• Title Page
• Pentateuch
  • Lesson 1: Genesis 1–11
  • Lesson 2: Genesis 12:1–28:15
  • Lesson 3: Genesis 28–50
    • The History of Jacob
    • What We May Learn from Jacob
    • Joseph a Type of Christ
    • The Prophecies of Christ
    • The Human Types of Christ
    • The General Types of Christ
  • Lesson 4: Exodus 1–19
  • Lesson 5: Exodus 20–40
  • Lesson 6: Leviticus
  • Lesson 7: Numbers 1–19
  • Lesson 8: Numbers 20–36
  • Lesson 9: Deuteronomy
• History
• Poetry
• Prophets
• Post Captivity Prophets
• Gospels, Acts
• Pauline Epistles
• General Epistles

Lord did tempt Lot; no, Sodom tempted Lot,” and tempted him, we may add, with a different motive and purpose.

Notice the employment of this act of Abraham by the apostle James (James 2:20-24). This does not contradict what Paul says (Romans 4), but only supplements or explains it. Paul gives us the inward principle in Abraham, and James the outward development of it.

Genesis 28-50

If “Isaac” is the sixth great fact in Genesis what is the seventh? Jacob? And the eighth? Joseph? Just add then these two names to the word outline of the last lesson, and you will discover that the whole of this long book can be easily kept in mind in eight words. I mean as to its great leading facts, of course. How this simplifies Bible study, and stimulates us to go on from book to book!

The History of Jacob

Now please recall the great facts in the life of the patriarch Jacob as in the previous cases, and put them down somewhat like this

1. Birth, Genesis 25
2. Purchase of the birthright, Genesis 25
3. Deception of his father, Genesis 27
4. Flight to Haran, Genesis 28
5. Marriage and prosperity, Genesis 29-30
6. Return to Canaan, Genesis 31-35

It will not be difficult to hold these six details in memory, and if you have read the chapters as requested the minor matters can also be recalled. For example, ask yourself these questions Who, besides Jacob, was responsible for fact number three? What was the chief event in fact number four? How was Jacob himself wronged in, fact number five? What four events give the chief interest to fact number six?

What We May Learn from Jacob

Jacob is not the least interesting of the patriarchs. While not so grand as Abraham or docile as Isaac, he is more like the average man, and that makes his life-story full of peculiar meaning to us.