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Old Testament · Pentateuch
Creation, flood, and the patriarchal line from Abraham to Joseph — ending with Jacob's burial at Machpelah and Joseph's death in Egypt.
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Chapter Coverage
Processed chapters from Genesis, with a short summary plus themes and links to related people, places, and objects in the encyclopedia.
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Arrival at the well | |
| Meeting Rachel | |
| Laban welcomes Jacob | |
| Seven years for Rachel | |
| Leah's marriage switch | |
| Rachel given after a week | |
| Leah's first four sons |
Chapter 30
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Rachel's jealousy and Bilhah as surrogate | |
| Dan and Naphtali born | |
| Zilpah bears Gad and Asher | |
| Mandrakes bargain | |
| Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah | |
| Rachel bears Joseph | |
| Jacob requests release; Laban's divination | |
| Speckled and spotted flock agreement | |
| Jacob's breeding strategy and prosperity |
Chapter 31
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Laban's hostility; Yahweh commands return | |
| Angel's dream and Bethel vow recalled | |
| Rachel and Leah agree to leave | |
| Flight from Paddan-Aram | |
| Rachel steals household idols | |
| Laban pursues to Mount Gilead | |
| God warns Laban in a dream | |
| Idol search in the tents | |
| Jacob's twenty-year labor testimony | |
| Covenant at Galeed and Mizpah |
Chapter 32
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Laban's farewell blessing | |
| Angels at Mahanaim | |
| Messengers to Esau at Seir | |
| Fear and division into two camps | |
| Jacob's prayer | |
| Gifts sent ahead to Esau | |
| Crossing the Jabbok with family | |
| Wrestling at Peniel; renamed Israel | |
| Thigh sinew dietary restriction |
Chapter 33
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Jacob arranges his family | |
| Esau's tearful reunion | |
| Jacob presses his gift on Esau | |
| Esau returns to Seir | |
| Jacob settles at Succoth | |
| Land purchase and altar at Shechem |
Chapter 34
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Shechem violates Dinah | |
| Shechem asks to marry Dinah | |
| Hamor's proposal of intermarriage | |
| The sons' crafty demand of circumcision | |
| The men of Shechem are circumcised | |
| Simeon and Levi slaughter the town | |
| The brothers plunder Shechem | |
| Jacob rebukes Simeon and Levi |
Chapter 35
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| God calls Jacob back to Bethel | |
| Purging the foreign gods | |
| Altar at El-Bethel | |
| Death of Deborah at the Oak of Tears | |
| God reaffirms the name Israel | |
| Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin | |
| Reuben and Bilhah | |
| The twelve sons of Jacob | |
| Death of Isaac at Hebron |
Chapter 36
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Esau's wives and sons in Canaan | |
| Esau settles in Seir away from Jacob | |
| Descendants of Eliphaz and Amalek | |
| Descendants of Reuel | |
| Descendants of Oholibamah | |
| Chieftains of Esau's lines | |
| Sons of Seir the Horite | |
| Horite chieftains in Seir | |
| Kings of Edom before Israel | |
| Edom chieftains by locality |
Chapter 37
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Joseph shepherds with his brothers | |
| Jacob favors Joseph with a decorated tunic | |
| Joseph's dreams of sheaves and stars | |
| Joseph sent to Shechem and Dothan | |
| Brothers plot against Joseph | |
| Judah proposes selling Joseph | |
| Joseph sold to Ishmaelite traders | |
| The bloodied tunic deceives Jacob | |
| Joseph sold to Potiphar in Egypt |
Chapter 38
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Judah leaves his brothers and settles with Hirah | |
| Judah marries Shua's daughter and fathers Er, Onan, and Shelah | |
| Tamar widowed; Er and Onan die | |
| Judah withholds Shelah from Tamar | |
| Judah goes to Timnah for sheep-shearing | |
| Tamar disguised at Enaim; Judah's pledge | |
| Judah acknowledges Tamar's righteousness | |
| Twins Perez and Zerah born to Judah and Tamar |
Chapter 39
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Joseph bought by Potiphar in Egypt | |
| Yahweh blesses Joseph; steward of Potiphar's household | |
| Potiphar's wife pursues Joseph; he refuses | |
| False accusation with Joseph's tunic | |
| Joseph imprisoned in the king's gaol | |
| Joseph put in charge of all prisoners |
Chapter 40
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker imprisoned | |
| Joseph attends the officials and hears their dreams | |
| Joseph interprets the cup-bearer's vine dream | |
| Joseph interprets the baker's tray dream | |
| Dreams fulfilled on Pharaoh's birthday | |
| The cup-bearer forgets Joseph |
Chapter 41
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Pharaoh dreams of cows and grain by the Nile | |
| Magicians fail; the cup-bearer remembers Joseph | |
| Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams | |
| Joseph made governor of Egypt | |
| Joseph marries Asenath; Manasseh and Ephraim born | |
| Seven years of plenty; grain stored | |
| Famine; the world comes to Joseph for grain |
Chapter 43
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Famine worsens; Judah pledges surety for Benjamin | |
| Jacob sends gifts and Benjamin with double money | |
| Brothers arrive in Egypt; Joseph hosts them | |
| Chamberlain reassures brothers; Simeon released | |
| Joseph sees Benjamin and weeps | |
| Separate feast; Benjamin favored with five portions |
Chapter 44
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Joseph plants his silver cup in Benjamin's sack | |
| Chamberlain pursues brothers; they protest innocence | |
| Cup found in Benjamin's sack; brothers return in grief | |
| Joseph claims divination; insists Benjamin alone remain as slave | |
| Judah offers himself as slave in Benjamin's place |
Chapter 45
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Joseph reveals himself to his brothers | |
| Joseph sends brothers to bring Jacob to Goshen | |
| Pharaoh invites Jacob's family to Egypt's best land | |
| Joseph sends waggons, clothes, silver, and gifts | |
| Jacob's spirit revives; he will go to see Joseph |
Chapter 46
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Jacob offers sacrifices at Beersheba; God assures him about Egypt | |
| Jacob's household travels to Egypt in Pharaoh's waggons | |
| Leah's line listed: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah | |
| Zilpah's and Bilhah's lines listed among those who enter Egypt | |
| Rachel's line: Joseph, Benjamin, Manasseh, and Ephraim | |
| Seventy of Jacob's family in Egypt; reunion in Goshen |
Chapter 47
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Brothers presented to Pharaoh; settle in Goshen | |
| Jacob meets Pharaoh; family settled in Rameses | |
| Famine: money and livestock exchanged for food | |
| Joseph acquires Egypt's land; priests keep theirs | |
| Israel fruitful in Goshen; Jacob's burial oath |
Chapter 48
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Jacob recalls Luz blessing and adopts Ephraim and Manasseh | |
| Jacob recalls Rachel's death near Ephrath | |
| Crossed-hands blessing: Ephraim before Manasseh | |
| Jacob gives Joseph a Shechem portion |
Chapter 49
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Reuben loses primacy; Simeon and Levi cursed to scatter | |
| Judah receives the sceptre and lion blessing | |
| Blessings on Zebulun through Naphtali | |
| Joseph blessed; Benjamin the ravening wolf | |
| Jacob orders burial at Machpelah and dies |
Chapter 50
| Theme | Key figures & entries |
|---|---|
| Jacob embalmed and mourned; Pharaoh grants burial leave | |
| Burial cortège to Goren-ha-Atad and Machpelah | |
| Joseph forgives his brothers; God turned evil to good | |
| Joseph's last years, oath about his bones, and death in Egypt |