FOR THE YOUNG,

WITH

CRITICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

AND

PRINTED BY
L. AND G. SEELEY, THAMES DITTON, SURREY.

Page.

STORY 1. Adam and Eve in Eden. The prohibition
and the penalty,

1
2. The temptation,

10
3. The fall,

13
4. The sentence,

25
5. Cain and Abel. The two offerings,

37
6. The first murder, .

44
7. The first murderer's punishment,

51
8. The Deluge,

60
9. The Deluge continued,

67
10. The Tower of Babel,

74
11. Abram and Lot,

81
12. The covenant of God with Abraham,

89
13. The promise of God to Abraham,

99
14. The Wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah, 106
15. Lot escaping from Sodom,

115
16. Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,

123
17. God tries the faith of Abraham,

129
18. The faith and obedience of Abraham in pre-
paring to offer up Isaac,

136
19. Abraham sends Eliezer to procure a wife
for Isaac,

146
20. Isaac becomes the husband of Rebekah, 155
21. Esau sells his birthright,

163
22. Rebekah and Jacob prepare to deceive Esau, 171
23. Jacob obtains the blessing which Isaac in-
tended for Esau,

177
24. Jacob's vision and God's covenant with him, 184
25. Jacob marries Leah and Rachel,

192
26. Jacob prevails with God in prayer, and his
name is changed to Israel,

198
27. Esau is reconciled to Jacob,

206