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Samenvatting van Het verhaal van Genesis en Exodus
- 8 min. leestijd
- 11 key ideas
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A medieval poet retells Creation, the Flood and Moses so listeners can hear the Bible in plain English.
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Samenvatting: 8 min leestijd
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- 102.000 woorden
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- Gemiddeld longer sentences, everyday words
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Het verhaal van Genesis en Exodus in short
The poem is a single retelling that runs from the first light to the death of Moses. It follows the Bible in order, and it adds the commentary a medieval teacher would give. The poet wants unlearned listeners to hear the whole sweep of sacred history in their own language.
What Het verhaal van Genesis en Exodus is about
What did ordinary English listeners hear when the Bible was told to them in their own speech, seven hundred years ago? This poem is one answer. Near the start comes a prayer for a fitting time to tell of the world's beginning.
The Story of Genesis and Exodus is by an anonymous writer in thirteenth century England. It runs to about four thousand lines of short rhyming couplets. The poet turns the song out of Latin into English for people who have not learned from books. It moves from Creation to the death of Moses, with a medieval teacher's voice beside the old stories.
Voor wie is het?. This is for readers who love Bible stories told with a storyteller's warmth, for anyone curious about how medieval people understood Scripture, and for fans of early English poetry.
The 11 key ideas
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A poem made for listeners who read no Latin
The poem begins by praising those who teach the ignorant. The poet says he may read it or sing it. That wording shows the work was meant for the ear.
He says he is rendering the story out of Latin into English. His aim is that a person with no learning can still love and serve God. He compares the gladness of such listeners to the joy of birds at dawn.
That small picture tells you how he sees his audience. He does not talk down to them. He treats a plain story told in the language of the land as a gift. The poem is a teaching song, made so that ordinary listeners could hear Scripture in their own tongue.
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Creation unfolds in days, and the angels fall
The poet starts with God's wisdom.
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Adam and Eve lose Paradise through one choice
God makes Adam from earth and carries him into Paradise.
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Cain's family brings the first marriage sin and a strange death
After the fall the poet widens the family.
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The Flood washes away a world full of sin
Wickedness spreads before the Flood.
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Babel scatters the nations and idols begin
After the Flood the family of Noah spreads far and wide.
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Abraham walks by promise through Egypt, Sodom and Moriah
The poem calls the age that begins with Abram the third age of the world.
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Jacob gains a birthright and a new name
Isaac marries Rebekah, who is brought from Mesopotamia by Eliezer.
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Joseph is sold, tested and raised high in Egypt
Joseph is sixteen when the poem turns to him.
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Moses grows up in Pharaoh's house and answers a burning bush
Exodus begins with prosperity, followed by oppression under a king who fears how the Hebrews have grown.
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The wilderness tests Israel until Moses reaches the border
Israel crosses the Red Sea on twelve paths, one for each tribe, with the water standing like walls.
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What is The Story of Genesis and Exodus about?
It is a Middle English poem that retells the Old Testament from Creation to the death of Moses. It follows Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and the Exodus, with explanations added by the poet.
Who wrote The Story of Genesis and Exodus and when?
The author is unknown. Scholars date the poem to the thirteenth century and place it in the East Midlands of England. The poet says he renders the story from Latin into English for ordinary listeners.
Is the poem a word-for-word copy of the Bible?
No. It follows the order of Genesis and Exodus but adds legends, explanations of names and customs, and Christian readings of signs such as the rainbow. Some tales, like young Moses and the burning coals, come from older tradition.
Is The Story of Genesis and Exodus easy to follow?
Yes, in the sense that the stories are familiar and told in short rhyming couplets with a friendly voice. Each episode stands on its own, so a listener can follow one scene at a time.
Why is the poem worth reading today?
It shows how medieval English listeners heard Scripture, with vivid detail and a teacher's commentary. It also keeps early English words and rhythms alive, and it tells well-loved stories with warmth.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
The Story of Genesis and Exodus. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-story-of-genesis-and-exodus.
The story of Genesis and Exodus. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-story-of-genesis-and-exodus (Original work published ca. 1250)
The Story of Genesis and Exodus. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-story-of-genesis-and-exodus.
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