THE

OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY;

OR, A CONNECTED VIEW

OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE BEFORE

THE COMING OF OUR LORD.

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5. The sinner's fear and his punishment

6.* The effect of sin, and the hope of sinful man

7. Cain and Abel

13. The rainbow the sign of God's promise to Noah

14. The tower of Babel

15. The call of Abram.

16. The separation of Abram and Lot.

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10

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* It will be found desirable to omit these chapters when the book is used
for the instruction of very young children, until they have acquired some
familiarity with the first portion of the history. They will present compara-
tively little difficulty, when they are introduced in the course of the second
reading, after the first fourteen chapters have been carefully read or taught.
The note at the end of chapter vi. is intended for those children only who are
old enough to read the Bible, and therefore require to be taught the meaning
of its difficult but important texts, as Genesis iii. 14, 15.

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17. Lot's captivity and warning

Abram and his seed marked and signed as God's own

18.

22.

The marriage of Isaac, and the death of Abraham

23. The birth and early history of Esau and Jacob

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

The blessing of Isaac's heir.

Esau's sorrow

Esau's sin

The going forth of Jacob from his father's home

Jacob's dream

29. Jacob's sojourn with his uncle Laban

30.

The meeting of Esau and Jacob

32. Joseph's dream, and the beginning of his trials

33. The trial of Joseph's faith

34. The reward of Joseph's faith

35. The fulfilment of Joseph's dreams

36. The distress of Joseph's brethren, and their fear

37. The second journey of Jacob's sons into Egypt

38. Joseph made known to his brethren.

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102

39. The going down into Egypt of Jacob and his household 106

40. The blessing of Joseph

41. The blessing of Israel's twelve sons, and Israel's death

42. The burial of Jacob, and death of Joseph

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PART II.

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43. The sufferings of God's people, and the birth of Moses. 123

44. The faith of Moses

45. The call of Moses to be the deliverer of God's people

46. The return of Moses to Egypt, to bring forth the chil-

dren of Israel

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. 127

47. The judgments of God on Pharaoh and the land of

49. The passage of the children of Israel through the Red Sea 145

God's people fed with bread from heaven

50.

51. God's people sustained with water from the rock

51. (2.) The overthrow of the Amalekites, the enemies of

Israel

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52. God's people at Mount Sinai taught by God the ten

commandments

53. God's covenant with His people

54. God's people taught to make a tabernacle, or house of

God.

161

163

55. The appointment of God's priests, and the duties of

their office

168

56. The daily service of God's priests, and the offerings of

His people

57. The rebellion of God's people against Him

58. God's people pardoned at Moses' prayer

59. The building of God's tabernacle, and the anointin

His priests