It is natural to suppose that the mind of Abraham must be forcibly impressed with this intimation. He would feel for his poor ungodly neighbours; but especially for Lot, and other righteous men whom he

But to bear good-will to our enemies, to pity them that hate us, and to pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us, is, after all, a strange doctrine in the account of

The Flood Gen. 7 We have seen the preparation of the ark, the warnings of God by it, and his long-suffering for a hundred and twenty years. Now we see it finished; now the end

A few remarks on the general design of the whole will conclude this subject. Though it was not the intention of God to permit Abraham actually to offer a human sacrifice, yet he might mean

The Offerings of Cain and Abel Gen. 4:1–8 Ver. 1. Adam has by his wife a son, who is called Cain; viz. a possession or acquisition; for, said Eve, “I have gotten a man from

The Curse of Satan, Including a Blessing to Man--Effects of the Fall Genesis 3:15-24   Ver. 15. By all that had hitherto been said and done, God appears to have concealed from man who was

Abraham Justified By Faith Gen. 15:1–6 Abram was the father of the faithful, the example or pattern of all future believers; and perhaps no man, upon the whole, had greater faith. It seems to have

The Fall of Man Gen. 3:1–7 We have hitherto seen man as God created him, upright and happy. But here we behold a sad reverse; the introduction of moral evil into our world, the source

The Last Five Days’ Creation Gen. 1:6–31 Ver. 6–8. We here enter upon the second day, which was employed in making a firmament or expanse. It includes the atmosphere, and all that is visible, from

The Book in General, and the First day’s Creation Genesis 1:1–4 It is common for the writers of other histories to go back in their researches as far as possible; but Moses traces his from