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


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