LESSON II.

From the 2d Chapter of Genesis.

AND the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an help meet for him.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made he a woman, and brought her unto the

man.

NOTES.

An help is what assists or comforts any one. Meet is the same as suitable or proper.

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

LESSON II.

QUESTIONS.

God said that it was not good for man to be alone: What did He do to give him a companion?

How was the first woman made?

What was the name of the first man? What was the difference between the making of the first man, and the making of the first woman?

LESSON III.

From the 3d Chapter of Genesis.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

LESSON III. QUESTIONS.

WHAT beast spoke to the woman about eating the fruit of all the trees in Eden?

Did the woman know that God had com

manded Adam, not to eat of the tree of knowledge?

How do you know this?

What did the serpent reply?

What good did the serpent say would arise

from eating the fruit of &c.?

LESSON IV.

From the 3d Chapter of Genesis.

AND when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.