The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2The Legends of the JewsHenrietta Szold translationChapter navigation90 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…The Legends of the JewsPREFACETHE FAVORITE SONJOSEPH HATED BY HIS BRETHRENJOSEPH CAST INTO THE PITTHE SALEJOSEPH'S THREE MASTERSJOSEPH'S COAT BROUGHT TO HIS FATHERJUDAH AND HIS SONSTHE WIVES OF THE SONS OF JACOBJOSEPH THE SLAVE OF POTIPHARJOSEPH AND ZULEIKAJOSEPH RESISTS TEMPTATIONJOSEPH IN PRISONPHARAOH'S DREAMSJOSEPH BEFORE PHARAOHTHE RULER OF EGYPTJOSEPH'S BRETHREN IN EGYPTJOSEPH MEETS HIS BRETHRENTHE SECOND JOURNEY TO EGYPTJOSEPH AND BENJAMINTHE THIEF CAUGHTJUDAH PLEADS AND THREATENS.JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWNJACOB RECEIVES THE GLAD TIDINGSJACOB ARRIVES IN EGYPTJOSEPH'S KINDNESS AND GENEROSITYJACOB'S LAST WISHTHE BLESSING OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEHTHE BLESSING OF THE TWELVE TRIBESTHE DEATH OF JACOBTHE SONS OF JACOB AT WAR WITH THE SONS OF ESAUZEPHO KING OF KITTIMTHE NATIONS AT WARJOSEPH'S MAGNANIMITYASENATHTHE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHKIND AND UNKIND BRETHRENTREACHERY PUNISHEDTHE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JOSEPHSIGNIFICANT NAMESREUBEN'S TESTAMENTSIMON'S ADMONITION AGAINST ENVYTHE ASCENSION OF LEVIJUDAH WARNS AGAINST GREED AND UNCHASTITYISSACHAR'S SINGLENESS OF HEARTZEBULON EXHORTS UNTO COMPASSIONDAN'S CONFESSIONNAPHTALI'S DREAMS OF THE DIVISION OF THE TRIBESGAD'S HATREDASHER'S LAST WORDSBENJAMIN EXTOLS JOSEPHJOB AND THE PATRIARCHSJOB'S WEALTH AND BENEFACTIONSSATAN AND JOBJOB'S SUFFERINGTHE FOUR FRIENDSJOB RESTOREDTHE BEGINNING OF THE EGYPTIAN BONDAGEPHARAOH'S CUNNINGTHE PIOUS MIDWIVESTHE THREE COUNSELLORSTHE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTSTHE PARENTS OF MOSESTHE BIRTH OF MOSESMOSES RESCUED FROM THE WATERTHE INFANCY OF MOSESMOSES RESCUED BY GABRIELTHE YOUTH OF MOSESTHE FLIGHTTHE KING OF ETHIOPIAJETHROMOSES MARRIES ZIPPORAHA BLOODY REMEDYTHE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDTHE BURNING THORN-BUSHTHE ASCENSION OF MOSESMOSES VISITS PARADISE AND HELLMOSES DECLINES THE MISSIONMOSES PUNISHED FOR HIS STUBBORNNESSTHE RETURN TO EGYPTMOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOHTHE SUFFERING INCREASESMEASURE FOR MEASURETHE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH AARONTHE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH MOSESTHE FIRST PASSOVERTHE SMITING OF THE FIRST-BORNTHE REDEMPTION OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGETHE EXODUSBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 2 — PREFACEAll chapters and sections (90)Other sectionsThe Legends of the JewsVolume 2 · Other sectionsPREFACETHE FAVORITE SONJOSEPH HATED BY HIS BRETHRENJOSEPH CAST INTO THE PITTHE SALEJOSEPH'S THREE MASTERSJOSEPH'S COAT BROUGHT TO HIS FATHERJUDAH AND HIS SONSTHE WIVES OF THE SONS OF JACOBJOSEPH THE SLAVE OF POTIPHARJOSEPH AND ZULEIKAJOSEPH RESISTS TEMPTATIONJOSEPH IN PRISONPHARAOH'S DREAMSJOSEPH BEFORE PHARAOHTHE RULER OF EGYPTJOSEPH'S BRETHREN IN EGYPTJOSEPH MEETS HIS BRETHRENTHE SECOND JOURNEY TO EGYPTJOSEPH AND BENJAMINTHE THIEF CAUGHTJUDAH PLEADS AND THREATENS.JOSEPH MAKES HIMSELF KNOWNJACOB RECEIVES THE GLAD TIDINGSJACOB ARRIVES IN EGYPTJOSEPH'S KINDNESS AND GENEROSITYJACOB'S LAST WISHTHE BLESSING OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEHTHE BLESSING OF THE TWELVE TRIBESTHE DEATH OF JACOBTHE SONS OF JACOB AT WAR WITH THE SONS OF ESAUZEPHO KING OF KITTIMTHE NATIONS AT WARJOSEPH'S MAGNANIMITYASENATHTHE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHKIND AND UNKIND BRETHRENTREACHERY PUNISHEDTHE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JOSEPHSIGNIFICANT NAMESREUBEN'S TESTAMENTSIMON'S ADMONITION AGAINST ENVYTHE ASCENSION OF LEVIJUDAH WARNS AGAINST GREED AND UNCHASTITYISSACHAR'S SINGLENESS OF HEARTZEBULON EXHORTS UNTO COMPASSIONDAN'S CONFESSIONNAPHTALI'S DREAMS OF THE DIVISION OF THE TRIBESGAD'S HATREDASHER'S LAST WORDSBENJAMIN EXTOLS JOSEPHJOB AND THE PATRIARCHSJOB'S WEALTH AND BENEFACTIONSSATAN AND JOBJOB'S SUFFERINGTHE FOUR FRIENDSJOB RESTOREDTHE BEGINNING OF THE EGYPTIAN BONDAGEPHARAOH'S CUNNINGTHE PIOUS MIDWIVESTHE THREE COUNSELLORSTHE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTSTHE PARENTS OF MOSESTHE BIRTH OF MOSESMOSES RESCUED FROM THE WATERTHE INFANCY OF MOSESMOSES RESCUED BY GABRIELTHE YOUTH OF MOSESTHE FLIGHTTHE KING OF ETHIOPIAJETHROMOSES MARRIES ZIPPORAHA BLOODY REMEDYTHE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDTHE BURNING THORN-BUSHTHE ASCENSION OF MOSESMOSES VISITS PARADISE AND HELLMOSES DECLINES THE MISSIONMOSES PUNISHED FOR HIS STUBBORNNESSTHE RETURN TO EGYPTMOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOHTHE SUFFERING INCREASESMEASURE FOR MEASURETHE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH AARONTHE PLAGUES BROUGHT THROUGH MOSESTHE FIRST PASSOVERTHE SMITING OF THE FIRST-BORNTHE REDEMPTION OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGETHE EXODUSby Louis GinzbergTRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT BY HENRIETTA SZOLDPREFACE →