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The Hebrew Bible

A Translation With Commentary by Robert Alter

Click a verse number to read Alter’s note on that verse.

Volume I · The Five Books of Moses
Genesis 50 chapters
Exodus 40 chapters
Leviticus 27 chapters
Numbers 36 chapters
Deuteronomy 34 chapters
Volume II · Prophets (Neviʾim)
Joshua 24 chapters
Judges 21 chapters
1–2 Samuel 55 chapters
1–2 Kings 47 chapters
Isaiah 66 chapters
Jeremiah 52 chapters
Ezekiel 48 chapters
The Twelve Minor Prophets 68 chapters
Volume III · The Writings (Ketuvim)
Psalms 150 chapters
Proverbs 31 chapters
Job 42 chapters
Song of Songs 8 chapters
Ruth 4 chapters
Lamentations 5 chapters
Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) 12 chapters
Esther 10 chapters
Daniel 12 chapters
Ezra–Nehemiah 0 chapters
Ezra 10 chapters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nehemiah 13 chapters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1–2 Chronicles 0 chapters
1 Chronicles 29 chapters
2 Chronicles 36 chapters