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132
Genesis
III. 14–19.

133
Genesis
III. 20–24.

134
PRE, ch. 13; Gen. Rab. 172–74; B. Sanhedrin 29a;
Adamschriften
, 28.

135
PRE, ch. 14; Gen. Rab. 196.

136
Sources same as in preceding footnote.

137
Adamschriften
, 28–29.

138
Gen. Rab. 200–01; Yalqut Gen. 34.

139
Gen. Rab. 139–42.

140
Sources same as in preceding footnote, and Ginzberg LJ, V. 97–98.

141
Gen. Rab. 196; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 17–18.

142
Sources same as in preceding footnote.

143
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 133; Num. Rab. 4.8.

144
Yalqut Gen. 34.

145
Adamschriften
, 24, 33.

13
SAMAEL’S REBELLION

146
Vita Adae
XIII. 1–16; cf.
Hebrews
I. 6; Rev. XII. 7–9; XX. 1–7.

147
Bereshit Rabbati, 24–25. Cf. Gen. Rab. 155–56, where Adam’s rivals are the ministering angels.

148
PRE, ch. 27; Bereshit Rabbati, 70.

149
Pesiqta Rabbati, 95a, 203a; Yalqut Reubeni
ad Gen.
I. 3, vol. I. 19.

150
2
Enoch
XVIII. 1–6; cf. also chapter VII.

151
Mid. Alphabetot 434.

14
THE BIRTHS OF CAIN AND ABEL

152
PRE, ch. 21, with textual comments by Luria; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 88–89 and 105; B. Shabbat 146a; B. Yebamot 103b; B. Abodah Zarah 22b; Targum
ad Gen.
IV. 1 and V. 3; Gen. Rab. 182.

153
Tosephta Sota IV. 17–18; Abot diR. Nathan i. 7–8; Gen. Rab. 168–69, 171–72; PRE, ch. 21; Yalqut
ad Gen.
IV. 1, par. 35.

154
Vita Adae
18–21.

155
Vita Adae
21;
Apoc. of Moses
1; PRE, ch. 21;
Genesis
IV. 1.

156
Vita Adae
21.

157
Josephus,
Ant.
i.2.1; Philo, De Migr. Abrah. 13.

158
Vita Adae
22–23;
Apoc. of Moses
2, ed. Charles ii. 138;
Adamschriften
, 7, 42.

159
B. Sanhedrin 38b; cf. Abot diR. Nathan 1st version, end; PRE, ch. 11; Pesiqta diR. Kahana 150b; Lev. Rab. 29, beginning; Pesiqta Rabbati 46; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 28; Tanhuma Shemini 8; Mid. Tehillim 92:3.

160
Gen. Rab. 205, 214, 662; B. Yebamot 62a; Yer. Yebamot 11.4; B. Sanhedrin 38b; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
IV. 1–2; PRE, ch. 11 and 21; Abot diR. Nathan 1.6; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 106; Yalqut Reubeni 35; Yalqut Psalms 840.

15
THE ACT OF LOVE

161
Adambuch
, 64–67.

162
Gen. Rab. 204–05.

16
THE FRATRICIDE

163
Genesis
IV. 3–8.

164
Zohar Hadash
ad Gen.
IV. 2; Gen. Rab. 207, 209; PRE, ch. 21; Theodotion
ad Gen.
IV. 4; Agadat Shir 40; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 107; Sepher Hayashar 3.

165
Adamschriften
34; Targ. Yer.
ad Gen.
IV. 8; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 30.

166
Gen. Rab. 213; Tanhuma Bereshit 9; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 111; PRE, ch. 21; Zohar Gen. 54b.

167
Schatzhöhle
8.

168
Adambuch
70–72; Gen. Rab. 214–15; Agadat Shir 43, 91; Zohar Gen. 54b.

169
Gen. Rab. 216; M. Sanhedrin 4.5; Agadat Shir 43, 91.

170
Genesis
IV. 10–11; Tanhuma Bereshit 9–10; Gen. Rab. 216–20; PRE, ch. 21; Mid. Leqah Tobh 30; Yalqut Reubeni
ad Gen.
IV. 15.

171
Adamschriften
35, 43.

172
PRE, ch. 21; Tanhuma Bereshit 10.

173
Apoc. of Moses
XL;
Vita Adae
XLVIII;
Adamschriften
22;
Adambuch
72–73;
Enoch
XXII. 7.

174
Genesis
IV. 17; Sepher Hayashar 5; Philo 77–78; Pseudo-Philo 113; Josephus,
Ant.
i.2.2.

175
Jael’s deed, although celebrated by the Israelite leaders (
Judges
V. 24 ff), seems at first sight one of treachery. But it should be remembered that if Jael belonged to the Sons of Hamat—Kenites allied to Israel—her father’s enemies would be hers, even after marriage to Heber, unless he were present when they arrived; and that he was conveniently absent, perhaps on purpose, and thus escaped both his allies’ censure and the Israelites’ praise.

17
THE BIRTH OF SETH

176
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 20; Gen. Rab. 195–96, 204, 225–26, 236; B. Erubin 18b; Pesiqta Rabbati, 67b.

177
Gen. Rab. 54.

178
See note 1.

179
Adamschriften
, 36;
Genesis
IV. 25.

180
Adambuch
, 75–77.

181
Adamschriften
, 8, 44.

182
Genesis
V. 4.

18
THE SONS OF GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN

183
Genesis
VI. 1–7.

184
Jubilees
IV. 15, 22; V. 1; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 24.

185
Yalqut Gen. 44; Bereshit Rabbati, 29–30.

186
Sources as in preceding footnote.

187
Sources as in preceding footnote.

188
The Clementine
Homilies
viii. 11–17 (pp. 142–45). The
Homilies
are an early 3rd cent.
A.D.
Christian tract, written probably in Syria. Cf. also Enoch 6–8; 69; 106, 13 f.

189
Sources as in preceding footnote.

190
Zohar Genesis 37a, 55a.

191
Liqqute Midrashim, 156; a somewhat different version in Yalqut Gen. 44.

192
Sepher Hekhalot, 170–76.

193
Zohar Genesis 37a.

194
PRE, ch. 21 (where
mishēm
should be amended to read
mishēth
) and 22; cf. also Gen. Rab. 222;
Adambuch
, 75, 81–86;
Adamschriften
, 37;
Schatzhöhle
, 10.

195
Adamschriften
, 38; cf. Gen. Rab. 222–23.

196
Sources as in preceding footnote, and PRE, ch. 22.

197
Targ. and Targ. Yer.
ad Gen.
VI. 2–4; Gen. Rab. 247–48.

198
Adambuch
, 92–93.

199
Enoch
IX–X; cf. also chapters XI–XV and LXIX; 2
Baruch
LVI. 11–16; 2
Enoch
XVIII. 1–6.

19
THE BIRTH OF NOAH

200
Tanhuma Noah 11; of. Gen. Rab. 224–25; Sepher Hayashar, 7–8.

201
Enoch
CVI, ed. Charles, ii. 278;
Genesis Apocryphon
40;
Jubilees
IV. 28.

202
Sources as in footnote 1, and
Genesis
IV. 22.

20
THE DELUGE

203
Adamschriften
39; Sepher Hayashar 16–17.

204
B. Sanhedrin 108b; PRE, ch. 22–end.

205
Genesis
VI. 13–22; VII. 1–3; PRE, ch. 23.

206
Genesis
VI. 15–16; PRE, ch. 23.

207
Gen. Rab. 253, 287; PRE, ch. 23; B. Nidda 61a; B. Zebahim 113b; Hadar 59a; Da’at Huqqat 18a.

208
PRE, ch. 23; Gen. Rab. 287, 293; Tanhuma Noah 12; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 36, 45; B. Sanhedrin 108a–b; Sepher Hayashar 17.

209
Genesis
VII. 11–16; Gen. Rab. 293; B. Berakhot 59a; B. Rosh Hashana 11b–12a; PRE, ch. 23; Sepher Hayashar 18.

210
Genesis
VII. 20; B. Sanh. 108b; B. Rosh Hashana 12a; B. Zebahim 112a; Lev. Rab. 7.6; Tanhuma Noah 7; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 35–36; Sepher Hayashar 18–19.

211
Gen. Rab. 283; B. Sanhedrin 108b; PRE, ch. 23; Sepher Noah, BHM, iii, 158.

212
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 29–30; 37–38; Gen. Rab. 287; Tanhuma Noah 2, 9; B. Sanhedrin 108b.

213
PRE, ch. 23; B. Sanhedrin 108b.

214
Gen. Rab. 286, 341; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 43; Tanhuma Noah 12; Yet. Taanit 64d; B. Sanhedrin 108b; PRE, ch. 23; Yalqut Reubeni
ad Gen.
VII. 7, p. 130.

215
Genesis
VII. 4, 17, 24; VIII. 1–7; B. Berakhot 59a; B. Rosh Hashana 11b–12a; B. Sanhedrin 108b; Alpha Beta diBen Sira,
Otzar Midrashim
49a, 50b.

216
Genesis
VIII. 8–19.

217
Genesis
VIII. 20; IX. 17.

21
NOAH’S DRUNKENNESS

218
Genesis
IX. 20–28.

219
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 48; Tanhuma Noah 13; Gen. Rab. 338; PRE, ch. 24;
Jub.
V 28; VII. 1.

220
Tanhuma Noah 13; Gen. Rab. 338.

221
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 48–49; Gen. Rab. 338–40; PRE, ch. 23.

222
B. Sanhedrin 72a–b, 108b; B. Pesahim 113b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 49–50; Tanhuma Noah 13, 15; Gen. Rab. 341.

223
Gen. Rab. 272, 338–39; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 38; Tanhuma Noah 9; Lev. Rab. 20. 1; Bate Midrashot II. 237.

22
THE TOWER OF BABEL

224
Genesis
XI. 1–9; PRE, ch. 24.

225
Mid. Hagadol Gen. 188; Gaster, Maasiyot 2; Ginzberg, LJ, V. 201, n. 87.

226
Sepher Hayashar 22–31; Tanhuma Noah 18, 19.

227
See preceding footnote.

228
Sepher Hayashar 22–31; B. Sanhedrin 109a; PRE, ch. 24.

229
See preceding footnote.

230
PRE, ch. 24.

231
PRE, ch. 24.

23
ABRAHAM’S ANCESTRY

232
Genesis
XI. 10–32; XX. 12.

233
Jubilees
XI. 1–15; B. Baba Bathra 91a; PRE, ch. 26.

234
Genesis
XI. 10–32.

235
Jubilees
XI. 1–15.

236
Genesis
XI. 26–27; Sepher Hayashar 27.

24
ABRAHAM’S BIRTH

237
Sepher Hayashar 24–27; PRE, ch. 26.

238
Sepher Hayashar 27.

239
Ma’ase Abraham, BHM i. 25 ff.

25
ABRAHAM AND THE IDOLS

240
Ma’ase Abraham, BHM i. 24–30.

241
Sepher Hayashar 34–43; Ma’ase Abraham 32–34.

26
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.

27
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.

28
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.

29
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.

30
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

31
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC

267
Genesis
XVII. 1–22.

268
Genesis
XVIII. 1–16.

269
Genesis
XXI. 1–8.

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