INTRODUCTION.

Section I. Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch; Section II. Contents and Division; Section III. Development of the Gospel in the writings of Moses. 5

Part I. - EXPOSITORY - GENESIS.

Introductory, Genesis the Book of Beginnings, Seven Beginnings. 17

CHAPTER I.

THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE.

Section I. The Creator; Section II. Creation of the Heaven and Earth; Section III. Chaos; Section IV. The Days of Creation; Section V. Allusions to Creation in later Scriptures; Section VI. Correspondence between the Bible account and Nature; Section VII. Spiritual Lessons from the Story of Creation. 19

CHAPTER II.

THE BEGINNING OF THE HUMAN RACE.

Section I. Bible Account of the Origin of Man; Section II. Errors Contradicted by the Bible account of Man's Creation - Materialism, Evolution, Original Diversity, Antiquity of Man; Section III. Spiritual Teachings of the Account of Man's Creation. 39

CHAPTER III.

THE BEGINNING OF SIN.

Section I. The Introduction of Sin; II. The Effects of Sin; III. Subsequent Developments of Sin in the Book of Genesis. 56

CHAPTER IV.

THE BEGINNING OF REDEMPTION.

Section I. In the Story of the Fall; II. Subsequent Developments in Genesis; III. In later Scriptures. 65

CHAPTER V.

THE BEGINNING OF NATIONS.

Section I. Antediluvian nations; II. The Sons of Noah; III. The Seventy Nations which sprang from the Family of Noah; Section IV. Subsequent Development of the Nations; Section V. Hybrid Races. 89

CHAPTER VI.

BEGINNING OF THE HEBREW RACE.

Section I. Origin of the Hebrews; Section II. Purpose of God in the Separation of the Hebrew Race; Section III. Subdivisions and Subsequent Developments; Section IV. Present Condition; Section V. Future Prospects. 101

CHAPTER VII.

BEGINNING OF THE LIFE OF FAITH.

Section I. Abel or Justifying Faith; Section II. Enoch, or Sanctifying Faith; Section III. Noah, or Separating Faith; Section IV. Abraham, or the Obedience of Faith; Section V. Issac, or the Patience of Faith; Section VI. Jacob, or the Discipline of Faith; Section VII. Joseph, or the Victory of Faith over Suffering and Wrong. 112