Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis
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238 Sepher Hayashar 27.
239 Ma’ase Abraham, BHM i. 25 ff.
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ABRAHAM AND THE IDOLS
240 Ma’ase Abraham, BHM i. 24–30.
241 Sepher Hayashar 34–43; Ma’ase Abraham 32–34.
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ABRAHAM IN EGYPT
242 Genesis XII. 1–20.
243 Sepher Hayashar 51; Josephus, Ant. i.8.1.
244 Genesis Apocryphon 43–44; Jubilees XIII. 1–15.
245 Gen. Rab. 389, 554; Tanhuma Lekh 5 and 6; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 66–67; Sepher Hayashar 51, 52; PRE, ch. 26.
246 Genesis Apocryphon 43–44; PRE, ch. 26.
247 Josephus, Antiquities i.8.
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ABRAHAM’S RESCUE OF LOT
248 Genesis XIII. 1–18, XIV. 1–24.
249 Sepher Hayashar 46; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 73–74; Gen. Rab. 419; PRE, ch. 27.
250 Gen. Rab. 418; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 76; B. Sanhedrin 96a, 108b; B. Taanit 21a.
251 Gen. Rab. 420–22; Lev. Rab. 25.6; Num. Rab. 4.8; B. Nedarim 32b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 76.
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THE SEVERED CARCASES
252 Genesis XV. 1–21.
253 Gen. Rab. 433; Tanhuma Shoftim 11.
254 Gen. Rab. 437; Mid. Agada Gen. 33; PRE, ch. 28.
255 Apocalypse of Abraham. ed. Box, 51–53.
256 Targum Yer. Gen. XV. 1–11; Gen. Rab. 443–44; Tanhuma Buber Ex. 130; Mid. Agada Gen. 34.
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ISHMAEL
257 Genesis XVI. 1–16.
258 Genesis XXI. 8–21; PRE, ch. 30; Sepher Hayashar 69–70.
259 Gen. Rab. 453–54, 570.
260 Tosephta Sota 304; Gen. Rab. 567–68; Sepher Hayashar 69–70; PRE, ch. 30.
261 Gen. Rab. 572–73.
262 Sepher Hayashar 70–72; PRE, ch. 30.
263 Genesis XXV. 9.
264 Genesis XXV. 12–18.
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ABRAHAM IN GERAR
265 Genesis XX. 1–18.
266 PRE, ch. 26; B. Baba Kamma 92a; B. Makkot 9b; Pesiqta Rabbati 176b; Gen. Rab. 553
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THE BIRTH OF ISAAC
267 Genesis XVII. 1–22.
268 Genesis XVIII. 1–16.
269 Genesis XXI. 1–8.
270 Gen. Rab. 432; Pesiqta Rabbati 179a.
271 Tanhuma Buber Gen. 85–86; B. Baba Metzia 86b; Gen. Rab. 517–18.
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LOT AT SODOM
272 Genesis XVIII. 16–33; XIX. 1–28.
273 PRE, ch. 25; Gen. Rab. 523.
274 Sepher Hayashar 58.
275 Sepher Hayashar 62.
276 PRE, ch. 25; Sepher Hayashar 63–65.
277 PRE, ch. 25; cf. Gen. Rab. 504–05, 519; B. Sanhedrin 109a–b.
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LOT AT ZOAR
278 Genesis XIX. 30–38.
279 Mekhilta Beshallah, Mass. diShirata 72; Sifre 81a.
280 Sepher Hayashar 84.
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THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
281 Genesis XXII. 1–2; Gen. Rab. 590, 592; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 111; Pesiqta Rabbati 170a; PRE, ch. 31.
282 Genesis XXII. 3–19.
283 Sepher Hayashar 76–77.
284 Sepher Hayashar 77–79; cf. Gen. Rab. 595–98.
285 Sepher Hayashar 80; PRE, ch. 31.
286 Sepher Hayashar 80.
287 Lev. Rab. 29.9; Gen. Rab. 607; Yer. Taamit 65d; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 46.
288 Genesis XXIII. 1–20; Mid. Wayosha, BHM i. 35 ff; PRE, ch. 32; Sepher Hayashar 81–83.
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ABRAHAM AND KETURAH
289 Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 4; B. Baba Metzia 87a; Gen. Rab. 717–18.
290 Genesis XXV. 1; Gen. Rab. 654, 661; Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 8; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 123; PRE, ch. 30; Hadar Zeqenim 9b; Leqah Tobh Gen. 115.
291 Genesis XXV. 2–6; Gen. Rab. 663, 669; Shoher Tobh 411–12; 1 Macc. XII. 21; 2 Macc. V. 9.
292 B. Sanhedrin 91a; Zohar Gen. 133b, 223a–b.
293 Massekhet Soferim 11.9; Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 6.
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ISAAC’S MARRIAGE
294 Genesis XXII. 20–24.
295 Genesis XXIV. 1–67; XXV. 20; XXXV. 8.
296 Gen. Rab. 614; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 356.
297 Gen. Rab. 612–13, 636–37; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 388–89, 770–71.
298 Massekhet Soferim 21.9, end; M. Nidda 5.4; Yalqut Gen. 109; Gen. Rab. 652; Mid. Agada Gen. 59; Hadar 9b.
299 Yalqut Gen. 109; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 366, 369–70; Gen. Rab. 651–53; Mid. Agada Gen. 59–60; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 111, 113; Mekhilta diR. Shimon 45; Da’at 13d, 14b; Hadar 9b.
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ISAAC IN GERAR
300 Genesis XXVI. 1–17.
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THE BIRTHS OF ESAU AND JACOB
301 Genesis XXV. 20–27.
302 Gen. Rab. 687–691.
303 Gen. Rab. 683–84; Yalqut Gen. 110; Seder Eliahu Zuta 26–27.
304 Yalqut Gen. 110; Bereshit Rabbati 103; Tanhuma Buber Deut. 35–36; Tanhuma Ki Tetze, ch. 4; Pesiqta Rabbati 48a.
305 Aboth diR. Nathan 12; Mid. Tehillim 84; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 127; Gen. Rab. 698; PRE, ch. 29.
306 Gen. Rab. 692–93, 713; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 125; Tanhuma Ki Tetze, ch. 4; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 127; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b; B. Baba Bathra 16b.
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ABRAHAM’S DEATH
307 Genesis XXV. 7–10.
308 PRE, ch. 36.
309 Jubilees XXII. 1-XXIII. 7; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 126.
310 Testament of Abraham, 1–38.
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THE BARTERED BIRTHRIGHT
311 Genesis XXV. 29–34.
312 Gen. Rab. 694–97, 699; Sepher Hayashar 90–91; B. Baba Bathra 16b; Tanhuma Buber 125–27; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b–48a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 123–24; Mid. Sekhel Tobh and Imre Noam ad Gen. XXV. 26; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 400–401; Mid. Agada Gen. 64–65; Bereshit Rabbati 105.
313 Gen. Rab. 728; Pesiqta Rabbati 124a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 133; Cf. Ginzberg LJ, V. 278.
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THE STOLEN BLESSING
314 Genesis XXVII. 1–41.
315 Tanhuma Buber Gen. 131; Tanhuma Toldot ch. 11; Gen. Rab. 754; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 135; Targum Yer. ad Gen. XXVII. 31.
316 Gen. Rab. 727, 730, 740–41, 756, 762–63, 765; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 424, 435, 440; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 132–34, 137–38; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 131–33; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 117; Jubilees XXVI. 13.
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ESAU’S MARRIAGES
317 Genesis XXVI. 34; XXVIII. 8–9; XXXVI. 2.
318 Gen. Rab. 764–65; Agadat Bereshit 6, 95–96; Mid. Tehillim 112; Hadar on Gen. XXVII. 42; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 440.
319 Mid. Hagadol Gen. 440; Seder Olam 2; B. Megillah 17a; Nur al-Zulm 87; Gen. Rab. 768–69; Sepher Hayashar 99–100.
320 Genesis XXXVI. 1–14.
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JACOB AT BETHEL
321 Genesis XXVII. 42; XXVIII. 5.
322 Jubilees XXV. 1 ff.; Gen. Rab. 767; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 119; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 437; Sepher Hayashar 96–98.
323 Genesis XXVIII. 10–22.
324 Gen. Rab. 780–82; Bereshit Rabbati 118; PRE, ch. 35; Sepher Hayashar 98; Mid. Tehillim 399; B. Hullin 91b; Seder Eliahu Rabba 29; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 181.
325 Tanhuma Buber Lev. 72–73; cf. Ginzberg, LJ, V. 275, 291.
326 Lev. Rab. 29.2; PRE, ch. 35; Pesiqta diR. Kahana 150b–151a; Mid. Tehillim 347.
327 PRE, ch. 35; Mid. Tehillim 400.
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JACOB’S MARRIAGES
328 Genesis XXIX. 1–10; PRE, ch. 36; Gen. Rab. 817; Targum Yer. ad Gen. XXVIII. 22 and XXI. 22.
329 Genesis XXIX. 11–12; Gen. Rab. 811–12.
330 Genesis XXIX. 12–13; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 460–61.
331 Yalqut Reubeni ad Gen. XXIX. 15; Tanhuma Wayetse 40b; PRE, ch. 36; Sepher Hayashar 103.
332 Genesis XXIX. 14–19; Gen. Rab. 813–14.
333 B. Baba Bathra 123a; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 152, 157; Gen. Rab. 815–16, 821–22.
334 Tanhuma Buber G
en. 153, 157.
335 Gen. Rab. 817–19; Targum Yer. ad Gen. XXIX. 22; Sepher Hayashar 100–01; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 463–64; Azulai, Hesed le-Abraham II. 6.
336 Gen. Rab. 816.
337 Genesis XXIX. 20–24; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Gen. Rab. 819.
338 Genesis XXIX. 25–27; Gen. Rab. 814, 819; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 153; B. Sukka 27b; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Jubilees XXVIII. 4–9.
339 Genesis XXIX. 28–30; Gen. Rab. 870; PRE, ch. 36; Targum Yer. ad Gen. XXIX. 24; Bereshit Rabbati 119.
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BIRTH OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
340 Genesis XXIX. 31; XXX. 13; Gen. Rab. 829–30; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 158; Agadat Bereshit 103–05.
341 Genesis XXX. 14; Gen. Rab. 837; Yer. Erubin 26c; Yer. Shabbat 8b; Zohar Gen. 268, 314; Josephus, Wars VII. 6.3.
342 Genesis XXX. 14–24; Midrash Agada Gen. 112; Abraham Saba, Seror HaMor, Venice, 1523, p. 34a; Test. of Issachar I–II; Gen. Rab. 841, 1282; B. Niddah 31a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 152; B. Erubin 100b.
343 Genesis XXX. 19–20.
344 Genesis XXXV. 16–20.
345 Genesis XXX. 19–21; PRE, ch. 36; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Gen. Rab. 823.
346 Sepher Haqane 32b; Midrash Agada Num. 78; Test. of Issachar II.
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JACOB’S RETURN TO CANAAN
347 Genesis XXX. 25–43; Sepher Hayashar 101–02.
348 Genesis XXXI. 1–16; Sepher Hayashar 99.
349 Genesis XXXI. 17–35.
350 Genesis XXXI. 36; XXXII. 1; PRE, ch. 36.
351 Tanhuma Wayetse 40b; PRE, ch. 36; Sepher Hayashar 103; Gen. Rab. 863; Targum Yer. ad Gen. XXXI. 21–22.
352 Sepher Hayashar 105–06.
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JACOB AT PENIEL
353 Genesis XXXII. 2–24.
354 Genesis XXXII. 25–33.
355 Gen. Rab. 910; Yalqut Reubeni ad Gen. XXXII. 25.
356 Yalqut Gen. 132; PRE, ch. 37.
357 PRE, ch. 37.
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RECONCILIATION OF JACOB AND ESAU
358 Genesis XXXIII. 1–17.
359 Sepher Hayashar 106–107.
360 Sepher Hayashar 110; PRE, ch. 37.
361 PRE, ch. 37; Gen. Rab. 891; Genesis XXXVI. 31–39.
362 Tanhuma Buber Gen. 169.
363 Mid. Abkir, as quoted in Yalqut Gen. 133 (pp. 82b–83a).
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THE RAPE OF DINAH
364 Tanhuma Buber Gen. 157, 172; B. Berakhot 60a; Gen. Rab. 845; Yer. Berakhot 14a–14b.
365 Gen. Rab. 907–08, 928, 954; Mid. Agada Gen. 83, 85.
366 PRE, ch. 38; Genesis XXXIV. 1–19.
367 Genesis XXXIV. 20–31.
368 Sepher Hayashar 113–19; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 174–75; Gen. Rab. 956, 965; Saba, Tseror HaMor on WaYehi 59c.
369 Sepher Hayashar, 113–19; Tanhuma Buber Introduction 127; Gen. Rab. 965–66.
370 Gen. Rab. 966; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 194; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 527.
371 PRE, ch. 38; Targum Yer. Gen. XLI. 45 and XLVI. 20; Yalqut Gen. 146; Sopherim, end; Hadar and Daat on Gen. XLI. 45; Hadar on Gen. XXXIV. 1; Yalqut Reubeni on Gen. XXXII. 25; Oppenheim, Fabula Josephi et Asenathae, Berlin, 1886, pp. 4 ff.
372 Gen. Rab. 966–67; Sepher Hayashar 202; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 527; Shu’aib, Wa-Yishlah 16a; Test. of Job I. 11.
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REUBEN AND BILHAH
373 Genesis XXXV. 22; XLIX. 3–4; 1 Chronicles V. 1.
374 Gen. Rab. 1254–55; B. Shabbat 55b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 218; Hadar 14d and 15d.
375 Testament of Reuben I. 1–10; III. 9–IV. 3.
376 Gen. Rab. 1253; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 218.
377 Gen. Rab. 1254.
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JUDAH AND TAMAR
378 Genesis XXXVIII. 1–12.
379 Genesis XXXVIII. 12–25.
380 Genesis XXXVIII. 24–26.
381 Genesis XXXVIII. 27–30.
382 Gen. Rab. 1042, 1044; Tanhuma Buber Introd. 129 and Gen. 187; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 569, 572, 574; Test. of Judah XII; XIV. 3–5; B. Sota 10a–b.
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THE DEATHS OF ISAAC, LEAH, AND ESAU
383 Jubilees XXXVII–XXXVIII.
384 Mid. Wayissa’u, Yalqut Gen. 133; BHM, iii. 4–5.
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JOSEPH IN THE PIT
385 Testament of Gad I. 1–II. 1; PRE, ch. 38, Gen. Rab. 1008–09; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 180; Yer. Peah 15d–16a.
386 Sources as in preceding footnote and Genesis XXXVII. 1–11.
387 Genesis XXXVII. 12–24; Gen. Rab. 1015, 1017; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 183; PRE, ch. 38; Sepher Hayashar 146–47; Test. of Zebulun II.
388 Genesis XXXVII. 25–35; Gen. Rab. 1018–19; Test of Zebulun IV; Sepher Hayashar 141–48, 152–53.
389 Sepher Hayashar 152–53, 156–57.
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JOSEPH AND ZULEIKA
390 Genesis XXXVII. 36; XXXIX. 1–9; Gen. Rab. 1031, 1064–68.
391 Tanhuma Wayeshebh 5; Sepher Hayashar 159–60; cf. Koran XII. 30–33.
392 B. Yoma 35b; Test. of Joseph IX. 5; Gen. Rab. 1075–76; etc.
393 Sepher Hayashar 159–60.
394 Genesis XXXIX. 10–20; Gen. Rab. 1054–55, 1071–73; Sepher Hayashar 157; Tanhuma Wayeshebh 9.
395 Sepher Hayashar 162–63.
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JOSEPH IN PRISON
396 Genesis XXXIX. 21; XL. 23; Gen. Rab. 1078–79; Sepher Hayashar 167.
397 Sepher Hayashar 165; Tanhuma Wayeshebh 9.
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JOSEPH BECOMES VICEROY
398 Genesis XLI. 1–8; Gen. Rab. 1093.
399 Genesis XLI. 9–36; Gen. Rab. 1085, 1086, 1094; Tanhuma Miqes 3; Sepher Hayashar 174.
400 Genesis XLI. 37–40.
401 Gen. Rab. 1268–69; Num. Rab. 14.6; Tanhuma Buber Num. 44; PRE, ch. 39; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 628–29; Targ. Yer. Gen. XLIX. 22.
402 Genesis XLI. 50–52.
403 Origen, Catena Nicephori I. 463; Prayer of Asenath.
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THE FAMINE
404 Genesis XLI. 53–57; Gen. Rab. 1105, 1122–23; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 194; Sepher Hayashar 182–84; PRE, ch. 39.
405 Genesis XLVII. 13–26.
406 Genesis XLII. 1–5; Gen. Rab. 1109, 1121–23; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 193–94, 202; Targ. Yer. Gen. XLII. 5; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 635; Sepher Hayashar 184–85.
407 Genesis XLII. 6–25; Gen. Rab. 1124; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 203; Sepher Hayashar 186.
408 Genesis XLII. 26–38.
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THE BROTHERS’ RETURN
409 Genesis XLIII. 1–14.
410 Genesis XLIII. 15–23.
411 Genesis XLIII. 24–34.
412 Genesis XLIV. 1–13; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 198; Agadat Bereshit 146–47; Sepher Hayashar 194.
413 Genesis XLIV. 14–34; Gen. Rab. 1163; Sepher Hayashar 196–97; Yalqut Gen. 150.
414 Genesis XLV. 1–15.
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JACOB IN EGYPT
415 Genesis XLV. 16–24.
416 Sepher Hayashar 2:2–04; cf. Abot diR. Nathan 90.
417 Genesis XLV. 25–28; Sepher Hayashar 202–04.
418 Genesis XLVI. 1–4.
419 Genesis XLVI. 5–34.
420 Genesis XLVII. 1–10; Tanhuma Buber Introd. 132; Agadat Bereshit 85.
421 Genesis XLVII. 11–12, 28.
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THE DEATH OF JACOB
422 Genesis XLVII 28–31; PRE, ch. 39; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 711 and 357; BHM vi. 83; Targ. Yer. Gen. XLVII. 30.
423 Genesis XLVIII. 1–7; Pesiqta Rabbati 11b; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 717–18.
424 Genesis XLVIII. 8–11.
425 Genesis XLVIII. 12–22.
426 Genesis XLIX. 1–32.
427 Genesis L. 1–9.
428 Genesis L. 10–13.
429 Sepher Hayashar 211–13; B. Sota 13a; PRE, ch. 39; Gen. Rab. 1288.
430 Genesis L. 14–21.
431 Gen. Rab. 1286; Mid. Agada Gen. 116; Sepher Hayashar 209.
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432 Genesis L. 22–26; Sepher Hayashar 219.
433 Tanhuma Beshallah 2; Ex. Rab. 20.19; B. Sota 13b; Gen. Rab. 1035; Deut. Rab. 8.4; Mekhilta Beshallah 24b; Tanhuma Eqeb 6; Test. of Joseph XVII. 1–3; XVIII. 1–2; XIX. 1–11; XX. 1–6.
434 Exodus I. 8 ff.