Books Index | Next Chapter The Story ofPatriarchs and ProphetsPage 29Table of ContentsChapter Title Page # Preface......................................................... 17 Introduction.................................................... 19 1. Why was Sin Permitted?...................................... 33 2. The Creation................................................ 44 3. The Temptation and Fall..................................... 52 4. The Plan of Redemption...................................... 63 5. Cain and Abel Tested........................................ 71 6. Seth and Enoch.............................................. 80 7. The Flood................................................... 90 8. After the Flood............................................. 105 9. The Literal Week............................................ 111 10. The Tower of Babel.......................................... 117 11. The Call of Abraham......................................... 125 12. Abraham in Canaan........................................... 132 13. The Test of Faith........................................... 145 14. Destruction of Sodom........................................ 156 15. The Marriage of Isaac....................................... 171 16. Jacob and Esau.............................................. 177 17. Jacob’s Flight and Exile.................................... 183 18. The Night of Wrestling...................................... 195 19. The Return to Canaan........................................ 204 20. Joseph in Egypt............................................. 213 21. Joseph and His Brothers..................................... 224 22. Moses....................................................... 241 23. The Plagues of Egypt........................................ 257 24. The Passover................................................ 273 25. The Exodus.................................................. 281 26. From the Red Sea to Sinai................................... 291 27. The Law Given to Israel..................................... 303 28. Idolatry at Sinai........................................... 315 29. Satan’s Enmity Against the Law.............................. 331 30. The Tabernacle and Its Services............................. 343 31. The Sin of Nadab and Abihu.................................. 359 32. The Law and the Covenants................................... 363 33. From Sinai to Kadesh........................................ 374 34. The Twelve Spies............................................ 387 35. The Rebellion of Korah...................................... 395 36. In the Wilderness........................................... 406 37. The Smitten Rock............................................ 411 38. The Journey Around Edom..................................... 422 39. The Conquest of Bashan...................................... 433 40. Balaam...................................................... 438 41. Apostasy at the Jordan...................................... 453 42. The Law Repeated............................................ 462 43. The Death of Moses.......................................... 469 44. Crossing the Jordan......................................... 481 45. The Fall of Jericho......................................... 487 46. The Blessings and the Curses................................ 499 47. League With the Gibeonites.................................. 505 48. The Division of Canaan...................................... 510 49. The Last Words of Joshua.................................... 521 50. Tithes and Offerings........................................ 525 51. God’s Care for the Poor..................................... 530 52. The Annual Feasts........................................... 537 53. The Earlier Judges.......................................... 543 54. Samson...................................................... 560 55. The Child Samuel............................................ 569 56. Eli and His Sons............................................ 575 57. The Ark Taken by the Philistines............................ 581 58. The Schools of the Prophets................................. 592 59. The First King of Israel.................................... 603 60. The Presumption of Saul..................................... 616 61. Saul Rejected............................................... 627 62. The Anointing of David...................................... 637 63. David and Goliath........................................... 643 64. David a Fugitive............................................ 649 65. The Magnanimity of David.................................... 660 66. The Death of Saul........................................... 675 67. Ancient and Modern Sorcery.................................. 683 68. David at Ziklag............................................. 690 69. David Called to the Throne.................................. 697 70. The Reign of David.......................................... 703 71. David's Sin and Repentance.................................. 717 72. The Rebellion of Absalom.................................... 727 73. The Last Years of David..................................... 746 Appendix........................................................ 757 Books Index | Next Chapter |