Genesis and Exodus

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Editor

Morris, Richard, 1833-1894

Title

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

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Bible. Exodus -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50685

Release Date

December 13, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Story of Genesis and Exodus,
2. 2.PREFACE. — DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT, ETC. — DESCRIPTION OF THE POEM. — LAMECH'S BIGAMY. — DEATH OF CAIN. — HOW THE CHILD MOSES BEHAVED BEFORE PHARAOH. — HOW MOSES DEFEATED THE ETHIOPIANS. — THE PLAGUE OF FROGS. — DATE AND DIALECT OF THE POEM. — GRAMMATICAL DETAILS. — THE METRE OF THE POEM. — CONTRACTIONS USED IN THE GLOSSARY.
3. 3.THE STORY OF GENESIS AND EXODUS, ETC. — GOD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BY HIS WORD. — THE DEVIL'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. THE FIRST LIGHT DAWNS. — THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH ARE PARTED. — THE STARS ARE SET, AND FOWL AND FISH ARE MADE. — CATTLE ARE MADE FOR MAN'S SERVICE. ADAM IS CREATED. — OF PARADISE AND THE CREATION OF EVE. — THE SEVENTH DAY IS MADE A DAY OF REST. — LUCIFER IS CAST INTO HELL, AND THERE PLOTS MAN'S FALL. — EVE AND ADAM EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. — GOD'S CURSE ON ADAM AND EVE, AND THE ADDER. — EVE BEGETS CAIN AND ABEL, AND OTHER CHILDREN. — CAIN BUILDS ENO. LAMECH BEGINS BIGAMY. — LAMECH KILLS CAIN AND HIS OWN SERVANT. — OF SETH, ENOCH, METHUSELAH, AND NOAH. — OF THE WORLD'S CORRUPTION AND NOAH'S FLOOD. — THE BUILDING OF THE ARK. THE FLOOD. — THE ARK STOOD IN ARMENIA. — THE RAINBOW APPEARS IN THE WELKIN. — CONFUSION OF TONGUES. ORIGIN OF IDOLATRY. — ABRAM LEAVES MESOPOTAMIA. — ABRAM REACHES CANAAN. HE GOES TO EGYPT. — PHARAOH TAKES AWAY SARAI, AND IS PUNISHED BY A PLAGUE. — ABRAM DWELLS AT MAMRE. LOT IN SODOM. — THE BATTLE OF FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE. — ABRAM RESCUES LOT. MELCHIZEDEK BLESSES HIM. — ABRAM COMPLAINS FOR WANT OF AN HEIR. — SARAI BEING BARREN GIVES HAGAR TO ABRAM. — ISHMAEL IS BORN. CIRCUMCISION IS INSTITUTED. — ABRAHAM IS PROMISED A SON. — LOT ENTERTAINS TWO ANGELS. — THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. — THE BIRTHS OF AMMON AND MOAB. — ABRAHAM DWELLS IN GERAR. — THE BANISHMENT OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL. — ABIMELECH COVENANTS WITH ABRAHAM, — AND GIVES HIM THE WELL OF BEERSHEBA. — THE OFFERING OF ISAAC. — ELIEZER IS SENT TO MESOPOTAMIA. — ELIEZER MEETS WITH REBEKAH. — ISAAC TAKES REBEKAH TO WIFE. — THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB. — THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FIRST BORN. — JACOB DEFRAUDS ESAU OF THE BLESSING. — ESAU THREATENS TO KILL JACOB. — JACOB IS SENT TO PADAN-ARAM. — FROM LUZ HE JOURNEYS TO HARAN. — JACOB COVENANTS FOR RACHEL. — JACOB MARRIES RACHEL. — JACOB LEAVES LABAN SECRETLY. — THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN. — THE MEETING OF ESAU AND JACOB. — JACOB DWELLS AT SUCCOTH. DINAH'S FOLLY. — BENJAMIN IS BORN. RACHEL DIES. — JOSEPH IS HATED BY HIS BRETHREN. — JOSEPH IS SOLD TO CHAPMEN, — WHO SELL HIM TO POTIPHAR, AN EGYPTIAN. — JOSEPH IS CAST INTO PRISON. — HE INTERPRETS THE PRISONERS' DREAMS. — KING PHARAOH DREAMS A DREAM, — WHICH IS INTERPRETED BY JOSEPH. — THE FAMINE IN EGYPT AND CANAAN. — JOSEPH'S HARSHNESS TO HIS BRETHREN. — BENJAMIN IS TAKEN TO EGYPT. — JOSEPH'S INTERVIEW WITH HIS BRETHREN. — THE BRETHREN ARE ACCUSED OF THEFT. — JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN. — JACOB AND HIS FAMILY GO INTO EGYPT. — THEY DWELL IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN. — THE DEATH OF JACOB. — HE IS BURIED IN HEBRON. — THE DEATH OF JOSEPH. — THE OPPRESSION OF THE ISRAELITES. — THE BIRTH AND PRESERVATION OF MOSES. — TEREMUTH ADOPTS HIM AS HER SON. — THE ETHIOPIANS INVADE EGYPT, — AND ARE DEFEATED BY MOSES. — MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN, — AND FLEES INTO MIDIAN. — GOD APPEARS TO MOSES AT SINAI. — MOSES AND AARON ARE SENT TO EGYPT. — GREATER LABOURS ARE LAID UPON THE ISRAELITES. — MOSES AND AARON PERFORM MIRACLES BEFORE PHARAOH. — THE WATERS ARE TURNED INTO BLOOD. — THE PLAGUES OF FROGS AND GNATS. — PLAGUES OF FLIES, BOILS, AND BLAINS, — HAIL-STORM, AND GRASSHOPPERS. — PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND DARKNESS. — THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER. — THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST-BORN. — THE ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT. — THE ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA. — THE EGYPTIAN HOSTS ARE DROWNED. — THE SOJOURN AT SHUR, ELIM, AND SIN. — THE MIRACULOUS FALL OF MANNA. — THE ISRAELITES OVERCOME THE AMALEKITES. — JETHRO VISITS MOSES. — THE PEOPLE COME TO SINAI. — MOSES RECEIVES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. — THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. — THEY WORSHIP A GOLDEN CALF. — THE IDOLATERS ARE SLAIN. — THE TABLES ARE RENEWED. — THE BURNING AT TABERAH. — MIRIAM IS SMITTEN WITH LEPROSY. — THE REPORT OF THE SPIES. — THE REBELLION OF KORAH AND ABIRAM. — A PLAGUE SLAYS FOURTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE. — THE PRIESTHOOD OF AARON CONFIRMED. — THE DEATH OF AARON AT HOR. — SIHON AND OG ARE OVERCOME. — BALAAM SETS OUT TO CURSE ISRAEL. — BALAAM'S ASS SPEAKS. — BALAAM BLESSES ISRAEL. — BALAAM'S ADVICE TO BALAK. — WHOREDOM AND IDOLATRY PUNISHED. — MOSES DIES IN MOAB. — MAY GOD SHIELD US FROM HELL'S NIGHT! — NOTES. — GLOSSARIAL INDEX. — INDEX OF NAMES. — INDEX OF RIMES. — ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE INDEX OF RIMES.

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