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THE BOOK
OF
GENESIS.
BY
MARCUS DODS, D.D.,
AUTHOR OF “ISRAEL’S IRON AGE,” “THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD,”
“THE PRAYER THAT TEACHES TO PRAY,” ETC.
NEW YORK:
A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON
714, BROADWAY.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I. | |
| THE CREATION | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE FALL | [15] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| CAIN AND ABEL | [28] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| CAIN’S LINE, AND ENOCH | [42] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE FLOOD | [55] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| NOAH’S FALL | [68] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE CALL OF ABRAHAM | [81] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| ABRAM IN EGYPT | [96] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| LOT’S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM | [108] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| ABRAM’S RESCUE OF LOT | [121] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| COVENANT WITH ABRAM | [134] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| BIRTH OF ISHMAEL | [147] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| THE COVENANT SEALED | [159] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| ABRAHAM’S INTERCESSION FOR SODOM | [172] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN | [186] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| SACRIFICE OF ISAAC | [198] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| ISHMAEL AND ISAAC | [212] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| PURCHASE OF MACHPELAH | [226] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| ISAAC’S MARRIAGE | [240] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| ESAU AND JACOB | [254] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| JACOB’S FRAUD | [267] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| JACOB’S FLIGHT AND DREAM | [279] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| JACOB AT PENIEL | [293] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| JACOB’S RETURN | [307] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| JOSEPH’S DREAMS | [321] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| JOSEPH IN PRISON | [339] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| PHARAOH’S DREAMS | [355] |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| JOSEPH’S ADMINISTRATION | [369] |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| VISITS OF JOSEPH’S BRETHREN | [383] |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| THE RECONCILIATION | [396] |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES | [415] |