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      "title": "Genesis 7 — The deluge begins"
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      "title": "Genesis 18 — The three visitors at Mamre and Avraham's intercession for Sodom"
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      "title": "Genesis 21 — The birth of Yitzchaq, the expulsion of Hagar and Yishma'el, and the covenant at Be'er Sheva"
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      "title": "Genesis 22 — The binding of Yitzchaq and the oath at Moriah"
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      "title": "Genesis 23 — The death of Sarah and the purchase of the Makhpelah cave"
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      "title": "Genesis 25 — The death of Avraham, the Yishma'elite princes, and the birth and birthright of Ya'aqov and Esav"
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      "title": "Genesis 27 — The blessing-deception, Yitzchaq's two blessings, and Ya'aqov's flight to Haran"
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      "title": "Genesis 28 — Yitzchaq's commission, Esav's third wife, and Ya'aqov's ladder at Beit-El"
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      "title": "Genesis 29 — Ya'aqov at the well, the deception of Lavan, and the first sons of Le'ah"
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      "title": "Genesis 30 — The substitute-wife births, the mandrakes, the birth of Yosef, and Ya'aqov's rod-trick with Lavan's flocks"
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      "title": "Genesis 32 — The messengers at Machanayim, Ya'aqov's preparation for Esav, and the wrestling at Penuel"
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      "title": "Genesis 33 — The reunion with Esav, the gift accepted, and the altar at Shechem"
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      "title": "Genesis 35 — The return to Beit-El, the death of Rachel and the birth of Binyamin, Reuben's deed, and the death of Yitzchaq"
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      "title": "Genesis 36 — The tale of Esav, the Horites of Se'ir, and the kings who reigned in Edom"
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      "title": "Genesis 37 — The opening of the Yosef cycle: the coat, the dreams, and the sale into Mitsrayim"
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      "title": "Genesis 38 — The Yehudah and Tamar interlude: the levirate withheld, the pledge, and the birth of Peretz and Zerach"
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      "title": "Genesis 39 — Yosef in Potifar's house: YHWH with Yosef, the false accusation, and the prison"
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      "title": "Genesis 40 — The cupbearer and baker dreams in the beit ha-sohar: pitron, nasa rosh, and the cupbearer's forgetting"
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      "title": "Genesis 41 — Pharaoh's dreams, Yosef's elevation, and the seven plenty and seven famine: Tzafnat-Pa'aneach, Asenat, Menasheh, and Ephraim"
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      "title": "Genesis 42 — The brothers' first journey to Mitsrayim: the first hishtachavah dream-fulfilment, the ashemim confession, and Ya'aqov's refusal to send Binyamin"
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      "title": "Genesis 44 — The silver cup, the third hishtachavah-fulfilment, and Yehudah's substitution-speech: the moral climax of the Yosef cycle"
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      "title": "Genesis 45 — The recognition scene and the providential reframing: Yosef reveals himself; Pharaoh's hospitality; Ya'aqov to Yisra'el"
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      "title": "Genesis 48 — Ya'aqov's deathbed adoption-blessing: Ephraim and Menasheh as Re'uven and Shim'on, the ha-malakh ha-goel formula, the deliberate hand-crossing, and the yesimkha Elohim liturgical-blessing source"
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      "title": "Genesis 50 — The closing chapter: Ya'aqov's embalming + Egyptian mourning + Makhpelah funeral, the atem chashavtem providential-reframing climax, Yosef's death at 110, and the paqod yiphqod Exodus-bridge with Yosef's bones"
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