On the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 34:25

Trivia: After the flood, what was the only thing that God told Noah not to eat?

The First Book of Moses, called Genesis

1 The first creation account (1-2)

2 The first creation account (continued) (4-25)

     The second creation account (4-25)

3 Two trees, a talking serpent, and a fearful god (1-24)

4 Cain kills his brother Abel (1-8)

    The life of Cain (9-18)

    Lamech, a bigamist and a murderer (19-24)

    Adam and Eve have another boy: Seth (25-27)

5 Adam's family (1-5)

    From Seth to Noah (6-32)

6 The Sons of God (1-4)

    God Plans the Flood (5-22)

7 Noah's Ark (1-10)

    The Great Flood (11-24)

8 The Flood Subsides (1-19)

    Noah's Sacrifice (20-22)

9 God's Post Flood Instructions (1-7)

    The Rainbow (8-19)

    Noah, the Drunk and Naked (20-21)

    The Curse of Canaan (22-29)

10 The Descendants of Japheth, Ham, and Japheth (1-32)

11 The Tower of Babel (1-9)

    From Shem to Abraham (10-26)

    Abraham, Sarah, and Lot travel to Haran (27-32)

12 Abraham travels to Canaan (1-9)

    Sarah lies for Abraham (the first time) (10-16)

    God sends plagues on the Pharaoh and his household (17-20)

13 Abraham, Sarah, and Lot return to Canaan (1-5)

    Abraham and Lot split up (6-10)

    Lot chooses Sodom for his new home (10-13)

    God promises to give Abraham everything else (14-18)

14 The Battle of Sodom and Gomorrah (1-17)

     Melchizedek gets one-tenth of the booty (18-24)

15 God's promise to Abraham (1-21)

16 Abraham impregnates Sarah's slave, Hagar (1-14)

    Sarah forces Hagar to leave (5-6)

    God sends an angel to retrieve Hagar (7-14)

    Hagar gives birth to a son, Ishmael (15-16)

17 God's everlasting covenant: Circumcision! (1-14)

    God promises to get Sarah pregnant. (15-16)

    Abraham laughs at God. (17-22)

    Abraham, Ishmael, and male slaves are circumcised. (23-27)

18 Abraham feeds God and two men. (1-8)

    Sarah laughs at God. (9-15)

    God wonders if he should tell Abraham about Sodom. (16-22)

    Abraham tries to talk God out of it. (23-33)

19 Two angels come to Sodom (1-3)

    The men of Sodom ask to get to know the angels (4-5)

    Lot offers his two virgin daughters (6-9)

    Lot and his family leave Sodom, and God destroys it (10-25)

    Lot's wife looks back, and God turns her into salt (26-29)

    Lot gets drunk and impregnates his daughters (30-38)

20 Abraham repeats the "She's my sister" lie (1-2)

    God threatens to kill Abimelech and his people (3-11)

    Abraham says it was only a half lie (12-16)

     God opens all the wombs in Abimelech's kingdom (17-18)

21 God visits Sarah and she concieves. (1-7)

    Sarah tells Abraham to abandon his first son, Ishmael (8-11)

    God tells Abraham to do as Sarah says (12-13)

    Abraham does as he's told (14-21)

    Abraham swears to God. (22-34)

22 God tells Abraham to kill his son, Isaac (1-2)

    Abraham prepares to kill his son for God (3-10)

    An angel to the rescue! (11-15)

    God blesses Abraham for his willingness to kill his son (16-18)

    Rebekah is Abraham's great-niece (19-24)

23 Sarah dies. (1-2)

    Abraham buries Sarah in a cave (3-20)

24 Abraham makes his servant swear to God (that he won't let Isaac marry a Canaanite) (1-9)

    The servant finds a wife for Isaac - Rebekah. (10-67)

25 Abraham takes another wife - Keturah (1-4)

    Abraham dies, giving all his possessions to Isaac (5-11)

    The generations of Ishmael (12-18)

    The birth of Isaac's sons, Esau and Jacob (19-28)

    Esau sells his inheritance for a bowl of lentil soup. (29-34)

26 God tells Isaac to visit the land of the Philistines (1-6)

    Isaac uses his dad's famous "She's my sister" lie (7-11)

    God blessed Isaac in the land of the Philistines (12-17)

    Isaac digs some wells. (18-22)

    Isaac went to Beersheba (23-33)

    Esau married Judith and Bashemath. (34-35)

27 Jacob and Rebekah deceive Isaac (1-46)

28 Isaac's instruction to his son Jacob: Don't marry a Canaanite. (1-5)

    Esau collects a third wife. (6-9)

    Jacob dreams on a pillow of stones. (10-17)

29 Jacob and Rachel: The Great Baby-Making Contest (1-35)

30 The Great Baby-Making Contest continues (1-24 [1])

    Jacob asks Laban to let him leave. (25-31)

    Jacob's speckled and spotted cattle caper (32-48)

31 Jacob runs away from Laban (1-21)

    Laban catches up to Jacob (22-43)

    This heap is a witness (44-55))

32 Jacob meets God's host (1-2)

    Jacob prepares to meet Esau (3-21)

    Jacob has a wrestling match with God - and wins! (22-32)

33 Jacob meets Esau (1-20)

34 Shechem and Dinah (1-31 [1])

35 Jacob travels to Bethel (1-15)

    Rachel dies (16-21)

    Reuben has sex with his father's concubine (22-27)

    Isaac dies (28-29)

36 The generations of Esau (1-43)

37 Jacob loved Joseph more than his other children (1-4 [1])

    Joseph's first dream (5-8)

    Joseph's second dream (9-11)

    Joseph's brothers get rid of Joseph (12-36)

38 Judah and the daughter of Shuah (1-5)

    Er, Tamar, and Onan (6-12)

    Judah and Tamar (13-30)

39 Potiphar buys Joseph. (1-6)

    Potiphar's wife (7-18)

    Joseph is imprisoned. (19-23)

40 The king's butler and baker (1-8)

    The butler's dream (9-15)

    The baker's dream (16-19)

    Joseph's interpretations come true (20-23)

41 Pharaoh's dreams (1-24)

    Joseph interprets the Pharaoh's dreams. (25-46)

    Joseph's interpretations come true. (47-57)

42 Jacob's sons travel to Egypt (1-24)

    Jacob's sons return to Canaan (25-38)

43 Jacob's sons return to Egypt (1-34)

44 Jacob's sons leave Egypt (1-3)

    Joseph's divining cup (4-34)

45 Joseph identifies himself to his brothers (1-28)

46 Jacob and his family travel to the land of Goshen (1-7)

    The names of Jacob's family (8-28)

    Joseph meets Jacob and his family. (29-34)

47 Pharaoh invites Jacob and his family to live in Goshen (1-12)

    Joseph collects all the money in Egypt (13-27)

    Joseph swears to bury Jacob in Canaan. (28-31)

48 Jacob's (messed up) blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh (1-22)

49 Jacob's deathbed speech (1-32)

    Jacob dies. (33)

50 Jacob's burial (1-13)

    Joseph's brothers apologize to Joseph (14-21)

    Joseph dies (22-26)

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