Genesis chapter 21. God blesses Abraham and Sarah and she becomes pregnant and gives birth to Isaac (Yitzchak). As Isaac grew up Sarah worried about the bad influence of Ishmael (Yishmael) Hagar's son with Abraham. Sarah tells Abraham to expel Hagar and Ishmael. God tells Abraham to listen to Sarah. Hagar and Ishmael are exiled but God promises that Ishmael will become a great nation. Avimelech makes a treaty with Abraham at Beer Sheba (Be'er Sheva) that there should be peace between them.

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Genesis chapter 20. Abraham and Sarah move to Gerar, away from Lot and Sodom. They are confronted by the local king Avimelech and tell him that Sarah is Abraham's sister. Avimelech takes Sarah wanting to marry her, but God warns him not to touch her because she is Abraham's wife. Avimelech complains and God forgives him as Sarah returned to Abraham.

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Genesis chapter 19. God sends two angels to save Lot and his family before Sodom is destroyed. The people of Sodom are wicked. Lot escapes with his wife and two daughters. His wife looks back and turns into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters escape to a cave where the daughters give Lot wine and have relations with him becoming pregnant. The older daughter names her son Moab. The younger daughter names her son Ammon.

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Genesis chapter 18. Abraham is visited by three guests who are angels who have come to heal him from his circumcision, announce the birth of his son Isaac (Yitzchak), and to destroy Sodom. Abraham and Sarah host the angels lavishly. God tells Abraham that he intends to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness. Abraham pleads on behalf of Sodom, but not even ten righteous people are to be found in Sodom.

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Genesis chapter 17. God tells Abram to circumcise himself and the males in his household. God tells Abram that he will now be called Abraham, and that Sarai shall be called Sarah. Circumcision is an eternal covenant (Brit) between God and Abraham and his descendants who will become great. God predicts that Abraham and Sarah will have a son to be named Isaac (Yitzchak). God promises a reward to Ishmael that his descendants will become great.

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Genesis chapter 16. Abram and Sarai are childless so Sarai says that Abram should marry Hagar the Egyptian to have children with her. Hagar becomes pregnant and looks down on Sarai. Hagar miscarries and flees Sarai's anger. Hagar is told she will have a son Yishmael who is born to Abram and Hagar, and they name him Yishmael.

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Genesis chapter 15. Abram is promised descendants and the Land of Israel by God during the Covenant Between the Parts. The symbolism of the heifer, goat, ram, turtle-dove offerings and its significance for Jewish history.

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Genesis chapter 14. The wars between the Five Kings and the Four Kings. The Four Kings defeat the Five Kings and take Lot as a prisoner. Abram goes to war against the Four Kings and defeats them as well as freeing Lot. Abram is blessed by Melchi-Tzedek and refuses to take anything from the king of Sodom.

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Genesis chapter 13. Abram returns to the Land of Canaan. Lot joins Abraham and they decide to part ways. Lot settles in Sodom, but the Sodomites are evil and sinful people. God's spirit returns to Abram and promises him the land of Canaan and that his descendants will be as plentiful as the dust of the Earth.

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Genesis chapter 12. Abram's call and migration to the Land of Canaan. God's blessings to Abraham. God promises the land of Canaan to Abram and his descendants. Famine in Canaan. Abram and Sarai migrate to Egypt. Sarai is captured by Pharaoh. Sarai is freed. Abram and Sarai leave Egypt.

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Genesis chapter 11. The Tower of Babel. The Dispersion of the Generation that built the Tower of Babel. Ten Generations from Noah to Abram. Origins of Abram and Sarai.

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Genesis chapter 10. Descendants of Yefeth Ham, Canaan, Shem. Origins of the Seventy Nations of the world. Nimrod the mighty hunter becomes the first world ruler.

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Genesis chapter 9. God blesses Noah and his his children and tells them to be fruitful and multiply, The meaning of the covenant of the rainbow. Noah gets drunk. Canaan is cursed Shem and Yefeth are blessed.

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Genesis chapter 8. The end of the Great Flood. Noah and his family exit the ark. The aftermath of the Flood. Noah offers sacrifices.

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Genesis chapter 7. Noah in the ark surrounded by the Flood. Generation of the Flood and their fate. Year the Flood took place.

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Genesis chapter 6 Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, Yefeth. God's decree to destroy the world with a flood because of the corruption of humanity. Instruction to build the ark before the great flood.

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Genesis chapter 5. Ten generations from Adam to Noah. The evil of Enosh versus the good of Enoch. Arrival of Noah.

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Genesis chapter 4. Cain and Abel. The first death in the world was a murder. Sacrifices. The Hebrew word אֶת (et) in the Torah.

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Genesis chapter 3. The Serpent. Eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Woman's Curse. Man's Curse. The Expulsion.

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Genesis chapter 2: The origins of the Sabbath, and the background of Adam and Eve's creation.

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Introduction and points to ponder based on Genesis chapter 1. The first six days of creation. Comparing the classical Jewish Torah view of Creation to the modern views of the start of the universe and life.

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