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CHAPTER I. From Eden to E§ypt 19

The Fall of Man — Cain and Abel — The Flood — The Sons of Noah — Sarai and Hagar — The Children of Abraham — Esau and Jacob — The Family of Jacob — Israel in Egypt.

CHAPTER II. From Egypt to Jerusalem 27

The Plagues of Egypt— The Exodus — In the Wilderness — The Giving of the Law — The Tabernacle — Numbering the Tribes — Spying out the Land — Balak and Balaam — Reaching the Promised Land — The Death of Moses — Over Jordan — The Sin of Achan — The Conquest of Canaan — The Judges — Abimelech — Jephthah — Samson — Ruth — Samuel — Saul — David and Goliath — The Passing of Saul — David, King of Israel.

CHAPTER IIL From Jerusalem to Bethlehem 48

Absalom — Accession of Solomon — Glories of the Kingdom — The Queen of Sheba — Division of the Kingdom — Elijah, the Tishbite — Naboth's Vineyard — Sennacherib — In Captivity — Daniel and the Lions — The Return to Jerusalem — Esther — The Prophets — The Apocrypha.