A Companion to the Book of Genesis

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ERRATA. Page 15, line 4 from bottom, for In read in. ? 68, ? 11 from bottom, for 60 read 40. 72, 7, for He read The. ? 83, ? 1, for xi. read ix. ? 86, ? 18, for 50 read 51. ? 102, ? 7 from bottom, for her rearf his. ? 121, ? 6 from bottom, for might read dignity. ? 131, ? 7 from bottom/br idolatries read...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ERRATA. Page 15, line 4 from bottom, for In read in. ? 68, ? 11 from bottom, for 60 read 40. 72, 7, for He read The. ? 83, ? 1, for xi. read ix. ? 86, ? 18, for 50 read 51. ? 102, ? 7 from bottom, for her rearf his. ? 121, ? 6 from bottom, for might read dignity. ? 131, ? 7 from bottom/br idolatries read idololatrise. ? 380, ? 6, for rpbilp' read n . ? 380, ? 19, for adapted, read adopted. ? 885, ? 16, for scarcely, read scarcely. chapter{{Section 4INTRODUCTION. The Book Of Genesis derives its name from the history of the creation, in Greek ysvstfis, with which it commences. The Jews designate the several books of the Pentateuch by the words with which they respectively begin; this book, therefore, is known by the name Bereshith, or Bcreshith bara, Although the book is a part of the Pentateuch, and consequently not in all respects an entire work, it is still sufficiently complete in itself to admit of its being examined independently of the four books which succeed it. It may be divided generally into two portions. The first, chap, i ? xi. 26, contains the principal events from the creation to the birth of Abraham, with genealogical lists of such of the ancestors of that patriarch as had preserved a due regard for religion and good morals. The second portion, comprehending the remainder of the book, furnishes a more detailed history of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, continuing to the death of Joseph; and in this portion the promises made to the patriarchs form everywhere the most conspicuous object. After an account of the creation, of the original state of man, and of the fall, the first portion proceeds to relate the . increase of irreligion and immorality, until, about the year 235, (iv. 26; v. 3, 6, ) the true worshippers of the Deity w...