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The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.

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Contents

  1. Description of the Manuscript, Etc
  2. Description of the Poem
  3. Lamech's Bigamy
  4. Death of Cain
  5. How the Child Moses Behaved Before Pharaoh
  6. How Moses Defeated the Ethiopians
  7. The Plague of Frogs
  8. Date and Dialect of the Poem
  9. Grammatical Details
  10. The Metre of the Poem
  11. Contractions Used in the Glossary
  12. The Story of Genesis and Exodus, Etc
  13. God Made Heaven and Earth by His Word
  14. The Devil's Fall from Heaven. The First Light Dawns
  15. The Heavens and the Earth Are Parted
  16. The Stars Are Set, and Fowl and Fish Are Made
  17. Cattle Are Made for Man's Service. Adam Is Created
  18. Of Paradise and the Creation of Eve
  19. The Seventh Day Is Made a Day of Rest
  20. Lucifer Is Cast Into Hell, and There Plots Man's Fall
  21. Eve and Adam Eat the Forbidden Fruit
  22. God's Curse on Adam and Eve, and the Adder
  23. Eve Begets Cain and Abel, and Other Children
  24. Cain Builds Eno. Lamech Begins Bigamy
  25. Lamech Kills Cain and His Own Servant
  26. Of Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah
  27. Of the World's Corruption and Noah's Flood
  28. The Building of the Ark. The Flood
  29. The Ark Stood in Armenia
  30. The Rainbow Appears in the Welkin
  31. Confusion of Tongues. Origin of Idolatry
  32. Abram Leaves Mesopotamia
  33. Abram Reaches Canaan. He Goes to Egypt
  34. Pharaoh Takes Away Sarai, and Is Punished by a Plague
  35. Abram Dwells at Mamre. Lot in Sodom
  36. The Battle of Four Kings Against Five
  37. Abram Rescues Lot. Melchizedek Blesses Him
  38. Abram Complains for Want of an Heir
  39. Sarai Being Barren Gives Hagar to Abram
  40. Ishmael Is Born. Circumcision Is Instituted
  41. Abraham Is Promised a Son
  42. Lot Entertains Two Angels
  43. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
  44. The Births of Ammon and Moab
  45. Abraham Dwells in Gerar
  46. The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael
  47. Abimelech Covenants with Abraham,
  48. And Gives Him the Well of Beersheba
  49. The Offering of Isaac
  50. Eliezer Is Sent to Mesopotamia
  51. Eliezer Meets with Rebekah
  52. Isaac Takes Rebekah to Wife
  53. The Birth of Esau and Jacob
  54. The Privileges of the First Born
  55. Jacob Defrauds Esau of the Blessing
  56. Esau Threatens to Kill Jacob
  57. Jacob Is Sent to Padan-Aram
  58. From Luz He Journeys to Haran
  59. Jacob Covenants for Rachel
  60. Jacob Marries Rachel
  61. Jacob Leaves Laban Secretly
  62. The Covenant Between Jacob and Laban
  63. The Meeting of Esau and Jacob
  64. Jacob Dwells at Succoth. Dinah's Folly
  65. Benjamin Is Born. Rachel Dies
  66. Joseph Is Hated by His Brethren
  67. Joseph Is Sold to Chapmen,
  68. Who Sell Him to Potiphar, an Egyptian
  69. Joseph Is Cast Into Prison
  70. He Interprets the Prisoners' Dreams
  71. King Pharaoh Dreams a Dream,
  72. Which Is Interpreted by Joseph
  73. The Famine in Egypt and Canaan
  74. Joseph's Harshness to His Brethren
  75. Benjamin Is Taken to Egypt
  76. Joseph's Interview with His Brethren
  77. The Brethren Are Accused of Theft
  78. Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brethren
  79. Jacob and His Family Go Into Egypt
  80. They Dwell in the Land of Goshen
  81. The Death of Jacob
  82. He Is Buried in Hebron
  83. The Death of Joseph
  84. The Oppression of the Israelites
  85. The Birth and Preservation of Moses
  86. Teremuth Adopts Him as Her Son
  87. The Ethiopians Invade Egypt,
  88. And Are Defeated by Moses
  89. Moses Slays an Egyptian,
  90. And Flees Into Midian
  91. God Appears to Moses at Sinai
  92. Moses and Aaron Are Sent to Egypt
  93. Greater Labours Are Laid Upon the Israelites
  94. Moses and Aaron Perform Miracles Before Pharaoh
  95. The Waters Are Turned Into Blood
  96. The Plagues of Frogs and Gnats
  97. Plagues of Flies, Boils, and Blains,
  98. Hail-Storm, and Grasshoppers
  99. Plagues of Locusts and Darkness
  100. The Institution of the Passover
  101. The Destruction of the First-Born
  102. The Israelites Leave Egypt
  103. The Israelites Cross the Red Sea
  104. The Egyptian Hosts Are Drowned
  105. The Sojourn at Shur, Elim, and Sin
  106. The Miraculous Fall of Manna
  107. The Israelites Overcome the Amalekites
  108. Jethro Visits Moses
  109. The People Come to Sinai
  110. Moses Receives the Ten Commandments
  111. The People Are Afraid
  112. They Worship a Golden Calf
  113. The Idolaters Are Slain
  114. The Tables Are Renewed
  115. The Burning at Taberah
  116. Miriam Is Smitten with Leprosy
  117. The Report of the Spies
  118. The Rebellion of Korah and Abiram
  119. A Plague Slays Fourteen Thousand People
  120. The Priesthood of Aaron Confirmed
  121. The Death of Aaron at Hor
  122. Sihon and Og Are Overcome
  123. Balaam Sets Out to Curse Israel
  124. Balaam's Ass Speaks
  125. Balaam Blesses Israel
  126. Balaam's Advice to Balak
  127. Whoredom and Idolatry Punished
  128. Moses Dies in Moab
  129. May God Shield Us from Hell's Night!
  130. Notes
  131. Glossarial Index
  132. Index of Names
  133. Index of Rimes
  134. Abbreviations Used in the Index of Rimes

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