Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Genesis 50

In which Jacob is buried in Canaan with Abraham, and Joseph dies and is buried in Egypt.

Genesis 49

In which Jacob appoints the twelve tribes of Israel on his deathbed.

Genesis 48

 In which Jacob dies, and Joseph lies to him on his deathbed.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

Genesis 46

In which Jacob and his family travel to Egypt to be reunited with Joseph, and we get a long and inaccurate listing of Jacob's large family.

Genesis 45

In which Joseph reveals himself to his brothers.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Genesis 44

In which Joseph's brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin to buy more food, and Joseph frames Benjamin for the theft of a magical silver cup.

Genesis 43

In which the sons of Jacob return to Egypt and bring Benjamin, and not much else happens.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Genesis 42

In which Joseph's brothers go to Egypt to buy food during the famine.  Joseph recognizes them and disguises himself so they don't recognize him, and Joseph starts exacting his revenge for their treachery.

Genesis 41

In which Pharaoh has a dream, and Joseph warns him of an impending famine.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Genesis 40

In which the Pharaoh's butler and baker commit an offense, get sent to Joseph's jail, and Joseph interprets their dreams.

Genesis 39

In which Joseph excels in all his endeavors in servitude, and gets framed for rape.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Genesis 38

In which Judah gets married, Tamar has to resort to prostitution to get laid, and the lack of birth control creates an uncomfortable situation for Judah.

Genesis 37

In which Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt, and lie to their father.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Genesis 36

In which we learn about the Edomites, the descendents of Esau (and the Bible suffers some gender confusion).

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Genesis 35

In which Benjamin is born, and Rachel and Isaac die.

Genesis 34

In which Dinah is raped, and the sons of Jacob exact a gruesome and disproportionate revenge.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Genesis 33

In which Esau and Jacob/Israel make up, and Jacob/Israel settles in Canaan.

Genesis 32

Jacob wrestles with God and is renamed Israel.

Genesis 31

In which Jacob and his household(s) sneak away from Laban's territory, Rachel steals some graven images from Laban, and Laban gives chase.  After a confrontation and search, Laban and Jacob create a peace treaty at Gilead/Jegarsahadutha.