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PREFACE

I. JOSEPH

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 -- The Second journey to Egypt -- 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~Jacob's Last Wish -- -The Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh -- The Blessing of the Twelve Tribes -- The Death of Jacob -- The Sons of Jacob at War with the Sons of Esau -- 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.

II. THE SONS OF JACOB

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.

III. JOB

Job and the Patriarchs -- Job's Wealth and Benefactions -- Satan and Job -- -Job's Suffering -- The Four Friends -- Job Restored.

IV. MOSES IN EGYPT

The Beginning of the Egyptian Bondage -- Pharaoh's Cunning -- The Pious Midwives -- The Three Counsellors -- The Slaughter of the Innocents -- The Parents of Moses -- The Birth of Moses -- Moses Rescued from the Water -- The Infancy of Moses -- Moses Rescued by Gabriel -- The Youth of Moses -- The Flight -- The King of Ethiopia -- Jethro -- Moses Marries Zipporah -- A Bloody Remedy -- The Faithful Shepherd -- The Burning Thorn -- bush -- 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 In -- creases -- Measure for Measure -- The Plagues Brought through Aaron -- The Plagues Brought through Moses -- The First Passover -- The Smiting of the First-born -- The Redemption of Israel from Egyptian Bondage -- The Exodus.