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• Chapter I: The Creation of the World
  • The First Things Created
  • The Alphabet
  • The First Day
  • The Second Day
  • The Third Day
  • The Fourth Day
  • The Fifth Day
  • The Sixth Day
  • All Things Praise the Lord
    
• Chapter II: Adam
  • Man and the World
  • The Angels and the Creation of Man
  • The Creation of Adam
  • The Soul of Man
  • The Ideal Man
  • The Fall of Satan
  • Woman
  • Adam and Eve in Paradise
  • The Fall of Man
  • The Punishment
  • Sabbath in Heaven
  • Adam's Repentance
  • The Book of Raziel
  • The Sickness of Adam
  • Eve's Story of the Fall
  • The Death of Adam
  • The Death of Eve
    
• Chapter III: The Ten Generations
  • The Birth of Cain
  • Fratricide
  • The Punishment of Cain
  • The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths
  • The Descendants of Cain
  • The Descendants of Adam and Lilith
  • Seth and His Descendants
  • Enosh
  • The Fall of the Angels
  • Enoch, Ruler and Teacher
  • The Ascension of Enoch
  • The Translation of Enoch
  • Methuselah
    
• Chapter IV: Noah
  • The Birth of Noah
  • The Punishment of the Fallen Angels
  • The Generation of the Deluge
  • The Holy Book
  • The Inmates of the Ark
  • The Flood
  • Noah Leaves the Ark
  • The Curse of Drunkenness
  • Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad
  • The Depravity of Mankind
  • Nimrod
  • The Tower of Babel
    
• Chapter V: Abraham
  • The Wicked Generations
  • The Birth of Abraham
  • The Babe Proclaims God
  • Abraham's First Appearance in Public
  • The Preacher of the True Faith
  • In the Fiery Furnace
  • Abraham Emigrates to Haran
  • The Star in the East
  • The True Believe
  • The Iconoclast
  • Abraham in Canaan
  • His Sojourn in Egypt
  • The First Pharaoh
  • The War of the Kings
  • The Covenant of the Pieces
  • The Birth of Ishmael
  • The Visit of the Angels
  • The Cities of Sin
  • Abraham Pleads for the Sinners
  • The Destruction of the Sinful Cities
  • Among the Philistines
  • The Birth of Isaac
  • Ishmael Cast Off
  • The Two Wives of Ishmael
  • The Covenant with Abimelech
  • Satan Accuses Abraham
  • The Journey to Moriah
  • The Akedah
  • The Death and Burial of Sarah
  • Eliezer's Mission
  • The Wooing of Rebekah
  • The Last Years of Abraham
  • A Herald of Death
  • Abraham Views Earth and Heaven
  • The Patron of Hebron
    
• Chapter VI: Jacob
  • The Birth of Esau and Jacob
  • The Favorite of Abraham
  • The Sale of the Birthright
  • Isaac with the Philistines
  • Isaac Blesses Jacob
  • Esau's True Character Revealed
  • Jacob Leaves His Father's House
  • Jacob Pursued by Eliphaz and Esau
  • The Day of Miracles
  • Jacob with Laban
  • The Marriage of Jacob
  • The Birth of Jacob's Children
  • Jacob Flees before Laban
  • The Covenant with Laban
  • Jacob and Esau Prepare to Meet
  • Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
  • The Meeting between Esau and Jacob
  • The Outrage at Shechem
  • A War Frustrated
  • The War with the Ninevites
  • The War with the Amorites
  • Isaac Blesses Levi and Judah
  • Joy and Sorrow in the House of Jacob
  • Esau's Campaign against Jacob
  • The Descendants of Esau