The book of Bereishit contains ten books of "generations" (out of the twelve books of "generations" in all of Scripture[1]). They are the skeleton of the book of Bereishit as a whole. The long and the short stories are included in the main and important books of generations. "The generations of Terach" is the sixth such book in the book of Bereishit, and it contains all of the stories concerning Avraham and Sara. "The generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham" is the eighth such book, and it presents Avraham as the father exclusively of Yitzchak; it also includes the entire story of Esav and Yaakov until and including his twelve sons. "The generations of Yaakov" is the tenth such book, and it brings the book of Bereishit to a close; it includes all seventy of Yaakov's descendants who came to Egypt, with the entire story of their descent.
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