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Author of "LECTURES TO THE YOUNG."

VOL. II.

WITH A PREFACE,

BY THE REV. HENRY TOWNLEY.

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CONTENTS.

LECT. XXV. Esau and Jacob: or,

the Twin Brothers,

And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning

hunter, a man of the field, and Jacob was a plain

man, dwelling in tents. Gen. 25. 27.

LECT. XXVI. Jacob obtaineth the

Blessing.

14

And he said, thy brother came with subtilty,

and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is

not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted

me these two times: he took away my birth-right;

and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.

And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for

me? Gen. 27. 55. 36.

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LECT. XXVII.

Jacob's Dream,

21

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon

the earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven:

and behold the Angels of God ascending and de-

scending on it. Gen. 28. 12.

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LECT. XXVIII. Jacob's Vow,

And Jacob vowed a vow. Gen. 28. 20.

LECT. XXIX. Rachel the Shepher-
dess,
64

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel

came

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came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

Gen. 29. 9.

LECT. XXX. Jacob and Laban; or

the Uncle and Nephew,

78

And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Gen. 30. 36.

LECT. XXXI. Jacob's Return,

97

And Jacob went on his way, and the Angels

of God met him. Gen. 32 1.

LECT. XXXII. The Meeting between

Esau and Jacob; or The Reconciled Bro-

thers,

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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced

him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and

they wept. Gen. 33. 4.

LECT. XXXIII. Rebekah's Nurse, 131

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was

buried beneath Bethel under an oak. Gen. 35. 8.

LECT. XXXIV. Jacob's Children, part

1st,

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146

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Gen.

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35.22.1

LECT. XXXV. Jacob's Children, part

2d,

157

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Gen. 35. 22.

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LECT. XXXVI. Joseph and his Bre-

thren,

170

And when his Brethren saw that their Father

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loved him more than all his Brethren, they hated

peaceably unto him.

him, and could not speak

Gen. 37. 4.

LECT. XXXVII. Joseph's Dream, 182

And they said one to another, Behold, this

dreamer cometh. Gen. 37. 19.

LECT. XXXVIII. Joseph sold for a

Slave,

Then there passed by Midianites, merchant-

men; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the

pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty

pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph into
Egypt. Gen. 37. 28.

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LECT. XXXIX. Joseph appointed

Overseer,

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205

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he

served him and he made him overseer over his

house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Gen. 39. 4.

LECT. XL. Joseph in Prison,

216

And Joseph's master took him and put him.

into the prison, in a place where the king's prisoners

were bound: and he was there in prison. Gen.

39. 20.

LECT. XLI. The Butler and the Ba-

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ker,

225

And the Captain of the guard charged Joseph

with