What did the angel of the Lord do? Out of what did the angel call? What did the angel say? What answer did Abraham make? To whom did Abraham say this?

12. And (1) he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for (2) now I (3) know that thou (4) fearest God, (5) seeing thou hast not (6) withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

1. The angel of the Lord.-2. By this trial.-3. Have got evidence.4. Believest, and art afraid of offending.-5. Since.-6. Kept back. 12. What command did the angel give to Abraham? What was he not to lay upon the lad? On whom was he not to lay his hand? Who was not to do this? To whom was Abraham to do nothing? What did the angel say he knew? Who knew this? Whom did Abraham fear? Who feared God? How did the angel know that Abraham feared God? What was not withheld? Who withheld not his son? What son? From whom had he not withheld his son ?

13. And Abraham (1) lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, (2) behind him a ram (3) caught in a (4) thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the (5) stead of (6) his son.

1. Raised his eyes from the ground.-2. He saw, a little way off, at his back.-3. Entangled, and held fast.-4. Bush.-5. Place.-6. Isaac, who had been bound and laid upon the altar.

13. What did Abraham lift up? Who lifted up his eyes? What did he do when he lifted up his eyes? What did Abraham see? Behind whom was the ram? Where was the ram? How was the ram caught? In what was the ram caught? By what part of his body was the ram caught? What did Abraham do when he saw the ram? What did he do with the ram? up? As what did Abraham offer up the ram? In whose stead did Abraham offer up the ram?

Who took the ram?
What did he offer

14. And Abraham called the name of that place (1) Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to (2) this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 1. The Lord will see, or provide.-2. The time when Moses wrote this Book of Genesis,

14. Who gave the place a name? What did Abraham call the place? What was called Jehovah-jireh?

What was said to that day? Where shall it be seen? In what mount? Till when was this said?

15. And the angel of the Lord (1) called unto Abraham (2) out of heaven the second time,

1. Spake.-2. From.

15. Who called a second time? What angel? Out of what did the angel call? On whom did the angel call a second time?

16. And said, By myself have I (1) sworn, saith the Lord; for because thou hast (2) done this thing, and hast not (3) withheld thy son, thine only son;

1. Made oath.-2, Readily obeyed me in this painful duty.-3. Kept back.

16. What did the angel say the second time? What had the Lord done? By whom had the Lord sworn? What had the Lord done by himself? Who said this? What had Abraham not withheld? What son had Abraham not withheld? Whose only son?

17. (1) That in (2) blessing I will (3) bless thee, and in (4) multiplying I will (5) multiply thy (6) seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the (7) sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy (6) seed shall (8) possess the gate of his enemies:

1. Therefore.-2. Making happy.-3. Make thee especially prosperous and happy.-4. Increasing other families.-5. More especially, and greatly increase.-6. Posterity.-7. Small and innumerable particles of sand.-8. Conquer, and rule in the cities.

17. What did God say he would do to Abraham? What was God to do in blessing? Whom was God to bless? What was God to do to Abraham besides blessing him? What was God to multiply? Whose seed? What was God to do to Abraham's seed? In what was God to multiply his seed? As what was God to multiply Abraham's seed? As what stars? What sand? What was Abraham's seed to possess? What gate? Whose enemies? Who was to possess the gate

of his enemies?

18. And in (1) thy seed shall all the (2) nations of the (3) earth be (4) blessed; because thou hast (5) obeyed my voice.

1. Christ the Messiah, who shall be of thy posterity.-2. Kingdoms and people.-3. Whole world.-4. Made happy.-5. Done as I commanded thee to do.

18. What were to be blessed? What were all nations to be? In what were all nations to be blessed?

In whose seed? What nations were to be blessed? Why were all the nations of the earth to be blessed in Abraham's seed? Who had obeyed? What had Abraham obeyed? Whose voice?

19. So Abraham (1) returned unto (2) his young men; and they (3) rose up and went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham (4) dwelt at Beer-sheba.

1. Came back again.-2. The two servants who had been left with the charge of the ass.-3. Prepared for their journey.-4. Took up his residence.

19. What did Abraham do? Who returned? To whom did he return? To whose young men? What did they all do when Abraham returned? Who rose up? To what place did they go? In what manner did they go? Who went together? Where did Abraham dwell?

20. And it came to pass, after (1) these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor;

1. The offering up of Isaac.

20. What was told Abraham? Who had borne children? To whom had Milcah borne children? Whose brother? Who was Abraham's brother? Who bore children to Nahor? When was this told Abraham?

21. Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

21. What was Huz? What was Buz? Of whom was Kemuel the father?

22. And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23. And Bethuel (1) begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

1. Had a daughter, named Rebekah, who was afterwards married to her father's cousin, Isaac.

22, 23. What other children had Nahor? Who was Rebekah's father? How many children were there? Who bore these? To whom did she bear them? Who was Nahor?

24. And (1) his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

1. The woman with whom he lived, and who was not his wife.

24. Whose concubine was Reumah? Whom did his concubine bear?

LESSONS.

634. The angel of the Lord called, before Abraham had time to use the knife, ver. 11.-God will timeously interpose for the good of his people.

635. Abraham, when called, stayed his hand, and. immediately answered, ver. 11.-We should be teachable, as well as firm and persevering in duty.

636. God bid Abraham not slay his son, ver. 12.Though the ways and providence of God may sometimes appear to be inconsistent and contradictory, yet it is only because we cannot search all the depths of his wisdom.

637. It was now evident that Abraham feared God, ver. 12.-We must always give evidence of our having true faith and sincere obedience, by our good works.

638. Abraham's faith was evident, because he had not withheld his only son, ver. 12.-We are not to rest our self-examination upon the performance of easy duties, but upon the ready performance of every duty, however difficult.

639. A ram was caught in the thicket, ver. 13.— God will, at the proper time, amply provide his people with all that is necessary for their acceptable worship.

640. Abraham took and offered the ram which God had provided, ver. 13.-We should thankfully use, and diligently improve, all the privileges and blessings which God bestows upon us.

641. Abraham gave the place a name, ver. 14.We should use means to record the merciful interpositions and kindness of God to us.

642. Abraham called the place by a name signifying "The Lord will see," ver. 14.-God will take notice of, and richly reward, the fear, the faith, the selfdenial, and the perseverance of all his saints.

643. The angel of the Lord, after the sacrifice of the ram, called unto Abraham a second time, ver. 15.

God delights to reward and bless his people in the path of their duty.

644. God sware by himself, ver. 16.-There is no being greater than God; and by him alone we should

swear.

645. God again commended Abraham for not withholding Isaac, ver. 16.-We should commend and reward acts of self-denial, and painful privations in the prosecution of duty.

646. God promised his blessing to Abraham as his greatest reward, ver. 17.-We should prefer the favour and blessing of God to every thing else.

647. Abraham's seed was to possess the gate of his enemies, ver. 17.-God's people may be much and long oppressed, but they shall at last be relieved, and shall finally triumph.

648. In Abraham's seed all nations of the earth were to be blessed, ver. 18.-We should be zealous in spreading the knowledge of the gospel over the world. 649. Abraham was to be blessed for obeying God, ver. 18. We should be faithful, constant, and persevering in our obedience to God.

650. Abraham returned to his young men, and went to Beer-sheba, ver. 19.-We should attend to secular as well as religious duties; and should serve God in the family, as well as worship him in church.

SECTION XXXV.

Sarah's Death and Burial.-Gen. xxiii. 1-20.

1. And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

1. How old was Sarah? Who was an hundred and twenty-seven years old? What were the years of the life of Sarah?