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BY
MARCUS DODS, D.D.,
AUTHOR OF “ISRAEL’S IRON AGE,” “THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD,”
“THE PRAYER THAT TEACHES TO PRAY,” ETC.
NEW YORK:
A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON
714, BROADWAY.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I. | |
| THE CREATION | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE FALL | 15 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| CAIN AND ABEL | 28 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| CAIN’S LINE, AND ENOCH | 42 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE FLOOD | 55 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| NOAH’S FALL | 68 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE CALL OF ABRAHAM | 81 |
| [vi]CHAPTER VIII. | |
| ABRAM IN EGYPT | 96 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| LOT’S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM | 108 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| ABRAM’S RESCUE OF LOT | 121 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| COVENANT WITH ABRAM | 134 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| BIRTH OF ISHMAEL | 147 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| THE COVENANT SEALED | 159 |