Sect. II. The institution of the sabbath, and God's first Sect. III. The fall of man from a state of innocence. Sin Sect. IV. The death of Abel. Cain banished. Seth born Sect. V. The genealogy of Adam in the line of Seth God's purpose to Sect. VIII. Mankind and all other living creatures destroyed by a flood, excepting Noah, and those that were with Sect. X. The Lord makes an everlasting covenant with Noah. The curse removed from the earth. A new blessing Sect. XI. Noah pronounces a prophetic curse upon Canaan, Sect. XII. The building of the tower of Babel. The confu- 59 65 removes to Mamre 79 Sect. XVI. Abraham's covenant with Abimelech. Abraham Sect. XVII. Lot taken prisoner and rescued by Abraham, Sect. XX. The Lord appears to Abraham, and makes an Sect. XXI. The Lord appears to Abraham at Mamre, ac- Sect, XXII. The Lord reveals to Abraham that he would Sect. XXV. Abraham offers up his son Isaac. The Lord swears to bless him and multiply his posterity Sect. CONTENTS. Sect. XXXI. The Lord renews his promise to Isaac. Blesses Sect. XXXII. Esau sells his birth-right to Jacob the blessing of the Lord upon him. Sect. XXXVII. Jacob's family increases. The Lord blesses Sect. XLII. The Lord appears to Jacob. He puts away all Sect. XLV. Joseph sold to Potiphar. His mistress accuses Sect. XLVIII. A famine in Canaan. Jacob sends to Egypt 16227 Sect Sect. L. The distress of Joseph's brethren. The pathetic Sect. LVI. The wonderful increase of the children of Israel. Sect. LXI. The Lord causes Aaron's rod to become a ser- Sect. LXII. The plagues of frogs, lice, and flies, sent upon the Egyptians, and removed at the prayer of Moses 306 Sect. CONTENTS. XV Sect. LXXI. Moses at God's command strikes the rock, and Sect. LXXII. The Law given by God from Mount Sinai. The people request Moses to be their mediator Sect. LXXIII. Moses again ascends the mountain. He writes the word of the Lord's covenant with Israel. |