Introduction
KITH and KIN
OVERVIEW
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BOOK ONE - ABRAHAM
INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE:
ABRAM - CHOSEN BY GOD
SECTION TWO:
ABRAHAM - FRIEND OF GOD
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BOOK TWO - ISAAC
ISAAC, THE MAN OF PEACE
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BOOK THREE - JACOB
SECTION ONE:
JACOB ESTABLISHES HIS FAMILY
SECTION TWO:
JACOB AND HIS SONS
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BOOK FOUR - JOSEPH
SECTION ONE:
JOSEPH - PIT TO POTIPHAR
SECTION TWO:
JOSEPH - POTIPHAR TO PIT TWO
SECTION THREE:
JOSEPH - PRIME MINISTER OF EGYPT
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BOOK FIVE - JACOB AND JOSEPH IN EGYPT
SECTION ONE:
JACOB AND JOSEPH
- THE PATRIARCH AND THE PRIME MINISTER
SECTION TWO:
AFTERWARDS, CONCLUSIONS, ADDENDA
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KITH and KIN
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CONTENTS
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BOOK ONE - ABRAHAM
SECTION ONE:
ABRAM - CHOSEN BY GOD
Introduction - From the Beginning until Ur
- A Short Summary of Genesis 1-11
- The People and God's Witnesses
- God's Loved People
Background - Why Was Abraham Called by God
- Where Did Abram Come From?
- What About the Records?
- Abram Real Person or Fiction?
Historically,
Religiously,
Sociologically,
Ancestrally,
Culturally,
Objections,
Absence of Evidence,
Duplicate Narratives,
Conclusions
- About Ur on the Euphrates River
Chapter 1 - A Cycle of Pain Begins
Chapter 2 - Abram Enters the Land
Chapter 3 - Abram and Lot Solve Some Problems
Chapter 4 - Impatience over the Promised Heir
Chapter 5 - Hagar and Ishmael and Abraham and Sarah and Isaac
SECTION TWO:
ABRAHAM - FRIEND OF GOD
Chapter 1 - Contrition, Promises and Name Changes
Chapter 2 - Troublesome Sodom and Abraham's Nephew, Lot
Chapter 3 - Abraham and Abimelech
Chapter 4 - The Great Trial of Abraham
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BOOK TWO – ISAAC
ISAAC, THE MAN OF PEACE
Chapter 1 - The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
Chapter 2 - The Cycle of Pain Passed On
Chapter 3 - The Pain Cycle Continues
Chapter 4 - History Repeated - The Say You Are My Sister Episodes, Isaac, Rebekah, Abimelech, Phicol
Chapter 5 - Isaac and Rebekah and another Wells Incident
Chapter 6 - The Pain of Separation
Chapter 7 - The Four Main Characters in the Isaac Story - Rebekah, Jacob, Esau, Isaac
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BOOK THREE - JACOB
SECTION ONE:
JACOB ESTABLISHES HIS FAMILY
Chapter 1 - God Shares the Pain
Chapter 2 - God Is There - In a Bargain and a Tangled Web
Chapter 3 - The Tangled Web of Deceit Returns
Chapter 4 - Preparation for the Great Meeting with Esau
Chapter 5 - Esau Meets Jacob with Pleasure
SECTION TWO:
JACOB AND HIS SONS
Chapter 1 - God Forgotten at Shechem for Rape and Pillage
Chapter 2 - Bethel – God’s Place - But Not For Long
Chapter 3 - Incest - Another Sordid Tale
Chapter 4 - Joseph – Jacob’s Favourite Child
Chapter 5 - Joseph - A Coat and Some Dreams
Chapter 6 - Joseph's Pit of Death - Or Life
Chapter 7 - A Terrible Secret and Grief for More Lost Love
Chapter 8 - Judah's Sin and Misery
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BOOK FOUR – JOSEPH
SECTION ONE:
JOSEPH - PIT TO POTIPHAR
Chapter 1 - Joseph Goes Down Into Egypt
Chapter 2 - In and Around Egypt - 18th Century BC
Chapter 3 - Egypt - Host to God’s Precious Child
Chapter 4 - Joseph in Powerful and Mighty Egypt
SECTION TWO:
JOSEPH - POTIPHAR TO PIT TWO
Chapter 1 - Potiphar and Potiphar's Wife
Chapter 2 - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Chapter 3 - Down To the Pit Again
Chapter 4 - The Second Pit
Chapter 5 - Escape From the Pit
Chapter 6 - Joseph arrives in the Royal City
SECTION THREE:
JOSEPH - PRIME MINISTER OF EGYPT
Chapter 1 - The Gilding of Joseph
Chapter 2 - Pharaoh Chooses a Gentile Wife for Joseph
Chapter 3 - The Heavens Shut Up
Chapter 4 - Jacob’s Response to the Famine
Chapter 5 - Jacob’s Dilemma and the Silence of His Sons
Chapter 6 - Jacob’s Nine Sons Come Home
Chapter 7 - Jacob Wrestles Again
Chapter 8 - Peace at Last - But no Peace
Chapter 9 - Jacob’s Determination Is Challenged
Chapter 10 - The Dreadful Suspense Turns to Joy
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BOOK FIVE - JACOB AND JOSEPH IN EGYPT
SECTION ONE:
JACOB AND JOSEPH
- THE PATRIARCH AND THE PRIME MINISTER
Chapter 1 - Jacob Is Carried Into Egypt
Chapter 2 - The Great Reunion
Chapter 3 - Jacob’s Meeting With Pharaoh
Chapter 4 - Joseph - A Powerful and Mighty Ruler
Chapter 5 - Israel Close To Death
Chapter 6 - Preparation for the Great Trek Out Of Egypt
Chapter 7 - The Blessings of Jacob on His Sons
Chapter 8 - Death
Chapter 9 - Family Relationships and the Funeral
SECTION TWO:
AFTERWARDS, CONCLUSIONS, ADDENDUM
Chapter 1 - Afterwards
Chapter 2 - Conclusions - For Us
Chapter 3 - Addenda - Time/Age Chart of the Patriarchal Family - Multi Generational Transmissions
