Table of Contents

Louis Ginzberg

PREFACE

THE FAVORITE SON

JOSEPH HATED BY HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH CAST INTO THE PIT

THE SALE

JOSEPH'S THREE MASTERS

JOSEPH'S COAT BROUGHT TO HIS FATHER

JUDAH AND HIS SONS

THE WIVES OF THE SONS OF JACOB

JOSEPH THE SLAVE OF POTIPHAR

JOSEPH AND ZULEIKA

JOSEPH RESISTS TEMPTATION

JOSEPH IN PRISON

PHARAOH'S DREAMS

JOSEPH BEFORE PHARAOH

THE RULER OF EGYPT

JOSEPH'S BRETHREN IN EGYPT

JOSEPH MEETS HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH AND BENJAMIN

THE THIEF CAUGHT

JUDAH PLEADS AND THREATENS.

JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN

JACOB RECEIVES THE GLAD TIDINGS

JACOB ARRIVES IN EGYPT

JOSEPH'S KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY

THE DEATH OF JACOB

ZEPHO KING OF KITTIM

THE NATIONS AT WAR

JOSEPH'S MAGNANIMITY

ASENATH

THE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH

KIND AND UNKIND BRETHREN

TREACHERY PUNISHED

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JOSEPH

SIGNIFICANT NAMES

REUBEN'S TESTAMENT

SIMON'S ADMONITION AGAINST ENVY

THE ASCENSION OF LEVI

JUDAH WARNS AGAINST GREED AND UNCHASTITY

ISSACHAR'S SINGLENESS OF HEART

ZEBULON EXHORTS UNTO COMPASSION

DAN'S CONFESSION

NAPHTALI'S DREAMS OF THE DIVISION OF THE TRIBES

GAD'S HATRED

ASHER'S LAST WORDS

BENJAMIN EXTOLS JOSEPH

JOB AND THE PATRIARCHS

JOB'S WEALTH AND BENEFACTIONS

SATAN AND JOB

JOB'S SUFFERING

JOB RESTORED

THE BEGINNING OF THE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE

PHARAOH'S CUNNING

THE PIOUS MIDWIVES

THE THREE COUNSELLORS

THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS

THE PARENTS OF MOSES

MOSES RESCUED FROM THE WATER

THE INFANCY OF MOSES

MOSES RESCUED BY GABRIEL

JETHRO

MOSES MARRIES ZIPPORAH

THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD

THE ASCENSION OF MOSES

MOSES VISITS PARADISE AND HELL

MOSES DECLINES THE MISSION

MOSES PUNISHED FOR HIS STUBBORNNESS

THE RETURN TO EGYPT

MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH

THE SUFFERING INCREASES

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

THE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH AARON

THE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH MOSES

THE FIRST PASSOVER

THE SMITING OF THE FIRST-BORN

THE EXODUS