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CONTENTS.
LECTURE I.
GENESIS xii. 1.
"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee."
Abram called by God from Ur of the Chaldees-
Abram's faith and obedience
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LECTURE II.
GENESIS xii. 7, 8.
"The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy
seed will I give this land; and there builded he an altar
unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed
from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the
east; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and
called upon the name of the Lord."
The Lord appears to Abram at Sichem-Abram
builds an altar to the Lord, and calls upon the
name of the Lord
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LECTURE III.
GENESIS xiii. 2.
"And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in
gold."
A famine in Canaan-Abram's journey into Egypt
-Abram equivocates with Pharaoh-Abram
becomes very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold,
but still calls on the name of the Lord
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LECTURE IV.
GENESIS xiii. 8.
"And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I
pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen
and thy herdmen, for we be brethren."
A strife between the herdmen of Abram and the
herdmen of Lot-Abram's disinterested conduct-
Separation of Abram and Lot-The Lord appears
to Abram after Lot had left him
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LECTURE V.
GENESIS XIV. 18.
"And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread
and wine; and he was the priest of the Most High God:
and he blessed him."
Abram arms his servants and conquers five of the
kings of Canaan-Abram's interview with Mel-
chizedek.
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LECTURE VI.
GENESIS XV. 6.
“ He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for
righteousness."
Abram's interview with the king of Sodom-Abram
reminds the Almighty of his promise of a son-
The Almighty confirms the promise
LECTURE VII.
GENESIS XV. 17.
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"And it came to pass that when the sun went down and
it was dark, behold a smoking furnace and a burning lamp
that passed between those pieces.”
The Almighty reveals Himself to Abram as the God
who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees-
Abram asks for a sign in confirmation of the
Almighty's promise-Abram's vision-A Patri-
arch's day with God-The postponement of the
promised inheritance
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LECTURE VIII.
GENESIS XVii. 1.
"And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre."
Abram's marriage with Hagar-The rite of circum-
cision instituted-The Almighty changes Abram's
and Sarai's name- -Abraham's laughter-The
visit of the three Angels to Abraham-Sarah's
laughter
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LECTURE IX.
GENESIS Xviii. 19.
"For I know him that he will command his children and
his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
Lord."
Abraham's care for the religious instruction of his
family and household-Abraham's intercession
for the cities of the plain . 169