Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume I: The Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Job.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents



GENESIS
PART SECOND

AN ACCOUNT OF ABRAHAM

xi. 10-xv. 18.

§ I. HIS FAMILY AND HIS GREAT JOURNEYS. xi. 10-xiii. 4.

1. "The Generations of Shem." xi. 10-26.

2. "The Generations of Terah." 27-32.
3. Abram's Migration into Canaan. xii. 1-9.
4. Abram Visits Egypt. xii. 10-xiii. 4.
§ II. ABRAM'S TROUBLES ON ACCOUNT OF LOT. xiii. 5-xiv. 24.

1. Separation from Lot. xiii. 5-13.

2. The Promise Renewed and a Home Selected. 14-18.
3. Lot Captured and Rescued. xiv. 1-16.
4. An Interview with Melchizedek and the King of Sodom. 17-24.

§ III. OFFSPRING AND CIRCUMCISION. xv. 1-xvii. 27.

1. Definite Promise of a Son. xv. 1-6.

2. The Promise of Canaan Renewed. 7-21.
3. The Birth of Ishmael. xvi. 1-16.
4. Circumcision Appointed. xvii. 1-14.
5. Promise of a Son by Sarai. 15-27. [14]
§ IV. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. xviii. 1-xix. 38.

1. Abraham Entertains Three Angels. xviii. 1-15.

2. Abraham Pleads for Sodom. 16-33.
3. The Two Angels Entertained by Lot. xix. 1-11.
4. Lot Rescued and the Cities Destroyed. 12-29. [15]
5. Lot's Daughters Commit Incest. 30-38.
§ V. INCIDENTS OF ABRAHAM'S SOJOURN IN THE SOUTH. xx. 1-xxii. 24.

1. Sarah Is Taken by Abimelech. xx. 1-8.

2. Abraham Rebuked for Deceiving Abimelech. 9-18.
3. The Birth of Isaac. xxi. 1-7.
4. The Expulsion of Ishmael. 8-21.
5. A Covenant Made with Abimelech. 22-34.
6. Abraham's Great Trial. xxii. 1-19.
7. Abraham Hears from Nahor. 20-24.
§ VI. DEATHS AND MARRIAGES. xxiii. 1-xxv. 18.

1. Death and Burial of Sarah. xxiii. 1-20.

2. Abraham Seeks a Wife for Isaac. xxiv. 1-9.
3. The Servant's Journey and Prayer. 10-28.
4. The Servant Received and Entertained. 29-33.
5. The Errand Is Told. 34-49.
6. The Marriage Contract. 50-60.
7. Rebekah Presented to Her Husband. 61-67.
8. Second Marriage and Death of Abraham. xxv. 1-11.
9. "The Generations of Ishmael." 12-18.


PART THIRD.

HISTORY OF ISAAC AND JACOB.

xxv. 19-xxxvi. 43.

§ I. ISAAC'S FAMILY AND SOME TROUBLES. xxv. 19-xxvi. 35.

1. Births of Jacob and Esau. xxv. 19-26.

2. Esau Sells His Birthright. 27-34.

3. The Promises Extended to Isaac. xxvi. 1-5.

4. Trouble about Rebekah. 6-11.
5. Trouble about Wells. 12-33.
6. Trouble about Esau's Wives. 34, 35.
§ II. JACOB'S FRAUD AND FLIGHT. xxvii. 1-xxviii. 22.

1. Isaac's Command and Rebekah's Plot. xxvii. 1-17.

2. Jacob Obtains the Blessing. 18-29. [21]
3. Esau's Disappointment. 30-40.
4. Esau's Threat and Jacob's Flight. xxvii. 41-xxviii. 5.
5. Esau Takes Another Wife. xxviii. 6-9.
6. Jacob's Vision of the Ladder. 10-22.
§ III. JACOB'S RESIDENCE IN PADANARAM. xxix. 1-xxx. 43.

1. He Reaches Laban's House. xxix. 1-14.

2. He Obtains Leah and Rachel for Wives. 15-30.
3. Leah Bears Four Sons and Quits Bearing. 31-35.
4. Four Sons by the Handmaids. xxx. 1-13.
5. Leah Bears Two More Sons and a Daughter. 14-21.
6. A Son Born to Rachel. 22-24.
7. A New Contract with Laban. 25-43. [23]
§ IV. JACOB'S RETURN TO CANAAN. xxxi. 1-xxxiii. 17.

1. His Departure from Paddan-aram. xxxi. 1-21.

2. Laban Pursues Jacob. 22-35.
3. Jacob Rebukes Laban. 36-42.
4. A Covenant Made and a Monument Erected. xxxi. 43-xxxii. 2. [24]
5. A Friendly Message to Esau. xxxii. 3-6.
6. Jacob Prepares To Meet Esau. 7-12.
7. He Sends a Present to Esau. 13-21.
8. Jacob Receives a New Name. 22-32.
9. The Meeting with Esau. xxxiii. 1-17.
§ V. JACOB'S RESIDENCE AT SHECHEM, BETH-EL AND HEBRON. xxxiii. 18-xxxvi. 43.

1. He Settles at Shechem. xxxiii. 18-20.

2. His Daughter Is Defiled by Shechem. xxxiv. 1-31.
3. Jacob Returns to Beth-el. xxxv. 1-8.
4. The Promises Renewed and a Pillar Set Up. 9-15.
5. The Death of Rachel and the Sin of Reuben. 16-22.
6. Jacob's Sons and the Death of Isaac. 23-29.
7. The Generations of Esau. xxxvi. 1-43.

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