {19} Lamech took to himself two wives: 115 the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. 4:19

H 2	The occupations 116 of his sons 4:20-22

J 1	Adah's son Jabal – father of tent-dwelling livestock herders: {20} Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents 117 and have livestock. 118 4:20

J 2	Adah's son Jubal – father of musicians (harp and flute – strings and woodwinds): {21} His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 119 4:21

J 3	Zillah's son Tubal-Cain – instructor of craftsmen in bronze and iron: {22} As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger 120 of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 4:22

H 3	His destruction of human life in self-defense 4:23-24

J 1	His justification for killing a man – for wounding and hurting him: {23} Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; 121 And a boy for striking me; 4:23

J 2	His declaration of 77-fold vengeance in contrast to Cain's 7-fold vengeance: {24} If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold." 4:24

D 2	Adam's descendants through Seth: life marred by death 4:25 - 5:32

E 1	Adam's godly offspring 4:25-26

G 1	The birth of Seth

H 1	Intimacy: {25} Adam had relations with his wife again;

H 2	Birth: and she gave birth to a son,

H 3	Name: and named him Seth, 122

J 1	Reason: for, she said, "God has appointed 123 me another offspring 124 in place of Abel,

J 2	Explanation: for Cain killed him." 4:25

G 2	The birth of Seth's son Enosh: {26} To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh.

G 3	The significance of Enosh's birth: Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD. 125

SECTION III. WHAT BECAME OF ADAM. 5:1 - 6:8

E 2	The career of blessed Adam 5:1-5

G 1	The introduction to Adam's career 5:1-2

H 1	The statement of the succession from Adam: {1} This is the book of the generations of Adam. 126

H 2	Elohim's creation of man in His own likeness

J 1	The time of the creation: In the day when God created man,

J 2	The likeness of the creation: He made him in the likeness of God.

H 3	His creation of them as gender-specific: {2} He created them male and female,

H 4	His blessing them: and He blessed them

H 5	His naming them: and named them Man 127 in the day when they were created.

G 2	Adam's procreation of a son at a certain age – 130: {3} When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father 128 of a son in his own likeness, according to his image,
and named him Seth.

G 3	His length of life after the specified procreation: {4} Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years,

G 4	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 5	His total life span – 930: {5} So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years,

G 6	His death: and he died.

E 3	Seth's career 5:6-8

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 105: {6} Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {7} Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 912: {8} So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years,

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 4	Enosh's career 5:9-11

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 90: {9} Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {10} Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 905: {11} So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years,

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 5	Kenan's career 5:12-14

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 70: {12} Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {13} Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 910: {14} So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years,

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 6	Mahalalel's career 5:15-17

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 65: {15} Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {16} Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 890: {17} So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years,

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 7	Jared's career 5:18-20

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 162: {18} Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {19} Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 962: {20} So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years,

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 8	Enoch's career of fellowship with God; taken by God! 5:21-24

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 65: {21} Enoch 129 lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.

G 2	His length of life spent walking with God after the specified procreation: {22} Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 365: {23} So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

G 5	His departure, having walked with God: {24} Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. 130

E 9	Methuselah's career 5:25-27

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 187: {25} Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {26} Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 969: {27} So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, 131

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 10	Lamech's career 5:28-31

G 1	His procreation of a son at a certain age – 182: {28} Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son.

H 1	His name for his son: {29} Now he called his name Noah,132 saying,

H 2	His reason for the name – his appreciation of the help of Noah , which would reduce the hard work from the curse: "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed."

G 2	His length of life after the specified procreation: {30} Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah,

G 3	His other progeny: and he had other sons and daughters.

G 4	His total life span – 777: {31} So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, 133

G 5	His death: and he died.

E 11	Noah introduced 5:32

G 1	His procreation of sons at a certain age – 500: {32} Noah was five hundred years old,

G 2	The three sons of Noah: and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 134

D 3	God's determination to judge the earth, saving only Noah 6

E 1	The cohabitation of fallen angels with women; their powerful, wealthy offspring 6:1-4

G 1	The corruption of the human race 6:1-2

H 1	The increase of humanity upon the earth: {1} Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land,

H 2	The increase of women on the earth: and daughters were born to them, 6:1

H 3	The attraction of the sons of God to the daughters of men 6:2

J 1	Their finding them beautiful: {2} that the sons of God 135 saw that the daughters of men were beautiful;

J 2	Their choosing for themselves wives: and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

G 2	God's disapproval 6:3

H 1	His refusal to strive with man forever because he is flesh: {3} Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh;

H 2	His allotting man 120 years' extension: nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." 136

G 3	Further corruption 6:4

H 1	The presence of Nephilim on the earth: {4} The Nephilim137 were on the earth in those days, and also afterward,

H 2	The reproduction of the sons of God with the daughters of men: when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.

J 1	Of mighty men: Those were the mighty men who were of old,

J 2	Of men of renown: men of renown.

E 2	Yahweh's sorrowful purpose to blot out man and animals from off the earth, save Noah 6:5-7

G 1	God's observation of man's evil 6:5

H 1	The greatness of his wickedness on the earth: {5} Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth,

H 2	The perpetually evil intent of the thoughts of man's heart: and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 138

G 2	God's pain at man's corruption 6:6

H 1	His sorrow that He had made man on the earth: {6} The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth,

H 2	His heart-felt grief: and He was grieved in His heart.

G 3	God's resolve to blot man out 6:7

H 1	His resolve to blot out from the face of the earth mankind that He had created: {7} The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created 139 from the face of the land,

H 2	His determination to destroy everything

J 1	Man: from man

J 2	Animals: to animals

J 3	Creeping things: to creeping things

J 4	Birds: and to birds of the sky;

H 3	His reason – His sorrow that He had made them: for I am sorry that I have made them."

E 3	Noah's righteousness contrasted with the violence and corruption of humanity on the earth 6:8-13

G 1	The righteousness of Noah 6:8-10

H 1	Noah's finding favor in God's eyes: {8} But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 140 6:8

SECTION IV. WHAT BECAME OF NOAH. 6:9 - 9:29

H 2	Noah's righteousness 6:9: {9} These are the records of the generations of Noah. 141

J 1	"A righteous man": Noah was a righteous man,

J 2	"Blameless in his time": blameless in his time;

J 3	"Walked with God": Noah walked with God.

H 3	Noah's offspring: {10} Noah became the father of three sons: 6:10

J 1	Shem,

J 2	Ham,

J 3	and Japheth.

G 2	The corruption of the earth 6:11-12

H 1	The corruption and violence of the earth 6:11

J 1	{11} Now the earth was corrupt 142 in the sight of God,

J 2	and the earth was filled with violence.

H 2	The universality of the corruption 6:12

J 1	{12} God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; 143

J 2	for all flesh had corrupted 144 their way upon the earth.

G 3	God's communication to Noah 6:13

H 1	Objective – The termination of all flesh: {13} Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me;

H 2	Reason – The filling of the earth with violence: for the earth is filled with violence because of them;

H 3	Plan – To destroy man along with the earth: and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

E 4	God's commitment to Noah to save him, his family, and representative animals aboard a floating barge. Noah's compliance 6:14-22

G 1	The instructions for the ark 6:14-16

H 1	The materials 6:14

J 1	Building material: {14} "Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood;

J 2	Reinforcement and compartmentalization: you shall make the ark with rooms,

J 3	Water-proofing: and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.

H 2	The dimensions 6:15

J 1	Length – 300 cubits: {15} "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, 145

J 2	Width – 50 cubits: its breadth fifty cubits,

J 3	Height – 30 cubits: and its height thirty cubits.

H 3	Design 6:16

J 1	Window surrounding ark – 1 cubit from top: {16} "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top;

J 2	Door in side: and set the door of the ark in the side of it;

J 3	Three decks: you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

G 2	Intent to destroy 6:17

H 1	Identity of the destroyer – "I, even I!" {17} "Behold, I, even I

H 2	Nature of the destruction – Flood of water: am bringing the flood of water 146 upon the earth,

H 3	Severity of the destruction

J 1	All flesh that breathes: to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, 147

J 2	Totality: from under heaven;

J 3	Universal death of land-based animals: everything that is on the earth shall perish.

G 3	Promise of covenant: {18} "But I will establish My covenant with you; 148 6:18a

G 4	Instructions 6:18b-21

H 1	Preservation of human life: "And you shall enter the ark – you and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you." 6:18b

H 2	Preservation of animal life – Bring the following to keep them alive

J 1	The kinds – Bring two of each animal: {19} "And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, 149

J 2	The purpose: to keep them alive with you;

J 3	The gender: they shall be male and female.

J 4	The species: {20} "Of the birds after their kind, 150 and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,

J 5	The number: two of every kind will come to you

J 6	The purpose re-stated: to keep them alive.

H 3	Provision – Gather together edible food: {21} "As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food

J 1	For yourselves: for you

J 2	For the animals: and for them."

G 5	Obedience: {22} Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. 151

D 4	The Flood: God's judgment of the totally depraved earth 7:1 - 8:19

E 1	Preservation: 7:1-12

G 1	God's instructions to Noah to take aboard the ark representative wildlife 7:1-5

H 1	Yahweh's command to enter the ark: {1} Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, 7:1

J 1	The people: you and all your household,

J 2	The reason: for you alone I have seen to be righteous152 before Me in this time.

H 2	Yahweh's command to take aboard animals 7:2-3

J 1	Of clean animals by sevens – male and his female: {2} "You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; 7:2

J 2	Of unclean animals, two – male and his female: and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;

J 3	Of birds by sevens – male and female: {3} also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, 7:3

J 4	The reason: to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth

H 3	Yahweh's explanation 7:4

J 1	Time framework: {4} "For after seven more days,

J 2	Phenomenon: I will send rain on the earth

J 3	Duration: forty days and forty nights;

J 4	Devastation: and I will blot out from the face of the land 153 every living thing that I have made!" 154

H 4	Noah's obedience: {5} Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. 155 7:5

G 2	The entry of Noah and wildlife into the ark; the flood of subterranean and atmospheric water for forty days 7:6-12

H 1	Noah's age: {6} Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. 7:6

H 2	The entry of Noah's family 7:7

J 1	Noah: {7} Then Noah

J 2	Noah's sons: and his sons

J 3	Noah's wife: and his wife

J 4	His sons wives: and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.

H 3	The entry of the animals 7:8-9

J 1	The categories – clean and unclean animals, of birds and everything that creeps on the ground: {8} Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, 7:8

J 2	The formation – their entry into the ark by two's, male and female as God commanded Noah: {9} there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female,156 as God had commanded Noah. 7:9

H 4	The chronology of the flood waters 7:10-11a

J 1	After seven days: {10} It came about after the seven days, 157 that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 7:10

J 2	In the 600th year of Noah's life: {11} In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, 7:11

J 3	In the 2nd month: in the second month,

J 4	On the 17th day of the month: on the seventeenth day of the month, 158 on the same day

H 5	The description of the cataclysm 7:11b

J 1	Subterranean eruptions: all the fountains of the great deep burst open, 159

J 2	Heavenly torrents: and the floodgates of the sky were opened. 160

J 3	Forty days' rainfall: {12} The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. 161 7:12

E 2	Catastrophe: The prevailing of the waters upon the earth for 150 days; the death of all living 7:13-24

G 1	The bill of lading on the same day 7:13-16

H 1	The humans who entered – Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Noah's wife, sons' wives: {13} On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, 7:13

H 2	The animals who entered 7:14

J 1	Every beast after its kind: {14} they and every beast after its kind,

J 2	Cattle after their kind: and all the cattle after their kind,

J 3	Every creeping thing after its kind: and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind,

J 4	Every bird after its kind: and every bird after its kind,

J 5	All sorts of birds: all sorts of birds.

H 3	Their entry to Noah in the ark 7:15-16a

J 1	By two's: {15} So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos 162 7:15

J 2	All flesh: of all flesh in which was the breath of life.

J 3	Male and female of all flesh: {16} Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered 7:16

J 4	As God had commanded: as God had commanded him;

H 4	Yahweh's closing [the door] behind Noah: and the LORD closed it behind him. 7:16b

G 2	The arrival of the flood 7:17-20

H 1	Its onslaught for 40 days: {17} Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, 163 7:17

H 2	Its increase: and the water increased

H 3	Its lifting up the ark above the earth: and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

H 4	The waters' prevailing and increasing greatly upon the earth: {18} The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, 7:18

H 5	The ark's floating upon the surface: and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

H 6	The waters' prevailing more and more upon the earth: {19} The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, 7:19a

H 7	The waters' covering of the mountains 7:19b-20

J 1	The covering of all the mountains: so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. 164 7:19b

J 2	The waters' prevailing: {20} The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, 165 7:20a

J 3	The end result: and the mountains were covered. 7:20b

G 3	The totality of destruction: all life 7:21-24

H 1	The perishing of all flesh that moved on the earth 7:21-22

J 1	Birds: {21} All flesh that moved on the earth perished, 166 birds 7:21

J 2	Cattle: and cattle

J 3	Beasts: and beasts

J 4	Every swarming thing swarming on the earth: and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth,

J 5	All mankind: and all mankind;

J 6	Of all that was on the dry land: {22} of all that was on the dry land, 7:22

J 7	Of all that breathed: all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

H 2	God as the executor of death – His blotting out every living thing on the face of the earth 7:23

J 1	Man: {23} Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man

J 2	Animals: to animals

J 3	Creeping things: to creeping things

J 4	Birds of the sky: and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth;

H 3	The exception to destruction – Noah and those with him in the ark: and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.

H 4	The prevailing of the water upon the earth 150 days: {24} The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. 167 7:24

E 3	Abatement 8:1-12

G 1	The flood abates; the ark rests on the mountains of Ararat 8:1-5

H 1	God's remembrance: {1} But God remembered 8:1a

J 1	Of Noah: Noah

J 2	Of livestock: and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark;

H 2	God's activity 8:1b-2

J 1	God's causing a wind to pass over the earth, causing the water to subside: and God caused a wind 168 to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. 8:1b

J 2	His closing of the fountains of the deep: {2} Also the fountains of the deep 169 8:2a

J 3	His closing of the floodgates of the heavens: and the floodgates of the sky were closed, 8:2b

J 4	The result – the restraining of the rain from the heavens: and the rain from the sky was restrained; 170

H 3	The results 8:3-5

J 1	At the end of the 150 days, the water began to recede steadily: {3} and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days 171 the water decreased. 8:3

J 2	The resting of the ark on the mountains of Ararat on the 17th day of the 7th month: {4} In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. 172 8:4

J 3	The decreasing of the waters so that the mountain tops were visible on the 1st day of the 10th month:

K1	Water decreases: {5} The water decreased steadily 173 until the tenth month;

K2	Mountain tops become visible: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, 174 the tops of the mountains became visible. 8:5

G 2	Noah's testing of conditions by means of birds 8:6-12

H 1	His sending out a raven after 40 days 8:6-7

J 1	Noah's opening the window and sending out a raven 8:6-7a

K1	His opening of the window: {6} Then it came about at the end of forty days, 175 that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; 8:6

K2	His sending out a raven: {7} and he sent out a raven, 8:7a

J 2	The raven's continual flight until the water on the earth had dried up: and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. 8:7b

H 2	His sending out a dove 8:8-12

J 1	The return of the dove to the ark, finding no resting place 8:8-9

K1	Noah's sending out a dove: {8} Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; 8:8

K2	The futile search: {9} but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, 8:9a

K3	The return of the dove: so she returned to him into the ark, 8:9b

K4	The reason given: for the water was on the surface of all the earth. 8:9c

K5	The action of Noah: Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. 8:9d

J 2	The second return of the dove 7 days later with an olive leaf 8:10-11

K1	Noah's wait: {10} So he waited yet another seven days; 8:10a

K2	The renewed expedition: and again he sent out the dove from the ark. 8:10b

K3	The return of the dove: {11} The dove came to him toward evening, 8:11a

K4	The presence of vegetation: and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. 8:11b

K5	The knowledge of Noah: So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. 8:11c

J 3	The dove's third mission 7 days later – it's failure to return: {12} Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again. 8:12

E 4	Exit: The exit of Noah and his menagerie from the ark at the command of God 8:13-19

G 1	The chronology 8:13-14

H 1	The water's abatement on the 601st year, 1st month, 1st day 8:13

J 1	The time of the event: {13} Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, 176

J 2	The status of the earth: the water was dried up from the earth.

J 3	Noah's removal of the covering: Then Noah removed the covering of the ark,

J 4	His observation of the water's departure: and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.

H 2	The ground's complete drying: {14} In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day 177 of the month, the earth was dry. 8:14

G 2	God's command to Noah 8:15-17

H 1	That humans should exit: {15} Then God spoke to Noah, saying, {16} "Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 8:15-16

H 2	That animals should exit: {17} "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, 8:17

J 1	birds

J 2	and animals

J 3	and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,

H 3	That the animals should thus be able to multiply abundantly: that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

G 3	Noah's obedience 8:18-19

H 1	The exit of the humans: {18} So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. 8:18

H 2	The exit of the animals: {19} Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark. 8:19

B 2	The Blessing of Repopulation Ruined by Total Rebellion Judged By Universal Dispersion 8:20 - 11:9

C 1	The New Beginning: God's blessing, commissioning and covenant with Noah 8:20 - 9:19

D 1	Noah's offering to Yahweh; Yahweh's resolve not to curse the ground nor destroy all living 8:20-22

E 1	Noah's building of an altar to Yahweh: {20} Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, 8:20a

E 2	Noah's offerings upon the altar 8:20b

G 1	and took of every clean animal

G 2	and of every clean bird

G 3	and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

E 3	Yahweh's response to Noah's offering 8:21-22

G 1	His smelling of the aroma of the burnt offerings: {21} The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; 8:21

G 2	His saying to Himself

H 1	His resolve concerning the ground: and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man,

H 2	His reason: "for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth

H 3	His resolve against total destruction: "and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done."

G 3	His assurance of regular cycles without disruption 8:22

H 1	The duration of His assurance: {22} "While the earth remains,

H 2	The cycles to continue without cessation:

J 1	Seedtime and harvest, 178

J 2	And cold and heat,

J 3	And summer and winter,

J 4	And day and night Shall not cease."

D 2	God's blessing of Noah and sons; His commission to repopulate the earth 9:1-7

E 1	God's blessing of Noah and his sons: {1} And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 9:1a

E 2	God's commissioning of Noah and his sons 9:1b

G 1	"Be fruitful 179

G 2	and multiply,

G 3	and fill the earth.

E 3	God's provision for Noah and his sons 9:2-4

G 1	Protection: {2} "The fear of you and the terror of you 180 9:2

H 1	Every beast of the land: will be on every beast of the earth181

H 2	Every fowl of the heavens: and on every bird of the sky;182

H 3	Every "ground creeper": with everything that creeps on the ground, 183

H 4	Every fish of the sea: and all the fish of the sea,

G 2	Authority: into your hand they are given. 184

G 3	Sustenance 185 9:3-4

H 1	Totality: {3} "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; 186 9:3

H 2	Similarity: I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

H 3	Restriction: {4} "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life,187 that is, its blood. 9:4

E 4	God's value of human life 9:5

G 1	God's premium on human life: {5} "Surely I will require your lifeblood; 188

G 2	His holding every animal accountable for taking human life: from every beast I will require it. 189

G 3	His holding man accountable for taking human life: And from every man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man. 190

E 5	God's legislation enforcing the sanctity of human life 9:6

G 1	The target of the law: {6} "Whoever sheds man's blood,

G 2	The substance of the law: By man his blood shall be shed, 191

G 3	The reason for the law: For in the image of God He made man.192

E 6	God's reaffirmation of his Pro-Life / Pro-Reproduction Stance! 9:7

G 1	{7} "As for you, be fruitful

G 2	and multiply;

G 3	Populate the earth abundantly 193

G 4	and multiply in it."

D 3	God's covenant with Noah and descendants, and with wildlife not to destroy the earth by flood, signified by the rainbow 9:8-17

E 1	God's intention to establish His covenant 9:8-10

G 1	With Noah, his sons and their seed 9:8, 9

H 1	His speech to Noah and his sons: {8} Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9:8

H 2	His covenant with them and their descendants: {9} "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant 194 with you, and with your descendants after you; 9:9

G 2	With all animals {10} and with every living creature 195 that is with you, 9:10

H 1	The fowls: the birds,

H 2	The cattle: the cattle,

H 3	Every living thing exiting the ark: and every beast of the earth 196 with you; of all that comes out of the ark,

H 4	Every living thing of the land / earth: even every beast of the earth.

E 2	The substance of God's covenant 9:11

G 1	His resolve: {11} "I establish My covenant with you;

G 2	His protection

H 1	Of all humanity: and all flesh 197 shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood,

H 2	Of the land / earth: neither shall there again be a flood 198 to destroy the earth." 199

E 3	The sign of the covenant 9:12-17

G 1	The parties: Made between – {12} God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between

H 1	God: Me 9:12

H 2	and Man: and you

H 3	and animals: and every living creature that is with you, 200

G 2	The duration: for all successive generations; 201

G 3	The icon: {13} I set My bow 202 in the cloud, 203 9:13

G 4	The purpose of the icon: and it shall be for a sign 204 of a covenant between Me and the earth. 205

G 5	The association – bow in the cloud: {14} "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow 206 will be seen in the cloud, 9:14

G 6	Remembrance: {15} and I will remember My covenant, 207 which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; 208 9:15a

G 7	Promise: and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. 209 9:15b

G 8	Process 9:16

H 1	Trigger: {16} "When the bow is in the cloud,

H 2	Visualization: then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant 210

J 1	between God

J 2	and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." 211

G 9	Summary 9:17

H 1	Sign: {17} And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant 212

H 2	Parties: which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

D 4	Summary statement of Noah's three sons as progenitors of the human race 9:18-19

E 1	Noah's three sons: {18} Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; 213

E 2	Ham and Canaan: and Ham was the father of Canaan. 214

E 3	Repetition: {19} These three were the sons of Noah,

E 4	Repopulation: and from these the whole earth 215 was populated.

C 2	The Seeds of Rebellion: The culmination in the judgment of Babel 9:20 - 11:9

D 1	The seeds of rebellion in the post-flood career of Noah and his sons 9:20 - 10:32

E 1	Noah's post-flood career 9:20-29

G 1	Noah's drunkenness; his subsequent cursing of disrespectful Ham's son Canaan and his blessing of Shem and Japheth 9:20-
27

H 1	Noah's agricultural pursuits: {20} Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. 9:20

H 2	His drunken indiscretion 9:21

J 1	{21} He drank of the wine

J 2	and became drunk, 216

J 3	and uncovered himself inside his tent.

H 3	The deviousness of Ham 9:22

J 1	{22} Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,

J 2	and told his two brothers outside.

H 4	The respect of Shem and Japheth 9:23

J 1	Their covering of their naked father: {23} But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father;

J 2	Their deliberate efforts not to see their father: and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

H 5	The knowledge of Noah: {24} When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 9:24

H 6	Noah's cursing of Ham's son Canaan 9:25

J 1	Canaan is cursed: {25} So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; 217

J 2	Canaan is to be the lowliest of servants to his brothers: A servant of servants 218 He shall be to his brothers." 219

H 7	Noah's blessing of Shem 9:26

J 1	His blessing of Yahweh, Shem's God: {26} He also said, "Blessed 220 be the LORD, The God of Shem;

J 2	His consigning of Canaan to be Shem's servant: And let Canaan be his servant. 221

H 8	Noah's blessing of Japheth 9:27

J 1	Divinely-caused territorial enlargement: {27} "May God enlarge Japheth, 222

J 2	Amicability with Shem: And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; 223

J 3	Servitude by Canaan: And let Canaan be his servant."

G 2	Noah's post-flood time-line 9:28-29

H 1	Noah's life-span after the flood: {28} Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. 9:28

H 2	Noah's total life-span: {29} So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, 224 9:29

H 3	Noah's death: and he died.

SECTION V. WHAT BECAME OF THE SONS OF NOAH. 10:1 - 11:9

E 2	The careers and progeny of Noah's sons: Introductory statement regarding the offspring of Noah's three sons: {1} Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; 225 and sons were born to them after the flood. 226 [10:1] 10

G 1	The sons of Japheth 10:2-5

H 1	The sons of Japheth ben Noah: {2} The sons of Japheth227 were Gomer 228 and Magog and Madai 229 and Javan 230 and Tubal 231 and Meshech 232 and Tiras. 233

H 2	The sons of Gomer ben Japheth: {3} The sons of Gomer234 were Ashkenaz 235 and Riphath 236 and Togarmah. 237

H 3	The sons of Javan ben Japheth: {4} The sons of Javan were Elishah 238 and Tarshish, 239 Kittim 240 and Dodanim.241

H 4	The spread to the coastlands of the nations: {5} From these the coastlands of the nations were separated

J 1	into their lands,

J 2	every one according to his language,

J 3	according to their families,

J 4	into their nations.

G 2	The sons of Ham: {6} The sons of Ham were Cush 242 and Mizraim 243 and Put 244 and Canaan. 245 [10:6] 10:6-12

H 1	The sons of Cush, son of Ham, featuring Nimrod, who established revolutionary kingdoms beginning at Babylon 10:7

J 1	The sons of Cush: {7} The sons of Cush were Seba246 and Havilah 247 and Sabtah 248 and Raamah 249 and Sabteca; 250 10:7a

J 2	The sons of Raamah: and the sons of Raamah were Sheba 251 and Dedan. 252 10:7b

H 2	The exploits of Nimrod descendant of Cush 10:8-12

J 1	His becoming a mighty one on the earth: {8} Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; 253 he became a mighty one 254 on the earth. 10:8

J 2	His reputation as a mighty hunter before the Lord: {9} He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter 255 before the LORD." 10:9

J 3	The beginning of his kingdom – Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar: {10} The beginning of his kingdom was

K1	Babel 256

K2	and Erech 257

K3	and Accad 258

K4	and Calneh, 259 in the land of Shinar. 260 10:10

J 4	His journey to Assyria, building Nineveh, Rehoboth-
Ir, Calah, and Resen: {11} From that land he went forth into Assyria, 261 [10:11a] 10:11-12

K1	and built Nineveh 262 10:11b

K2	and Rehoboth-Ir 263

K3	and Calah, 264

K4	{12} and Resen 265 between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 266 10:12

H 3	The sons of Mizraim, son of Ham: {13} Mizraim 267 became the father of 10:13-14

J 1	Ludim 268 10:13

J 2	and Anamim 269

J 3	and Lehabim 270

J 4	and Naphtuhim 271

J 5	{14} and Pathrusim 272 10:14

J 6	and Casluhim 273 (from which came the Philistines)274

J 7	and Caphtorim. 275

H 4	The sons of previously cursed Canaan, son of Ham 10:15-20

J 1	The sons and clans of Canaan: {15} Canaan became the father of 10:15a-10:18a

K1	Sidon, his firstborn, 276 10:15b

K2	and Heth 277

K3	{16} and the Jebusite 278 10:16

K4	and the Amorite 279

K5	and the Girgashite 280

K6	{17} and the Hivite 281 10:17

K7	and the Arkite 282

K8	and the Sinite 283

K9	{18} and the Arvadite 284 10:18a

K10	and the Zemarite 285

K11	and the Hamathite; 286

J 2	The spread of the Canaanite clans: and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. 10:18b

J 3	The territory of the Canaanites: {19} The territory of the Canaanite extended 10:19

K1	from Sidon 287

K2	as you go toward Gerar, 288

K3	as far as Gaza; 289

K4	as you go toward Sodom 290

K5	and Gomorrah 291

K6	and Admah 292

K7	and Zeboiim, 293

K8	as far as Lasha. 294

H 5	The summary statement of the sons of Ham: {20} These are the sons of Ham, 10:20

J 1	according to their families,

J 2	according to their languages,

J 3	by their lands,

J 4	by their nations.

G 3	The sons of Shem 10:21-31

H 1	The sons of Shem {21} Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, 295 and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. {22} The sons of Shem were 10:21-22

J 1	Elam 296

J 2	and Asshur 297

J 3	and Arpachshad 298

J 4	and Lud 299

J 5	and Aram. 300

H 2	The sons of Aram, son of Shem: {23} The sons of Aram were 20:23

J 1	Uz 301

J 2	and Hul 302

J 3	and Gether 303

J 4	and Mash. 304

H 3	The descendants of Arpachshad, son of Shem 10:24-25

J 1	{24} Arpachshad 305 became the father of Shelah; 306 10:24a

J 2	and Shelah became the father of Eber. 307 10:24b

J 3	{25} Two sons were born to Eber; 308 10:25

K1	the name of the one was Peleg, 309 for in his days the earth was divided; 310

K2	and his brother's name was Joktan. 311

H 4	The sons of Joktan, descendant of Arpachshad, son of Shem 10:26-30

J 1	The sons of Joktan: {26} Joktan became the father of

K1	Almodad 312

K2	and Sheleph 313

K3	and Hazarmaveth 314

K4	and Jerah 315

K5	{27} and Hadoram 316

K6	and Uzal 317

K7	and Diklah 318

K8	{28} and Obal 319

K9	and Abimael 320

K10	and Sheba 321

K11	{29} and Ophir 322

K12	and Havilah 323

K13	and Jobab; 324 all these were the sons of Joktan. 10:26-29

J 2	The settlement of the sons of Joktan: {30} Now their settlement extended from Mesha 325 as you go toward Sephar, 326 the hill country of the east. 10:30

H 5	The summary statement of the sons of Shem: {31} These are the sons of Shem, 10:31

J 1	according to their families,

J 2	according to their languages,

J 3	by their lands,

J 4	according to their nations.

G 4	Summary statement about repopulation of the earth through Noah's sons 10:32

H 1	{32} These are the families of the sons of Noah, 327

H 2	according to their genealogies, 328

H 3	by their nations;

H 4	and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

D 2	The culmination of rebellion at Babel: God's judgmental dispersion of mankind 11:1-9

E 1	Man's Rebellion – Centralization: The purpose of men to build a city and tower as a rallying point in their rebellion against God to unite instead of repopulating the earth 11:1-4

G 1	Condition: Same language: {1} Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. 329 11:1

G 2	Migration: Their movement east to the plain of Shinar 11:2

H 1	Their journey: {2} It came about as they journeyed east,

H 2	Their settlement: that they found a plain in the land of Shinar 330 and settled there.

G 3	Technology: Their technological advance: {3} They said to one another,

H 1	Their proposal: "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." 331

H 2	Their technology

J 1	Bricks: And they used brick for stone,

J 2	Mortar: and they used tar for mortar. 11:3

G 4	Their proposal to build 11:4

H 1	The items to build

J 1	A city: {4} They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city,

J 2	A tower whose top will reach to heaven: and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, 332

H 2	The motives to build

J 1	Pride: and let us make for ourselves a name, 333

J 2	Rebellion: otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." 334

E 2	God's Judgment – Multiplication: His proliferation of man's languages, thus guaranteeing disunity and consequent repopulation of the earth through dispersion 11:5-9

G 1	Inspection: {5} The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 11:5

G 2	Evaluation: 11:6a

H 1	Unity: {6} The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people,

H 2	Communication: and they all have the same language.

G 3	Projection 11:6b

H 1	The novel precedent: And this is what they began to do,

H 2	The unnerving trend: and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. 335

G 4	Determination 11:7

H 1	Disruption: {7} "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language,

H 2	Resultant confusion: so that they will not understand one another's speech."

G 5	Action 11:8

H 1	Global dispersion: {8} So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth;

H 2	Project-halting frustration: and they stopped building the city.

G 6	Explanation 11:9

H 1	Nomenclature: {9} Therefore its name was called Babel,336

H 2	Explanation

J 1	Confusion: because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; 337

J 2	Dispersion: and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. 338

SECTION VI. WHAT BECAME OF SHEM. 11:10-26

A 3	GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL COVENANT OF BLESSING BY SOVEREIGN ELECTION THROUGH FAITH 11:10 - 50:26

B 1	God's Elective Blessing of Abraham 11:10 - 25:18

C 1	The introduction of the one to be blessed: The genealogy from Noah's son Shem to Abram 11:10-32 339

D 1	Shem 11:10-11

E 1	The Title – The generations of Shem: {10} These are the records of the generations of Shem. 340 11:10

E 2	Shem's begetting of Arpachshad at the age of 100

G 1	His age: Shem was one hundred years old,

G 2	The date of his fathering Arpachshad: and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

E 3	Shem's post-Arpachshad career 11:11

G 1	His post-Arpachshad life-span: {11} and Shem lived five hundred years 341 after he became the father of Arpachshad,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 2	Arpachshad 11:12-13

E 1	Arpachshad's begetting of Shelah at the age of 35: {12} Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; 11:12

E 2	Arpachshad's post-Shelah career 11:13

G 1	His post-Shelah life-span: {13} and Arpachshad 342 lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 3	Shelah 11:14-15

E 1	Shelah's begetting of Eber at 30: {14} Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; 11:14

E 2	Shelah's post-Eber career 11:15

G 1	His post-Eber life-span: {15} and Shelah 343 lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 4	Eber 11:16-17

E 1	Eber's begetting of Peleg at 34: {16} Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; 11:16

E 2	Eber's post-Peleg career 11:17

G 1	His post-Peleg life-span: {17} and Eber 344 lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 5	Peleg (Earth divided through language multiplication) 11:18-19

E 1	Peleg's begetting of Reu at 30: {18} Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; 11:18

E 2	Peleg's post-Reu career 11:19

G 1	His post-Reu life-span: {19} and Peleg 345 lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 6	Reu 11:20-21

E 1	Reu's begetting of Serug at 32: {20} Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; 11:20

E 2	Reu's post-Serug career 11:21

G 1	His post-Reu life-span: {21} and Reu 346 lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 7	Serug 11:22-23

E 1	Serug's begetting of Nahor at 30: {22} Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; 11:22

E 2	Serug's post-Nahor career 11:23

G 1	His post-Nahor life-span: {23} and Serug 347 lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 8	Nahor 11:24-25

E 1	Nahor's begetting of Terah at 29: {24} Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah; 11:24

E 2	Nahor's post-Terah career 11:25

G 1	His post-Terah life-span: {25} and Nahor 348 lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah,

G 2	His begetting of other children: and he had other sons and daughters.

D 9	Terah 11:26

E 1	Terah's life of 70 years: {26} Terah lived seventy years,

E 2	His begetting of three sons: and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

SECTION VII. WHAT BECAME OF TERAH. 11:27 - 25:11

D 10	The generations of Terah, including his departure from Ur with Abram and Lot to Haran 11:27-32

E 1	The title: {27} Now these are the records of the generations of Terah.349

E 2	The sons of Terah: Terah became the father of Abram, 350 Nahor and Haran;

E 3	The career of Haran

G 1	His begetting of Lot: and Haran became the father of Lot. 351

G 2	His premature death 11:28

H 1	The time and circumstances of his death: {28} Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth,

H 2	The place of his death: in Ur of the Chaldeans.

E 4	The marriages of Abram and Nahor 11:29-30

G 1	The announcement of their marriages: {29} Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 11:29

G 2	The identities of their wives

H 1	The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; 352

H 2	and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

G 3	The barrenness of Abram's wife: {30} Sarai was barren; she had no child. 353 11:30

E 5	The departure of Terah with part of his family from Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan 11:31

G 1	The names of those accompanying Terah

H 1	{31} Terah took Abram his son,

H 2	and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson,

H 3	and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife;

G 2	Their point of departure: and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans

G 3	Their projected destination: in order to enter the land of Canaan;354

G 4	Their settling in Haran instead: and they went as far as Haran, 355 and settled there.

E 6	The death of Terah in Haran: {32} The days of Terah 356 were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

C 2	The inaugural promise of blessing 12:1-9

D 1	God's promise of universal blessing to and through Abram and his posterity 12:1-3

E 1	The terms of blessing: {1} Now the LORD said to Abram, 357 "Go forth 12:1

G 1	from your country, 358

G 2	And from your relatives 359

G 3	And from your father's house, 360

G 4	To the land which I will show you; 361

E 2	The content of blessing: 12:2-3

G 1	Great nation: {2} And I will make you a great nation, 362

G 2	Blessing: And I will bless you, 363

G 3	Honor: And make your name great; 364

G 4	Command of reciprocal blessing: And so you shall be a blessing;365

G 5	Blessing of friends: {3} And I will bless those who bless you, 366

G 6	Cursing of enemies: And the one who curses you I will curse. 367

G 7	Global blessing: And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." 368

D 2	God's promise of the land of Canaan to Abram's posterity 12:4-9

E 1	Abram's obedience 12:4-6

G 1	The statement of his obedience 12:4

H 1	Abram obeyed Yahweh's command: {4} So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him;

H 2	Lot's accompaniment: and Lot went with him.

H 3	Abram's age: Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 369

G 2	His retinue: {5} Abram took

H 1	Sarai his wife

H 2	and Lot his nephew, 370

H 3	Accumulated possessions: and all their possessions which they had accumulated,

H 4	Accumulated persons in Haran: and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, 12:5a

G 3	His departure to and arrival in Canaan 12:5b

H 1	and they set out for the land of Canaan; 371

H 2	thus they came to the land of Canaan.

G 4	His passage through the land 12:6

H 1	His arrival at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh: {6} Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, 372 to the oak of Moreh. 373

H 2	The presence of Canaanites: Now the Canaanite was then in the land.

E 2	Abram's worship 12:7-9

G 1	Yahweh's confirmation of His promise 12:7a

H 1	His appearance to Abram: {7} The LORD appeared to Abram and said,

H 2	His promise to give Abram's descendants this land: "To your descendants 374 I will give this land." 375

G 2	Abram's response 12:7b-9

H 1	His building an altar to the Lord at Shechem: So he built an altar 376 there to the LORD who had appeared to him. 12:7b

H 2	His worship at Bethel 12:8

J 1	His travel to the mountain east of Bethel: {8} Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, 377 and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east;

J 2	His building an altar: and there he built an altar to the LORD

J 3	His calling on the name of the Lord: and called upon the name of the LORD. 378

H 3	His travel toward the Negev: {9} Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. 379 12:9

C 3	Abram's deceit in his departure from the land of blessing to Egypt 12:10-20

D 1	The beginning problem – the unfavorable circumstance – famine in the land: {10} Now there was a famine in the land; 380 12:10

E 1	Abram's reaction: SURVIVAL DECISION: so Abram went down to Egypt

E 2	Abram's plan: to sojourn there,

E 3	Abram's reason: for the famine was severe 381 in the land.

D 2	The new problem: Abram's concern over the implications of Sarai's beauty 12:11-13

E 1	Abram's growing uneasiness 12:11

G 1	The occasion – coming near to Egypt: {11} It came about when he came near to Egypt,

G 2	The cause – Abram's acknowledgment of Sarai's beauty: that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;

E 2	Abram's projection: {12} and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 12:12

G 1	Of murder: "And they will kill me 382

G 2	Of marriage: "But they will let you live"

E 3	Abram's solution: Deception for the preservation of his life 12:13

G 1	Abram's request – SURVIVAL DECISION: {13} "Please say that you are my sister 383

G 2	Abram's reason:

H 1	so that it may go well with me because of you,

H 2	and that I may live on account of you."

D 3	A further problem: Pharaoh's acquisition of Sarai for his harem 12:14-16

E 1	The observation of Sarai's beauty: {14} It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 384 12:14

E 2	The recommendation to Pharaoh: {15} Pharaoh's 385 officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; 12:15a

E 3	The taking of Sarai into Pharaoh's house: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 12:15b

E 4	The dowry accorded Abram 12:16

G 1	{16} Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake;

G 2	and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. 386

D 4	A final problem: God's solution: Calamity strikes Pharaoh 12:17-20

E 1	Pharaoh's calamity: {17} But the LORD struck 387 Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 12:17

E 2	The nature of the problem: Pharaoh's disbelief at the dishonesty of chosen Abram 12:18-19

G 1	What have you done to me? {18} Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? 388 12:18

G 2	Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

G 3	Why did you tell me she was your sister? {19} "Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? 12:19a

E 3	Pharaoh's banishment of Abram 12:19-20

G 1	His return of Sarai: Now then, here is your wife, 12:19b

G 2	His command to leave: take her and go." 389 12:19c

G 3	His provision of an escort: {20} Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted 390 him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him. 12:20

C 4	Elective spill-over: God's protection of Lot through blessed Abram's rescue 13:1 - 14:24

D 1	The Divinely engineered separation of Abram from Lot in Canaan 13:1-18

E 1	Abram's gracious permission of Lot to select the Jordan valley to avoid strife over grazing rights 13:1-13

G 1	Return to Canaan 13:1-4

H 1	Departure 13:1

J 1	His destination: So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, 391

J 2	His retinue and possessions: he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

H 2	Accumulated Wealth: {2} Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. 392 13:2

H 3	Return 13:3

J 1	To Bethel: {3} He went on his journeys 393 from the Negev 394 as far as Bethel,

J 2	His prior residence: to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, 395 between Bethel and Ai,

H 4	Resumption of Communication with God 13:4

J 1	Where precisely? {4} to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly;

J 2	What did he do? and there Abram called 396 on the name of the LORD.

G 2	Complication in Canaan 13:5-13

H 1	Additional accumulation by Lot: {5} Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 13:5

H 2	Incompatibility 13:6

J 1	Fact: {6} And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together,

J 2	Reason: Why? for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

H 3	Resultant Strife 13:7

J 1	{7} And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock.

J 2	Now the Canaanite 397 and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

H 4	Initiative for Peace 13:8

J 1	{8} So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife 398 between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen,

J 2	Why? for we are brothers.

H 5	Urge to Separate: {9} "Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me;

H 6	Option to Choose First 13:9

J 1	if to the left, then I will go to the right;

J 2	or if to the right, then I will go to the left."

H 7	Lot's Choice 13:10-11

J 1	His Look: {10} Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere 399 13:10

J 2	Time: – this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah

J 3	Comparison #1: – like the garden of the LORD,

J 4	Comparison #2: like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

J 5	His Choice: {11} So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, 13:11

J 6	Their Separation: and Lot journeyed eastward. 400 Thus they separated 401 from each other. 13:11

H 8	Residence 13:12

J 1	{12} Abram settled 402 in the land of Canaan,

J 2	while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.

H 9	Premonition: {13} Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners 403 against the LORD. 13:13

E 2	Yahweh's consequent confirmation to Abram of His promise of the land of Canaan and numerous descendants 13:14-18

G 1	Yahweh's affirmation 13:14-17

H 1	Communication 13:14

J 1	The occasion: {14} The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him,

J 2	The call to visualize: "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

H 2	Gift of Land {15} for all the land which you see, I will give it 13:15

J 1	Individual graciousness: to you

J 2	Posterity graciousness: and to your descendants 404

J 3	Eternal graciousness: forever. 405

H 3	Gift of Innumerable Descendants: {16} "I will make your descendants 406 as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

H 4	Challenge to Walk in the Land by Faith: {17} "Arise, walk about the land 407 through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you."

G 2	Abram's response 13:18

H 1	His move to Hebron: {18} Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, 408

H 2	His building an altar to Yahweh: and there he built an altar to the LORD.

D 2	Blessed Abram's rescue of Lot 14:1-24

E 1	The capture of Sodom and Lot by a four-king Iranian Confederation 14:1-12

G 1	The Siddim Valley Revolt 14:1-4

H 1	Mesopotamian Confederacy 14:1

J 1	{1} And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, 409

J 2	Arioch king of Ellasar,

J 3	Chedorlaomer king of Elam,

J 4	and Tidal king of Goiim, 14:1

H 2	War: {2} that they made war 410 14:2a

H 3	Siddim Valley Confederacy 14:2b

J 1	with Bera king of Sodom, 411

J 2	and with Birsha king of Gomorrah,

J 3	Shinab king of Admah,

J 4	and Shemeber king of Zeboiim,

J 5	and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

H 4	Location: {3} All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 412 14:3

H 5	Servitude: {4} Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, 413 14:4a

H 6	Revolt: but the thirteenth year they rebelled. 14:4b

G 2	The Palestinian Invasion 14:5-7

H 1	Timing: {5} In the fourteenth year 14:5a

H 2	The invaders: Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him,

H 3	The conquered: came and defeated

J 1	the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim 414

J 2	and the Zuzim in Ham 415

J 3	and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 416

J 4	Horites in Mt. Seir: {6} and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, 417 which is by the wilderness. 14:6

J 5	En-Mishpat (Kadesh): {7} Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), 418 and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, 419 14:7

J 6	Hazazon-Tamar: and also the Amorites, 420 who lived in Hazazon-tamar. 421

G 3	Siddim Valley Invasion 14:8-12

H 1	Battle Array 14:8-9

J 1	The Siddim Valley Coalition: {8} And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim, 14:8

J 2	Vs. the Mesopotamian Confederation: {9} against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar – four kings against five. 14:9

H 2	Road Hazards: {10} Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; 42214:10

H 3	Defeat and Disarray 14:10

J 1	Flight: and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,

J 2	Entrapment: and they fell into them. 423

J 3	Survivors: But those who survived fled to the hill country.

H 4	Looting: {11} Then they took 424 all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed. 14:11

H 5	Capture: {12} They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. 14:12

E 2	Counterattack! Abram's daring rescue of Lot and the Sodomites 14:13-16

G 1	Information: {13} Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. 425 14:13

G 2	Association: Now he was living by the oaks of

H 1	Mamre the Amorite,

H 2	brother of Eshcol

H 3	and brother of Aner,

G 3	Alliance: and these were allies with Abram.

G 4	Pursuit: {14} When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, 426 and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 427

G 5	Battle Tactics 14:15a

H 1	Dividing up his forces: {15} He divided his forces 428 against them

H 2	Surprise, night-time attack: by night, 429 he and his servants,

G 6	Success: and defeated them, 14:15b

G 7	Pursuit: and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 430 14:15c

G 8	Repossession: {16} He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people. 14:16

E 3	The Welcoming Party of Two Kings: Abram's encounter with the kings of Jerusalem and Sodom 14:17-24

G 1	Melchizedek's priestly blessing of God and Abram 14:17-20

H 1	Return: {17} Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, 14:17a

H 2	Welcoming Committee: 14:17b-18

J 1	The king of Sodom: the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). 431 14:17b

J 2	Melchizedek: {18} And Melchizedek 432 king of Salem 433 brought out bread and wine; 434 now he was a priest 435 of God Most High. 436 14:18

H 3	Blessing 14:19-20

J 1	Melchizedek blessed Abram: {19} He blessed him 437 and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 438 14:19

J 2	Melchizedek blessed God: {20} And blessed be God Most High, 439 Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." 14:20a

H 4	Tithe – Abram's tithe to God through Melchizedek: He gave him a tenth of all.440 14:20b

G 2	Abram's refusal of remuneration from Bera, the King of Sodom 14:21-24

H 1	Endowment offer: {21} The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself." 14:21

H 2	Abram's refusal to the king of Sodom 14:22-24

J 1	His Person of his prior oath: {22} Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

J 2	The substance of his oath: {23} that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours,

J 3	The purpose of his oath: for fear you would say, 'I have made Abram rich.' 441

J 4	The exception to his oath: {24} "I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share."

C 5	God's reinforcement of His promise to Abram through an unconditional covenant, the Abrahamic Covenant. 15:1-21 BELIEVING IN THE DEPENDABILITY OF GOD

D 1	Yahweh's appearance promising protection and numerous descendants to Abram, believing, thus justified 15:1-6

E 1	God's communication to Abram: {1} After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, 15:1

G 1	Fear: "Do not fear, Abram,

G 2	Shield: I am a shield to you; 442

G 3	Reward: Your reward shall be very great." 443

E 2	Abram's response: Concern over lack of blood heirs 15:2-3

G 1	His childlessness: {2} Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, 44415:2a

G 2	His heir: and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" 15:2b

G 3	His explanation of inheritance problem: {3} And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir." 15:3

E 3	God's reply to Abram 15:4-5

G 1	Rebuttal: {4} Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; 15:4a

G 2	Reaffirmation 15:4b-5

H 1	Of his own seed to be his heir: but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir." 15:4

H 2	Of countless seed (Object lesson): {5} And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." 445 15:5

E 4	Abram's response of faith: {6} Then he believed in the LORD; 15:6a

E 5	God's judicial response of justification: and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. 446 15:6b

D 2	Yahweh's repeated promise of Canaan to Abram; Abram's request for confirmation 15:7-8

E 1	His reminder of His gift of this land to Abram: {7} And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it." 447 15:7

E 2	Abram's request for assurance: {8} He said, "O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?" 448 15:8

D 3	Yahweh's unconditional, unilateral, blood covenant of the land to Abram's descendants 15:9-21

E 1	God's instruction to prepare for a sacrifice 15:9-10

G 1	God's request for animals: {9} So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 15:9

G 2	Abram's compliance 15:10

H 1	Bringing the animals: {10} Then he brought all these to Him 449

H 2	Dividing the animals: and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

E 2	God's delay 15:11-12a

G 1	Abram's need to defend the sacrifice: {11} The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 450 15:11

G 2	The delay until the end of the day: {12} Now when the sun was going down, 451 15:12a

E 3	God's communication 15:12b-21

G 1	The sleep of Abram 15:12b

H 1	Deep sleep: a deep sleep 452 fell upon Abram;

H 2	Terror: and behold, terror

H 3	Great darkness: and great darkness fell upon him. 453

G 2	The prophecy concerning the future 15:13-16

H 1	His descendants' future migration 15:13-1

J 1	Migration: {13} God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, 454 15:13a

J 2	Enslavement: where they will be enslaved and oppressed 455 four hundred years. 15:13b

J 3	Justice: {14} "But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, 456 5:14a

J 4	Deliverance: and afterward they will come out 15:14b

J 5	Enrichment: with many possessions. 457 5:14c

H 2	Abram's personal future 15:15

J 1	Peace in death: {15} "As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; 458

J 2	Longevity: you will be buried at a good old age.

H 3	His descendants' future return 15:16

J 1	The time and place of return – Canaan: {16} "Then in the fourth generation 459 they will return here,

J 2	A factor in the delayed return: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete." 460

G 3	God's unilateral sealing of His covenant 15:17

H 1	The time: After sunset. {17} It came about when the sun had set, 461

H 2	The condition – very dark: that it was very dark,

H 3	The specter

J 1	A smoking oven: and behold, there appeared a smoking oven

J 2	A flaming torch: and a flaming torch 462

H 4	The action: which passed between these pieces. 463

G 4	The terms of Yahweh's Unilateral Blood-Covenant with Abram 15:18-21

H 1	The author: {18} On that day the LORD made a covenant464 with Abram, saying, 15:18a

H 2	The land: "To your descendants I have given this land, 465 15:18b

H 3	The boundaries: From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: 46615:18c

H 4	The peoples to be displaced 15:19-21

J 1	Kenite, Kenizzite, Kadmonite: {19} the Kenite 467 and the Kenizzite 468 and the Kadmonite 469 15:19

J 2	Hittite, Perizzite, Rephaim: {20} and the Hittite470 and the Perizzite 471 and the Rephaim 472 15:20

J 3	Amorite, Canaanite, Girgashite, Jebusite: {21} and the Amorite 473 and the Canaanite 474 and the Girgashite 475 and the Jebusite." 476 15:21

C 6	The birth of Ishmael as a human device to fulfill God's promise of blessing 16

D 1	Human Impatience: Sarai's ill-advised offering of Hagar 477 as wife to Abram to raise up seed for Abram and herself 16:1-6

E 1	Problem # 1: Barrenness: Sarai had borne no children 16:1-3

G 1	Proposed Solution: Hagar 16:1-2

H 1	Sarai's inability: {1} Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, 478 16:1

H 2	Sarai's possession: and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. 479 16:1b

H 3	Sarai's acknowledgment: {2} So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. 16:2a

H 4	Sarai's advice: Please go in to my maid; 16:2b

H 5	Sarai's motive: perhaps I will obtain children through her."480 16:2c

G 2	Action 16:2d-4

H 1	Abram's listening to Sarai: And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 481 16:2d

H 2	The time: {3} After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, 16:3a

H 3	Sarai's gift: Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.482 16:3b

H 4	Abram and Hagar's success: {4} He went in to Hagar, 483 and she conceived; 16:4a

E 2	Resultant Problem #2: Friction 16:4b-6

G 1	Hagar toward Sarai: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight. 484 16:4b

G 2	Sarai toward Abram: 16:5 {5} And Sarai said to Abram,

H 1	Her blaming of her husband: "May the wrong done me be upon you. 485

H 2	Her description: I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight.

H 3	Her asking Yahweh for vindication at the expense of her husband: May the LORD judge between you and me." 486

G 3	New Solution – Discipline: {6} But Abram said to Sarai, 16:6a

H 1	Abram's counsel

J 1	Ownership: Behold, your maid is in your power. 487

J 2	Discipline: Do to her what is good in your sight. 488

H 2	Sarai's action: So Sarai treated her harshly,

E 3	Yet another problem #3 – Runaway Maid : and she fled from her presence. 489 16:6b

D 2	Divine Intervention 490 16:7-12

E 1	Divine Discovery: {7} Now the angel of the LORD 491 found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 492 16:7

E 2	Divine Question: {8} He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?" 16:8a

E 3	Hagar's response: And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai." 16:8b

E 4	Divine Command: {9} Then the angel of the LORD said to her, 16:9

G 1	Return: "Return to your mistress,

G 2	Submit: and submit yourself to her authority."

E 5	Divine Promises: 16:10-12

G 1	Promise of multiplication of her distant descendants: {10} Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count." 493 16:10

G 2	Promise regarding her immediate descendant 16:11-12

H 1	Acknowledgment of conception: {11} The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child,

H 2	Identification of gender: And you will bear a son;

H 3	Prescription of name: And you shall call his name Ishmael,494

H 4	Logic: Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction. 495

H 5	Depiction of Character 16:12

J 1	Independent, self-sufficient: {12} "He will be a wild donkey of a man, 496

J 2	Adversarial: His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; 497

J 3	Location / hostility: And he will live to the east of all his brothers." 498 16:12

D 3	Human Obedience: Hagar's appreciative, submissive return, bearing Abram Ishmael 16:13-16

E 1	Hagar's gratefulness: {13} Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; 499 16:13a

E 2	Hagar's amazement: for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing him?" 500 16:13b

E 3	Hagar's memorial: {14} Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-
roi;501 behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 16:14

E 4	Hagar's (implied) return and submission

G 1	Hagar's delivery: {15} So Hagar bore Abram a son; 16:15a

G 2	Abram's obedience: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.502 16:15b

G 3	Abram's age: {16} Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. 16:16

C 7	God's requirement of circumcision as a sign 503 of Abraham's acceptance of the reconfirmed covenant to be perpetuated through Isaac 17

D 1	The Confirmation of the Covenant: Requirement and Blessings: El Shaddai's confirmation of His covenant with Abram conditioned upon his fellowship and obedience 17:1-8

E 1	The appearance of God 17:1-3a

G 1	Abram's age: 99 17:1 {1} Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, 504 17:1a

G 2	Yahweh's revelation: the LORD appeared to Abram 17:1b

G 3	Yahweh's identification of Himself: and said to him, "I am God Almighty; 505 17:1c

G 4	Yahweh's commission: Walk before Me and be blameless. 506 17:1d

G 5	Yahweh's confirmation: 17:2 {2} "I will establish My covenant between Me and you, 507 17:2a

G 6	Yahweh's blessing: And I will multiply you exceedingly." 508 17:2b

G 7	Abram's reaction – humility: {3} Abram fell on his face, 17:3a

E 2	God's further comments 17:3b-8

G 1	Communication: and God talked with him, saying, 17:3b

G 2	Confirmation: {4} "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, 509 17:4a

G 3	Internationalism: And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. 510 17:4b

G 4	Name Change 17:5

H 1	Old name: {5} "No longer shall your name be called Abram, 511

H 2	New name: But your name shall be Abraham; 512

H 3	Significance: For I will make you 513 the father of a multitude of nations. 514

G 5	Fruitfulness: {6} "I will make you exceedingly fruitful, 515 17:6a

G 6	Nationalism: and I will make nations 516 of you, 17:6b

G 7	Royalty: and kings 517 will come forth from you.

G 8	Covenant: 17:7a

H 1	The instigator of the covenant: {7} "I will establish My covenant 518

H 2	The primary participants: between Me and you

H 3	The descendant participants: and your descendants 519 after you

H 4	The generational participants: throughout their generations

H 5	The perpetual time-frame of the covenant: for an everlasting covenant, 520

G 9	Motive: to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 17:7b

G 10	Land

H 1	The Giver: {8} "I will give

H 2	The grantees

J 1	to you

J 2	and to your descendants after you,

H 3	The bequest

J 1	the land of your sojournings,

J 2	all the land of Canaan, 521

H 4	The length of the grant: for an everlasting possession; 522

G 11	Relationship: and I will be their God." 523 17:8

D 2	The Sign of the Confirmed Covenant: Elohim's institution of circumcision as a mandatory sign of participation in the covenant by Abraham and descendants 17:9-14

E 1	Obligation: {9} God said further to Abraham, 17:9

G 1	"Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you

G 2	and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

E 2	Circumcision 17:10-12

G 1	Covenant: {10} "This is My covenant, 524

G 2	Obligation: which you shall keep,

H 1	between Me and you

H 2	and your descendants after you:

G 3	Totality: every male among you

G 4	Ceremony: shall be circumcised.

G 5	Location: {11} "And you shall be circumcised 525 in the flesh of your foreskin, 526

G 6	Signification: and it shall be the sign of the covenant 527 between Me and you. 17:11

G 7	Status / Age: {12} "And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised 528

G 8	Perpetuity: throughout your generations,

G 9	Extent – even servants / slaves:

H 1	Born slaves: a servant who is born in the house

H 2	Purchased slaves: or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants. 17:12

H 3	Repetition: {13} "A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised;

G 10	The sign of the perpetual covenant: thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 529

E 3	Penalty 17:14

G 1	Violation: {14} "But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin,

G 2	Penalty: that person shall be cut off from his people; 530

G 3	Reason: he has broken My covenant."

D 3	The Specification of the Covenant: Elohim's revelation of Sarah as the blessed bearer of Isaac as the covenantal child 17:15-22

E 1	Sarai's name change {15} Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, 17:15

G 1	you shall not call her name Sarai,

G 2	but Sarah 531 shall be her name.

E 2	Reason 17:16

G 1	Blessing! {16} "I will bless her, 532

G 2	Son: and indeed I will give you a son by her. 533

G 3	Blessing! Then I will bless her, 534

G 4	Mother of nations: and she shall be a mother of nations; 535

G 5	Mother of kings of multiple peoples: kings of peoples will come from her." 536

E 3	Abraham's Reaction: 17:17-18

G 1	Amusement 17:17

H 1	Prostration: {17} Then Abraham fell on his face

H 2	Laughter: and laughed, 537

H 3	Inner thoughts: and said in his heart,

J 1	"Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old?

J 2	And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

G 2	Request: {18} And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!" 17:18

E 4	God's Response 17:19-22

G 1	Exclusion: {19} But God said, "No, 538 17:19

H 1	Birth of a son by Sarah: but Sarah your wife will bear you a son,

H 2	Name: and you shall call his name Isaac; 539

H 3	Covenant

J 1	With Isaac: and I will establish My covenant with him

J 2	Eternal covenant: for an everlasting covenant 540

J 3	With Isaac's descendants: for his descendants after him. 541

G 2	Affirmation 17:20

H 1	Hearing: {20} "As for Ishmael, I have heard you; 542

H 2	Blessing

J 1	Blessing: behold, I will bless him,

J 2	Fruitful: and will make him fruitful

J 3	Prolific: and will multiply him exceedingly. 543

J 4	Father of royalty: He shall become the father of twelve princes,

J 5	Great nation: and I will make him a great nation.

G 3	Repetition

H 1	Covenant: {21} "But My covenant I will establish

H 2	Target: with Isaac, 544 17:21

H 3	Mother: whom Sarah will bear to you

H 4	Time: at this season next year."

G 4	Departure {22} When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. 17:22

D 4	The Acceptance of the Covenant: Abraham's prompt and obedient circumcision of his household 17:23-27

E 1	Abraham's obedience in circumcision 17:23

G 1	The completeness: All the males.

H 1	{23} Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, 545

H 2	and all the servants 546 who were born in his house

H 3	and all who were bought with his money,

H 4	every male among the men of Abraham's household,

G 2	The action: and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin

G 3	The promptness: in the very same day, 547

G 4	The compliance: as God had said to him.

E 2	The time of the circumcision 17:24-27

G 1	Abraham's age: {24} Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:24.

G 2	Ishmael's age: {25} And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

G 3	The day of the circumcision: {26} In the very same day 548 Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 17:26

G 4	The extent of the circumcision 17:27

H 1	{27} All the men of his household,

J 1	who were born in the house

J 2	or bought with money from a foreigner,

H 2	were circumcised with him.

C 8	God's confirmation of Isaac to Sarah 18:1-15

D 1	Abraham's provision of hospitality for three visitors including Yahweh 18:1-8

E 1	The appearance of Yahweh to Abraham 18:1

G 1	The identification of the visitor: {1} Now the LORD appeared to him 549

G 2	The place: by the oaks of Mamre,

G 3	The circumstance: while he was sitting at the tent door

G 4	The time: in the heat of the day.

E 2	The actions of Abraham 18:2-8

G 1	His sighting: {2} When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men 550 were standing opposite him;

G 2	His alacrity: and when he saw them, he ran 551 from the tent door to meet them

G 3	His subservience

H 1	His prostration: and bowed himself to the earth,

H 2	His polite address: {3} and said, "My lord, 552 if now I have found favor in your 553 sight, 18:3a

G 4	His offer of hospitality 18:3-5

H 1	His invitation: please do not pass your servant by. 554 18:3b

H 2	His offer of cleansing: {4} "Please let 555 a little water be brought and wash your feet, 556

H 3	His offer of shaded rest: and rest yourselves under the tree;

H 4	His offer of food: {5} and I will bring you a piece of bread, so that you may refresh yourselves;

H 5	Permission: after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant."

H 6	Acceptance: And they said, "So do, as you have said."

G 5	His preparations 18:6-8

H 1	His haste 18:6

J 1	{6} Abraham hurried 557 into the tent to Sarah,

J 2	and said, "Quickly,

H 2	Of cakes – instructions to Sarah:

J 1	prepare three measures of fine flour,

J 2	knead it

J 3	and make bread cakes."

H 3	Of meat

J 1	His haste: {7} Abraham also ran to the herd,

J 2	His selection: and took a tender and choice calf 558

J 3	His delegation: and gave it to the servant,

J 4	Hasty preparation: and he hurried to prepare it.

H 4	Of drink

J 1	{8} He took curds 559

J 2	and milk

H 5	Of meat: and the calf which he had prepared,

G 6	His serving of the meal

H 1	Presentation: and placed it before them;

H 2	Attending: and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate. 560

D 2	Yahweh's prediction of Sarah's bearing a son in one year 18:9-15

E 1	The query of the trio 18:9

G 1	Their question: {9} Then they said to him, 561 "Where is Sarah your wife?" 562

G 2	Abraham's response: And he said, "There, in the tent."

E 2	The leader's reconfirmation 18:10

G 1	Return visit: {10} He said, "I will surely return to you 563

G 2	Time: at this time next year; 564

G 3	Prediction: and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son."

E 3	Sarah's reaction 18:10b-12

G 1	Her overhearing: And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him. 18:10b

G 2	Her condition, and that of her husband 18:11

H 1	Their age: {11} Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; 565

H 2	Her menopause: Sarah was past childbearing. 566

G 3	Her cynicism 18:12

H 1	Her laughter: {12} Sarah laughed to herself, saying,

H 2	Her age: "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure,567

H 3	Her husband's age: my lord being old also?"

E 4	Yahweh's scolding conversation about and to Sarah 18:13-15

G 1	His accusation to Abraham: {13} And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, 568 saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?' 18:13

G 2	His query about omnipotence: {14} "Is anything too difficult 569 for the LORD? 18:14a

G 3	His repetition 18:14b

H 1	Appointed time: At the appointed time I will return to you,570

H 2	Specific time: at this time next year,

H 3	Result: and Sarah will have a son."

G 4	Sarah's denial 18:15

H 1	Denial: {15} Sarah denied it however, saying, "I did not laugh";

H 2	Motive: for she was afraid. 571

G 5	Yahweh's rebuttal: And He said, "No, but you did laugh." 572

C 9	Elective Spill-over: God's preservation of Lot on account of blessed Abraham 18:16 - 19:38

D 1	Yahweh's revelation to Abraham of judgment on Sodom 18:16-33

E 1	Yahweh's revelation to blessed Abraham of His intention to scrutinize Sodom's grievous sin 18:16-21

G 1	The visitors' focus upon Sodom 18:16

H 1	The movement of the men: {16} Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; 573

H 2	The accompaniment of Abraham: and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.

G 2	Yahweh's question about revealing his plans to Abraham 18:17-
19

H 1	The question: {17} The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18:17

H 2	The rationale: No, because of Abraham's position as 18:18-19

J 1	Father of a future great nation: {18} since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, 18:18a

J 2	Source of international blessing: and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? 18:18b

J 3	Chosen by Yahweh: {19} "For I have chosen him, 18:19a

J 4	Teacher of Yahweh's way of righteousness: so that he may command his children and his household after him 574 to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, 575 18:19b

J 5	To permit Yahweh's fulfillment: so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him." 576 18:19c

G 3	Yahweh's analysis of Sodom and Gomorrah 18:20

H 1	Their cry is great: {20} And the LORD said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great,

H 2	Their sin is exceedingly heavy: and their sin is exceedingly grave.

G 4	Yahweh's resolve to scrutinize more closely 18:21

H 1	His intention to descend to Sodom and Gomorrah: {21} "I will go down now,

H 2	His objective – to see if matters are as bad as the reports He has received: and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; 577

H 3	The final outcome: and if not, I will know."

G 5	The departure of two of the men 18:22

H 1	The destination of their departure: {22} Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, 578

H 2	The situation of Abraham and Yahweh: while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

E 2	Abraham's bargaining with God to spare the city if sufficient righteous can be found 18:23-33

G 1	Abraham's concern for Lot 18:23-24

H 1	His stepping closer: {23} Abraham came near and said, 18:23a

H 2	His question: "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 57918:23b

H 3	His hypothetical case: {24} "Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; 18:24a

H 4	His resultant question: will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? 18:24b

G 2	Abraham's concern for Yahweh's justice 18:25-26

H 1	His protest: {25} "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, 18:25a

H 2	His analysis: so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. 18:25b

H 3	His repeated protest: Far be it from You! 18:25c

H 4	His hortatory question: Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" 580 18:25d

H 5	Yahweh's response 18:26

J 1	Fifty righteous: {26} So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,

J 2	Judgment canceled: then I will spare the whole place on their account." 581

G 3	Abraham's bargaining 18:27-32

H 1	Abraham's second offer 18:27-28

J 1	Abraham's humility: {27} And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. 18:27

J 2	Abraham's proposal: {28} "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" 18:28a

J 3	Adonai's response: And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." 18:28b

H 2	Abraham's third offer 18:29

J 1	Abraham's persistence: {29} He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?"

J 2	Adonai's reply: And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty."

H 3	Abraham's fourth offer 18:30

J 1	Abraham's timidity: {30} Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak;

J 2	Abraham's proposal: suppose thirty are found there?"

J 3	Adonai's reply: And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

H 4	Abraham's fifth offer 18:31

J 1	Abraham's uneasiness: {31}And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord;

J 2	Abraham's proposal: suppose twenty are found there?"

J 3	Adonai's reply: And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty."

H 5	Abraham's sixth (and final) offer 18:32

J 1	Abraham's cringing: 32Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once;

J 2	Abraham's proposal: suppose ten are found there?"582

J 3	Adonai's reply: And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

G 4	The departure 18:33

H 1	Yahweh's departure: {33} As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the LORD departed,

H 2	Abraham's return: and Abraham returned to his place.

D 2	Yahweh's merciful rescue of Lot from Sodom for Abraham's sake 19

E 1	Lot's scandal-marred hospitality of two angels 19:1-11

G 1	The meeting 19:1

H 1	The arrival of the angels

J 1	The place: {1} Now the two angels 583 came to Sodom

J 2	The time: in the evening

J 3	The circumstance: as Lot 584 was sitting in the gate of Sodom.

H 2	The response of Lot

J 1	Observation: When Lot saw them,

J 2	Action: he rose to meet them

J 3	Respect: and bowed down with his face to the ground.

G 2	Lot's extension of hospitality 19:2-3

H 1	His address: {2} And he said, "Now behold, my lords, 585

H 2	His invitation

J 1	Lodging: please turn aside into your servant's house,

J 2	Anticipated time: and spend the night,

J 3	Cleansing: and wash your feet;

J 4	Departure: then you may rise early and go on your way."

H 3	Their refusal: They said however, "No, but we shall spend the night in the square."

H 4	Lot's insistence: {3} Yet he urged them strongly, 586 19:3a

H 5	Their acceptance: so they turned aside to him and entered his house; 58719:3b

H 6	Meal preparation 19:3c

J 1	and he prepared a feast for them, 588

J 2	and baked unleavened bread,

H 7	Partaking: and they ate. 19:3d

G 3	The attempted gang-rape of the angels by the men of the city 19:4-11

H 1	The time: {4} Before they lay down, 58919:4a

H 2	The participants 19:4b

J 1	The gender: the men of the city,

J 2	The location: the men of Sodom,

J 3	The tactic: surrounded the house,

J 4	The age: both young and old,

J 5	The inclusion: all the people

J 6	The extent: from every quarter; 590

H 3	Their evil request 19:5

J 1	The object of their address: {5} and they called to Lot and said to him,

J 2	Their target: "Where are the men 591 who came to you tonight?

J 3	Their demand: Bring them out to us

J 4	Their evil goal: that we may have relations with them." 592

H 4	Lot's desperate attempt to defuse the situation 19:6-8

J 1	His action: {6} But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

J 2	His rebuke: {7} and said, "Please, my brothers, 593 do not act wickedly. 594

J 3	His sordid alternative – his two virgin daughters: {8} "Now behold, I have two daughters 595 who have not had relations with man;

J 4	His offer: please let me bring them out to you,

J 5	His permission: and do to them whatever you like;

J 6	His plea for restraint: only do nothing to these men,

J 7	His reason: inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof."

H 5	The men's evil response 19:9

J 1	Their reply: {9} But they said, "Stand aside." 596

J 2	Their resentment: Furthermore, they said, "This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; 597

J 3	Their revenge: now we will treat you worse than them." 598

J 4	Their forcible assault: So they pressed hard against Lot

J 5	Their near success: and came near to break the door.599

H 6	The angels' rescue of Lot 19:10-11

J 1	Their action: {10} But the men 600 reached out their hands

J 2	Their rescue: and brought Lot into the house with them, 601

J 3	Their protection: and shut the door.

J 4	Their judgment: {11} They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, 602

J 5	Their success: so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway. 603

E 2	The angels' frantic rescue of Lot's family 19:12-22

G 1	The angels' evacuation notice 19:12-13

H 1	The mens' question: {12} Then the two men said to Lot, "Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, 19:12a

H 2	The mens' command: bring them out of the place; 19:12b

H 3	The mens' reason 19:13

J 1	Impending destruction: {13} for we are about to destroy this place, 604

J 2	Because of immense evil: because their outcry has become so great before the LORD

J 3	Because of Divine command: that the LORD has sent us to destroy it."

G 2	Lot's futile pleading with his sons-in-law-to-be 19:14

H 1	His urgent plea: {14} Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city."

H 2	Their blind refusal: But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

G 3	The angels' redoubled urgency 19:15-16

H 1	The time of the appeal: {15} When morning dawned,

H 2	The content of the appeal: the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here,

H 3	The reason for the appeal: or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."

H 4	The hesitation of Lot: {16} But he hesitated. 19:16a

G 4	The angels' compelling of Lot to exit 19:16-17

H 1	Their seizure: So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters,

H 2	The reason: for the compassion of the LORD was upon him;

H 3	Their action: and they brought him out, and put him outside the city. 19:16

H 4	The command of one: {17} When they had brought them outside, one said, 19:17

J 1	"Escape for your life!

J 2	Do not look behind you,

J 3	and do not stay anywhere in the valley;

J 4	escape to the mountains, 605

H 5	His reason: or you will be swept away."

G 5	Lot's plea for mercy 19:18-22

H 1	His demurral: {18} But Lot said to them, "Oh no, my lords! 19:18

H 2	His recognition of mercy 19:19

J 1	{19} "Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight,

J 2	and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life;

H 3	His objection: but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

H 4	His request 19:20a

J 1	{20} now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small.

J 2	Please, let me escape there (is it not small?)

H 5	His reason: that my life may be saved." 19:20b

H 6	The angel's reply 19:21-22

J 1	Acquiescence: {21} He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. 19:21

J 2	Haste: {22} "Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." 19:22a

J 3	Editorial footnote: Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar. 606 19:22b

G 6	The time of Lot's escape: {23} The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

E 3	The judgment of Yahweh 19:23-29

G 1	The fiery nature of the judgment 19:24

H 1	The cities: {24} Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah

H 2	The substance: brimstone and fire

H 3	The source: from the LORD out of heaven, 607

G 2	The extent of the judgment 19:25

H 1	Cities: {25} and He overthrew those cities,

H 2	Surrounding region: and all the valley, 608

H 3	Inhabitants: and all the inhabitants of the cities,

H 4	Vegetation: and what grew on the ground.

G 3	The tragic consequence of disobedience 19:26

H 1	The disobedience of Lot's wife: {26} But his wife, 609 from behind him, looked back,

H 2	Her fate: and she became a pillar of salt.

G 4	Abraham's role in the tragedy 19:27-29

H 1	His inquisitiveness 19:27-28

J 1	His movement: {27} Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD;

J 2	His gaze: {28} and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw,

H 2	The conflagration: and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

H 3	God's remembrance 19:29

J 1	His destruction: {29} Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley,

J 2	His remembrance: that God remembered Abraham,

J 3	His sparing of Lot: and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

E 4	Epilogue: Lot's tragic incest 19:30-38

G 1	Lot's subsequent departure to the mountain 19:30

H 1	His departure: {30} Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him;

H 2	His reason: for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; 610

H 3	His living quarters: and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

G 2	His daughter's statement of their dilemma 19:31

H 1	Age: {31} Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old,

H 2	Absence of character: and there is not a man on earth 611 to come in to us after the manner of the earth.

G 3	Her incestuous suggestion 19:32

H 1	Drug: {32} "Come, let us make our father drink wine,

H 2	Deed: and let us lie with him

H 3	Desire: that we may preserve our family through our father."

G 4	His daughters' deeds 19:33-35

H 1	The first daughter's actions 19:33

J 1	The drugging by the daughters: {33} So they made their father drink wine that night,

J 2	The deed of incest: and the firstborn went in and lay with her father;

J 3	The ignorance of their father: and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

H 2	The suggestion of the elder daughter: {34} On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, 19:34

J 1	Deed: "Behold, I lay last night with my father;

J 2	Drug: let us make him drink wine tonight also;

J 3	Proposed deed: then you go in and lie with him,

J 4	Justification: that we may preserve our family through our father."

H 3	The second daughter's actions 19:35

J 1	The drugging by the daughters: {35} So they made their father drink wine that night also,

J 2	The deed of incest: and the younger arose and lay with him;

J 3	The ignorance of the father: and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

G 5	The national outcome 19:36-38

H 1	The incestuous result: {36} Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 19:36

H 2	The origin of Moab 19:37

J 1	Son: {37} The firstborn bore a son,

J 2	Name: and called his name Moab; 612

J 3	Descendants: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

H 3	The origin of Ammon 19:38

J 1	Son: {38} As for the younger, she also bore a son,

J 2	Name: and called his name Ben-ammi; 613

J 3	Descendants; he is the father of the sons of Ammon 614 to this day. 615

C 10	God's merciful rescue of Sarah from Abimelech to preserve the covenantal seed 20

D 1	Abraham's fearful passing off of Sarah as his sister to Abimelech 20:1-7

E 1	His move to Gerar 20:1

G 1	Abraham's departure to the Negev: {1} Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, 616

G 2	The general area of his settling: and settled between Kadesh 617 and Shur; 618

G 3	His temporary residence: then he sojourned in Gerar. 619

E 2	His deception about his wife: {2} Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." 620 20:2a

E 3	Abimelech's taking of Sarah into his harem: So Abimelech 621 king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 20:2b

E 4	The communication between God and Abimelech 20:3-7

G 1	The deathly warning from God (Elohim) 20:3

H 1	The manner: In a dream at night: {3} But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, 622 and said to him,

H 2	The threat: "Behold, you are a dead man

H 3	The reason: because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married." 623

G 2	The response of Abimelech 20:4-5

H 1	His non-consummation of the marriage: {4} Now Abimelech had not come near her; 20:4a

H 2	His protest of injustice: and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless? 20:4b

H 3	His presentation of evidence 20:5a

J 1	Abraham's statement: {5} "Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'?

J 2	Sarah's statement: And she herself said, 'He is my brother.'

H 4	His innocence of motive 20:5b

J 1	In the integrity of my heart

J 2	and the innocence of my hands 624 I have done this." 20:5

G 3	The reply of God in the dream 20:6-7

H 1	His awareness of Abimelech's integrity: {6}Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, 625 20:6a

H 2	His restraining Abimelech from sinning against Him: and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 20:6b

H 3	His instructions 20:7

J 1	The command: {7} "Now therefore, restore the man's wife,

J 2	The remedy: for he is a prophet, 626 and he will pray for you and you will live.

J 3	The deadly alternative: But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, 627 you and all who are yours."

D 2	Abimelech's Divinely-motivated restoration of Sarah to Abraham 20:8-18

E 1	Abimelech's communication with his own people 20:8

G 1	His report 20:8

H 1	Prompt action: {8} So Abimelech arose early in the morning

H 2	Summons: and called all his servants

H 3	Information: and told all these things in their hearing;

G 2	His subjects' response: and the men were greatly frightened.

E 2	Abimelech's communication with Abraham 20:9-13

G 1	His calling of Abraham: {9}Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, 20:9a

G 2	His indignation with Abraham 20:9b-10

H 1	His query: "What have you done to us? 20:9b

H 2	His probe: And how have I sinned 628 against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? 629 20:9c

H 3	His rebuke: You have done to me things that ought not to be done." 20:9d

H 4	His search for Abraham's motive: {10} And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?" 20:10

G 3	The explanation of Abraham 20:11-13

H 1	His fear 20:11

J 1	The absence of God-fearing people in this place: {11} Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place,

J 2	His fear of death on account of his wife: and they will kill me because of my wife. 20:11

H 2	His statement of the facts 20:12

J 1	Their blood relation: {12} "Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother,

J 2	Their matrimonial union: and she became my wife;

H 3	His agreement with Sarah 20:13

J 1	The time of the agreement: {13} and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house,

J 2	The terms of the agreement: that I said to her, 'This is the kindness 630 which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

E 3	Abimelech's restoration of Sarah to Abraham 20:14-16

G 1	His gifts to Abraham 20:14a

H 1	Flocks {14} Abimelech then took

J 1	sheep

J 2	and oxen

H 2	Slaves

J 1	and male 631

J 2	and female servants, 632 and gave them to Abraham,633

G 2	His return of Sarah to Abraham: and restored his wife Sarah to him. 20:14b

G 3	His offer to Abraham 20:15

H 1	Land: {15} Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you;

H 2	Permission: settle wherever you please."

G 4	His speech to Sarah: {16} To Sarah he said, 20:16

H 1	Payment: "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; 634

H 2	Purpose: behold, it is your vindication 635 before all who are with you,

H 3	Accomplishment: and before all men you are cleared."

E 4	The intercession of Abraham 20:17-18

G 1	Abraham's prayer to Elohim: {17} Abraham prayed to God, 20:17a

G 2	The fact of Elohim's healing 20:17b

H 1	Of Abimelech: and God healed Abimelech 636

H 2	Of his wife: and his wife

H 3	Of his concubines: and his maids,

G 3	The nature of the healing: so that they bore children. 20:17c

G 4	The need for the healing 20:18

H 1	The symptom: {18} For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs 637 of the household of Abimelech

H 2	The cause: because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

C 11	The miraculous, heralded birth of the covenantal seed, Isaac 21:1-21

D 1	Yahweh's enablement of Sarah to conceive and bear Isaac 21:1-7

E 1	The promise-fulfilling action of Yahweh 21:1-2

G 1	The veracity of Yahweh 21:1

H 1	{1} Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said,

H 2	and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised.

G 2	The birth of the baby 21:2

H 1	Sarah's conception! {2} So Sarah conceived

H 2	Sarah's giving birth for the benefit of Abraham

J 1	A son: and bore a son to Abraham

J 2	In Abraham's old age: in his old age,

J 3	At the time: at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

E 2	The precise obedience of Abraham 21:3-5

G 1	In the naming of his son: {3} Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 638 21:3

G 2	In the circumcising of his son 21:4

H 1	The fact: {4} Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac

H 2	The time: when he was eight days old,

H 3	The obedience: as God had commanded him.

G 3	The circumstances of Abraham: {5} Now Abraham was one hundred years old 639 when his son Isaac was born to him. 21:5

E 3	The joyous astonishment of Sarah 21:6-7

G 1	Her glee 21:6

H 1	Her acknowledgment of God's gift: {6} Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me;

H 2	Her imagining of others' reactions: everyone who hears will laugh with me."

G 2	Her incredulity 21:7

H 1	{7} And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children?

H 2	Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

D 2	Abraham's reluctant expulsion of the mocking Ishmael at the request of Sarah reinforced by God 21:8-14

E 1	The confrontation in the family 21:8-11

G 1	Isaac's feast 21:8

H 1	His growth: {8} The child grew

H 2	His weaning: and was weaned, 640

H 3	The feast in his honor : and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

G 2	Ishmael's mockery 21:9

H 1	The observer: {9} Now Sarah saw

H 2	The perpetrator: the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham,

H 3	The activity: mocking. 641

G 3	Sarah's fury 21:10

H 1	Her demand for expulsion: {10} Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out 642 this maid 643 and her son,

H 2	Her reason for expulsion: for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac." 644

G 4	Abraham's pain 21:11

H 1	His reaction: {11} The matter distressed Abraham greatly645

H 2	His reason: because of his son.

E 2	The communication from Elohim 21:12-13

G 1	His reassurance: {12} But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed 646 21:12a

H 1	because of the lad

H 2	and your maid; 647

G 2	His directive: whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, 21:12b

G 3	His reason: for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.648 21:12c

G 4	His promise concerning the son of the slave woman 21:13

H 1	National prominence: {13} "And of the son of the maid 649 I will make a nation also,

H 2	Ancestral reason: because he is your descendant." 650

E 3	The painful obedience 21:14

G 1	The time: {14} So Abraham rose early in the morning 651

G 2	The provision: and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy,

G 3	The expulsion: and sent her away. 652

G 4	The aimless departure: And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba. 653

D 3	God's gracious sparing of Ishmael in the desert to bless Abraham 21:15-21

E 1	Desperation in the desert 21:15-16

G 1	The depletion of supplies: {15} And the water in the skin was used up, 21:15

G 2	The discarding of the child: and she left the boy under one of the bushes. 21:15

G 3	The despair of the mother 21:16

H 1	Her departure: {16} Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away,

H 2	Her reason: for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die."

H 3	Her grief: And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

E 2	The provision of Elohim in the desert 21:17-19

G 1	Elohim's hearing the youth's voice: {17} God heard the lad crying; 654 21:17a

G 2	Elohim's response 21:17b

H 1	The method of response: and the angel of God 655 called to Hagar

H 2	The place of response: from heaven

H 3	The question: and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar?

G 3	Elohim's reassurance 21:17c

H 1	The caution: Do not fear,

H 2	The reason: for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

G 4	Elohim's instruction 21:18

H 1	Overcome inertia: {18} "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand,

H 2	Look ahead to the future: for I will make a great nation of him." 656

G 5	Elohim's provision 21:19

H 1	Vision: {19} Then God opened her eyes

H 2	Observation: and she saw a well of water;

H 3	Action: and she went and filled the skin with water

H 4	Relief: and gave the lad a drink.

E 3	The development of Ishmael in the desert 21:20-21

G 1	Elohim's superintendence: {20} God was with the lad, 21:20a

G 2	Ishmael's progress 21:20b

H 1	Maturity: and he grew;

H 2	Habitat: and he lived in the wilderness

H 3	Skill: and became an archer.657

G 3	Ishmael's residence: {21} He lived in the wilderness of Paran, 658 21:21a

G 4	Ishmael's marriage: and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. 21:21b

C 12	Abimelech's covenant with Abraham as independent testimony of the fulfillment of God's promise to bless Abraham 21:22-34

D 1	Abimelech's acknowledgment of Divine Blessing 21:22.

E 1	The observers 21:22a

G 1	{22} Now it came about at that time that Abimelech 659

G 2	and Phicol, the commander of his army,

E 2	The initiative: spoke to Abraham, saying, 21:22b

E 3	The observation: "God is with you in all that you do; 660 21:22c

D 2	Abimelech's request for integrity and kindness 21:23-24

E 1	The request for an oath of kindness 21:23

G 1	The nature of the oath: {23} now therefore, swear to me here by God

G 2	The content of the oath

H 1	Truthfulness: that you will not deal falsely

J 1	with me

J 2	or with my offspring

J 3	or with my posterity,

H 2	Kindness: but according to the kindness 661 that I have shown to you,

J 1	you shall show to me

J 2	and to the land in which you have sojourned."

E 2	The agreement to the oath: {24} Abraham said, "I swear it." 21:24

D 3	Abraham's communication of a water rights grievance 21:25-26

E 1	Abraham's statement of the grievance 21:25

G 1	Complaint: {25} But Abraham complained to Abimelech 662

G 2	Reason: because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

E 2	Abimelech's claim of ignorance 21:26

G 1	His ignorance: {26} And Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing;

G 2	His lack of culpability

H 1	you did not tell me, 663

H 2	nor did I hear of it until today."

D 4	Abraham's formalization of the mutual non-aggression treaty 21:27

E 1	Abraham's gift: {27} Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech,

E 2	The mutual covenant: and the two of them made a covenant. 664

D 5	Abraham's formalization of his water-rights claim 21:28-32

E 1	Segregation: {28} Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 21:28

E 2	Question: {29} Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?" 21:29

E 3	Significance: {30} He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well." 21:30

E 4	Name: {31} Therefore he called that place Beersheba, 665 because there the two of them took an oath. 21:31

E 5	Formalization: {32} So they made a covenant 666 at Beersheba; 21:32a

E 6	Departure: and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines. 21:32b

D 6	Abraham's worship 21:33

E 1	His planting of a tree: {33} Abraham planted a tamarisk tree 667 at Beersheba,

E 2	His calling on the name of Yahweh: and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. 668

D 7	Abraham's pilgrimage: {34} And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days. 669 21:34

C 13	Yahweh's testing confirmation of His covenant of blessing with Abraham 22:1-
19

D 1	Elohim's testing of Abraham's loyalty by asking him to sacrifice the covenantal seed, Isaac 22:1-2

E 1	The time of Elohim's communication: {1} Now it came about after these things, 22:1a

E 2	The nature of Elohim's communication: that God tested Abraham, 670 22:1b

E 3	The address of Elohim: and said to him, "Abraham!" 22:1c

E 4	The response of Abraham: And he said, "Here I am." 22:1d

E 5	The substance of Elohim's communication 22:2

G 1	The barriers to obedience 22:2a

H 1	{2} He said, "Take now your son,

H 2	your only son,

H 3	whom you love,

H 4	Isaac,

G 2	The geography of obedience: and go to the land of Moriah, 671 22:2b

G 3	The cost of obedience: and offer him 672 there as a burnt offering 673 on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." 22:2c

D 2	Abraham's obedient attempt to sacrifice Isaac 22:3-10

E 1	Abraham's prompt obedience 22:3

G 1	The time of his obedience: {3} So Abraham rose early in the morning 674 22:3a

G 2	The actions of his obedience 22:3b

H 1	and saddled his donkey,

H 2	and took two of his young men with him

H 3	and Isaac his son;

H 4	and he split wood for the burnt offering,

H 5	and arose

H 6	and went to the place of which God had told him.

E 2	The sighting of the mountain 22:4

G 1	The time: {4} On the third day

G 2	The sighting: Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

E 3	The plan 22:5

G 1	The addressees: {5} Abraham said to his young men,

G 2	Remain: "Stay here with the donkey,

G 3	Departure: and I and the lad will go over there;

G 4	Purpose: and we will worship 675

G 5	Return: and return to you." 676

E 4	The joint effort 22:6

G 1	The transportation of the wood: {6} Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, 677

G 2	The transportation of the implements of sacrifice: and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. 678

G 3	The journey of the twosome: So the two of them walked on together. 679

E 5	The critical question: Where would the lamb come from? 22:7-8

G 1	The address of Isaac: {7} Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!"

G 2	The response of Abraham: And he said, "Here I am, my son."

G 3	Isaac's question: And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

G 4	Abraham's answer: {8} Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb 680 for the burnt offering, my son."

G 5	The journey of the twosome: So the two of them walked on together. 681

E 6	The preparation 22:9

G 1	Arrival: {9} Then they came to the place of which God had told him;

G 2	Construction: and Abraham built the altar there

G 3	Preparation: and arranged the wood,

G 4	Bondage: and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,

G 5	Placement: on top of the wood.

E 7	The sacrifice 22:10

G 1	Stretch: {10} Abraham stretched out his hand 682

G 2	Grasp: and took the knife

G 3	Purpose: to slay his son.

D 3	God's provision of a substitutionary sacrifice 22:11-14

E 1	The shout! 22:11

G 1	The speaker: {11} But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven 683

G 2	The speech: and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" 684

G 3	The response: And he said, "Here I am."

E 2	The command! 22:12

G 1	{12} He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad,

G 2	and do nothing to him;

E 3	The commendation: for now I know that you fear God, 685

E 4	The reason for the commendation: since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." 686

E 5	The substitute 22:13

G 1	Sighting: {13} Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked,

G 2	A ram: and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns;

G 3	Capture: and Abraham went and took the ram 687

G 4	Offering: and offered him up for a burnt offering 688

G 5	Substitution: in the place of his son. 689

E 6	The memorial 22:14

G 1	Name: {14} Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, 690

G 2	Explanation: as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided." 691

D 4	God's oath of multiplied blessing of Abraham and his seed 22:15-19 (cf. Hebrews 6:13-18)

E 1	The oath behind the promise 22:15-16

G 1	The identity of the speaker: {15} Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 22:15

G 2	The nature of the communication – an oath 22:16

H 1	The guarantor of the oath – Yahweh Himself: {16} and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD,

H 2	The reason for the oath: because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

G 3	The substance of the promise 22:17-18

G 4	Intensity of blessing: {17} indeed I will greatly bless you, 692 22:17a

G 5	Increase of descendants: and I will greatly multiply your seed 22:17b

H 1	as the stars of the heavens

H 2	and as the sand which is on the seashore;

G 6	Supremacy of descendants: and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. 693 22:17c

G 7	Blessing through descendants: {18} "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 22:18a

G 8	Reason for blessing: because you have obeyed My voice." 22:18b

E 2	The return after the promise 22:19

G 1	Return: {19} So Abraham returned to his young men,

G 2	Journey: and they arose and went together to Beersheba;

G 3	Dwelling: and Abraham lived at Beersheba."

C 14	Abraham's acquisition of a God-fearing wife for Isaac, spurred by word of Nahor's offspring and by Sarah's death 22:20 - 24:67

D 1	The report to Abraham of his brother Nahor's descendants 22:20-24

E 1	Nahor's descendants by his wife Milcah 23:20-23

G 1	The sons of Nahor by his wife Milcah:

H 1	Report: {20} Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,

H 2	Substance: "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: [22:20b] 22:20b-22

J 1	{21} Uz his firstborn 22:21

J 2	and Buz his brother

J 3	and Kemuel the father of Aram

J 4	{22} and Chesed 22:22

J 5	and Hazo

J 6	and Pildash

J 7	and Jidlaph

J 8	and Bethuel."

G 2	Bethuel's begetting of Rebekah: {23} Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; 694 22:23a

G 3	The summary of Milcah and Nahor's children: these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 22:23b

E 2	Nahor's sons by his concubine Reumah: {24} His concubine, 695 whose name was Reumah, also bore 22:24

G 1	Tebah

G 2	and Gaham

G 3	and Tahash

G 4	and Maacah. 23:24

D 2	The death of Sarah 696 23

E 1	The details of Sarah's death 23:1-2

G 1	Sarah's life-span: {1} Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; 697 these were the years of the life of Sarah. 23:1

G 2	The place of Sarah's death: {2} Sarah died in Kiriath-arba 698 (that is, Hebron) 699 in the land of Canaan; 23:2a

G 3	Abraham's mourning: and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 23:2b

E 2	Abraham's ironic purchase of a burial site for Sarah in the land of Canaan 23:3-18.

G 1	The permission for burial 23:3-6

H 1	Abraham's request to the sons of Heth for permission to bury Sarah in their land 23:3-4

J 1	The audience of Abraham: {3} Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth,700 saying, 23:3

J 2	The plaintive status of Abraham: {4} "I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; 23:4a

J 3	The request of Abraham: give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight." 23:4b

H 2	The sons of Heth grant Abraham permission 23:5-6

J 1	The identity of the speakers: {5} The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 23:5

J 2	The respect of the speakers: {6} "Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; 23:6a

J 3	The granting of permission: bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; 701 23:6b

J 4	The unlimited cooperation: none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead." 23:6c

G 2	The site for burial 23:7-11

H 1	Abraham's request to purchase the cave of Machpelah, owned by Ephron son of Zohar 23:7-9

J 1	The deference of Abraham: {7} So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. 23:7

J 2	The selection of Abraham: {8} And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me, 23:8

J 3	The object of his request – the cave of Machpelah: {9} that he may give me the cave of Machpelah 702 which he owns, which is at the end of his field; 23:9a

J 4	The terms of his request – full price: for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site." 23:9b

H 2	Ephron grants permission to Abraham at no charge 23:10-11

J 1	The situation of Ephron – legally present: {10} Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite 703 answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth; even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:10

J 2	The counter-offer of Ephron – the entire field along with its cave: {11} "No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, 704 and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead." 23:11

G 3	The price of burial 23:12-16

H 1	Abraham's offer to buy the entire field 23:12-13

J 1	His legally binding offer: {12} And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. 23:12

J 2	His insistence on buying the field: {13} He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there." 23:13

H 2	Ephron's show of reluctance in naming the price of four hundred shekels of silver 23:14-15

J 1	The identity of the speaker: {14} Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 23:14

J 2	His protest: {15} "My lord, listen to me; 23:15a

J 3	His setting a price: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, 705 23:15b

J 4	His pretense of indifference: what is that between me and you? 23:15c

J 5	His granting of permission: So bury your dead." 23:15d

H 3	Abraham's payment of 400 shekels of silver for the burial site 23:16

J 1	Abraham's attention: {16} Abraham listened to Ephron;

J 2	Abraham's payment: and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver,

J 3	Abraham's standard: commercial standard.

G 4	The legalization of the burial 23:17-18

H 1	The legal description of the land 23:17a

J 1	The seller: {17} So Ephron's

J 2	The real estate: field,

J 3	The location: which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, 706

H 2	The inclusions 23:17b

J 1	the field

J 2	and cave which was in it,

J 3	and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border,

H 3	The legal description of the transaction: were deeded over 23:17c

H 4	The purchaser: {18} to Abraham for a possession 23:18a

H 5	The witnesses 23:18b

J 1	Their identity: in the presence of the sons of Heth,

J 2	Their legal standing: before all who went in at the gate of his city.

E 3	The burial of Sarah 23:19-20

G 1	Abraham's burial of Sarah: {19} After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife 707 23:19a

G 2	The site of the burial 23:19b

H 1	in the cave

H 2	of the field

H 3	at Machpelah

H 4	facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) 708

H 5	in the land of Canaan.

G 3	The summary statement of the event: {20} So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth. 709 23:20

D 3	Blessed Abraham's acquisition of a godly wife for Isaac 24

E 1	Blessed Abraham's charging of his slave to acquire a wife for Isaac from among Abraham's relatives 24:1-9

G 1	Abraham's condition 24:1

H 1	Aged: {1} Now Abraham was old, advanced in age;

H 2	Blessed by Yahweh: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way. 710

G 2	Abraham's selection of a slave 24:2a

H 1	The oldest in his house: {2} Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household

H 2	The one ruling over everything: who had charge of all that he owned,

G 3	The solemnity of the mission 24:2b-3a

H 1	Hand under thigh: "Please place your hand under my thigh, 711 24:2b

H 2	The oath: {3} and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, 24:3a

G 4	The objective of the mission 24:3b-4

H 1	Negative: that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, 24:3b

H 2	{4} but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 712 24:4

G 5	The clarification of the slave 24:5

H 1	Hypothetical refusal: {5} The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land;

H 2	Consequent return? should I take your son back to the land from where you came?"

G 6	Abraham's clear response: 24:6-8

H 1	His forbidding Isaac to leave Canaan: {6} Then Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there! 24:6

H 2	His assurance 24:7

J 1	His identification of God: {7} "The LORD, the God of heaven,

J 2	The action of God: who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth,

J 3	The communication of God: and who spoke to me

J 4	The oath of God: and who swore to me, saying,

J 5	The bequeathal of God: 'To your descendants I will give this land,'

J 6	The provision of God: He will send His angel before you, 713

J 7	The conviction of Abraham: and you will take a wife for my son from there.

H 3	His release from obligation:

J 1	Unwillingness: {8} "But if the woman is not willing to follow you,

J 2	Freedom from obligation: then you will be free from this my oath;

H 4	Repeat prohibition: only do not take my son back there."714 24:8

G 7	The slave's oath of obedience: {9} So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. 24:9

E 2	The slave's request of Yahweh for guidance through a predetermined sign 24:10-14

G 1	The slave's trip 24:10

H 1	His organization: {10} Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master,

H 2	His bargaining power: and set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand;

H 3	His arrival at the city of Abraham's brother Nahor, located in Mesopotamia: and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, 715 to the city of Nahor. 716

G 2	The slave's timing: {11} He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water. 24:11

G 3	The slave's prayer 24:12-14

H 1	General request 24:12

J 1	Grant me success: {12} He said, "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today,

J 2	Show loyal love to my master Abraham: and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.

H 2	The condition 24:13-14

J 1	Women are coming: {13} "Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; 24:13

J 2	His test: {14} now may it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; 24:14a

H 3	His conclusion: and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master." 717 24:14b

E 3	Rebekah's fulfillment of the sign 24:15-27

G 1	The providential 718 arrival of Rebekah 24:15-16

H 1	The time of her arrival: {15} Before he had finished speaking, 24:15a

H 2	Her qualifying family: behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, 24:15b

H 3	Her qualifying asset: came out with her jar on her shoulder. 24:15c

H 4	Her bonus asset: {16} The girl was very beautiful, 24:16a

H 5	Her additional qualifying asset 24:16b

J 1	a virgin,

J 2	and no man had had relations with her;

H 6	Her activity: and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 24:16c

G 2	The slave sets the test in motion 24:17-18

H 1	His request for a drink: {17} Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar." 24:17

H 2	Her prompt compliance: {18} She said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink. 24:18

G 3	Rebekah's watering of the camels 24:19-21

H 1	Her volunteering: {19} Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking." 719 24:19

H 2	Her watering all his camels: {20} So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels. 720 24:20

H 3	The slave's pondering whether Yahweh had given him success! {21} Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey successful or not. 24:21

G 4	The slave's request for lodging 24:22-25

H 1	His promotional gifts of jewelry: {22} When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring721 weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold, 24:22

H 2	His query about her father: {23} and said, "Whose daughter are you? 24:23a

H 3	His request for lodging at her father's home: Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father's house?" 24:23b

H 4	Rebekah's reply 24:24-25

J 1	Her family root: {24} She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." 722 24:24

J 2	Her assurance of lodging: {25}Again she said to him, "We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in." 24:25

G 5	The slave's worship 24:26-27

H 1	His bowing and worshiping of Yahweh: {26} Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD. 24:26

H 2	His blessing of Yahweh 24:27

J 1	His statement of blessing: {27} He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, 723

J 2	For His loyal love: who has not forsaken His lovingkindness 724 and His truth toward my master;

J 3	For His guidance: as for me, the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers."

E 4	The slave's presentation of his mission to Bethuel and Laban on behalf of his blessed master Abraham 24:28-49

G 1	The hospitality offered the slave 24:28-33

H 1	The report of the girl: {28} Then the girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. 24:28

H 2	The favorable impression of Laban 24:29-30

J 1	The introduction of Laban: {29} Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; 24:29a

J 2	The alacrity of Laban: and Laban ran 725 outside to the man at the spring. 24:29b

J 3	The observation of Laban: {30} When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, 24:30a

J 4	The hearing of Laban: and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," 24:30b

J 5	The approach of Laban: he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 24:30c

H 3	The invitation of Laban 24:31

J 1	His designation of the servant: {31} And he said, "Come in, blessed of the LORD! 726

J 2	His invitation: Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?" 24:31

H 4	Laban's provision for beast and man 24:32

J 1	Entry: {32} So the man entered the house.

J 2	Provision for camels: Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels,

J 3	Provision for humans: and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 24:32

H 5	Laban's offer of food: {33} But when food was set before him to eat, 24:33a

H 6	The servant's refusal: he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." 24:33b

H 7	Laban's permission: And he said, "Speak on." 24:33c

G 2	The story of the slave 24:34-49

H 1	The identity of the slave: {34} So he said, "I am Abraham's servant. 24:34

H 2	The financial condition of his master 24:35-36

J 1	Greatly blessed by Yahweh in wealth: {35} "The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. 24:35

J 2	Father of a son by Sarah in her old age: {36} "Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, 24:36a

J 3	The son is heir to his father's entire fortune: and he has given him all that he has. 24:36b

H 3	The assignment given the slave under oath by Abraham: finding a wife for the son 24:37-42

J 1	Not from the Canaanites: {37} "My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; 24:37

J 2	But from his relatives: {38} but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.' 24:38

J 3	His question about the contingency of the woman's unwillingness: {39} "I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.' 24:39

J 4	Abraham's assurance of the success provided by Yahweh's angel: {40} "He said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house; 24:40

J 5	His freedom from the oath if the girl will not come: {41} then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.' 24:41

H 4	The slave's prayer at the spring 24:42-44

J 1	His arrival: {42} "So I came today to the spring, and said, 24:42a

J 2	His preliminary request for success: 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful; 24:42b

J 3	His designation of a sign for a certain maiden: {43} behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar"; {44} and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; 24:43-44a

J 4	His request that the maiden who fulfilled the sign also be the woman appointed by Yahweh: let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.' 24:44b

H 5	The slave's interaction with Rebekah 24:45-48

J 1	The time of his interaction: {45} "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, 24:45a

J 2	The arrival of Rebekah: behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, 24:45b

J 3	The slave's request for a drink: and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' 24:45c

J 4	Her giving him a drink and watering the camels as well: {46} "She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. 24:46

J 5	His determination of her parentage: {47} "Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; 24:47a

J 6	His bestowal of gifts: and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. 24:47b

J 7	His worship of Yahweh: {48} "And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. 24:48

H 6	The slave's asking for an answer: {49} "So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly 727 with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left." 24:49

E 5	Bethuel and Laban's blessing on Rebekah in her departure 24:50-60

G 1	The answer of Bethuel and Laban 24:50-51

H 1	Their acknowledgment of Yahweh's sovereignty: {50} Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the LORD; 24:50a

H 2	Their inability to confirm or repudiate: so we cannot speak to you bad or good. 24:50b

H 3	Their granting him permission to take Rebekah to be the wife of his master's son as Yahweh had spoken: {51} "Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has spoken." 24:51

G 2	The response of the slave 24:52-54

H 1	His bowing himself to the ground before Yahweh: {52} When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the LORD. 24:52

H 2	His giving of gifts to Rebekah, her brother and her mother: {53} The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. 24:53

H 3	His acceptance of hospitality: {54} Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. 24:54a

G 3	The request for departure 24:54b-60

H 1	His request to depart the next morning: When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master." 24:54b

H 2	The counter by Rebekah's mother and brother: {55} But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go." 24:55

H 3	The slave's renewed request based upon Yahweh's leading: {56} He said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master." 24:56

H 4	Their consultation with Rebekah 24:57-58

J 1	Their compromise: {57} And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes." 24:57

J 2	Their asking of Rebekah: {58} Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" 24: 58a

J 3	Rebekah's agreement to leave: And she said, "I will go." 728 24:58b

H 5	The send-off 24:59-60

J 1	Summary – their send-off of Rebekah: {59} Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham's servant and his men. 24:59

J 2	Their blessing of fertility: {60} They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, 24:60a

J 3	Their blessing of victory: And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them." 729 24:60b

E 6	The meeting and marriage of Isaac and Rebekah 24:61-67

G 1	The company's departure: {61} Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels 730 and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed. 24:61

G 2	The actions of Isaac 24:62-63

H 1	His return from Beer-lahai-roi: {62} Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; 731 for he was living in the Negev. 732 24:62

H 2	His meditating in the field toward evening: {63} Isaac went out to meditate 733 in the field toward evening; 24:63a

H 3	His sighting of the camels: and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. 24:63b

G 3	The actions of Rebekah 24:64-65

H 1	Her sighting of the advancing Isaac: {64} Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel. 24:64

H 2	Her question: {65} She said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" 24:65a

H 3	The slave's reply: And the servant said, "He is my master." 24:65b

H 4	Her veiling of herself: Then she took her veil and covered herself. 24:65b

G 4	The servant's report to Isaac: {66} The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 24:66

G 5	Isaac's marriage to Rebekah 24:67

H 1	His bringing her into his mother's tent: {67} Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,

H 2	His marriage to Rebekah: and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife,

H 3	His love for her: and he loved her; 734

H 4	His comfort after his mother's death: thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

C 15	The closing of careers: The deaths of Abraham and Ishmael 25:1-18

D 1	Abraham's remarriage, bequests to his sons, death and burial by Isaac and Ishmael 25:1-11

E 1	His remarriage to Keturah: {1} Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 735 25:1

E 2	His descendants by Keturah: {2} She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian 736 and Ishbak and Shuah. 25:2

G 1	The sons of Jokshan and Dedan 25:3

H 1	The sons of Jokshan: {3} Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan.

H 2	The sons of Dedan, son of Jokshan: And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim 737 and Letushim and Leummim.

G 2	The sons of Midian: {4} The sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. 25:4a

G 3	Summary: All these were the sons of Keturah. 25:4b

E 3	His bequeathal of all to Isaac: {5} Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; 25:5

E 4	His gifts to and disassociation from the sons of his concubines 25:6

G 1	His giving of gifts: {6} but to the sons of his concubines, 738 Abraham gave gifts while he was still living,

G 2	His dispersion of his other sons from Isaac: and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east. 739

E 5	His age: {7} These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years. 25:7

E 6	His death: {8} Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people. 25:8

E 7	His burial 25:9-10

G 1	Those who buried him: {9} Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him 25:9a

G 2	The place of burial 25:9b

H 1	in the cave of Machpelah, 740

H 2	in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

H 3	facing Mamre,

G 3	The ownership of the burial site: {10} the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; 25:10a

G 4	The situation of his burial: there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife. 25:10b

E 8	God's blessing of Isaac 25:11

G 1	The timing of God's blessing: {11} It came about after the death of Abraham,

G 2	The fact of God's blessing: that God blessed his son Isaac;741

G 3	The situation of Isaac: and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

SECTION VIII. WHAT BECAME OF ISHMAEL. 25:12-18

D 2	The progeny and death of Ishmael 25:12-18

E 1	The Title: The Record of What Became of Ishmael: {12} Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, 742 25:12

G 1	Ishmael's relation to Abraham: Abraham's son,

G 2	Ishmael's relation to Hagar: whom Hagar the Egyptian,

G 3	Hagar's relation to Sarah: Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;

E 2	The names of the sons of Ishmael: {13} and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: 743 25:13

G 1	Nebaioth, 744 the firstborn of Ishmael,

G 2	and Kedar 745

G 3	and Adbeel 746

G 4	and Mibsam 747

G 5	{14} and Mishma 748 25:14

G 6	and Dumah 749

G 7	and Massa, 750

G 8	{15} Hadad 751 25:15

G 9	and Tema, 752

G 10	Jetur, 753

G 11	Naphish 754

G 12	and Kedemah. 755

E 3	Summary and explanation: {16} These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, 25:16

G 1	by their villages,

G 2	and by their camps;

G 3	twelve princes according to their tribes. 756

E 4	The life-span and death of Ishmael 25:17

G 1	His life-span: {17} These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years;

G 2	His death: and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

E 5	The territory of Ishmael 25:18

G 1	Their location: {18} They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; 757

G 2	Their disposition: he settled in defiance of all his relatives.758

SECTION IX. WHAT BECAME OF ISAAC. 25:19 - 35:29

B 2	God's Elective Blessing of Isaac and His Election of Jacob unto Blessing 25:19 - 28:9

C 1	Yahweh's election of Jacob over Esau 25:19-34

D 1	Yahweh's pre-natal prediction of His election of Jacob 25:19-26

E 1	Introductory matters 25:19-20

G 1	The Title – What Became of Isaac ben Abraham: {19} Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, 759 Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac; 25:19

G 2	Isaac's age of 40 when he married Rebekah: {20} and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, 25:20a

G 3	Rebekah's ancestry: the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean 760 of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 25:20b

E 2	Problems in marriage: Isaac's prayer on behalf of his barren wife 25:21

G 1	The statement of prayer: {21} Isaac prayed to the LORD 761 on behalf of his wife,

G 2	The motive for prayer – Rebekah's barrenness: because she was barren;

G 3	The response to the prayer

H 1	Yahweh's answer: and the LORD answered him

H 2	Rebekah's conception: and Rebekah his wife conceived.762

E 3	Problems in pregnancy 25:22-23

G 1	The struggle of the children within Rebekah 25:22

H 1	The statement of the struggle: {22} But the children 763 struggled together within her; 764

H 2	The perplexity of Rebekah: and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?"

G 2	Her inquiry of Yahweh: So she went to inquire of the LORD.765 25:22

G 3	The response of Yahweh 25:23

H 1	Two nations: {23} The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; 766

H 2	Two peoples: And two peoples will be separated from your body;

H 3	Disparity in strength: And one people shall be stronger than the other;

H 4	Disparity in servitude: And the older shall serve the younger."

E 4	Problems in delivery 25:24-26

G 1	The onset of delivery of twins: {24} When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25:24

G 2	The arrival of Esau, red and hairy: {25} Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. 768 25:25

G 3	The arrival of Jacob holding Esau's heel: {26} Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; 769 25:26a

E 5	Isaac's age of 60 at the birth of his sons: and Isaac was sixty years old 770 when she gave birth to them. 25:26b

D 2	Esau's foolish sale of his birthright to Jacob 25:27-34

E 1	The pursuits of the two sons at maturity 25:27

G 1	The time of the characterization: {27} When the boys grew up,771

G 2	Esau

H 1	Esau became a skillful hunter,

H 2	a man of the field,

G 3	Jacob

H 1	but Jacob was a peaceful man,772

H 2	living in tents.

E 2	Problems in family unity 25:28

G 1	Isaac's love for Esau: {28} Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game,

G 2	Rebekah's love for Jacob: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

E 3	The birthright barter 25:29-34

G 1	The setup 25:29

H 1	Jacob's timely preparation of cooked stew: {29} When Jacob had cooked stew,

H 2	Esau's famished return from hunting: Esau came in from the field and he was famished;

G 2	The request of Esau 25:30

H 1	Esau's request: {30} and Esau said to Jacob, "Please let me have a swallow 773 of that red stuff there, for I am famished."

H 2	Esau's nickname: Therefore his name was called Edom.774

G 3	The counter-offer of Jacob 25:31-32

J 1	Jacob's counter: {31} But Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright." 25:31

J 2	Esau's response: {32} Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?" 25:32

G 4	Esau's sale of his birthright 25:33-34

H 1	Esau's oath to give Jacob his birthright 25:33

J 1	Jacob's demand: {33} And Jacob said, "First swear to me";

J 2	Esau's compliance: so he swore to him,

J 3	The net result: and sold his birthright to Jacob.

H 2	Jacob's giving Esau bread and lentil stew 25:34a-c

J 1	Jacob's provision: {34}Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; 25:34a

J 2	Esau's partaking: and he ate and drank, and rose 25:34b

J 3	Esau's departure: and went on his way. 25:34c

H 3	Moses' editorial analysis: Thus Esau despised his birthright. 775 25:34d

C 2	God's obvious confirmation of the covenanted blessing with Isaac despite the latter's lapse 26:1-33

D 1	Isaac's deceitful sojourn in Gerar in response to God's promised blessing 26:1-11

E 1	Problem: Recurring famine! {1} Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. 26:1a

E 2	Isaac's departure to the Philistines: So Isaac went to Gerar, 776 to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 777 26:1b

E 3	Yahweh's appearance to Isaac: {2} The LORD appeared to him [26:2a] 26:2-7

G 1	His warning not to go to Egypt: and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. 26:2b

G 2	His instructions to stay in Canaan: {3} "Sojourn in this land 26:3a

G 3	His conveying to Isaac the Abrahamic Blessing 26:3b-5

H 1	His presence: and I will be with you 26:3b

H 2	His blessing: and bless you, 778 26:3c

H 3	His bequeathal of the lands: for to you and to your descendants 779 I will give all these lands, 780 26:3d

H 4	His extension of the Abrahamic Covenant: and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.781 26:3e

H 5	His multiplication of Isaac's seed: {4} "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, 782 26:4a

H 6	His bequeathal of land to Isaac's seed: and will give your descendants all these lands; 26:4b

H 7	His blessing the entire earth through Isaac's seed: and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 783 26:4c

H 8	The obedience of Abraham: {5} because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws." 26:5

G 4	Isaac's response to God's revelation: {6} So Isaac lived in Gerar. 26:6

E 4	The incident at Gerar concerning Isaac's wife 26:7-11

G 1	The men's notice of Rebekah: {7} When the men of the place asked about his wife, 784 26:7a

G 2	Isaac's fearful duplicity 26:7b

H 1	His duplicity: he said, "She is my sister," 785

H 2	His fear: for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."

G 3	Abimelech's observation of Isaac and Rebekah 26:8

H 1	The time frame: {8} It came about, when he had been there a long time,

H 2	The observation of Abimelech: that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw,

H 3	The affection of Isaac: and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.

G 4	Abimelech's interrogation of Isaac 26:9

H 1	His calling of Isaac: {9} Then Abimelech called Isaac and said,

H 2	His accusation: "Behold, certainly she is your wife! 786

H 3	His questioning of Isaac's lie: How then did you say, 'She is my sister'?"

H 4	Isaac's admission – his fear of foul play: And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'"

G 5	Abimelech's reprimand 26:10

H 1	His scolding Isaac: {10} Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us?

H 2	His hypothesis of transgression: One of the people might easily have lain with your wife,

H 3	His concern about guilt: and you would have brought guilt upon us."

G 6	Abimelech's solemn warning: {11} So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death." 26:11

D 2	God's blessing of Isaac precipitating envious Philistine expulsion 26:12-
17

E 1	Isaac's harvest: {12} Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. 26:12a

E 2	Yahweh's blessing: And the LORD blessed him, 787 [26:12b] 26:12b-14b

G 1	His wealth: {13} and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; 26:13b

G 2	His livestock: {14} for he had possessions of flocks and herds 26:14a

G 3	His household: and a great household, 26:14b

E 3	The Philistines' mistreatment of Isaac 26:14c-16

G 1	Their envy: so that the Philistines envied him. 788 26:14c

G 2	Their spiteful stopping of the wells Abraham had dug: {15} Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth. 26:15

G 3	Abimelech's dismissal of Isaac: {16} Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us." 26:16

E 4	Isaac's departure to Gerar: {17} And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. 26:17

D 3	Quarrels over well-rights 26:18-22

E 1	The quarrel over Esek

G 1	Isaac's redigging Abraham's old wells: {18} Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, 26:18

H 1	The need to redig: for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; 789

H 2	The name reaffirmation: and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

G 2	The confiscation by the herdsmen of Gerar 26:19-20a

H 1	Isaac's new well: {19} But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, 26:19

H 2	The spurious claim of Gerar: {20} the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" 790 26:20a

G 3	Isaac's naming of the well: So he named the well Esek, 791 because they contended with him. 26:20b

E 2	The quarrel over Sitnah: {21} Then they dug another well, 792 and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah. 793 26:21

E 3	The success of Rehoboth 26:22

G 1	His departure: {22} He moved away from there

G 2	His effort: and dug another well,

G 3	No confrontation: and they did not quarrel over it;

G 4	His grateful naming: so he named it Rehoboth, 794 for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, 795 and we will be fruitful in the land."

D 4	Yahweh's appearance to Isaac reaffirming His blessing of Isaac for the sake of Abraham 26:23-25

E 1	His departure to Beersheba: {23} Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 26:23

E 2	Yahweh's appearance to Isaac: {24} The LORD appeared to him the same night and said, 26:24

G 1	His Self-Identification: "I am the God of your father Abraham;

G 2	His calming presence: Do not fear, for I am with you.

G 3	His promised blessing: I will bless you, 796

G 4	His promised multiplication: and multiply your descendants,797

G 5	His motivation: For the sake of My servant Abraham."

E 3	Isaac's response 26:25

G 1	Altar: {25} So he built an altar there

G 2	Worship: and called upon the name of the LORD,

G 3	Residence: and pitched his tent there;

G 4	Water: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

D 5	Abimelech's obtaining of a peace treaty with Isaac in view of the latter's obvious Divine blessing 26:26-33

E 1	The approach of Abimelech: {26} Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army. 26:26

E 2	The reproach of Isaac: {27} Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?" 26:27

E 3	The response of the Philistines – their observation of the blessing of Yahweh! {28} They said, "We see plainly that the LORD has been with you; 26:28a

E 4	The proposal of the Philistines 26:28b-29

G 1	The form of a binding covenant: so we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 26:28b

G 2	The terms of the covenant 26:29

H 1	Their request for non-harm: {29} that you will do us no harm,

H 2	Their own purported policy of good

J 1	Their purported non-harm: just as we have not touched you

J 2	Their purported good: and have done to you nothing but good

J 3	Their peaceful parting acknowledging Yahweh's blessing: and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'" 798

E 5	Isaac's agreement 26:30-31

G 1	His provision of a feast: {30} Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 26:30

G 2	Their exchange of oaths: {31} In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; 26:31a

G 3	Their peaceful departure: then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace. 26:31b

E 6	Isaac's "re-founding" of Beersheba 26:32-33

G 1	The finding of a well: {32} Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac's servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." 26:32

G 2	The naming of the well: {33} So he called it Shibah; 799 26:33a

G 3	The origin of Beersheba: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba 800 to this day. 26:33b

C 3	The thwarting of Isaac's intention to give the covenanted blessing to Esau instead of Jacob 26:34 - 28:9

D 1	Esau's unhappy Canaanite marriages 26:34-35

E 1	Esau's marriage at age forty: {34} When Esau was forty years old he married 26:34

G 1	Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,

G 2	and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

G 3	To Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite

G 4	To Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite

E 2	The grieved reaction of Isaac and Rebekah: {35} and they brought grief 801 to Isaac and Rebekah. 802 26:35

D 2	Isaac's determination to give the covenanted blessing to Esau 27:1-4

E 1	Isaac's physical condition 27:1a

G 1	His advanced age: {1} Now it came about, when Isaac was old803 27:1

G 2	His impaired eyesight: and his eyes were too dim to see,

E 2	Isaac's desire to bless Esau 27:1b-4

G 1	His calling of his older son, Esau: that he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am." 27:1b

G 2	His explanation of his impending death: {2} Isaac said, "Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death. 27:2

G 3	His request for his favorite food to be brought to him 27:3-4

H 1	Take: {3} "Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow,

H 2	Go: and go out to the field

H 3	Hunt: and hunt game for me;

H 4	Prepare: {4} and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love,

H 5	Bring: and bring it to me that I may eat,

G 4	His intention to bless Esau before he died: so that my soul may bless 804 you before I die." 805 27:4

D 3	Rebekah's plan to detour the covenanted blessing to Jacob by deceit 27:5-
17

E 1	Rebekah's overhearing Isaac's plan to bless Esau: {5} Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. 27:5a

E 2	Rebekah's conversation with Jacob 27:5-13

G 1	Her timing: So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, 27:5b

G 2	Her report to Jacob 27:6-7

H 1	The conversation overheard: {6} Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, 27:6

H 2	Isaac's request for game so that he could bless Esau before his death 27:7

J 1	Bring: {7} 'Bring me some game

J 2	Prepare: and prepare a savory dish for me,

J 3	Eat: that I may eat,

J 4	Bless: and bless you in the presence of the LORD 806 before my death.'

G 3	Her instructions 27:8-10

H 1	To Jacob to obey: {8} "Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you. 27:8

H 2	To bring two choice kids from the flock so she could prepare a savory dish for Isaac: {9} "Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves. 27:9

H 3	To bring the dish to his father to obtain his blessing before his death: {10} "Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death." 27:10

G 4	Jacob's objections 27:11-13

H 1	Because of his smoothness contrasted with Esau's hairiness: {11} Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man. 27:11

H 2	His fear of being found out: {12} "Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, 27:12a

H 3	His fear of being cursed instead of blessed: and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing." 27:12b

H 4	His mother's response: {13} But his mother said to him, 27:13

J 1	"Your curse be on me, my son;

J 2	only obey my voice, and go, get them for me."

G 5	Jacob's compliance 27:14

H 1	{14} So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother;

H 2	and his mother made savory food such as his father loved.

G 6	Rebekah's disguise of Jacob 27:15-17

H 1	Her clothing Jacob with Esau's best garments: {15} Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. 27:15

H 2	Her placing the skins of the kids on Jacob's hands and neck: {16} And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 27:16

H 3	Her giving the savory food and bread to Jacob: {17} She also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob. 27:17

D 4	The deceived Isaac grants Jacob the covenantal blessing he had intended for Esau 27:18-29

E 1	The description of the deception 27:18-27a

G 1	Jacob's presentation of himself to his father: {18} Then he came to his father and said, "My father." 27:18a

G 2	Isaac's query about his identity 27:18b-19

H 1	The query: And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?" 27:18b

H 2	Jacob's portrayal of himself to his father as Esau 27:19

J 1	His identification of himself as Esau, his father's firstborn: {19} Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn;

J 2	His statement of his obedience: I have done as you told me. Get up,

J 3	His request to Isaac to eat so that the latter might bless him: please, sit and eat of my game, that you may bless me."

G 3	Isaac's query about his speed 27:20

H 1	His query: {20} Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?"

H 2	Jacob's reply: And he said, "Because the LORD your God caused it to happen 807 to me."

G 4	Isaac's query about his personal characteristics 27:21-23

H 1	His request to come closer to feel the identity of the speaker: {21} Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not." 27:21

H 2	His vacillation about the voice: {22} So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, 27:22a

H 3	His conviction about the hands: but the hands are the hands of Esau." 27:22b

H 4	His inability to recognize Jacob 27:23

J 1	The reason: {23} He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands;

J 2	The consequent blessing: so he blessed him.

G 5	Isaac's query about his name 27:24

H 1	His query: {24} And he said, "Are you really my son Esau?"

H 2	Jacob's response: And he said, "I am."

G 6	Isaac's partaking of the food 27:25

H 1	The request: {25} So he said, "Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son's game, that I may bless you."

H 2	The prepared meal: And he brought it to him, and he ate;

H 3	Wine: he also brought him wine and he drank.

G 7	Isaac's confirmation through intimacy 27:26-27

H 1	Isaac's request: {26} Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come close and kiss me, my son." 27:26

H 2	Jacob's coming close and kissing his father: {27} So he came close and kissed him; 27:27a

H 3	Isaac's smelling of Esau's clothes, which Jacob was wearing: and when he smelled the smell of his garments, 27:27b

E 2	The description of the blessing 27:27c-29

G 1	The blessing of agriculture: he blessed him and said, [27:27c] 27:27c-28

H 1	"See, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed; 27:27d

H 2	{28} Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, 27:28a

H 3	And of the fatness of the earth, 27:28b

H 4	And an abundance of grain and new wine; 27:28c

G 2	The blessing of sovereignty 27:29a

H 1	International superiority

J 1	{29} May peoples serve you,

J 2	And nations bow down to you;

H 2	Family superiority

J 1	Be master of your brothers, 808

J 2	And may your mother's sons bow down to you.

G 3	The blessing of Abraham 27:29b

H 1	Cursed be those who curse you,

H 2	And blessed be those who bless you." 809

D 5	Isaac's secondary blessing of the enraged Esau 27:30-41

E 1	Esau's return from hunting 27:30-31

G 1	His timing 27:30

H 1	Blessing: {30} Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob,

H 2	Departure: and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,

H 3	Arrival: that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

G 2	His preparation of savory food for his father: {31} Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; 27:31a

E 2	Esau's request of Isaac to eat of his game and bless him 27:31b-32

G 1	Esau's request for his blessing: and he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me." 27:31b

G 2	Isaac's clarification of identity: {32} Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" 27:32a

G 3	Esau's response: And he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." 27:32b

E 3	Isaac's incredulous response 27:33

G 1	His violent trembling: {33} Then Isaac trembled violently, and said,

G 2	His question: "Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him?

G 3	His pronouncement: Yes, and he shall be blessed." 810

E 4	Esau's bitter plea to be blessed 27:34

G 1	His emotion: {34} When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry,

G 2	His plea for a blessing: and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"

E 5	Isaac and Esau's discussion of Jacob 27:35-36a

G 1	Isaac's analysis 27:35

H 1	Jacob's deceit: {35} And he said, "Your brother came deceitfully

H 2	Jacob's stealing of Esau's blessing: and has taken away your blessing."

G 2	Esau's despairing analysis 27:36a

H 1	{36} Then he said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob, 811 for he has supplanted me these two times?

H 2	He took away my birthright,

H 3	and behold, now he has taken away my blessing."

E 6	Isaac's secondary blessing of Esau 27:36b-40

G 1	Esau's plea: And he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?" 27:36b

G 2	Isaac's reply: {37} But Isaac replied to Esau, 27:37

H 1	Jacob's mastery: "Behold, I have made him your master,

H 2	Esau's servitude: and all his relatives I have given to him as servants;

H 3	Jacob's bounty: and with grain and new wine I have sustained him.

H 4	Isaac's powerlessness: Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?"

G 3	Esau's pathetic request 27:38

H 1	His query of Esau's power to bless: {38} Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father?

H 2	His plea for blessing: Bless me, even me also, O my father."

H 3	His chagrin: So Esau lifted his voice and wept. 812

G 4	Isaac's blessing of Esau: {39} Then Isaac his father answered and said to him, 27:39-40

H 1	Esau's dwelling 27:39

J 1	"Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, 813

J 2	And away from the dew of heaven from above.

H 2	Esau's existence 27:40

J 1	Warlike: 40 "By your sword you shall live, 814

J 2	Servile: And your brother you shall serve;

J 3	Rebellious: But it shall come about when you become restless,

J 4	Revolutionary: That you will break his yoke from your neck."

G 5	Esau's grudge against Jacob 27:41

H 1	The fact of his grudge: {41} So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob

H 2	The source of his grudge – paternal blessing: because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him;

H 3	The result of his grudge: and Esau said to himself,

J 1	Anticipation: "The days of mourning for my father are near;

J 2	Assassination: then I will kill my brother Jacob." 815

D 6	Isaac's cognizant bequeathal of the Abrahamic blessing to Jacob 27:42 - 28:9

E 1	Rebekah's plan to protect Jacob from Esau 27:42-46

G 1	Her overhearing Esau's plot to kill Jacob 27:42

H 1	Report: {42} Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, 816

H 2	Request: she sent and called her younger son Jacob,

H 3	Information: and said to him, "Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

G 2	Her warning Jacob to flee 27:43-45

H 1	Her exhortations 27:43

J 1	To heed: {43} "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice,

J 2	To flee: and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!

H 2	Her expectation of the duration of Jacob's exile 27:44-45

J 1	Brevity: {44} "Stay with him a few days, 27:44a

J 2	Amelioration: until your brother's fury subsides, 27:44b

J 3	Diminution: {45} until your brother's anger against you subsides 27:45a

J 4	Forgetfulness: and he forgets what you did to him. 27:45b

H 3	Her plan: Then I will send and get you from there. 27:45c

H 4	Her rationale: Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?" 27:45d

G 3	Her manipulation of Isaac 27:46

H 1	Her disapproval of the daughters of Heth: {46} Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth;

H 2	Her fear of Jacob's potential marriage

J 1	Her hypothesis: if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land,

J 2	Her projected dismay: what good will my life be to me?"

E 2	Isaac's acquiescence and Abrahamic blessing of the plan for Jacob to secure a God-fearing cousin in marriage 28:1-5

G 1	Isaac's calling of Jacob and blessing him: {1} So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him 28:1a

G 2	Isaac's instructions to Jacob about marriage 28:1b-2

H 1	His charge to Jacob: and charged him, and said to him, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 28:1b

H 2	His instructions to go marry a cousin 28:2

J 1	Location: {2} "Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father;

J 2	Action: and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

G 3	Isaac's bequeathing the Abrahamic blessing to Jacob 28:3-4

H 1	BLESSING – Divine blessing: {3} "May God Almighty bless you 817 28:3a

H 2	DESCENDANTS – Multiplied descendants 28:3b

J 1	and make you fruitful and multiply you, 818

J 2	that you may become a company of peoples.

H 3	LAND – The land of promise 28:4

J 1	Abrahamic blessing: {4} "May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, 819

J 2	To Jacob and his line: to you and to your descendants with you,

J 3	Possession of the land of promise: that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham." 820

G 4	Isaac's sending of Jacob away 28:5

H 1	{5} Then Isaac sent Jacob away,

H 2	The travel: and he went to Paddan-aram

H 3	The family

J 1	to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean,

J 2	the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

E 3	Esau's belated attempt to secure a wife with relative integrity 28:6-9

G 1	Esau's witnessing of Isaac's treatment of Jacob 28:6

H 1	His blessing: {6} Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob

H 2	His dispatch: and sent him away to Paddan-aram

H 3	His assignment: to take to himself a wife from there,

H 4	His charge: and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"

G 2	Esau's witnessing of Jacob's obedience 28:7

H 1	Obedience: {7} and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother

H 2	Departure: and had gone to Paddan-aram.

G 3	Esau's conclusion: {8} So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac; 28:8

G 4	Esau's intermarriage into the clan of Ishmael 28:9

H 1	His departure: {9} and Esau went to Ishmael, 821

H 2	His marriage to Mahalath: and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath 822 the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

B 3	God's Elective Blessing of Jacob More Than Esau 28:10 - 36:43

C 1	Yahweh's promise to Jacob of the blessings of Abraham and Isaac 28:10-22

D 1	Yahweh's communication of blessings to Jacob in a dream en route to Haran 28:10-17

E 1	Jacob's departure: {10} Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 28:10

E 2	Jacob's overnight camp 28:11

G 1	His camp: {11} He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set;

G 2	His sleeping situation: and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

E 3	Jacob's dream 28:12-15

G 1	The ladder to heaven with angels commuting: {12} He had a dream, 28:12

H 1	The ladder from earth to heaven: and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven;

H 2	The movement of angels: and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 28:12

G 2	The speech of Yahweh: {13} And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, [28:13a] 28:13-15

H 1	I am the God of your fathers: "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; 823 28:13b

H 2	LAND – I will give this land to you and your descendants: the land on which you lie, 824 I will give it to you and to your descendants. 825 28:13c

H 3	DESCENDANTS – Your descendants will be numerous: {14} "Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, 28:14a

H 4	You will spread in all directions: and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; 28:14b

H 5	BLESSING – I will bless all the world through you and your descendants: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 826 28:14c

H 6	I will keep you safe: {15} "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, 28:15a

H 7	I will bring you back here: and will bring you back to this land; 28:15b

H 8	I will not leave you: for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." 28:15c

E 4	Jacob's reaction to the dream 28:16-17

G 1	His acknowledgment of Yahweh's presence: {16} Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." 28:16

G 2	His fearful reverence toward this site 28:17

H 1	His fear: {17} He was afraid and said,

H 2	His awe: "How awesome is this place!

H 3	His identification: This is none other than the house of God, 827 and this is the gate of heaven."

D 2	Jacob's vow to accept Yahweh as his God and to tithe in return for provision and safe-conduct 28:18-22

E 1	Jacob's commemoration of the site 28:18-19

G 1	His erection of an altar: {18} So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. 28:18

G 2	His naming the site "House of God": {19} He called the name of that place Bethel; 828 however, previously the name of the city had been Luz. 829 28:19

E 2	Jacob's vow 28:20-22

G 1	His conditions 28:20-21a

H 1	If Elohim will provide for him: {20} Then Jacob made a vow, 830 saying, 28:20

J 1	His presence: "If God will be with me

J 2	His protection: and will keep me on this journey that I take,

J 3	His provision of food: and will give me food to eat

J 4	His provision of clothing: and garments to wear,

H 2	If he returns safely to his father: {21} and I return to my father's house in safety, 28:21a

G 2	His promise 28:21b-22

H 1	His adoption of Yahweh as his God: then the LORD will be my God. 831 28:21b

H 2	This stone will be God's house: {22} "This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house, 28:22a

H 3	I will tithe to God: and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You." 832 28:22b

C 2	Yahweh's familial and material blessing of Jacob in Paddan-aram 29 - 30

D 1	The sovereignly controlled expansion of Jacob's family 29:1 - 30:24

E 1	Jacob's marriages 29:1-30

G 1	Jacob's discovery of Rachel 29:1-12

H 1	Jacob's arrival at a well with flocks of sheep 29:1-3

J 1	His arrival: {1} Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east. 29:1

J 2	The well, the flocks, the stone 29:2

K1	The well: {2} He looked, and saw a well in the field,

K2	The flocks: and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks.

K3	The stone: Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.

J 3	The editorial explanation of the custom of feeding all flocks at the same time 29:3

K1	The gathering: {3} When all the flocks were gathered there,

K2	The removal: they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well

K3	The watering: and water the sheep,

K4	The replacement: and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

H 2	Jacob's inquiry concerning Laban and the customs of shepherding 29:4-8

J 1	The shepherds' hometown: {4} Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." 29:4

J 2	The shepherds' familiarity with Laban: {5} He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him." 29:5

J 3	The shepherds' acquiescence concerning Laban's welfare: {6} And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, 29:6a

J 4	The shepherds' identification of Rachel, Laban's daughter: and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep." 29:6b

J 5	Jacob's suggestion they water and pasture their flocks: {7} He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them." 29:7

J 6	The shepherds' explanation of their watering policy: {8} But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep." 29:8

H 3	Jacob's emotional greeting of Rachel 29:9-12

J 1	The arrival of Rachel: {9} While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, 833 for she was a shepherdess. 29:9

J 2	Jacob's watering Laban's flock 29:10

K1	His observation of Rachel: {10} When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother,

K2	His observation of Laban's sheep: and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,

K3	His removal of the stone: Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well

K4	His watering of Laban's flock: and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

J 3	Jacob's emotional greeting of Rachel: {11} Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice and wept. 29:11

J 4	Jacob's identification of himself as a relative: {12} Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's son, 29:12a

J 5	Rachel's return home to report: and she ran and told her father. 29:12b

G 2	Jacob's agreement to serve Laban seven years for Rachel, his daughter 29:13-20

H 1	Laban's hospitality toward Jacob 29:13-14

J 1	Laban's warm greeting: {13} So when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. 29:13a

J 2	Jacob's story: Then he related to Laban all these things. 29:13b

J 3	Laban's hospitality toward Jacob as a relative: {14} Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." 29:14a

J 4	Jacob's stay with Laban: And he stayed with him a month. 29:14b

H 2	Laban's agreement on Jacob's wages 29:15-20

J 1	Laban's query of Jacob concerning terms of employment: {15} Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?" 29:15

J 2	The description of Laban's daughters 29:16-17

K1	Their names: {16} Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 29:16

K2	Their contrasting beauty: {17} And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of form and face. 29:17

J 3	Jacob's offer to serve Laban for seven years for his daughter Rachel: {18} Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." 29:18

J 4	Laban's agreement: {19} Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me." 29:19

J 5	Jacob's loving, seven-year service: {20} So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. 29:20

G 3	Laban's deception in giving Jacob Leah instead of Rachel, forcing Jacob to work seven years more for Rachel 29:21-30

H 1	Jacob's request for the wedding: {21} Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her." 29:21

H 2	Laban's wedding feast: {22} Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast. 29:22

H 3	Laban's substitution of Leah 29:23-24

J 1	The time of Laban's substitution: {23} Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah, and brought her to him; 834 29:23a

J 2	Jacob's consummation of the marriage: and Jacob went in to her. 29:23b

J 3	Laban's contribution of Zilpah: {24} Laban also gave his maid Zilpah 835 to his daughter Leah as a maid. 29:24

H 4	Jacob's confrontation with Laban 29:25

J 1	His discovery of Leah: {25} So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah!

J 2	His question to Laban: And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me?

J 3	His service for Rachel: Was it not for Rachel that I served with you?

J 4	His question why! Why then have you deceived me?" 836

H 5	Laban's explanation: {26} But Laban said, "It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. 29:26

H 6	Laban's counter-offer – seven more years for the second bride (Rachel) 29:27

J 1	His instruction to Jacob to complete the wedding festivities for Leah: {27} "Complete the week of this one,

J 2	His promise then to give Rachel to Jacob: and we will give you the other also

J 3	His price – another seven years labor: for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years." 837

H 7	Laban's giving Rachel to Jacob a week later 29:28-29

J 1	Jacob's compliance – his completion of the marriage festivities with Leah: {28} Jacob did so and completed her week, 838 29:28a

J 2	Laban's gift of Rachel to Jacob: and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29:28b

J 3	Laban's gift of Bilhah to Rachel: {29} Laban also gave his maid Bilhah 839 to his daughter Rachel as her maid. 29:29

H 8	Jacob's consummation of his marriage with Rachel: {30} So Jacob went in to Rachel also, 29:30a

H 9	Jacob's greater love for Rachel: and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, 29:30b

H 10	Jacob's additional seven-year service: and he served with Laban for another seven years. 29:30c

E 2	Jacob's offspring 29:31 - 30:24

G 1	Yahweh's shutting of Rachel's womb, blessing Leah with Reuben, Simeon, and Levi 29:31-35

H 1	Yahweh's action: {31} Now the LORD saw 29:31

J 1	Leah unloved, but fertile: that Leah was unloved, 840 and He opened her womb, 841

J 2	Rachel loved, but barren: but Rachel was barren.

H 2	Leah's first son, Reuben {32} Leah conceived and bore a son 29:32

J 1	Name significance: and named him Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has seen my affliction; 842 (Reuben means, "Look, a son!")

J 2	Her hope: surely now my husband will love me." 843

H 3	Leah's second son, Simeon: {33} Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, 29:33

J 1	Leah's reasoning: "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, 844 He has therefore given me this son also."

J 2	The boy's name: So she named him Simeon. (Simeon means "hearing.")

H 4	Leah's third son, Levi: {34} She conceived again and bore a son and said, 29:34

J 1	Leah's hope: "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." 845

J 2	The boy's name: Therefore he was named Levi. (Levi means "attached.")

H 5	Leah's fourth son, Judah: {35} And she conceived again and bore a son and said, 29:35

J 1	Leah's response: "This time I will praise the LORD." 846 Therefore she named him Judah.

J 2	Leah's cessation: Then she stopped bearing. (Judah means "praise.")

G 2	Rachel's desperate gift of Bilhah to Jacob as wife; the births of Dan and Naphtali 30:1-8

H 1	The discord between Rachel and Jacob (30:1-4)

J 1	Rachel's observation: {1} Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, 30:1a

J 2	Rachel's jealousy: she became jealous of her sister;847 30:1b

J 3	Rachel's demand: and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 848 30:1c

J 4	Jacob's anger: {2} Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, 849 who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" 30:2

J 5	Rachel's solution 30:3-4

K1	Her offer of Bilhah as a concubine for proxy child-bearing: {3} She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children." 850

K2	Jacob's compliance: {4} So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

H 2	Bilhah's first son, Dan 30:5-6

J 1	The first result of Jacob and Rachel's arrangement: {5} Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 30:5

J 2	Rachel's interpretation: {6} Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." 851 30:6a

J 3	The significance of the name: Therefore she named him Dan. 852 (Dan means "justice.") 30:6b

H 3	Bilhah's second son, Naphtali 30:7-8

J 1	Bilhah's second son: {7} Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son 30:7

J 2	Rachel's interpretation:. {8} So Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." 853 30:8a

J 3	The significance of the name: And she named him Naphtali. (Naphtali means "wrestling.") 30:8b

G 3	Leah's competitive gift of Zilpah to Jacob as wife; the births of Gad and Asher 30:9-13

H 1	Leah's gift of Zilpah: {9} When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 854 30:9

H 2	Zilpah's first son, Gad 30:10-11

J 1	The result: {10} Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 30:10

J 2	Leah's reaction: {11} Then Leah said, "How fortunate!" 855 30:11a

J 3	The significance of the name: So she named him Gad. (Gad means "luck" or "fortune.") 30:11b

H 3	Zilpah's second son, Asher 30:12-13

J 1	Zilpah's second son: {12} Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 30:12

J 2	Leah's reaction: {13} Then Leah said, "Happy am I! For women will call me happy." 30:13a

J 3	The significance of the second son: So she named him Asher. (Asher means "happy.") 30:13b

G 4	Leah's hire of Jacob through mandrakes; the births of Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah 30:14-21

H 1	Rachel's request of Leah 30:14

J 1	Reuben's find: {14} Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field,

J 2	Reuben's gift: and brought them to his mother Leah.

J 3	Rachel's request: Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." 856

H 2	Leah's angry response 30:15

J 1	Rachel's theft of her husband: {15} But she said to her, "Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? 30:15a

J 2	Rachel's theft of her son's gift: And would you take my son's mandrakes also?" 30:15b

H 3	Rachel's bargain: So Rachel said, "Therefore he may lie with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes." 30:15c

H 4	Leah's proposal 30:16

J 1	Jacob's return: {16} When Jacob came in from the field in the evening,

J 2	Leah's initiative: then Leah went out to meet him

J 3	Leah's request: and said, "You must come in to me,

J 4	Leah's reason: for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes."

J 5	Jacob's compliance: So he lay with her that night.

H 5	God's response to Leah, a fifth son, Issachar 30:17-18

J 1	{17} God gave heed to Leah, 857 and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 30:17

J 2	Leah's interpretation: {18} Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband." 858 30:18a

J 3	The significance of the name: So she named him Issachar. (Issachar means "reward.") 30:18b

H 6	Leah's sixth son, Zebulun 30:19-20

J 1	Leah's conception and child-bearing: {19} Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 30:19

J 2	Leah's interpretation: {20} Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift; 859 30:20a

J 3	Leah's hope: now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." 860 30:20b

J 4	The significance of the name: So she named him Zebulun. (Zebulun means "dwelling.") 30:20c

H 7	Leah's seventh child, a daughter, Dinah: {21} Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah. 861 30:21

G 5	Elohim's gift of a son to Rachel, Joseph 30:22-24

H 1	God's opening of Rachel's womb: {22} Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb. 862 30:22

H 2	Rachel's interpretation: {23} So she conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." 863 30:23

H 3	The significance of the name: {24} She named him Joseph, 864 30:24a

H 4	Rachel's prayer: saying, "May the LORD give me another son." 865 30:24b

D 2	The expansion of Jacob's herds 30:25-43

E 1	Laban's perception of Yahweh's blessing on Jacob; his agreement to allow Jacob to build up his own herds while continuing to work for Laban 30:25-36

G 1	Jacob's request to be sent home 30:25-26

H 1	His request to Laban for permission to return home 30:25

J 1	The time of his request: {25} Now it came about when Rachel had borne Joseph,

J 2	The nature of his request: that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away,

J 3	The purpose for his request: that I may go to my own place and to my own country.

H 2	His request for his wives and children 30:26

J 1	Wives: {26} "Give me my wives

J 2	Children: and my children

J 3	Service: for whom I have served you,

J 4	Departure: and let me depart;

J 5	Awareness: for you yourself know my service which I have rendered you."

G 2	Laban's request for Jacob to stay 30:27-28

H 1	His request: {27} But Laban said to him, "If now it pleases you, stay with me; 30:27a

H 2	His reason – because Yahweh had blessed him on Jacob's account: I have divined that the LORD has blessed me on your account." 866 30:27b

H 3	His offer for Jacob to state his wages: {28} He continued, "Name me your wages, and I will give it." 30:28

G 3	Jacob's acknowledgment of Yahweh's blessing of Laban. His uncertainty how he himself should fare 30:29-30

H 1	His hard work: {29} But he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me. 30:29

H 2	Yahweh's blessing: {30} "For you had little before I came and it has increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. 30:30a

H 3	His concern for his own welfare: But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?" 867 30:30b

G 4	Laban's repeated offer: {31} So he said, "What shall I give you?" 30:31a

G 5	Jacob's tender – his hire will be the speckled, spotted, and black sheep and goats 30:31b-33

H 1	His part - continue working for Laban: And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock: 30:31b

H 2	His culling out for himself the odd-colored sheep and goats: {32} let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there 30:32

J 1	Sheep: every speckled and spotted 868 sheep

J 2	Lambs: and every black one among the lambs

J 3	Goats: and the spotted and speckled among the goats;

J 4	Wages: and such shall be my wages. 30:32

H 3	Any not speckled, spotted, or black among his property will be considered stolen 30:33

J 1	Honesty: {33} "So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages.

J 2	Criteria: Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me,

J 3	Crime: will be considered stolen."

G 6	Laban's agreement: {34} Laban said, "Good, let it be according to your word." 30:34

G 7	Laban's removal of the odd-colored sheep and goats 30:35-36

H 1	Laban's sorting 30:35a

J 1	Of male goats: {35} So he removed on that day 869 the striped and spotted male goats

J 2	Of female goats: and all the speckled and spotted female goats, every one with white in it,

J 3	Of sheep: and all the black ones among the sheep, 30:35a

H 2	Laban's giving Jacob's flock into his own sons' care: and gave them into the care of his sons. 870 30:35b

H 3	Laban's moving of Jacob's flock a three days' journey 30:36

J 1	The separation: {36} And he put a distance of three days' journey 871 between himself and Jacob,

J 2	The responsibility of Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

E 2	Jacob's attempted manipulation of the flocks for strength and prolific breeding; his rise to prosperity 30:37-43

G 1	Jacob's carving of stripes into rods: {37} Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods. 30:37

G 2	Jacob's prenatal "striped" influence on his flocks: {38} He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink. 30:38

G 3	The striped and speckled offspring: {39} So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. 872 30:39

G 4	Jacob's further prenatal influence on the new lambs 30:40-42

H 1	His causing the normal colored flock to face the odd-
colored flock (for the purpose of stimulating odd-
coloring): {40} Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban's flock. 30:40

H 2	His use of striped rods only when stronger animals were mating: {41} Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might mate by the rods; 30:41

H 3	His non-use of the rods when weaker animals were mating: {42} but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; 30:42a

G 5	The results of Jacob's efforts 30:42b-43

H 1	His flocks were superior to Laban's: so the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's. 30:42b

H 2	The statement of his prosperity: {43} So the man became exceedingly prosperous, 30:43a

H 3	The examples of his prosperity 30:43b

J 1	Flocks: and had large flocks

J 2	Servants: and female and male servants

J 3	Transportational livestock: and camels 873 and donkeys.

C 3	Yahweh's blessing of Jacob's obedient return to Canaan 31 - 35

D 1	In reconciliation 31 - 33

E 1	With Laban 31

G 1	Jacob's intentions to return to Canaan in response to Laban's ill-
will and Yahweh's instructions 31:1-16

H 1	The first motivation to return to Canaan: Laban's ill will 31:1-2

J 1	Laban's sons' charging of Jacob with theft: {1} Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, 874 and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth." 31:1

J 2	Laban's unfriendly attitude toward Jacob: {2} Jacob saw the attitude 875 of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly. 876 31:2

H 2	The second motivation to return to Canaan – the command of Yahweh 31:3

J 1	The command: {3} Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, 877

J 2	The promise: and I will be with you." 878

H 3	Jacob's first response: convincing his wives 31:4-13

J 1	His calling of Rachel and Leah to the field: {4} So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field, 879 31:4

J 2	Their father's changed attitude: {5} and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, 31:5a

J 3	The presence of Elohim: but the God of my father has been with me. 880 31:5b

J 4	His faithfulness in serving Laban: {6} "You know that I have served your father with all my strength. 31:6

J 5	Their father's duplicity: {7} "Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; 881 however, God did not allow him to hurt me. 31:7

J 6	Elohim's thwarting their father's duplicity: {8} "If he spoke thus, 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth striped. 31:8

J 7	The net result of Elohim's blessing: {9} "Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given them to me. 31:9

J 8	The dream of his flock success: {10} "And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled. 31:10

J 9	The angel of Elohim's confirmation of His blessing Jacob: {11} "Then the angel of God 882 said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.' {12} "He said, 'Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. 31:11-12

J 10	The angel's identification of Himself as the Elohim of Bethel: {13} 'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; 883 31:13a

J 11	His command to Jacob to return: now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'" 31:13b

H 4	The agreement of Rachel and Leah with Jacob 31:14-16

J 1	Their asserting their virtual disinheritance: {14} Rachel and Leah said to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house? 884 31:14

J 2	Their charge that their father had consumed their dowry price: {15} "Are we not reckoned by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price. 31:15

J 3	Their belief that Elohim has only taken away from their father that which rightfully belonged to them, anyway: {16} "Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; 31:16a

J 4	Their permission that Jacob should obey Elohim: now then, do whatever God has said to you." 885 31:16b

G 2	Jacob's surreptitious flight from Laban 31:17-21.

H 1	His loading up his family: {17} Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels; 31:17

H 2	His gathering together all his property to return to Isaac in Canaan: {18} and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, 886 to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. 31:18

H 3	Rachel's stealing of Laban's household idols: {19} When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols 887 that were her father's. 31:19

H 4	Jacob's deception of Laban by not telling him of his departure: {20} And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing. 888 31:20

H 5	Jacob's flight 31:21

J 1	Crossing the Euphrates: {21} So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River,

J 2	Heading toward Gilead: and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

G 3	Laban's overtaking of Jacob, softened by the warning of God 31:22-32

H 1	Laban's pursuit of Jacob 31:22-23

J 1	His hearing about Jacob's departure: {22} When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled, 31:22

J 2	His pursuit of Jacob to Gilead for seven days: {23} then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. 889 31:23

H 2	Elohim's warning to Laban: {24} God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, "Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad." 890 31:24

H 3	Laban's overtaking of Jacob: {25} Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead. 31:25

H 4	Laban's lecture to Jacob 31:26-30

J 1	His questioning Jacob's deceitful abduction of his daughters: {26} Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done by deceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword? 31:26

J 2	His questioning Jacob's deceitful flight, depriving him of a festive send-off: {27} "Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre; 31:27

J 3	His charging Jacob with failure to allow him to say goodbye to his sons and daughters: {28} and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly. 31:28

J 4	His power to do harm to Jacob was blocked by the Elohim of Jacob's father: {29} "It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father 891 spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.' 31:29

J 5	His understanding that Jacob longed for his own father's house: {30} "Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house; 31:30a

J 6	His charging Jacob with stealing his elohim: but why did you steal my gods?" 892 31:30b

H 5	Jacob's reply to Laban 31:31-32

J 1	He had stolen away because he was afraid Laban would take away his daughters by force: {31} Then Jacob replied to Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force. 893 31:31

J 2	Whoever had stolen Laban's elohim would be put to death: {32} "The one with whom you find your gods 894 shall not live; 31:32a

J 3	Take what is yours: in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself." 31:32b

J 4	Jacob's ignorance of Rachel's theft: For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them. 31:32c

G 4	Laban's fruitless search for his inheritance-bequeathing family idols 31:33-35

H 1	Laban's fruitless search: {33} So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and into the tent of the two maids, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent. 31:33

H 2	Rachel's hiding of the idols: {34} Now Rachel had taken the household idols 895 and put them in the camel's saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. 31:34

H 3	Rachel's pretense at having her period: {35} She said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is upon me." 896 31:35a

H 4	Laban's inability to find the household idols: So he searched but did not find the household idols. 31:35b

G 5	Jacob's angry protest of innocence despite Laban's treachery 31:36-42

H 1	Jacob's anger at Laban's accusation of theft 31:36-37

J 1	What is my sin? {36} Then Jacob became angry 897 and contended with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, "What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me? 31:36

J 2	What of yours have you found?: {37} "Though you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two. 31:37

H 2	Jacob's recounting of his faithful service 31:38-41a

J 1	Jacob's faithful service for twenty years: {38} "These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flocks. 31:38

J 2	Laban's pitiless accounting of every animal: {39} "That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 31:39

J 3	Jacob's endurance of heat and cold: {40} "Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes. 31:40

J 4	Jacob's twenty years of service: {41} "These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, 31:41a

H 3	Jacob's charging Laban with unfairness restrained only by Elohim's instructions last night 31:41b-42

J 1	Laban's changing his wages ten times: and you changed my wages ten times. 31:41b

J 2	If Elohim of Isaac and Abraham had not looked after him, Laban would have sent him away empty-
handed: {42} "If the God of my father, 898 the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. 31:42a

J 3	Elohim rendered judgment to you last night: God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night." 31:42b

G 6	Jacob and Laban's treaty of no harm and fidelity 31:43-55

H 1	Laban's arrogant retort: {43} Then Laban replied to Jacob, 31:43a

J 1	The daughters are mine: "The daughters are my daughters,

J 2	The children are mine: and the children are my children,

J 3	The flocks are mine: and the flocks are my flocks,

J 4	Everything you have is mine: and all that you see is mine. 899

H 2	Laban's admission of his own powerlessness: But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? 31:43b

H 3	Laban's suggestion of a covenant: {44} "So now come, let us make a covenant, 900 you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me." 31:44

H 4	Jacob's erection of a pillar and a heap of stones 31:45-46

J 1	Jacob's setting up a stone as a pillar: {45} Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 31:45

J 2	Jacob's men gather stones: {46} Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." 31:46a

J 3	Their eating by the heap of stones: So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 31:46b

H 5	The names given to the heap of stones 31:47-49

J 1	Laban's: {47} Now Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha,901 31:47a

J 2	Jacob's: but Jacob called it Galeed. 902 31:47b

J 3	Laban's interpretation -- this heap is a witness between us: {48} Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me this day." Therefore it was named Galeed, 31:48

J 4	Mizpah (watchtower): {49} and Mizpah, 903 for he said, "May the LORD watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other. 904 31:49

H 6	The terms of the treaty 31:50-53

J 1	Jacob is not to mistreat his daughters: {50} "If you mistreat my daughters, 31:50a

J 2	Jacob is not to take other wives: or if you take wives besides my daughters, 31:50b

J 3	Elohim will see all you do! although no man is with us, see, God is witness between you and me." 31:50c

J 4	The heap and pillar mean that neither will pass this point to harm the other: {51} Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between you and me. {52} "This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. 31:51-52

J 5	May the Elohim of Abraham and Nahor judge between us: {53} "The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." 905 31:53a

J 6	Jacob's oath: So Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 906 31:53b

H 7	Jacob's offering a sacrifice and call for a feast: {54} Then Jacob offered a sacrifice 907 on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to the meal; and they ate the meal 908 and spent the night on the mountain. 31:54

H 8	Laban's farewell and departure 31:55

J 1	His farewell: {55} Early in the morning Laban arose, 909 and kissed his sons and his daughters

J 2	His blessing: and blessed them.

J 3	His departure: Then Laban departed and returned to his place. 910

E 2	With Esau 32 - 33

G 1	Jacob's encounter with the angels of God at Mahanaim 32:1-2

H 1	The angels of God meeting Jacob as he was returning: {1} Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God 911 met him. 32:1

H 2	Jacob's identifying the place as "God's Camp," naming it Mahanaim: {2} Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." 912 So he named that place Mahanaim. 913 32:2

G 2	Jacob's fear of Esau; his division of his company into two and prayer to God for protection based on past promises 32:3-12

H 1	An ominous exchange of messengers 32:3-6

J 1	Jacob sends messengers to Esau: {3} Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 32:3

J 2	The message – I have acquired wealth from Laban; I'm returning and I wish to find favor in your sight: {4} He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now; {5} I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight."' " 32:4-5

J 3	The messengers' ominous report – Esau is coming to meet you with 400 men! {6} The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him." 914 32:6

H 2	The fearful response of Jacob 32:7-8

J 1	Jacob's fear: {7} Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; 915

J 2	His division of his family into two groups: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies; 32:7

J 3	His rationale – if one group is attacked, the other will flee: {8} for he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape." 32:8

H 3	Jacob's prayer 32:9-12

J 1	His identification of God: {9} Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, 916

J 2	His reviewing Yahweh's command to him to return with Divine blessing: who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,' 32:9

J 3	His unworthiness of Yahweh's loyal love and faithfulness; {10} I am unworthy 917 of all the lovingkindness 918 and of all the faithfulness 919 which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies. 32:10

J 4	His request for deliverance from Esau, whom he fears: {11} "Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children. 920 32:11

J 5	His reminder of God's promise to multiply his offspring: {12} "For You said, 'I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, 921 which is too great to be numbered.'" 32:12

G 3	Jacob's preparations to appease Esau with gifts 32:13-21

H 1	A list of the gifts 32:13-15

J 1	Goats: {13} So he spent the night there. Then he selected from what he had with him a present 922 for his brother Esau: {14} two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, 32:13-14a

J 2	Sheep: two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 32:14b

J 3	Camels: {15} thirty milking camels and their colts, 32:15a

J 4	Cattle: forty cows and ten bulls, 32:15b

J 5	Donkeys: twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 32:15c

H 2	Instructions to his help 32:16-20

J 1	The spacing of the livestock: {16} He delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass on before me, and put a space between droves." 32:16

J 2	The hypothetical question from Esau: {17} He commanded the one in front, saying, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?' 32:17

J 3	The approved response: {18} then you shall say, 'These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a present sent to my lord Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.'" 32:18

J 4	Subsequent responses: {19} Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the droves, saying, "After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; 32:19

J 5	The approach of Jacob your servant! {20} and you shall say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.' " 20a

H 3	The thought of Jacob – appeasing him with gifts to promote acceptance: For he said, "I will appease him 923 with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me." 32:20b

H 4	Jacob's remaining behind that night: {21} So the present passed on before him, while he himself spent that night in the camp. 32:21

G 4	Jacob's wrestling with God at Peniel until the latter blesses him 32:22-32

H 1	Jacob's taking across the stream his entire family 32:22-
23

J 1	{22} Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

J 2	{23} He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had.

H 2	Jacob's being left alone: {24} Then Jacob was left alone, 32:24a

H 3	Jacob's wrestling match 32:24-26

J 1	The statement: and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 924 32:24b

J 2	The man's miraculous dislocation of Jacob's hip because he could not overpower him: {25} When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, 925 he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 32:25

J 3	The man's request for Jacob to let him go as dawn was breaking: {26} Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." 32:26a

H 4	Jacob's conversation 32:26-29

J 1	Jacob's insistence on a blessing before letting the man go: But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." 32:26b

J 2	The man's changing Jacob's name to Israel – "for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." 37:27-28

K1	The man's query: {27} So he said to him, "What is your name?" 32:27a

K2	Jacob's reply: And he said, "Jacob." 32:27b

K3	The man's pronouncement: {28} He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; 926 32:28a

K4	The man's reason: for you have striven with God and with men 927 and have prevailed." 32:28b

J 3	Jacob's asking for the man's name: {29} Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." 32:29a

J 4	The man's failure to respond: But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" 32:29b

J 5	The man's blessing him there: And he blessed him there. 32:29c

H 5	Jacob's reaction 32:30-31

J 1	His naming the place "Peniel" : {30} So Jacob named the place Peniel, 928 32:30a

J 2	His reason: for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved!" 929 32:30b

J 3	His limping across Penuel at daybreak: {31} Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh. 930 32:31

H 6	The refusal of the sons of Israel to eat the hip sinew because the man touched Jacob's hip socket: {32} Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. 32:32

G 5	The cordial, if strained, meeting between Esau and Jacob 33:1-
17

H 1	The ominous approach of Esau: {1} Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. 33:1a

H 2	Jacob's division of his family 33:1b-2

J 1	The general statement: So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. 33:1b

J 2	The pecking order: {2} He put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. 931 33:2

H 3	Jacob's humble approach to his brother: {3} But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, 932 until he came near to his brother. 33:3

H 4	Esau's emotional greeting of Jacob: {4} Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. 933 33:4

H 5	Esau's query of Jacob's human retinue 33:5-7

J 1	Esau's query: {5} He lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, "Who are these with you?" 33:5a

J 2	Jacob's response: So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." 33:5b

J 3	The respect of the maids and children: {6} Then the maids came near with their children, and they bowed down. 33:6

J 4	The respect of Leah and children: {7} Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; 33:7a

J 5	The respect of Joseph and Rachel: and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down. 33:7b

H 6	Esau's query of all the herd he had met 33:8-11

J 1	Esau's query: {8} And he said, "What do you mean by all this company which I have met?" 33:8a

J 2	Jacob's response: And he said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord." 33:8b

J 3	Esau's initial refusal: {9} But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own." 33:9

J 4	Jacob's insistence 33:10-11a

K 1	As proof of his favor in Esau's sight: {10} Jacob said, "No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, 934 and you have received me favorably. 33:10

K 2	Because Elohim has been with him and he has plenty: {11} "Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty." 33:11a

J 5	Esau's acceptance: Thus he urged him and he took it. 33:11b

H 7	Esau's proposal to travel together {12} Then Esau said, "Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you." 33:12

H 8	Jacob's refusal 33:13-14

J 1	It's too hard for the children and flocks: {13} But he said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die. 33:13

J 2	You go ahead and I'll follow at a leisurely pace: {14} "Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir." 33:14

H 9	Esau's offer of an armed guard: {15} Esau said, "Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." 33:15a

H 10	Jacob's refusal: But he said, "What need is there? 935 Let me find favor in the sight of my lord." 33:15b

H 11	Esau's return to Seir: {16} So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 33:16

H 12	Jacob's settlement at Succoth: {17} Jacob journeyed to Succoth, 936 and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth. 33:17

G 6	Jacob's settling in Shechem and erection of an altar to the God of Israel 33:18-20

H 1	Jacob's arrival at Shechem: {18} Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, 937 which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. 33:18

H 2	Jacob's purchase of land to pitch his tent: {19} He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, 938 for one hundred pieces of money. 33:19

H 3	Jacob's erection of an altar {20} Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. 939 33:20

D 2	Elohim's blessing of Jacob in Canaan despite the amoral and immoral behavior of his sons 34 - 35

E 1	Simeon and Levi's amoral, retaliatory massacre of the men of Shechem 34

G 1	Shechem ben Hamor's defilement of Dinah; his request to marry her 34:1-4

H 1	Dinah's mission: {1} Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 34:1

H 2	Shechem's rape: {2} When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 34:2

H 3	Shechem's attraction: {3} He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 34:3

H 4	Shechem's request: {4} So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife." 34:4

G 2	Hamor's official request for marriage and intermarriage 34:5-
12

H 1	Jacob's silence: {5} Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in. 34:5

H 2	Hamor's mission: {6} Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 34:7

H 3	The anger of Jacob's sons: {7} Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done. 34:7

H 4	Hamor's explanation: {8} But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. 34:8

H 5	Hamor's request for an alliance 34:9-10

J 1	Intermarriage: {9} "Intermarry with us; 940 give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. 34:9

J 2	Trade benefits: {10} "Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it." 34:10

H 6	Shechem's willingness to pay a dowry 34:11-12

J 1	His promise: {11} Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me. 34:11

J 2	His request for marriage: {12} "Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage." 34:12

G 3	The deceitful agreement of Jacob's sons on condition of circumcision 34:13-17

H 1	The deceit of Jacob's sons: {13} But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, 941 because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 34:17

H 2	Their condition of circumcision 34:14-17

J 1	The stigma of uncircumcision: {14} They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 34:14

J 2	Their condition of circumcision: {15} "Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised, 942 34:15

J 3	Their agreement to the alliance: {16} then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people. 34:16

J 4	Their refusal to participate without circumcision: {17} "But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go." 943 34:17

G 4	The eager compliance of the men of the city 34:18-24

H 1	The agreement of Hamor and Shechem: {18} Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. 34:18

H 2	The speedy compliance of respected Shechem: {19} The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father. 34:19

H 3	The conversation of Hamor and Shechem with the men of the city 34:20-24

J 1	The meeting: {20} So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 34:20

J 2	The proposal of an alliance: {21} "These men are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them. 34:21

J 3	The explanation of the condition: {22} "Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. 34:22

J 4	Their anticipated gain: {23} "Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? 944 Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us." 34:23

J 5	The compliance of the men: {24} All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 34:24

G 5	The ruthless attack of Simeon and Levi on the unsuspecting men of Shechem in retaliation for the rape of their sister 34:25-31

H 1	The disability of the men: {25} Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, 34:25a

H 2	The slaughter by Simeon and Levi 34:25b-26

J 1	The surprise attack: that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. 945 34:25b

J 2	Their murder of Hamor and Shechem: {26} They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, 34:26a

J 3	Their abduction of Dinah: and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth. 34:26b

H 3	The looting by Jacob's sons 34:27-29

J 1	The summary statement: {27} Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted the city, 946 because they had defiled their sister. 34:27

J 2	Their plunder of livestock: {28} They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field; 34:28

J 3	Their abduction of wives and children: {29} and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, 947 even all that was in the houses. 34:29

H 4	The dismay of Jacob 34:30

J 1	His fear of perception: {30} Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, 948 among the Canaanites and the Perizzites;

J 2	His fear of reprisal: and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household."

H 5	The honor code of Jacob's sons: {31} But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?" 949 34:31

E 2	Elohim's renewal to Jacob of the blessings of the Abrahamic covenant 35:1-15

G 1	Elohim's instructions to Jacob to return to Bethel and make an altar to God 35:1-4

H 1	Elohim's command to Jacob to return to Bethel: {1} Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there,950 and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." 951 35:1

H 2	Jacob's instructions to his household: {2} So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, [35:2a] 35:2-3a

J 1	"Put away the foreign gods which are among you,952 35:2b

J 2	and purify yourselves 35:2c

J 3	and change your garments; 35:2d

J 4	{3} and let us arise and go up to Bethel, 35:3a

H 3	Jacob's intention to make an altar to Elohim: and I will make an altar there to God, 953 35:3b

J 1	who answered me in the day of my distress

J 2	and has been with me wherever I have gone."

H 4	His family's response 35:4

J 1	{4} So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had 954

J 2	and the rings which were in their ears, 955

J 3	and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

G 2	The Divinely-protected journey of the clan to Bethel; Jacob's erection of an altar at Bethel; the death of Deborah 35:5-8

H 1	The fear of the surrounding cities: {5} As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, 956 and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 35:6

H 2	Jacob's arrival at Bethel: {6} So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 35:6

H 3	Jacob's building an altar: {7} He built an altar there, 35:7

J 1	The name: and called the place El-bethel, 957

J 2	The reason: because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

H 4	The death and burial of Deborah 35:8

J 1	Her death: {8} Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, 958

J 2	Her burial: and she was buried below Bethel under the oak;

J 3	The name of the site: it was named Allon-bacuth. ("Oak of Weeping")

G 3	Elohim's appearance to Jacob, renaming him Israel; His renewal of the blessings and promises related to the Abrahamic covenant 35:9-15

H 1	The appearance of Elohim 35:9

J 1	{9} Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram,

J 2	and He blessed him.

H 2	His confirmation of Jacob's name change 35:10

J 1	{10} God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob,

J 2	But Israel shall be your name." 959

J 3	Thus He called him Israel. 960

H 3	His identification of himself as El Shaddai: {11} God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; 961 35:11a

H 4	His command: Be fruitful and multiply; 962 35:11b

H 5	His blessing 35:11c-12

J 1	Nations: A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, 963 35:11c

J 2	Kings: And kings 964 shall come forth from you. 35:11d

J 3	Land: {12} "The land 965 which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you." 966 35:12

H 6	His departure: {13} Then God went up from him 967 in the place where He had spoken with him. 35:13

H 7	Jacob's response 35:14-15

J 1	His setting up a pillar: {14} Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, 35:14a

J 2	His anointing the pillar: and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. 35:14b

J 3	His naming the place Bethel: {15} So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.968 35:15

E 3	Milestones in Jacob's family 35:16-29

G 1	The birth of Benjamin and death of Rachel 35:16-20

H 1	The journey to Ephrath (Bethlehem): {16} Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, 35:16a

H 2	Rachel's hard labor: Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor. 35:16b

H 3	The consolation of the midwife: {17} When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son." 35:17

H 4	Rachel's dying name for her son: {18} It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; 969 35:18a

H 5	Jacob's renaming of his son: but his father called him Benjamin. 970 35:18b

H 6	The Burial of Rachel: {19} So Rachel died and was buried 971 on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 35:19

H 7	Jacob's erection of a pillar: {20} Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. 35:20

G 2	Reuben's immoral incest with Bilhah 35:21-22a

H 1	The journey of Israel: {21} Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 35:21

H 2	The incest of Reuben: {22} It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, 972 and Israel heard of it. 35:22a

G 3	The list of Jacob's twelve sons: Now there were twelve sons of Jacob – [35:22b] 35:22b-26

H 1	By Leah: {23} the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; 35:23

H 2	By Rachel: {24} the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; 35:24

H 3	By Bilhah: {25} and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali; 35:25

H 4	By Zilpah: {26} and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. 35:26a

H 5	Their provenance: These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram. 35:26b

G 4	Jacob's reunion with Isaac: {27} Jacob came to his father Isaac973 at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), 974 where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 35:27

G 5	The death of Isaac; his burial by Jacob and Esau 35:28-29

H 1	The life-span of Isaac: {28} Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. 35:28

H 2	The death of Isaac: {29} Isaac breathed his last and died975 and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; 35:29a

H 3	The burial of Isaac: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 976 35:29b

SECTION X. WHAT BECAME OF ESAU. 36:1-8

C 4	The genealogy of the secondarily - blessed Esau 36

D 1	The generations of Esau announced: {1} Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 977 36:1

D 2	The wives, sons, and movement of Esau 36:2-8

E 1	The wives of Esau: {2} Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: 978 [36:2a] 36:2-3

G 1	Adah: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 979 36:2b

G 2	Oholibamah: and Oholibamah 36:2c

H 1	the daughter of Anah

H 2	and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 980

G 3	Basemath: {3} also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 36:3

E 2	The sons of Esau 36:4-5

G 1	By Adah: {4} Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, 36:4a

G 2	By Basemath: and Basemath bore Reuel, 36:4b

G 3	By Oholibamah: {5} and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. 36:5a

G 4	Summary: These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 36:5b

E 3	The movement of Esau 36:6-8

G 1	The departure of Esau: {6} Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his goods which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob. 981 36:6

G 2	The reason for his departure 36:7

H 1	Many livestock: {7} For their property had become too great for them to live together,

H 2	Insufficient land: and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.

G 3	Esau's destination: {8} So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir;982 Esau is Edom. 983 36:8

SECTION ELEVEN: WHAT BECAME OF ESAU, FATHER OF EDOMITES IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF SEIR. 36:9-37:1

D 3	The names of Esau's sons and grandsons 36:9-14

E 1	The official title – Toledoth: {9} These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 984 36:9

E 2	{10} These are the names of Esau's sons: [36:10a] 36:10-14

G 1	The first generation of Esau's sons 36:10b

H 1	Eliphaz the son of Esau's wife Adah,

H 2	Reuel the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

G 2	The descendants of Esau's sons 36:11-13

H 1	{11} The sons of Eliphaz were [36:11] 36:11-12

J 1	Teman,

J 2	Omar,

J 3	Zepho

J 4	and Gatam

J 5	and Kenaz.

J 6	{12} Timna was a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. 36:12a

J 7	The grandmother of the sons of Eliphaz: These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah. 36:12b

H 2	{13} These are the sons of Reuel: 36:13

J 1	Nahath

J 2	and Zerah,

J 3	Shammah

J 4	and Mizzah.

J 5	The grandmother of the sons of Reuel: These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

G 3	The sons of Esau by his wife Oholibamah: {14} These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon: she bore to Esau, 36:14

H 1	Jeush

H 2	and Jalam

H 3	and Korah.

D 4	The chiefs of the sons of Esau: {15} These are the chiefs 985 of the sons of Esau. [36:15a] 36:15-19

E 1	The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, are 36:15b-16

G 1	chief Teman,

G 2	chief Omar,

G 3	chief Zepho,

G 4	chief Kenaz,

G 5	{16} chief Korah, 36:16

G 6	chief Gatam,

G 7	chief Amalek.

G 8	Conclusion

H 1	These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom;

H 2	these are the sons of Adah.

E 2	{17} These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: 36:17

G 1	chief Nahath,

G 2	chief Zerah,

G 3	chief Shammah,

G 4	chief Mizzah.

G 5	Conclusion

H 1	These are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom;

H 2	these are the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

E 3	{18} These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: 36:18

G 1	chief Jeush,

G 2	chief Jalam,

G 3	chief Korah.

G 4	Conclusion: These are the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

E 4	Conclusion 36:19

G 1	{19} These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom),

G 2	and these are their chiefs.

D 5	The sons and grandsons of Seir the Horite 36:20-30

E 1	The sons of Seir the Horite: {20} These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: [36:20] 36:20-21

G 1	Lotan

G 2	and Shobal

G 3	and Zibeon

G 4	and Anah,

G 5	{21} and Dishon 36:21

G 6	and Ezer

G 7	and Dishan.

G 8	Conclusion: These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

E 2	The grandsons of Seir the Horite 36:22-28

G 1	{22} The sons of Lotan were 36:22

H 1	Hori

H 2	and Hemam;

H 3	and Lotan's sister was Timna.

G 2	{23} These are the sons of Shobal: 36:23

H 1	Alvan

H 2	and Manahath

H 3	and Ebal,

H 4	Shepho

H 5	and Onam.

G 3	{24} These are the sons of Zibeon: 36:24

H 1	Aiah

H 2	and Anah--he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

G 4	{25} These are the children of Anah: 36:25

H 1	Dishon,

H 2	and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

G 5	{26} These are the sons of Dishon: 36:26

H 1	Hemdan

H 2	and Eshban

H 3	and Ithran

H 4	and Cheran.

G 6	{27} These are the sons of Ezer: 36:27

H 1	Bilhan

H 2	and Zaavan

H 3	and Akan.

G 7	{28} These are the sons of Dishan: 26:28

H 1	Uz

H 2	and Aran.

E 3	The chiefs of the Horites: {29} These are the chiefs descended from the Horites: [36:29] 36:29-30

G 1	chief Lotan,

G 2	chief Shobal,

G 3	chief Zibeon,

G 4	chief Anah,

G 5	{30} chief Dishon, 36:30

G 6	chief Ezer,

G 7	chief Dishan.

G 8	Conclusion: These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir.

D 6	Kings in the land of Edom: {31} Now these are the kings who reigned 986 in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel. 987 [36:31] 36:31-39

E 1	Bela: {32} Bela the son of Beor reigned 988 in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 36:32

E 2	Jobab: {33} Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king 989 in his place.

E 3	Husham: {34} Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

E 4	Hadad: {35} Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

E 5	Samlah: {36} Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

E 6	Shaul: {37} Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.

E 7	Baal-hanan: {38} Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

E 8	Hadar

G 1	The death of his predecessor: {39} Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died,

G 2	His rule: and Hadar became king in his place;

G 3	His city: and the name of his city was Pau;

G 4	His wife: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

D 7	The names of chiefs descended from Esau: {40} Now these are the names of the chiefs 990 descended from Esau, according to their families and their localities, by their names: [36:40] 36:40-43

E 1	chief Timna,

E 2	chief Alvah,

E 3	chief Jetheth,

E 4	{41} chief Oholibamah, 36:41

E 5	chief Elah,

E 6	chief Pinon,

E 7	{42} chief Kenaz, 36:42

E 8	chief Teman,

E 9	chief Mibzar,

E 10	{43} chief Magdiel, 36:43a

E 11	chief Iram. 36:43b

E 12	Conclusion: These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of the Edomites), according to their habitations in the land of their possession. 36:43c

B 4	God's Elective Blessing of Despised Joseph Above His Brothers 37 - 50

C 1	Joseph's destiny and disowning 37

D 1	Jacob's generations 37:1-2a

E 1	Jacob's land: {1} Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. 37:1

SECTION TWELVE. WHAT BECAME OF JACOB. 37:22-50:26

E 2	What became of Jacob: {2} These are the records of the generations of Jacob. 991 37:2a

D 2	Joseph's favored position 37:2b-11

E 1	Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph 37:2b-4

G 1	The situation of Joseph: {2b} Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. 37:2b

G 2	The conscience of Joseph: And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. 992 37:2c

G 3	The favoritism of Israel 37:3

H 1	His love: {3} Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons,

H 2	His reason: because he was the son of his old age; 993

H 3	His gift: and he made him a varicolored tunic. 994

G 4	The jealousy of Joseph's brothers 37:4

H 1	Their observation: {4} His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; 995

H 2	Their hatred: and so they hated him 996

H 3	Their confrontational communication: and could not speak to him on friendly terms. 997

E 2	Joseph's Divinely-given dreams of his destiny of superiority among his own family 37:5-11

G 1	The first dream – Joseph's brothers' sheaves bowing down to him 37:5-8

H 1	The summary of the dream and its results: {5} Then Joseph had a dream, 998 and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him 999 even more. 37:5

H 2	The request of Joseph: {6} He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had; 37:6

H 3	The process of harvest: {7} for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, 37:7a

H 4	The exaltation of Joseph's sheaf: and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; 37:7b

H 5	The humility of the brothers' sheaves: and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf." 1000 37:7c

H 6	The reaction of the brothers 37:8

J 1	Their incredulity: {8} Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign 1001 over us? Or are you really going to rule 1002 over us?"

J 2	Their hatred: So they hated him 1003 even more for his dreams and for his words. 1004

G 2	Joseph's second dream – The prostration of the sun, moon, and eleven stars before him 37:9-11

H 1	The content of the dream: {9} Now he had still another dream, 1005 and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 1006 37:9

H 2	His telling of the dream: {10} He related it to his father and to his brothers; 37:10a

H 3	The reactions of his family 37:10b-11

J 1	The rebuke of his father: and his father rebuked him and said to him, 37:10b

K1	His query:"What is this dream that you have had?

K2	His interpretation: Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?" 1007

J 2	The jealousy of his brothers: {11} His brothers were jealous 1008 of him, 37:11a

J 3	The contemplation of his father: but his father kept the saying in mind. 1009 37:11b

D 3	Joseph's disposal by his brothers 37:12-36

E 1	Joseph's errand to check up on his brothers at Shechem and Dothan 37:12-17

G 1	The situation of Joseph's brothers: {12} Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. 37:12

G 2	Israel's assignment for Joseph 37:13-14

H 1	The proposal of Israel: {13} Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." 37:13a

H 2	The willingness of Joseph: And he said to him, "I will go." 1010 37:13b

H 3	The assignment of Israel 37:14

J 1	Investigation: {14} Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock,

J 2	Report: and bring word back to me." 1011

J 3	Departure: So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

G 3	Joseph's search for his brothers 37:15-17

H 1	The question of a man encountered at Shechem: {15} A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" 37;15

H 2	Joseph's request for information: {16} He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock." 37:16

H 3	The information from the man: {17} Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.' " 37:17a

H 4	Joseph's success: So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. 37:17b

E 2	The brothers' plot to kill Joseph 37:18-24

G 1	The summary of the plot: {18} When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. 1012 37:18

G 2	The details of the plot 37:19-20

H 1	Their labeling of Joseph: {19} They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer! 1013 37:19

H 2	Their proposal to kill him and to blame a wild beast: {20} "Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' 1014 37:20a

H 3	Their objective: Then let us see what will become of his dreams!" 37:20b

G 3	The intervention of Reuben 37:21-22

H 1	His rescue of Joseph: {21} But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands 37:21a

H 2	The reasoning of Reuben – do not be guilty of shedding blood 37:21b-22a

J 1	and said, "Let us not take his life." 1015 37:21b

J 2	{22} Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. 37:22a

H 3	The counter-proposal of Reuben: Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him" 1016 37:22b

H 4	The motivation of Reuben: – that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. 37:22c

G 4	The compliance of the brothers with Reuben's proposal 37:23-
24

H 1	Their stripping Joseph of his coat: {23} So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; 37:23

H 2	Their throwing him into the pit: {24} and they took him and threw him into the pit. 1017 Now the pit was empty, without any water in it. 37:24

E 3	The brothers' sale of Joseph to Ishmaelites 37:25-28

G 1	Their meal: {25} Then they sat down to eat a meal. 1018 37:25a

G 2	Their sighting: And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, 37:25b

H 1	Identity: a caravan of Ishmaelites 1019

H 2	Origin: was coming from Gilead,

H 3	Goods: with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, 1020

H 4	Destination: on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

G 3	Judah's vision of profit 36:26-27b

H 1	Murder earns no money: {26} Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood? 36:26

H 2	Proposal: {27} "Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, 36:27a

H 3	Acknowledgment: for he is our brother, our own flesh." 36:27b

G 4	The acquiescence of his brothers: And his brothers listened to him. 36:27c

G 5	Their sale of Joseph to the Midianites/Ishmaelites 37:28a

H 1	Arrival: {28} Then some Midianite traders 1021 passed by,

H 2	Extrication: so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit,

H 3	Sale: and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. 1022

G 6	Joseph's departure to Egypt: Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.1023 37:28b

E 4	The brothers' deception of Jacob their father regarding the supposed death of Joseph 37:29-36

G 1	Reuben's return: {29} Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; 37:29a

G 2	Reuben's dismay 37:29b-30

H 1	Sign: so he tore his garments. 37:29b

H 2	Absence: {30} He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there; 37:30a

H 3	Dilemma: as for me, where am I to go?" 1024 37:30b

G 3	The brothers' ploy 37:31-33

H 1	Disguise: {31} So they took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;1025 37:31

H 2	Presentation: {32} and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not." 37:32

H 3	Examination: {33} Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. 37:33a

H 4	Conclusion 37:33b

J 1	A wild beast has devoured him;

J 2	Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!" 1026

G 4	The sorrow of Jacob 37:34-35

H 1	Torn garments: {34} So Jacob tore his clothes, 37:34a

H 2	Sackcloth: and put sackcloth on his loins 37:34b

H 3	Interminable mourning: and mourned for his son many days. 37:34c

H 4	Attempted consolation: {35} Then all his sons and all his daughters 1027 arose to comfort him, 37:35a

H 5	Unconsolable: but he refused to be comforted. 37:35b

H 6	Prediction: And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." 1028 37:35c

H 7	Summary: So his father wept for him. 37:35d

G 5	The disposition of Joseph in Egypt 37:36

H 1	His sale: {36} Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt 37:36a

H 2	His owner 37:36b

J 1	Name: to Potiphar,

J 2	Relation: Pharaoh's officer, 1029

J 3	Position: the captain of the bodyguard.

C 2	Joseph's Divinely - blessed moral superiority over Judah 38 - 39

D 1	Judah's moral bankruptcy 1030 38

E 1	As seen in his marriage to a Canaanite 38:1-5

G 1	Judah's visit to Hirah: {1} And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 38:1

G 2	His marriage to the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite: {2} Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite 1031 whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her. 38:2

G 3	The sons of Judah by his Canaanite wife 38:3-5

H 1	Er: {3} So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er. 38:3

H 2	Onan: {4} Then she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan. 38:4

H 3	Shelah: {5} She bore still another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she bore him. 38:5

E 2	As seen in his evil sons 38:6-10

G 1	Er and Tamar 38:6-7

H 1	Judah's arrangement of Tamar to wed Er: {6} Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 38:6

H 2	Yahweh's taking of evil Er's life: {7} But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, 1032 so the LORD took his life. 38:7

G 2	Onan and Tamar 38:8-10

H 1	Judah's instruction of Onan to marry his sister-in-law: {8} Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." 1033 38:8

H 2	Onan's refusal to provide children for his dead brother: {9} Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. 38:9

H 3	Yahweh's taking of Onan's life: {10} But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also. 1034 38:10

E 3	As seen in his deceitful instruction to Tamar to wait for his son Shelah 38:11

G 1	His instruction:{11} Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up"; 1035

G 2	His secret fear: for he thought, "I am afraid that he too may die like his brothers."

G 3	Tamar's compliance: So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

E 4	As seen in his own immorality 38:12-30

G 1	Judah's union with a prostitute (in actuality his daughter-in-law, Tamar) 38:12-19

H 1	The death of Judah's wife: {12} Now after a considerable time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, 38:12a

H 2	Judah's journey to Timnah: Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 38:12b

H 3	Tamar's disguising herself as a prostitute 38:13-14

J 1	Her information about Judah: {13} It was told to Tamar, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." 38:13

J 2	Her disguising herself as a prostitute: {14} So she removed her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, 1036 and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; 38:14a

J 3	Her reason – Shelah was grown and remained a widow: for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife. 38:14b

H 4	Judah's request to the prostitute 38:15-16a

J 1	His misperception: {15} When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, 1037 for she had covered her face. 38:15

J 2	His request: {16} So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, "Here now, let me come in to you"; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-
law. 38:16a

H 5	Tamar's inquiry about payment: And she said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?" 38:16b

H 6	Judah's promise of a goat: {17} He said, therefore, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." 38:17a

H 7	Tamar's request for security: She said, moreover, "Will you give a pledge until you send it?" 38:17b

H 8	Judah's asking her what she wanted: {18} He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" 38:18a

H 9	Tamar's reply: And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." 1038 38:18b

H 10	Tamar's conception: So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 1039 38:18c

H 11	Tamar's return to widowhood status: {19} Then she arose and departed, and removed her veil and put on her widow's garments. 38:19

G 2	Judah's fruitless attempt to pay the prostitute 38:20-23

H 1	Judah's attempt to pay by his friend Hirah: {20} When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her. 38:20

H 2	Hirah's unsuccessful search for the prostitute: {21} He asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the temple prostitute 1040 who was by the road at Enaim?" But they said, "There has been no temple prostitute here." 38:21

H 3	His report to Judah: {22} So he returned to Judah, and said, "I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, 'There has been no temple prostitute here.'" 38:22

H 4	Judah's decision to let the prostitute keep his personal belongings: {23} Then Judah said, "Let her keep them, otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her." 38:23

G 3	Pregnant Tamar's saving of her life by identifying Judah as her consort 38:24-26

H 1	Judah hears of Tamar's prostitution: {24} Now it was about three months later that Judah was informed, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, 1041 and behold, she is also with child by harlotry." 1042 38:24a

H 2	Judah's condemning her to death: Then Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!"1043 38:24b

H 3	Tamar's revelation of her consort's identity: {25} It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "I am with child by the man to whom these things belong." And she said, "Please examine and see, whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?" 38:25

H 4	Judah's justification of Tamar because he had not given her his son Shelah: {26} Judah recognized them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, 1044 inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah." 38:26a

H 5	Judah's abstinence from Tamar: And he did not have relations with her again. 38:26b

G 4	The births of Perez and Zerah 38:27-30

H 1	The discovery of twins: {27} It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb. 38:27

H 2	The midwife's tying a scarlet thread on the wrist of one: {28} Moreover, it took place while she was giving birth, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This one came out first." 38:28

H 3	The birth of the other baby first! {29} But it came about as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out. 38:29a

H 4	Her naming the first-born Perez: Then she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" So he was named Perez. 1045 38:29b

H 5	Her naming the second-born Zerah: {30} Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and he was named Zerah. 1046

D 2	Joseph's Divine blessing and moral strength 39

E 1	Joseph's Divinely - blessed excellence as overseer of Potiphar's house 39:1-6

G 1	The disposition of Joseph: {1} Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh,1047 the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 39:1

G 2	The blessing of Yahweh 39:2

H 1	His presence with Joseph: {2} The LORD was with Joseph,

H 2	Joseph's success: so he became a successful man. 1048

H 3	Joseph's situation: And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

G 3	The observation of Potiphar: {3} Now his master saw 1049 39:3

H 1	Yahweh's presence with Joseph: that the LORD was with him

H 2	Joseph's resultant success: and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

G 4	The promotion of Joseph 39:4

H 1	Potiphar's approval: {4} So Joseph found favor 1050 in his sight

H 2	Joseph's status as personal servant of Potiphar: and became his personal servant; 1051

H 3	Joseph's status as household manager: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

G 5	The blessing of Yahweh 39:5

H 1	The beginning of the blessing: {5} It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned,

H 2	The statement of the blessing: the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; 1052

H 3	The restatement of the blessing: thus the LORD'S blessing 1053 was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

G 6	The extent of Joseph's responsibility 39:6

H 1	The totality of the responsibility: {6} So he left everything he owned in Joseph's charge;

H 2	The exclusion -- Potiphar's food: and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate.

G 7	The prelude to disaster: Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

E 2	Potiphar's rejected wife's framing of Joseph 39:7-18

G 1	Mrs. Potiphar's attempted seductions of Joseph 39:7-12

H 1	Her lustful invitation: {7} It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." 1054 39:7

H 2	Joseph's refusal: {8} But he refused and said to his master's wife, 39:8-9

J 1	His master's entrusting everything into his care: "Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge. 39:8

J 2	The greatness of his position: {9} "There is no one greater in this house than I, 39:9a

J 3	The exclusion of his wife: and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. 39:9b

J 4	The abhorrence of sinning against Potiphar: How then could I do this great evil 39:9c

J 5	The abhorrence of sinning against God! and sin against God?" 1055 39:9d

H 3	Her repeated, but unsuccessful seductions: {10} As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. 1056 39:10

H 4	Her final abortive attempt 39:11-12

J 1	The isolation of Joseph: {11} Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. 39:11

J 2	The forcefulness of Mrs. Potiphar: {12} She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" 39:12a

J 3	The flight of Joseph: And he left his garment in her hand and fled, 1057 and went outside. 39:12b

G 2	Mrs. Potiphar's framing 1058 of Joseph 39:13-18

H 1	The chagrin of Mrs. Potiphar: {13} When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 39:13

H 2	Her deceitful report to the other male household slaves 39:14-15

J 1	Her tampering with other possible witnesses (obstruction of justice) {14} she called to the men of her household and said to them, 39:14a

J 2	Her blaming of her husband: "See, he has brought in 39:14b

J 3	Her anti-Semitic slur: a Hebrew 39:14c

J 4	Her stirring up ethnic bigotry: to us to make sport of us; 39:14d

J 5	Her accusation of rape: he came in to me to lie with me, 39:14e

J 6	Her false testimony of having screamed: and I screamed. 39:14f

J 7	Her false testimony of his having fled in fright: {15} "When he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, 1059 he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside." 39:15

H 3	Her deceitful report to her husband 39:16-18

J 1	Her wait: {16} So she left his garment beside her until his master came home. 39:16

J 2	Her anti-Semitic slur: {17} Then she spoke to him with these words, "The Hebrew slave, 39:17a

J 3	Her blaming of her husband: whom you brought to us, 39:17b

J 4	Her accusation of rape: came in to me to make sport of me; 39:17c

J 5	Her false testimony about having screamed for help: {18} and as I raised my voice and screamed, 39:18a

J 6	Her misrepresentation of evidence: he left his garment beside me and fled outside." 39:18b

E 3	Joseph's rise to managerial position despite his wrongful confinement in prison 39:19-23

G 1	Joseph's wrongful imprisonment 39:19-20

H 1	The anger of his master: {19} Now when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," his anger burned. 39:19

H 2	His imprisonment of Joseph: {20} So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. 1060 39:20

G 2	Joseph's promotion to assistant warden 39:21-23

H 1	The blessing of Yahweh 39:21

J 1	His presence with Joseph: {21} But the LORD was with Joseph

J 2	His kindness to Joseph: and extended kindness 1061 to him,

J 3	His predispositioning of the chief jailer: and gave him favor 1062 in the sight of the chief jailer.

H 2	The resultant actions of the chief jailer

J 1	His placing Joseph in total charge of all the prisoners in the jail: {22} The chief jailer committed to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. 1063 39:22

J 2	The totality of Joseph's control: {23} The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's charge 39:23

J 3	The Divine prospering: because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made to prosper. 1064

C 3	Joseph's Divinely-guided interpretations of dreams 40:1 - 41:36

D 1	Of the dreams of Pharaoh's chief cupbearer and baker 40 1065

E 1	The confinement of Pharaoh's chief cupbearer and baker in prison 40:1-4

G 1	The offense of the cupbearer and baker: {1} Then it came about after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 40:1

G 2	The wrath of Pharaoh: {2} Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 40:2

G 3	Their confinement in Joseph's jail: {3} So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. 40:3

G 4	The jurisdiction of Joseph: {4} The captain of the bodyguard1066 put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time. 40:4

E 2	The dreams of the cupbearer and baker 40:5-8

G 1	The statement concerning the dreams: {5} Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, 1067 each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. 1068 40:5

G 2	The dejection of the dreamers: {6} When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, behold, they were dejected. 40:6

G 3	The query of Joseph: {7} He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?" 1069 40:7

G 4	The response of the dreamers – no one to interpret: {8} Then they said to him, "We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." 1070 40:8a

G 5	Joseph's volunteering to listen to interpret their dreams: Then Joseph said to them, 40:8b

H 1	His ascribing to God the interpretation of dreams: "Do not interpretations belong to God? 1071

H 2	His requesting of the details of the dreams: Tell it to me, please." 1072

E 3	Joseph's favorable interpretation of the cupbearer's dream 40:9-15

G 1	The facts of the dream: {9} So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, [40:9a] 40:9-11

H 1	The vine: "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me; 40:9b

H 2	The three branches: {10} and on the vine were three branches. 40:10a

H 3	The ripe grapes: And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 40:10b

H 4	His giving Pharaoh grape juice: {11} "Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh's hand." 40:11

G 2	Joseph's interpretation: {12} Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: 1073 [40:12a] 40:12-13

H 1	The meaning of the three branches: the three branches are three days; 40:12b

H 2	His removal from prison in three days: {13} within three more days Pharaoh will lift up 1074 your head 40:13a

H 3	His restoration to office as cupbearer: and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer. 40:13b

G 3	Joseph's request for clemency 40:14-15

H 1	His asking to be mentioned to Pharaoh: {14} "Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh 1075 and get me out of this house. 40:14

H 2	His explanation of the injustices done to him 40:15

J 1	His having been kidnapped from Canaan: {15} "For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, 1076

J 2	His having been unjustly treated in Egypt: and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon." 1077

E 4	Joseph's unfavorable interpretation of the baker's dream 40:16-19

G 1	The dream of the baker 40:16-17

H 1	The hope of the baker: {16} When the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, he said to Joseph, 40:16a

H 2	The three baskets of bread: "I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head; 40:16b

H 3	The baked goods for Pharaoh: {17} and in the top basket there were some of all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, 40:17a

H 4	The birds eating the baked goods: and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head." 40:17b

G 2	The interpretation of Joseph: {18} Then Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: [40:18a] 40:18-19

H 1	The meaning of the three baskets: the three baskets are three days; 40:18b

H 2	Pharaoh's execution of the baker: {19} within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you1078 40:19a

H 3	His impalement: and will hang you on a tree, 40:19b

H 4	His public exposure: and the birds will eat your flesh off you." 1079 40:19c

E 5	The precise fulfillment of the two dreams 40:20-23

G 1	Joseph's accuracy regarding the day: {20} Thus it came about on the third day, 40:20a

H 1	The significance of the day: which was Pharaoh's birthday,

H 2	The celebration on the day: that he made a feast for all his servants;

G 2	Joseph's accuracy regarding their removal from prison: and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 40:20b

G 3	Joseph's accuracy regarding the men's destinies 40:21-22

H 1	The restoration to office of the chief cupbearer: {21} He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 40:21

H 2	The hanging of the chief baker: {22} but he hanged 1080 the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. 40:22

G 4	The failure of the chief cupbearer to remember Joseph: {23} Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. 1081 40:23

D 2	Of the dreams of Pharaoh 41:1-36

E 1	Pharaoh's two dreams 41:1-8

G 1	His first dream: The cows from the Nile 41:1-4

H 1	The introduction to the dream 41:1

J 1	The time of the dream: {1} Now it happened at the end of two full years

J 2	The recipient of the dream: that Pharaoh had a dream, 1082

J 3	The situation of the dream: and behold, 1083 he was standing by the Nile. 1084

H 2	Seven fat cows ascend from the Nile, grazing: {2} And lo, 1085 from the Nile there came up seven cows, 1086 sleek and fat; 1087 and they grazed in the marsh grass. 41:2

H 3	Seven gaunt cows ascend from the Nile: {3} Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, 1088 and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 41:3

H 4	The gaunt cows eat up the fat cows: {4} The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. 1089 41:4

G 2	His second dream: The ears of corn 41:5-7

H 1	Seven good ears on a stalk: {5} He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain1090 came up on a single stalk, plump and good. 41:5

H 2	Seven thin ears: {6} Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. 41:6

H 3	The thin ears devour the good ears: {7} The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 41:7

G 3	The concern caused by the dreams 41:8

H 1	Pharaoh's anxiety: {8} Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, 1091

H 2	Pharaoh's summons: so he sent and called for all the magicians 1092 of Egypt, and all its wise men. 1093

H 3	Pharaoh's revelations: And Pharaoh told them his dreams,

H 4	The interpreters' inability: but there was no one who could interpret 1094 them to Pharaoh.

E 2	The cupbearer's remembrance of Joseph 41:9-13

G 1	His introduction: {9} Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, 1095 saying, "I would make mention today of my own offenses. 41:9

G 2	The confinement of the cupbearer and the baker: {10} "Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker. 41:10

G 3	The dreams of the prisoners: {11} "We had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 41:11

G 4	The interpretations of a Hebrew youth: {12} "Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream. 41:12

G 5	The fulfillment of the interpretations: {13} "And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my office, but he hanged him." 41:13

E 3	Pharaoh's relating of the dreams to Joseph 41:14-24

G 1	Pharaoh's sending for Joseph: {14} Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; 1096 and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. 41:14

G 2	The introduction of the pair 41:15-16

H 1	Pharaoh's attributing to Joseph the ability to interpret Gedreams: {15} Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." 41:15

H 2	Joseph's promising that God would provide an interpretation of peace: {16} Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer." 1097 41:16

G 3	The cows from the Nile 41:17-21

H 1	Pharaoh's situation: {17} So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; 41:17

H 2	Seven fat cows agrazing: {18} and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. 41:18

H 3	Seven gaunt cows ascending: {19} "Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt; 41:19

H 4	Seven gaunt cows amunching: {20} and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. 41:20

H 5	Seven gaunt cows still gaunt: {21} "Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke. 41:21

G 4	The ears of corn 41:22-24

H 1	Seven good ears on a single stalk: {22} "I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk; 41:22

H 2	Seven withered ears: {23} and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them; 41:23

H 3	Seven withered ears swallow up seven good ears: {24} and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. 41:24a

G 5	The inability of the magicians to interpret: Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me." 41:24b

E 4	Joseph's interpretation: seven good years; seven bad years 41:25-32

G 1	Joseph's preliminary assessment 41:25

H 1	The identical meaning of the two dreams: {25} Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; 1098

H 2	God's advance revelation to Pharaoh of impending history: God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

G 2	The seven good cows and good ears are seven [good] years: {26} "The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same. 41:26

G 3	The seven gaunt cows and thin ears are seven years of famine: {27} "The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine. 1099 41:27

G 4	The over-all interpretation 41:28-31

H 1	God has shown you what He is going to do: {28} "It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do. 1100 41:28

H 2	Seven years of abundance are coming: {29} "Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; 41:29

H 3	Seven years of famine are coming: {30} and after them seven years of famine will come, 41:30a

H 4	The severity of the famine – the abundance of the good years will be eaten up by the famine of the bad years: 41:30b-31

J 1	and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, 41:30b

J 2	and the famine will ravage the land. 41:30c

J 3	{31} "So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; 41:31a

J 4	for it will be very severe. 41:31b

G 5	The significance of the double dream 41:32

H 1	God has determined to do it! {32} "Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God,

H 2	God will bring it about quickly! and God will quickly bring it about.

E 5	Joseph's recommendation to Pharaoh for Egyptian survival during the coming famine 41:33-36

G 1	Appoint a FEMA Coordinator (Federal Emergency Management Administration): {33} "Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.1101 41:33

G 2	Appoint grain administrators throughout the land – Emergency Grain Reserve Administrators (EGRA): {34} "Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers 1102 in charge of the land, 41:34a

G 3	Institute a 20% grain tax during the seven good years: and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance. 41:34b

G 4	Have the EGRA's control the Grain Reserve 41:35-36

H 1	Gather the grain: {35} "Then let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain 1103 for food in the cities under Pharaoh's authority, 41:35a

H 2	Guard the grain: and let them guard it. 1104 41:35b

H 3	Dispense the grain during the famine: {36} "Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine." 41:36

C 4	Joseph's Divinely-guided promotion to power in Egypt 41:37-57

D 1	Pharaoh's promotion of Joseph to second in command; his provision of Asenath in marriage for Joseph 41:37-45

E 1	Pharaoh's approbation of Joseph 41:37-39

G 1	Pharaoh's approval of Joseph's proposal: {37} Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants. 1105 41:37

G 2	Pharaoh's sensing of God's Spirit within Joseph: {38} Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?" 1106 41:38

G 3	Pharaoh's approving judgment concerning Joseph: {39} So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. 41:39

E 2	Pharaoh's appointment of Joseph as second in command 41:40-41

G 1	Over Pharaoh's house: {40} "You shall be over my house, 41:40a

G 2	The right to receive homage: and according to your command all my people shall do homage; 1107 41:40b

G 3	The stipulation of Pharaoh's own throne rights: only in the throne I will be greater than you." 1108 41:40c

G 4	Pharaoh's placement of Joseph over all Egypt: {41} Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." 41:41

E 3	Pharaoh's provision of symbols of authority 1109 41:42-43b

G 1	The signet ring: {42} Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, 41:42a

G 2	The royal garments: and clothed him in garments of fine linen 41:42b

G 3	The gold necklace: and put the gold necklace around his neck. 41:42c

G 4	The second chariot: {43} He had him ride in his second chariot; 41:43a

G 5	The proclamation of deference: and they proclaimed before him, "Bow the knee!" 41:43b

E 4	The further statement of Joseph's authority 41:43c-44

G 1	The summary of Pharaoh's appointment of Joseph: And he set him over all the land of Egypt. 41:43c

G 2	The limit of Joseph's authority: {44} Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Though I am Pharaoh, 41:44a

G 3	They hyperbolic extent of Joseph's authority: yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt." 41:44b

E 5	Pharaoh's Egyptianizing of Joseph 41:45

G 1	His giving him an Egyptian name: {45} Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; 1110

G 2	His giving him an Egyptian wife: and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. 1111 And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

D 2	Joseph's assumption of duties and establishment of the grain reserve 41:46-49

E 1	Joseph's age of accession: {46} Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood 1112 before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 41:46a

E 2	Joseph's beginning of his work: And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. 41:46b

E 3	The description of Joseph's work 41:47-49

G 1	The abundant production during the seven years: {47} During the seven years 1113 of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. 41:47

G 2	Joseph's gathering of food during the seven years of plenty: {48} So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt 41:48a

G 3	Joseph's distributive storage of the grain: and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city 1114 the food from its own surrounding fields. 41:48b

G 4	The extent of Joseph's storage: {49} Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure. 41:49

D 3	God' gracious gift of sons to Joseph – The birth of Joseph's two sons 41:50-52

E 1	The firstborn – Manasseh 41:50-51

G 1	The time of birth: {50} Now before the year of famine came,

G 2	The number of sons: two sons were born to Joseph,

G 3	The mother of the sons: whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, 1115 bore to him.

G 4	The name of the firstborn: {51} Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, 1116

G 5	The significance of his name: "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household." 1117

E 2	The secondborn – Ephraim 41:52

G 1	The name of the second: {52} He named the second Ephraim,1118

G 2	The significance of the name: "For," he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction." 1119

D 4	The arrival of the famine 41:53-57

E 1	The fulfillment of the prophetic dreams 41:53-54

G 1	The end of the years of plenty: {53} When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end, 1120 41:53

G 2	The arrival of the widespread famine: {54} and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, 1121 41:54a

G 3	The presence of bread in Egypt: but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 41:54b

E 2	The prominence of Joseph 41:55-57

G 1	The cry of the people to Pharaoh: {55} So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; 41:55a

G 2	Pharaoh's official deference to Joseph: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do." 1122 41:55b

G 3	Joseph's sale of grain to the Egyptians: {56} When the famine was spread over all the face of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 41:56

G 4	Joseph's sale of grain to all the earth! {57} The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, 1123 because the famine was severe in all the earth. 1124 41:57

C 5	Joseph's sovereign reconciliation toward and offer of salvation to his brothers 42:1 - 45:20

D 1	Joseph's brothers' first trip to Egypt for grain; Joseph's hostage-enforced condition for their return: the accompaniment of Benjamin 42

E 1	Jacob's sending of his sons to Egypt for grain 42:1-7

G 1	Jacob's awareness of grain in Egypt: {1} Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, 42:1a

G 2	His sending of his sons 42:1b-4

H 1	His rebuke: and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?" 42:1b

H 2	His instructions to go: {2} He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die." 42:2

H 3	Their departure to Egypt: {3} Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt. 42:3

H 4	His refusal to send Benjamin: {4} But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him." 1125 42:4

G 3	Their arrival in Egypt: {5} So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. 42:5

G 4	Their encounter with Joseph 42:6-7

H 1	Joseph's lofty position 42:6a

J 1	Ruler: {6} Now Joseph was the ruler over the land;

J 2	Grain-seller: he was the one who sold to all the people of the land.

H 2	Their bowing down before him: And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 1126 42:6b

H 3	His recognition of them: {7} When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, 42:7a

H 4	His disguised, harsh manner: but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. 1127 42:7b

H 5	His question: And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" 42:7c

H 6	Their response: And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food." 42:7d

E 2	Joseph's accusation of espionage against his unsuspecting brothers 42:8-17

G 1	The repetition of Joseph's recognition of his brothers: {8} But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him. 42:8

G 2	Joseph's remembrance of his dreams! {9} Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, 42:9a

G 3	His accusations of espionage 42:9b-17

H 1	His first accusation: and said to them, "You are spies; 1128 you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land." 42:9b

H 2	Their denial: {10} Then they said to him, "No, my lord, 42:10a

H 3	Their attempts to give information to exonerate their motives 42:10b-11

J 1	Their coming to buy food: but your servants 1129 have come to buy food. 42:10b

J 2	Their family (as opposed to military) status: {11} "We are all sons of one man; 42:11a

J 3	Their honesty: we are honest men, 42:11b

J 4	Their subservience, not spying: your servants are not spies." 42:11c

H 4	His pressuring them with renewed charges of espionage: {12} Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!" 42:12

H 5	Their protests of innocence in greater specificity 1130 42:13

J 1	They are his servants: {13} But they said, "Your servants

J 2	There are twelve brothers: are twelve brothers in all,

J 3	The sons of one man: the sons of one man

J 4	In the land of Canaan: in the land of Canaan;

J 5	The youngest brother is at home: and behold, the youngest is with our father today, 1131

J 6	Another is dead: and one is no longer alive."

H 6	Joseph's setting up a test to prove their innocence or otherwise 42:14-17

J 1	His persistence in accusing them of espionage: {14} Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies; 42:14

J 2	His announcement of a test: {15} by this you will be tested: 42:15a

J 3	Their brother must be present: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here! 42:15b

J 4	They are to send for their brother: {16} "Send one of you that he may get your brother, 42:16a

J 5	While they remain confined: while you remain confined, 42:16b

J 6	That their words might be tested: that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. 42:16c

J 7	Dishonesty is proof of espionage: But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies." 42:16d

J 8	His imprisonment of them: {17} So he put them all together in prison for three days. 1132 42:17

E 3	Joseph's confinement of Simeon until the others should bring back Benjamin 42:18-24

G 1	His softening of his test 42:18-20

H 1	His acknowledgment of God: {18} Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, 1133 for I fear God: 42:18

H 2	His retention of only one of the brothers: {19} if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; 42:19a

H 3	His permission of them to return to their country: but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, 42:19b

H 4	His instructions to bring the youngest brother to verify their words: {20} and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die." 42:20a

H 5	Their agreement to his test: And they did so. 42:20b

G 2	Their emotional reaction to the chain of events 42:21-23

H 1	Their admission of guilt: {21} Then they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty 1134 concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us." 42:21

H 2	Reuben's assessment that their troubles are a judgment for their sin: {22} Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood." 1135 42:22

H 3	Their unawareness of Joseph's understanding: {23} They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them. 42:23

G 3	Joseph's reaction to them 42:24

H 1	His emotional response toward them: {24} He turned away from them and wept. 1136

H 2	His deliberate binding of Simeon in front of them: But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon 1137 from them and bound him before their eyes.

E 4	Joseph's return of money to each brother 42:25-28

G 1	The orders of Joseph 42:25

H 1	To give them grain: {25} Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain

H 2	To return their money: and to restore every man's money in his sack, 1138

H 3	To give them provisions: and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.

G 2	The departure of the brothers: {26} So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there. 42:26

G 3	The dismaying discovery of the brothers 42:27-28

H 1	The discovery of the returned money: {27} As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 42:27

H 2	The report to the brothers: {28} Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." 42:28a

H 3	The dismay of the brothers: And their hearts sank, 1139 42:28b

H 4	The brothers' fear at God's actions: and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?" 1140 42:28c

E 5	The brothers' traumatic report to their father: {29} When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, [42:29] 42:29-34

G 1	Their having been harshly branded as spies: {30} "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 42:30

G 2	Their attempts to exonerate themselves: {31} "But we said to him, [42:31a] 42:31-32

H 1	'We are honest men; 42:31b

H 2	we are not spies. 42:31b

H 3	{32} 'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; 42:32

J 1	one is no longer alive,

J 2	and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.'

G 3	The ruler's test: {33} "The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men [42:33a] 42:33-34

H 1	Hostage: leave one of your brothers with me 42:33b

H 2	Provision: and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. 42:33c

H 3	Presentation of proof of integrity: {34} 'But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. 42:34a

H 4	Conditional promise of favor 42:34b

J 1	Return of hostage brother: I will give your brother to you,

J 2	Permission to purchase additional grain: and you may trade in the land.'"

E 6	Jacob's refusal to permit Benjamin's departure 42:35-38

G 1	Their dismaying discovery of returned money: {35} Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. 42:35

G 2	Jacob's displeasure at them for bereaving him of his children: {36} Their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved 1141 me of my children: 42:36

H 1	Joseph's demise: Joseph is no more,

H 2	Simeon's demise: and Simeon is no more,

H 3	Benjamin's contemplated demise: and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me."

G 3	Reuben's overzealous attempt to assure his father of Benjamin's safe return if entrusted into his care: {37} Then Reuben 1142 spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you." 42:37

G 4	Jacob's refusal: {38} But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; 1143 42:38

H 1	A premature death: for his brother is dead,

H 2	A sole existence: and he alone is left.

H 3	An anticipated sorrowful death: If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

D 2	The brothers' second trip to Egypt 43:1 - 45:20

E 1	The trip to Egypt and meal with Joseph 43

G 1	The family discussion about sending Benjamin along 43:1-10

H 1	The severity of the famine: {1} Now the famine was severe in the land. 43:1

H 2	The command of Jacob: {2} So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food." 43:2

H 3	The protest of Judah 43:3-5

J 1	The warning of "the man:" {3} Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' 43:3

J 2	His willingness to go if accompanied by Benjamin: {4} "If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. 43:4

J 3	His refusal to go if unaccompanied by Benjamin: {5} "But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'" 43:5

H 4	The disgust of Jacob – Why did you tell them you had another brother? {6} Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?" 43:6

H 5	The explanation of the brothers 43:7

J 1	The specific questions of the man: {7} But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' So we answered his questions. 1144

J 2	The impossibility of their predicting his demands: Could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"

H 6	The renewed request of Judah 43:8-10

J 1	The urgency of his request: {8} Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones. 43:8

J 2	His offer of surety for Benjamin: {9} "I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. 1145 If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. 43:9

J 3	The futility of delay: {10} "For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice." 43:10

G 2	Jacob's reluctant release of Benjamin 43:11-15

H 1	His provision of gifts: {11} Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. 43:11

H 2	His provision of double payment: {12} "Take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake. 43:12

H 3	His release of Benjamin: {13} "Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man; 43:13

H 4	His prayer for Divine assistance: {14} and may God Almighty grant you compassion 1146 in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. 43:14a

H 5	His resigned fatalism: And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved." 43:14b

H 6	The departure of the brothers: {15} So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. 43:15

G 3	Joseph's steward's invitation of the brothers to a meal; his allayment of their fears 43:16-25

H 1	Joseph's preparations to entertain his brothers 43:16-17

J 1	Joseph's instructions to his steward {16} When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, 1147 "Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon." 43:16

J 2	The steward's compliance: {17} So the man did as Joseph said, and brought the men to Joseph's house. 43:17

H 2	The fearful reaction of Joseph's brothers 43:18

J 1	Their fear: {18} Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house;

J 2	Their theory – the official was seeking an occasion to seize them as slaves because of their previous non-payment: and they said, "It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys."

H 3	Their attempt to rectify their situation 43:19-22

J 1	Their approach to the steward: {19} So they came near to Joseph's house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house, 43:19

J 2	Their description of their discovery of the money they had found in their sacks: {20} and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, {21} and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. 43:20-21a

J 3	Their return of the money: So we have brought it back in our hand. 43:21b

J 4	Their bringing additional money to purchase new grain: {22} "We have also brought down other money in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks." 43:22

H 4	The steward's reassurance 43:23

J 1	His directive not to fear: {23} He said, "Be at ease,1148 do not be afraid.

J 2	His assertion that their God had given them their money: Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; 1149

J 3	His admission that he had controlled their money: I had your money."

J 4	His bringing of Simeon to them: Then he brought Simeon out to them.

H 5	The preparations for the meal 43:24-25

J 1	Washing up: {24} Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; 43:24a

J 2	Provision for their donkeys: and he gave their donkeys fodder. 43:24b

J 3	The brothers' preparation of a gift for Joseph: {25} So they prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there. 43:25

G 4	Joseph's meal with his brothers 43:26-34

H 1	The initial meeting 43:26-30

J 1	The brothers' humble presentation of their gift: {26} When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him. 43:26

J 2	Joseph's asking them of their welfare and that of their father: {27} Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?" 43:27

J 3	The brothers' humble reply: {28} They said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." They bowed down in homage. 43:28

J 4	Joseph's blessing of Benjamin: {29} As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son." 43:29

J 5	Joseph's struggle to control his emotions: {30} Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there. 1150 43:30

H 2	The eating of the meal 43:31-34

J 1	Joseph's ordering the meal to be served: {31} Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "Serve the meal." 43:31

J 2	The separate servings: {32} So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians. 43:32

J 3	His having them seated according to birth order: {33} Now they were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment. 1151 43:33

J 4	His serving them from his own table: {34} He took portions to them from his own table, 43:34a

J 5	His heavy favoritism toward Benjamin: but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. 1152 44:34b

J 6	The summarization of the meal: So they feasted and drank freely with him. 44:34c

E 2	Joseph's framing of Benjamin to ascertain the condition of his brothers' hearts 44

G 1	Joseph's placing of his silver cup in Benjamin's sack to implicate him; his sending of the steward to capture the men 44:1-5

H 1	The instructions of Joseph: {1} Then he commanded his house steward, saying, 4:1-2

J 1	"Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, 44:1a

J 2	and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. 44:1b

J 3	{2} "Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had told him. 44:2

H 2	The departure of the brothers: {3} As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys. 44:3

H 3	Joseph's instructions to his steward to pursue the brothers 44:4-5

J 1	The timing of the order: {4} They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, 44:4a

J 2	The order to pursue: "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 44:4b

J 3	The charge of repaying evil for good; 'Why have you repaid evil for good? 44:4c

J 4	The accusation of theft: {5} 'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? 1153 44:5a

J 5	The charge of wrong-doing: You have done wrong in doing this.'" 44:5b

G 2	The steward's finding of the cup in Benjamin's possession 44:6-13

H 1	The action of the steward: {6} So he overtook them and spoke these words to them. 44:6

H 2	The protest of the brothers 44:7

J 1	Their rebuke of the steward: {7} They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these?

J 2	Their protest of innocence: Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.

H 3	The proof of their innocence – their past behavior 44:8

J 1	Their having returned the money: {8} "Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan.

J 2	The unthinkableness of theft: How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

H 4	Further proof of their innocence – their extravagant offer of death and servitude 44:9-10

J 1	Their offer of death and slavery to prove their innocence: {9} "With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves." 1154 44:9

J 2	The counter of the steward – slavery for the guilty, freedom for the rest: {10} So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, 1155 and the rest of you shall be innocent." 44:10

H 5	The search for the cup 44:11-12

J 1	Each opening his sack: {11} Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 44:11

J 2	The chronological search: {12} He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, 44:12

J 3	The finding of the cup: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 44:12b

H 6	The desperate return to the city: {13} Then they tore their clothes, 1156 and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city. 44:13

G 3	Judah's admission of Divinely-ascertained guilt and just imprisonment 44:14-17

H 1	The brothers' subservience before Joseph: {14} When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there, 1157 and they fell to the ground before him. 1158 44:14

H 2	Joseph's charging them with sabotaging his divination: {15} Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?" 1159 44:15

H 3	Judah's admission of corporate culpability and concession of consequent corporate servitude 44:16

J 1	Their inability to justify themselves: {16} So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves?

J 2	His admission that God had exposed their sin: God has found out the iniquity 1160 of your servants; 1161

J 3	His resigned acceptance of slavery: behold, we are my lord's slaves, 1162 both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found."

H 4	Joseph's counter of slavery only for the guilty party: {17} But he said, "Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father." 1163 44:17

G 4	Judah's offering of himself as hostage instead of Benjamin, thereby demonstrating the brothers' change of heart 44:18-34

H 1	Judah's plea for an audience: {18} Then Judah 1164 approached him, and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. 44:18

H 2	Judah's history of their dealings with the ruler and their father 44:19-29

J 1	The earlier question as to whether they had a father or brother: {19} "My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father or a brother?' 44:19

J 2	Their response to his question: {20} "We said to my lord, 'We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.' 44:20

J 3	The ruler's request to see the brother: {21} "Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.' 44:21

J 4	The brothers' refusal on grounds of injury to their father: {22} "But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.' 44:22

J 5	The ruler's insistence: {23} "You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.' 44:23

J 6	Their report of the order to their father: {24} "Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. {25} "Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.' {26} "But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.' 44:24-26

J 7	Jacob's agony at sending the boy: {27} "Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons; {28} and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since. {29} 'If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' 44:27-
29

H 3	Judah's projection of his father's demise 44:30-32

J 1	If Judah returns without Benjamin: {30} "Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life, 44:30

J 2	His father will die: {31} when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. 44:31a

J 3	His sons will be responsible for their father's death: Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. 44:31b

J 4	Judah's bearing responsibility for his half-brother: {32} "For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.' 44:32

H 4	Judah's volunteering to be a substitute slave for Benjamin 44:33-34

J 1	His request: {33} "Now, therefore, please let your servant remain 1165 instead of the lad a slave 1166 to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. 44:33

J 2	His fear of evil to his father if Benjamin is enslaved: {34} "For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me – for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?" 1167 44:34

E 3	Joseph's revelation and invitation 45:1-20

G 1	Joseph's revelation of himself as the Divinely-appointed savior of the clan of Jacob 45:1-8

H 1	Joseph's emotional catharsis 45:1-2

J 1	His inability to control himself: {1} Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, 45:1a

J 2	His removal of all servants: and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." 45:1b

J 3	His privacy with his brothers: So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 45:1c

J 4	His loud sobbing: {2} He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 45:2

H 2	His revelation of himself to them 45:3

J 1	His self-identification: {3} Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph!

J 2	His question concerning his father: Is my father still alive?"

J 3	The non-response of his brothers: But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

H 3	His reassurance of his brothers 45:4-5

J 1	His request for them to come closer: {4} Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come closer to me." And they came closer. 45:4a

J 2	His repetition of his identity: And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 1168 45:4b

J 3	His urging them against self-recrimination: {5} "Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, 45:5a

H 4	His persuasion concerning the beneficent sovereignty of God 45:5b-8

J 1	His belief in God's sovereign plan for preservation of life through him: for God sent me before you to preserve life. 1169 45:5b

J 2	His explanation of the famine: {6} "For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 45:6

J 3	God's preparation of himself to preserve their clan: {7} "God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. 45:7

J 4	His reiteration that it was God who had placed him in his position: {8} "Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; 1170 45:8a

J 5	His acknowledgment of his mighty position in Egypt: and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 1171 45:8b

G 2	Joseph's emotional invitation of the clan to Egypt 45:9-15

H 1	His instructions for them to pass on to his father {9} "Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, (45:9a) 45:9-11

J 1	His powerful position in Egypt: "God has made me lord of all Egypt; 45:9b

J 2	His urging to come quickly to Egypt: come down to me, do not delay. 45:9c

J 3	His provision of good living quarters in Goshen: {10} "You shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. 45:10

J 4	His provision for his family during the remainder of the famine: {11} "There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."' 45:11

H 2	His urging them to describe his situation in Egypt as they have witnessed it 45:12-13

J 1	His acknowledgment of their first-hand perspective: {12} "Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. 45:12

J 2	His urging them to persuade his father to come: {13} "Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here." 45:13

H 3	His emotional closure 45:14-15

J 1	The reciprocal emotion between Joseph and Benjamin: {14} Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, 1172 and Benjamin wept on his neck. 45:14

J 2	His emotional greeting of his other brothers: {15} He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, 45:15a

J 3	The conversation of the brothers with him: and afterward his brothers talked with him. 45:15b

G 3	Pharaoh's concurrence with the invitation 45:16-20

H 1	Pharaoh's pleasure at hearing about Joseph's brothers: {16} Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 45:16

H 2	Pharaoh's instruction to Joseph to resettle his family in Egypt 45:17-20

J 1	His instruction to bring his family: {17} Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load your beasts and go to the land of Canaan, 45:17

J 2	His promise of the best land of Egypt: {18} and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.' 45:18

J 3	His authorization of wagons from Egypt: {19} "Now you are ordered, 'Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. 45:19

J 4	His promise of unlimited supply from Egypt! {20} 'Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'" 1173 45:20

C 6	Jacob's move to Egypt as approved by God 45:21 - 47:12

D 1	Jacob's decision to see Joseph 45:21-28

E 1	Joseph's provisions for the trip 45:21-22

G 1	Wagons and food: {21} Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons 1174 according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 45:21

G 2	Gifts to his brothers 45:22

G 3	A change of clothes to each bother: {22} To each of them he gave changes of garments, 1175

H 1	To Benjamin

J 1	but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver

J 2	and five changes of garments.

G 4	Gifts to his father 45:23

H 1	{23} To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt,

H 2	and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father on the journey.

E 2	Joseph's sending off of his brothers 45:24

G 1	{24} So he sent his brothers away,

G 2	and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the journey." 1176

E 3	The conversation of the brothers with their father. 45:25-28

G 1	Their initial report to Jacob disbelieved 45:25-26

H 1	Their arrival: {25} Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 45:25

H 2	Their report that Joseph is alive and rules Egypt: {26} They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." 1177 45:26a

H 3	Jacob's stunned disbelief: But he was stunned, for he did not believe them. 1178 45:26b

G 2	Their detailed report finally believed 45:27-28

H 1	Their report of Joseph's words: {27} When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, 45:27a

H 2	His seeing the wagons: and when he saw the wagons 1179 that Joseph had sent to carry him, 45:27b

H 3	The revival of Jacob's spirit: the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 45:27c

H 4	Israel's consent to go 45:28

J 1	His belief that Joseph is alive: {28} Then Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive.

J 2	His endeavor to go see him: I will go and see him before I die." 1180

D 2	Elohim's confirmation of Israel's move to Egypt 46:1-7

E 1	Jacob's setting out for Egypt: {1} So Israel set out with all that he had, 46:1a

E 2	His offering of sacrifices to God at Beersheba: and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 46:1b

E 3	God's speaking to Jacob in a night vision 46:2-4

G 1	God's call to Jacob: {2} God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." 46:2a

G 2	Jacob's response: And he said, "Here I am." 46:2b

G 3	God's self-identification: {3} He said, "I am God, the God of your father; 46:3a

G 4	God's reassurance of Jacob 46:3b-4

H 1	Do not fear the move: do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, 1181 46:3b

H 2	God's promise to multiply the nation in Egypt: for I will make you a great nation there. 46:3c

H 3	God's promised presence: {4} "I will go down with you to Egypt, 46:4a

H 4	God's assurance of the nation's return: and I will also surely bring you up again; 46:4b

H 5	God's assurance that Jacob would be in Egypt even at death, but attended by Joseph: and Joseph will close your eyes." 46:4c

E 4	Jacob's departure from Beersheba: {5} Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; 46:5a

E 5	The summary of the move orchestrated by the sons of Israel from Canaan to Egypt 46:5b-7

G 1	The transportation of people 46:5b

H 1	and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob

H 2	and their little ones

H 3	and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

G 2	The movement of goods {6} They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, 46:6

G 3	The summary of people: Jacob and all his descendants with him: {7} his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his descendants 1182 he brought with him to Egypt. 46:7

D 3	The register of all who moved to Egypt: {8} Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: 1183 [46:8] 46:8-
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E 1	The sons of Leah 46:9-15

G 1	Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. {9} The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi. 46:9

G 2	{10} The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 1184 46:10

G 3	{11} The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 46:11

G 4	{12} The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 46:12

G 5	{13} The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron. 46:13

G 6	{14} The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 46:14

G 7	{15} These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three 46:15.

E 2	The sons of Zilpah 46:16-18

G 1	{16} The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli. 46:16

G 2	{17} The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 46:17

G 3	{18} These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. 46:18

E 3	The sons of Rachel: {19} The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. [46:19] 46:19-22

G 1	{20} Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 46:20

G 2	{21} The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard. 46:21

G 3	{22} These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. 46:22

E 4	The sons of Bilhah 46:23-25

G 1	{23} The sons of Dan: Hushim. 46:23

G 2	{24} The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem. 46:24

G 3	{25} These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. 46:25

E 5	The summary 46:26-27

G 1	The blood descendants of Jacob: {26} All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, were sixty-six persons in all, 1185 46:26

G 2	The sons of Joseph: {27} and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; 46:27a

G 3	The total of the bloodline (including Jacob and Joseph): all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy. 1186 46:27b

D 4	Joseph's meeting with Jacob 46:28-34

E 1	The task of Judah as guide: {28} Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; 46:28a

E 2	The arrival of the clan in Goshen: and they came into the land of Goshen. 1187 46:28b

E 3	Joseph's journey to Goshen: {29} Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; 46:29a

E 4	Joseph's emotional meeting with his father: as soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time. 1188 46:29b

E 5	Israel's great relief at having seen his son: {30} Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." 46:30

E 6	Joseph's instructions to his extended family 46:31-34

G 1	He will report to Pharaoh of the family's arrival: {31} Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; 46:31

G 2	He will explain that his brothers are keepers of livestock: {32} and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' 46:32

G 3	Pharaoh's presumed inquiry as to their occupation: {33} "When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?' 46:33

G 4	The brothers are to identify themselves as keepers of livestock: {34} you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' 46:34a

G 5	The purpose of the reply 46:34b

H 1	Settling in good land: that you may live in the land of Goshen;

H 2	Working around the cultural bias of the Egyptians: for every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians." 1189

D 5	Joseph's family meets Pharaoh 47:1-12

E 1	Joseph's report to Pharaoh that his family had arrived in Goshen: {1} Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen." 47:1

E 2	Joseph's brothers meet Pharaoh 47:2-6

G 1	His presentation of five brothers: {2} He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. 1190 47:2

G 2	Pharaoh ascertains the brothers are shepherds 47:3

H 1	His question: {3} Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"

H 2	Their reply: So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers."

G 3	The brothers request to live in Goshen: {4} They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen." 47:4

G 4	Pharaoh's generous reply 47:5-6

H 1	Acknowledging their arrival: {5} Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. 47:5

H 2	Allowing them to settle in Goshen: {6} "The land of Egypt is at your disposal; 1191 settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them live in the land of Goshen; 47:6a

H 3	Authorizing their appointment as royal herd managers: and if you know any capable men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock." 47:6b

E 3	Joseph's father Jacob meets Pharoah 47:7-10

G 1	The introduction: {7} Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh; 47:7a

G 2	Jacob's blessing of Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 1192 47:7b

G 3	The conversation between Pharaoh and Jacob 47:8-10

H 1	Pharaoh's asking of Jacob's age: {8} Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many years have you lived?" 47:8

H 2	Jacob's response 47:9

J 1	He is 130: {9} So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning 1193 are one hundred and thirty;

J 2	His years have been few and unpleasant: few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, 1194

J 3	He is not as long-lived as his fathers: nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning."

H 3	Jacob's blessing and departure: {10} And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence. 47:10

E 4	Joseph's settling of his family in Egypt 47:11-12

G 1	In the best of the land: {11} So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, 1195 as Pharaoh had ordered. 47:11

G 2	Providing them with food: {12} Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father's household with food, according to their little ones. 47:12

C 7	Joseph's administration of the Egyptian grain exchange 47:13-26

D 1	Joseph's sale of grain to Egyptians in exchange for money and livestock 47:13-19

E 1	The condition in the land 47:13

G 1	The symptom: {13} Now there was no food in all the land,

G 2	The cause: because the famine was very severe,

G 3	The effect: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

E 2	Joseph's sale of grain for cash 1196 47:14-15a

G 1	Joseph's collection of the money: {14} Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, 47:14a

G 2	Joseph's disposition of the money: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 47:14b

G 3	The drying up of the money supply: {15} When the money was all spent 1197 in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, 47:15a

E 3	Joseph's sale of grain for livestock 47:15b-17

G 1	The Egyptians' plea for food: all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 47:15b

H 1	Their plea: "Give us food,

H 2	Their peril: for why should we die in your presence?

H 3	Their plight: For our money is gone."

G 2	His proposal: {16} Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock,1198 and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone." 47:16

G 3	Their compliance: {17} So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for 47:17a

H 1	the horses

H 2	and the flocks

H 3	and the herds

H 4	and the donkeys;

G 4	The summary: and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 47:17b

D 2	Joseph's sale of grain to Egyptians in exchange for land 47:18-26

E 1	The proposal of the Egyptians 47:18-19

G 1	The timing of the proposal: {18} When that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, 47:18a

G 2	The background of their proposal 47:18b-19

H 1	Their money had been spent: "We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, 47:18b

H 2	Their cattle assets had been liquidated: and the cattle are my lord's. 47:18c

H 3	Their listing of their remaining assets: There is nothing left for my lord except our bodies and our lands. 47:18d

H 4	Their plight: {19} "Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? 47:19a

H 5	Their proposal: Buy us and our land for food, 1199 and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." 47:19b

E 2	The policy of Joseph 47:20-26

G 1	Joseph's purchase of the land: {20} So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine 1200 was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh's. 47:20

G 2	Joseph's removal of the people off the land and into the cities 47:21-22

H 1	The general rule for all the people: {21} As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt's border to the other. 47:21

H 2	The exception – the priests' land was not sold: {22} Only the land of the priests he did not buy, 47:22

J 1	The reason: for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh,

J 2	Their practice: and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them.

J 3	Their exemption: Therefore, they did not sell their land.

G 3	Joseph's policy for the future 47:23-26

H 1	His purchase of the people and their land for the government: {23} Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; 47:23a

H 2	His provision of seed for them to sow as tenant farmers on government land: now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land. 47:23b

H 3	The fixed price of tenant-farming 47:24

J 1	One-fifth for the government: {24} "At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, 1201

J 2	Four-fifths for the tenant farmers: and four-fifths shall be your own

K1	for seed of the field

K2	and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones."

H 4	The gratitude of the people: {25} So they said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves." 47:25

H 5	The codification of the policy 47:26

J 1	The statute: {26} Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth;

J 2	The exception: only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.

C 8	Jacob's bequeathal of special blessings to Joseph beyond those to his other sons in his final days 47:27 - 50:14

D 1	Israel's request to be buried in Canaan 47:27-31

E 1	The success of Israel in Goshen 47:27

G 1	Their situation: {27} Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in Goshen,

G 2	Their acquisition of property: and they acquired property in it

G 3	Their prolific reproduction: and were fruitful and became very numerous.

E 2	The longevity of Jacob 47:28

G 1	His time in Egypt: {28} Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years;

G 2	His total life span: so the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. 1202

E 3	The request of Jacob 47:29

G 1	The timing of his request: {29} When the time for Israel to die drew near, 47:29a

G 2	His sending for Joseph: he called his son Joseph and said to him, 47:29b

G 3	The sign of the oath he required: "Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. 47:29c

G 4	His request not to be buried in Egypt: Please do not bury me in Egypt, 47:29d

G 5	His request to buried with his fathers in Canaan: {30} but when I lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." 47:30a

G 6	Joseph's compliance: And he said, "I will do as you have said." 47:30b

G 7	Jacob's request for an oath: {31} He said, "Swear to me." 47:31a

G 8	Joseph's compliance: So he swore to him. 47:31b

G 9	Israel's reaction: Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed. 1203 47:31c

D 2	Jacob's selective blessing of his grandsons – Joseph's sons 48

E 1	Jacob's claiming of Joseph's sons for himself, the one blessed by God Almighty 48:1-7

G 1	The report of illness: {1} Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." 48:1

G 2	The visit of Joseph: So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. 48:1b

G 3	The determination of Jacob: {2} When it was told to Jacob, "Behold, your son Joseph has come to you," Israel 1204 collected his strength and sat up in the bed. 48:2

G 4	Jacob's speech to Joseph 48:3-7

H 1	God's appearance to Jacob at Luz: {3} Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz 1205 in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 1206 48:3

H 2	God's blessing: {4} and He said to me, 48:4

J 1	'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous,

J 2	and I will make you a company of peoples,

J 3	and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' 1207

H 3	Jacob's claiming Joseph's two sons as his own 48:5-6

J 1	General statement: {5} "Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; 48:5a

J 2	Specific identification: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 1208 48:5b

J 3	The alignment of Joseph's future offspring: {6} "But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance. 48:6

H 4	Jacob's rehearsal of the death of Rachel 48:7

J 1	Her death: {7} "Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey,

J 2	The place: when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath;

J 3	Her burial: and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."

E 2	Jacob's blessings of Joseph and of Ephraim above Manasseh, giving Joseph a double share in the inheritance of Canaan 48:8-22

G 1	The identification of Joseph's sons 48:8-9

H 1	Israel's query: {8} When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" 48:8

H 2	Joseph's response: {9} Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." 48:9a

H 3	Israel's request: So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." 1209 48:9b

G 2	Israel's greeting of the sons 48:10-11

H 1	The explanation of Israel's poor vision: {10} Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. 48:10a

H 2	The warm greeting: Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 48:10b

H 3	The gratefulness of Israel: {11} Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well." 48:11

G 3	Joseph's positioning of his sons 48:12-13

H 1	His respect: {12} Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. 48:12

H 2	His placing of his sons in birth order before Israel: {13} Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. 48:13

G 4	Israel's reversal of his hands 48:14

H 1	His right hand on the head of Ephraim, the younger: {14} But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, 1210

H 2	His left hand on the head of Manasseh the firstborn: and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

G 5	Israel's blessing of Joseph through the latter's sons: {15} He blessed Joseph, and said, [48:15a] 48:15-16a

H 1	His identification of God 48:15b-16a

J 1	The God of his fathers: "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, 48:15b

J 2	His own personal shepherd: The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, 48:15c

J 3	His redeeming angel: {16} The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, 1211 48:16a

H 2	His blessing 48:16b

J 1	Blessing: Bless the lads;

J 2	Name

K1	His bequeathal of his name: And may my name live on in them,

K2	His bequeathal of his father's names: And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;

J 3	Multiplication: And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

H 3	The reaction of Joseph 48:17-18

J 1	His displeasure: {17} When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; 48:17a

J 2	His action: and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 48:17b

J 3	His attempted correction: {18} Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head." 48:18

H 4	The refusal of Israel 48:19

J 1	Refusal: {19} But his father refused and said,

J 2	His self-awareness: "I know, my son, I know;

J 3	The greatness of the firstborn: he also will become a people and he also will be great.

J 4	The superiority of the younger brother

K1	In greatness: However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, 1212

K2	In progeny: and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."

H 5	The amplification 48:20

J 1	The nomenclature of blessing: {20} He blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!' "

J 2	The priority of Ephraim: Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

H 6	The final blessing 48:21-22

J 1	Impending death: {21} Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, 48:21a

J 2	Ultimate return: but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 48:21b

J 3	Double portion: {22} "I give you one portion more than your brothers, 1213 which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." 48:22

D 3	Jacob's pre-death prophecy concerning, and blessing of, his sons 49:1-28

E 1	Jacob's assembling of his sons to prophesy their future 49:1-2

G 1	The statement of the summons: Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, 49:1a

G 2	The predictive purpose of the summons: "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come. 1214 49:1b

G 3	The repetition of the summons 49:2

H 1	{2} "Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;

H 2	And listen to Israel your father.

E 2	Reuben's demotion because of his incest with his father's slave-
concubine 49:3-4

G 1	His acknowledgment of Reuben's status as firstborn 49:3

H 1	{3} "Reuben, you are my firstborn;

H 2	My might and the beginning of my strength,

H 3	Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

G 2	His demotion of Reuben 49:4

H 1	His lack of self-control: {4} "Uncontrolled as water,

H 2	His ban from firstborn status: you shall not have preeminence, 1215

H 3	His disqualifying act

J 1	Because you went up to your father's bed; 1216

J 2	Then you defiled it – he went up to my couch.

E 3	Simeon and Levi's dispersion in Israel because of their violence 49:5-7

G 1	The connection of Simeon and Levi: {5} "Simeon and Levi are brothers; 49:5a

G 2	Their violent nature: Their swords are implements of violence. 49:5b

G 3	Jacob's disassociation from them 49:6a

H 1	{6} "Let my soul not enter into their council;

H 2	Let not my glory be united with their assembly;

G 4	The reason for his disassociation 49:6b

H 1	Murder of men: Because in their anger they slew men,1217

H 2	Cruelty toward animals: And in their self-will they lamed oxen.

G 5	Jacob's indictment in the form of a curse 49:7a

H 1	Of their anger: {7} "Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;

H 2	Of their wrath: And their wrath, for it is cruel.

G 6	Jacob's prophecy of judgment 49:7b

H 1	I will disperse them in Jacob,

H 2	And scatter them in Israel.1218

E 4	Judah, the lion's possession of the scepter 49:8-12

G 1	Judah's superiority predicted 49:8

H 1	Judah, the object of praise: {8} "Judah, your brothers shall praise you;

H 2	Judah's superiority over his enemies: Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

H 3	Judah's superiority over his father's sons: Your father's sons shall bow down to you.

G 2	Judah's superiority depicted in the imagery of a lion 49:9

H 1	His youthful emergence: {9} "Judah is a lion's whelp;

H 2	His skill as a predator: From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

H 3	His security following conquest: He couches, he lies down as a lion,

H 4	His invincibility: And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

G 3	Judah's superiority revealed in kingly terms 49:10-12

H 1	The prediction of a royal line to arise from Judah 49:10a

J 1	{10} "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

J 2	Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,

H 2	The arrival of the ultimate king: Until Shiloh 1219 comes, 49:10b

H 3	His achievement of global submission: And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.1220 49:10c

H 4	The abundance of his reign 49:11-12

J 1	{11} "He ties his foal to the vine,1221 And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; 49:11a

J 2	He washes 1222 his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes. 49:11b

J 3	{12} "His eyes 1223 are dull 1224 from wine, And his teeth white from 1225 milk. 49:12

E 5	Zebulun's dwelling at the seashore near Lebanon 49:13

G 1	The maritime trade benefits for Zebulun

H 1	{13} "Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;1226

H 2	And he shall be a haven for ships,

G 2	Zebulun a beneficiary of the port of Sidon: And his flank shall be toward Sidon.1227

E 6	Issachar, strong bearer of burdens at work 49:14-15

G 1	Issachar likened to a beast of burden 49:14

H 1	{14} "Issachar is a strong donkey,

H 2	Lying down between the sheepfolds.

G 2	The good situation of Issachar 49:15a

H 1	{15} "When he saw that a resting place was good

H 2	And that the land was pleasant,

G 3	The accommodating nature of the tribe of Issachar 49:15b

H 1	The destiny of Issachar: He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,

H 2	The enslavement of Issachar: And became a slave at forced labor.1228

E 7	Dan, a judge, expert in quick-strike guerilla warfare 49:16-18

G 1	Dan's role as a judge 49:16

H 1	{16} "Dan shall judge his people, 1229

H 2	As one of the tribes of Israel.

G 2	Dan's treachery 49:17-18

H 1	{17} "Dan shall be a serpent in the way, 1230 49:17

H 2	A horned snake in the path,

H 3	That bites the horse's heels,

H 4	So that his rider falls backward.

G 3	Jacob's longing for Yahweh's ultimate salvation: {18} "For Your salvation I wait, O LORD. 49:18

E 8	Gad, a raider 49:19

G 1	{19} "As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, 1231

G 2	But he will raid at their heels.

E 9	Asher, sponsor of gourmet food 49:20

G 1	{20} "As for Asher, his food shall be rich,

G 2	And he will yield royal dainties.

E 10	Naphtali, speaker of beautiful words 49:21

G 1	{21} "Naphtali is a doe let loose,

G 2	He gives beautiful words.

E 11	Joseph, a fruitful bough, superlatively blessed 49:22-26

G 1	Joseph's fruitfulness 49:22

H 1	{22} "Joseph is a fruitful bough, 1232

H 2	A fruitful bough 1233 by a spring;

H 3	Its branches 1234 run over a wall.

G 2	The attacks on Joseph by his brothers 49:23

H 1	{23} "The archers bitterly attacked him, 1235

H 2	And shot at him and harassed him;

G 3	The resilience of Joseph 49:24a

H 1	{24} But his bow remained firm,

H 2	And his arms were agile,

G 4	Sustained by God 49:24b-25a

H 1	From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob 49:24b

H 2	(From there is the Shepherd, 49:24c

H 3	the Stone of Israel), 49:24d

H 4	{25} From the God of your father who helps you, 49:25a

G 5	Blessed by God: And by the Almighty who blesses you 1236 49:25b-26

H 1	With blessings of heaven above, 1237 49:25b

H 2	Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, 49:25c

H 3	Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 49:25d

H 4	{26} "The blessings of your father 49:26a

J 1	Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors

J 2	Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills;

H 5	May they be on the head of Joseph, 49:26b

H 6	And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. 49:26c

E 12	Benjamin, a fierce warrior 49:27

G 1	{27} "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; 1238

G 2	In the morning he devours the prey,

G 3	And in the evening he divides the spoil."

E 13	The summary of Jacob's blessings 49:28

G 1	{28} All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, 1239

G 2	and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them.

G 3	He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him. 1240

D 4	Jacob's death and burial 49:29 - 50:14

E 1	Jacob's charge of burial at Mamre in Canaan; his death 49:29-33

G 1	Jacob's charge: {29} Then he charged them and said to them, [49:29a] 49:29-32

H 1	His imminent death: "I am about to be gathered to my people; 49:29b

H 2	His choice of burial site: bury me with my fathers 1241 in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, [49:29c] 49:29c-30

J 1	{30} in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, 49:30a

J 2	which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site. 49:30b

H 3	His reasons – historical continuity 49:31

J 1	{31} "There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah,

J 2	there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah,

J 3	and there I buried Leah–

H 4	His right to burial 49:32

J 1	{32} the field and the cave that is in it,

J 2	purchased from the sons of Heth."

G 2	Jacob's death 49:33

H 1	{33} When Jacob finished charging his sons,

H 2	he drew his feet into the bed

H 3	and breathed his last,

H 4	and was gathered to his people.

E 2	Jacob's forty-day embalming 50:1-3

G 1	Joseph's sorrow: {1} Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him and kissed him. 1242 50:1

G 2	Joseph's command to embalm: {2} Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 50:2

G 3	The time involved 50:3

H 1	For embalming: {3} Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming.

H 2	For mourning: And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

E 3	Jacob's burial in Canaan 50:4-14

G 1	Joseph's request to Pharaoh 50:4-5

H 1	Joseph's enlistment of Pharaoh's household to speak on his behalf: {4} When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying, 50:4

H 2	His father's instructions: {5} 'My father made me swear, saying, 50:5a

J 1	"Behold, I am about to die;

J 2	in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me."

H 3	His request to depart to bury his father: Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.'" 50:5b

G 2	Pharaoh's permission: {6} Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear." 50:6

G 3	The entourage to Canaan 50:7-9

H 1	Joseph: {7} So Joseph went up to bury his father, 50:7a

H 2	The Egyptian officials 50:7b

J 1	and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh,1243

J 2	the elders of his household

J 3	and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

H 3	The descendants of Jacob 50:8

J 1	{8} and all the household of Joseph

J 2	and his brothers

J 3	and his father's household;

J 4	The exceptions: they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

H 4	The Egyptian military escort 50:9

J 1	{9} There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen;

J 2	and it was a very great company.

G 4	The mourning in Canaan 50:10-11

H 1	The lamentation at Atad 50:10

J 1	The location: {10} When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan,

J 2	The lamentation: they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation;

J 3	The time: and he observed seven days mourning for his father.

H 2	The reaction of the Canaanites 50:11

J 1	The Canaanite observation: {11} Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians."

J 2	The origin of name: Therefore it was named Abel-
mizraim, 1244 which is beyond the Jordan.

G 5	The burial site 50:12-13

H 1	The obedience of Jacob's sons: {12} Thus his sons did for him as he had charged them; 50:12

H 2	Their burial of Jacob in the cave of Machpelah 50:13

J 1	The proper land: {13} for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan

J 2	The proper cave: and buried him in the cave 1245 of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

G 6	The return to Egypt 50:14

H 1	{14} After he had buried his father,

H 2	Joseph returned to Egypt,

H 3	he and his brothers,

H 4	and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

C 9	Joseph's assurance of forgiveness and protection for his brothers 50:15-21

D 1	The fear of Joseph's brothers 50:15

E 1	The occasion – their father's death: {15} When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,

E 2	Their fear of revenge: "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!"

D 2	The spurious request of the brothers 50:16-17b

E 1	Their attribution of their request to their father: {16} So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father charged before he died, 1246 saying, 50:16

E 2	The pseudo-request of Jacob for forgiveness: {17} 'Thus you shall say to Joseph, "Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong." ' 50:17a

E 3	The brothers' request for forgiveness: And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." 50:17b

D 3	The emotional reaction of Joseph: And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 1247 50:17c

D 4	The submission of Joseph's brothers: {18} Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 1248 50:18

D 5	Joseph's kindly reply 50:19-21

E 1	Not to fear: {19} But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, 50:19a

E 2	He is not God's spokesman: for am I in God's place? 50:19b

E 3	His acknowledgment of their evil intent: {20} "As for you, you meant evil against me, 50:20a

E 4	God's good in overruling evil intentions 50:20b

G 1	To nurture Israel in the womb of Egypt: but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, 1249

G 2	To preserve Israel alive: to preserve many people alive.

E 5	His comforting promise of provision 50:21

G 1	{21} "So therefore, do not be afraid;

G 2	I will provide for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

C 10	Joseph's request for burial in Canaan; his death 50:22-26

D 1	The life-span of Joseph in Egypt 50:22

E 1	Joseph's situation in Egypt: {22} Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household,

E 2	Joseph's life-span: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 50:22

D 2	The progeny of Joseph 50:23

E 1	Of Ephraim: {23} Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's sons; Of Manasseh: also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.

D 3	The request of Joseph to be buried in Canaan 50:24-25

E 1	His impending death: {24} Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, 50:24a

E 2	His belief in their return to Canaan: but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." 50:24b

E 3	The oath of cooperation required by Joseph: {25} Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here." 1250 50:25

D 4	The death of Joseph 50:26

E 1	His death: {26} So Joseph died

E 2	His age: at the age of one hundred and ten years;

E 3	His burial: and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. 1251

EXPANDED ANALYTICAL OUTLINE OF GENESIS

Prepared by James T. Bartsch

First published, September, 2012

Updated October 9, 2019

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