I. The First Account of the Creation (Gen. i. 1-ii. 3)

33

VII. God's Covenant with Noah (Gen. ix. 1-17)

VIII. Nimrod (Gen. x. 8-12)

IX. The Tower of Babel (Gen. xi. 1-9)

X. The Migration of the Terachites (Gen. x., xi. 10–32)

XI. A Word about the Patriarchs in general (Gen. xii.-1)

XII. Abram the Believer (Gen. xii.)

XVI. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. xviii., xix.) 131

CHAPTER

XVII. The Son of the Promise (Gen. xxi. 1-21)

PAGE

139

143

XIX. The Purchase of the Cave of Machpelah (Gen. xxiii.) 150

XX. The Faithful Slave (Gen. xxiv.) .

155

XXI. Isaac (Gen. xxvi.)

161

XXII. Jacob obtains the Birthright and his Father's Blessing

182

XXIV. Jacob and Laban (Gen. xxix. 1-xxxii. 3).

XXV. Jacob's Return to the Fatherland (Gen. xxxii. 3-xxxiii.

XXVI. Joseph, the Favored of Yahweh (Gen. xxxvii., xxxix.-

xli.).

XXVII. Joseph, the Lord of his Brothers (Gen. xlii.-xlv.)

XXVIII. Jacob in Egypt (Gen. xlvi.-l.)

BOOK II.

I. The Youth of Moses (Ex. i. 1-ii. 22)

II. Moses in Midian (Ex. iii. 1-iv. 28)

III. Yahweh compels Pharaoh to let Israel go (Ex. iv. 29-xi.

10) .

IV. The Night of Deliverance (Ex. xii. 1–xiii. 16).

V. The Exodus (Ex. xiii. 17-xv. 21)

VI. From the Red Sea to Mount Horeb (Ex. xv. 22-xvii.)

VII. Moses represents Yahweh (Ex. xix., xx. 18–26, xxiv. 1,

9-11, xxxiii. 7-11; Num. xii.)

VIII. The Forty Years' Wandering (Deut. i. 1–ii. 1) .

IX. The Work of Moses (Deut. v. 6-21; Ex. xx. 2-17;

304

Num. x. 33-36).

312

CHAPTER

X. The Conquest of the District East of Jordan (Deut. ii.

XI. The Death of Moses (Deut. iii. 23-29, xxxiv.; Num.

XII. The Israelites at Jericho (Josh. i.-viii. 29)

XIII. The Conquest of Canaan (Josh. ix.-xii.).

XIV. Caleb the Kenizzite (Judges i. 1-21; Num. xiii., xiv.)

XV. Deborah and Barak (Judges iv., v.)

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325

331

336

343

355

363

XVI. The Origin of the Sanctuary at Dan (Judges xvii., xviii.) 375

XVII. Gideon (Judges vi.-viii. 28)

XIX. Jephthah (Judges x. 6-xii. 7).

XX. Samson (Judges xiii.-xvi.).

383

XVIII. Abimelech (Judges viii. 29-ix.; Gen. xxxiv.)

XXI. Ruth the Moabitess (The Book of Ruth)

XXII. The Birth and Youth of Samuel (1 Sam. i.-iv.)

XXIII. Samuel's Work (1 Sam. vii. 2-17)

XXIV. How Saul became King of Israel (1 Sam. viii.-xii.).

XXV. Saul delivers Israel (1 Sam. xiii., xiv.)

XXVI. Saul rejected by Yahweh (1 Sam. xv.)

XXVII. Yahweh's Chosen One at the Court of Saul (1 Sam. xvi.,

xviii. 5-13)

XXVIII. Jonathan and David (1 Sam. xvii. 1-xviii. 4, xviii. 17–

XXIX. Saul persecutes David (1 Sam. xxi. 1–10, xxii. 1-xxiii.

15, 19-xxvii. 4).

XXX. The Last Hours of Saul (1 Sam. xxviii. 3–25, xxxi.)

XXXI. David at Ziklag and at Hebron (1 Sam. xxvii. 5-xxviii.

2, xxix., xxx.; 2 Sam. i. 1-v. 3).

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

IN preparing the first volume of the "Bible for Young People" for the English reader, it has been my wish never to pass from the functions of the Translator to those of the Editor. In other words, I have endeavored faithfully to give the meaning of the original, without in any case modifying it to suit my own taste or opinions, or thinking it necessary to signify my dissent where I cannot personally adopt its conclusions.

On the other hand, in a few passages where the original contains allusions and explanations the point of which depends entirely upon their being addressed to Dutchmen, it has been necessary either to omit a few words altogether, or to substitute the best English equivalents that could be found. In the same way, where the readings or translations adopted by the authors simply differ from those of the Dutch "States' Translation," no notice has been taken of the fact; but when, in the better-known portions of the Bible, they differ in important points from those of our so-called "Authorized Version" (executed by the command of James I., and completed in 1611), a note has frequently been added to call attention to the fact.

The proofs of this translation have always been submitted to the examination of Dr. Oort, and he has thus had the opportunity of assuring himself and the public of its faithfulness, at least in all essential points, and at the same time of introducing a considerable number of modifications of more