The

Old Testament History;

OR

A CONNECTED VIEW

OF

GOD'S DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE

BEFORE THE COMING OF OUR LORD.

DRAWN UP IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE,

FOR THE USE OP THE YOUNG AND THE UNLEARNED,

BY

a Country Clergyman.

PARTS I. & II.

London:

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

PAGE

CHAP.

1. The creation

2.* The day of rest

3. Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden

4. The first sin

5. The sinner's fear and his punishment

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

7. Cain and Abel

8. The punishment of Cain

9. The history of Noah

10. Noah a preacher of righteousness

11. The flood

12. The end of the flood

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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5

7

10

13

18

20

22

24

25

28

29

31

33

36

* 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 tau

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, such as Genesis iii. 14, 15.

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17. Lot's captivity and warning :

38

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

people

41

19. Abraham's intercession for Sodom

44

20. The destruction of Sodom

45

21. The second trial of Abraham's faith

49

22. The marriage of Isaac, and the death of Abraham 53

23. The birth and early history of Esau and Jacob

56

24. The blessing of Isaac's heir .

58

25. Esau's sorrow

62

26. Esau's sin .

64

27. The going forth of Jacob from his father's home

67

28. Jacob's dream

69

29. Jacob's sojourn with his uncle Laban

71

30. The meeting of Esau and Jacob.

75

31. Jacob's return to his father Isaac

78

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

80

33. The trial of Joseph's faith

84

34. The reward of Joseph's faith

87

35. The fulfilment of Joseph's dreams

91

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

95

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

98

38. Joseph made known to his brethren

102

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

40. The blessing of Joseph

110

41. The blessing of Israel's twelve sons, and Israel's death. 113

42. The burial of Jacob, and death of Joseph

117

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