the second time, man
is seen to be a failure, and there is call for another way of dealing
with the race if the truth is to be preserved. This third beginning is
to be found in Period Three, with which our next lesson will deal.

Test Questions

State how the Gospel of John has a sweep farther back even than
Genesis 1:1.

What beginnings may we find in the book of Genesis?

How does man act toward God, as soon as he transgresses his law?

Where do we find the beginning of the story of redemption?

Give the names of the chief actors in this first period of Bible
history.

Give the divine estimate of the moral condition of man before the
flood.

Where does the Bible place the story of the beginnings of the human
race?

Give the story of the building of the ark and of the flood.

In the second period, what may we say of civilization? How did its
magnitude show itself?

Give the record of the scattering of the human race.

Was the second trial of man any more successful than the first,
regarded from the religious standpoint?

Lesson 3

From Abraham to Jacob

Old Testament Division--Third Period

LEADING PERSONS

#Abraham.#--Lived in Ur of the Chaldees. Called by God to
leave country and home and kindred to go to Canaan, the
promised land (Gen. 12:1 to 25:11).

#Isaac.#--Son of Abraham (Gen. 21). Proposed as a sacrifice
(Gen. 22:1-19). Married Rebekah (Gen. 24).

#Esau.#--Son of Isaac. Sold his birthright to his brother
(Gen. 25:27-34).

#Jacob.#--Son of Isaac. By a trick secured his father's
parting blessing, to which Esau was entitled (Gen. 27:1-45).
Journeyed in search of a wife, and married (Gen. 28:10 to
31:16). Returned and was forgiven by Esau (Gen. 31:17 to
33:20). His name changed to Israel and he became the father
of the Jewish nation (Gen. 35:9-15). Had twelve sons, who
become the heads of the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Gen.
35:23-27).

#TIME.#--1928 B. C. to the birth of Joseph, 1752 B. C.

#PLACES.#--Ur of Chaldees, Canaan, Egypt.

[Illustration]

#SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS.#--With Abraham God began a course of dealings
with man which continued for about two thousand years. Setting apart
Abraham with his family was really the beginning of the chosen nation,
although the national life did not begin until after the escape from
Egypt (see Lesson 5).

Abraham, the Father of the Faithful

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