4. What did they propose to build? What kind of a tower did they propose to build? What did they say of its top? What was to reach to heaven? What was this city and tower to do? What was to make them

a name? What were they afraid of? Where were they afraid of being scattered abroad? Upon the face of what?

5. And the Lord (1) Came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

1. In an especial manner took notice of.

5. What did the Lord do? Who came down? For what purpose did the Lord come down? To see what? What city and tower? Who were building this city and tower? What were the children of men building? Whose children were building this tower?

6. And the Lord said, Behold, the people (1) is one, and they have all one language; and (2) this they begin to do: and now nothing will be (3) restrained from them, which they have (4) imagined to (5) do.

1. Forms one great and combined community.-2. The building of this city and tower, to prevent the more general peopling of the world.-3. Kept back, or withheld.-4. Designed.-5. Accomplish.

6. What did the Lord say? What was the people? What was one? What had they all? Who had all one language? What did they begin to do? What would not be restrained from them? From whom would nothing which they imagined to do be restrained?

7. Go to, let us go down, and there (1) confound their (2) language, that they may not (3) understand one another's (4) speech.

1. Perplex, and render unintelligible.-2. Ordinary mode of speaking. -3. Be able to perceive the meaning of.-4. Words, used to convey their ideas.

7. What did God design to do? To what place was he to go down? What was God to do when he went down? What was God to confound? Who was to confound their language? What was to be the effect of confounding their language? What were they not to understand? Whose speech were they not to understand?

8. So the Lord (1) scattered them (2) abroad from (3) thence upon the (4) face of (5) all the (6) earth: and they (7) left off to build the city.

1. Obliged them to separate from each other.-2. On every side.3. That spot.-4. Different regions.-5. Every part of.-6. World.-7. Ceased.

S. What did the Lord do to them? Who were scattered abroad? From what place were they scattered abroad? Upon what were they scattered abroad? Who scattered them abroad? What did the people do when they were scattered abroad? What did they leave off? To build what? Why did they leave off to build the city?

9. (1) Therefore is the name of (2) it called Babel; because the Lord did there (3) confound the language (4) of (5) all the (6) earth: and from (7) thence did the Lord (8) scatter them (9) abroad upon the face of all the earth.

1. For that reason.-2. That tower and city.-3. Perplex and render unintelligible.-4. Used before that time by the people in.-5. Every part of. 6. World.-7. That place.-8. Violently force them to separate from each other.-9. To different places.

9. What is the place called? Why was the place called Babel? What did the Lord do? Where did the Lord confound their language? What was done to their language? Who confounded it? What language did God confound? What did the Lord do to them, when he had confounded their language? Where did he scatter them? Upon what?

[For ver. 10 to 26, see Bible.]

27. Now these are (1) the generations of Terah: Terah (2) begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran (2) begat Lot.

1. An account of the family and descendants.-2. Was the father of.

27. These are what? The generations of whom? Who were Terah's sons? Who was Abram, Nahor, and Haran's father? Who was Haran's son? was the father of Lot?

Who

28. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land (1) of his nativity, in (2) Ur (3) of the Chaldees.

1. Where he was born and brought up.-2. The place called Ur.3. In the country belonging to.

In

28. Who died? Before whom did Haran die? Who was Haran's father? Where did Haran die? what land? Of whose nativity? Where was the land of his nativity? What Ur?

29. And Abram and Nahor took (1) them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, (2) the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Who took What was

1. To themselves, or married.-2. Which Haran was the father. 29. What did Abram and Nahor take? them wives? Who was Abram's wife? Sarai? Who was Nahor's wife? Of whom was Haran the father?

30. But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Who was Milcah?

Who was barren?

30. What is said of Sarai? What is it said that Sarai had not?

31. And Terah (1) took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and (2) they went (3) forth with (4) them from Ur of the Chaldees, to (5) go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and (6) dwelt there.

1. Departed along with.-2. Terah and Abraham.-3. Away out.4. Lot and Sarai.-5. Travel.-6. Stopped, and took up their residence. 31. Whom did Terah take? What was Abram to Terah? Who was Lot? What was Lot to Terah? What was Sarai to Terah? What was Sarai to Abram? What did Terah, Abram, Sarai, and Lot do? From what place did they go? To what place did they design to go? Who went out to go to the land of Canaan? To what place did they come? What did they do in Haran? Where did they dwell? 32. And the (1) days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

1. Age, or number of years.

32. How old was Terah? Where did Terah die? Who died in Haran?

LESSONS.

241. All the world was of one language, ver. 1.— The inconveniences of human society were not originally sent by God, but are the effects of sin.

242. The people, in their travels, found a plain and dwelt there, ver. 2.-We should acknowledge God as the giver of all our outward comforts and conveniences, as well as of our spiritual blessings and hopes.

243. The people, for want of stones, made brick, ver. 3.-We should endeavour to increase our comforts and conveniences by every prudent and lawful

means.

244. The people, contrary to the will of God, resolved to build a tower with the bricks and slime, ver. 4.-We should never abuse God's mercies, nor allow our blessings and enjoyments to lead us into sin.

245. The people were desirous of making themselves a name among men, ver. 4.-We should always prefer the approbation of God to the applause of men.

246. The people, contrary to God's designs, wished to prevent their separating from each other, ver. 4.— We should never oppose God, nor attempt to frustrate his designs.

247. The people encouraged each other to undertake the work, ver. 4.-We should never entice others to the commission of sin, nor be tempted to join with others in it.

248. God came down to see the city and the tower, ver. 5.-God takes notice of all that we do.

249. Success in this first act of rebellion against God, would have encouraged them to others, ver.-6. We should always check and destroy evil propensities and habits as soon as they appear, both in ourselves or in others.

250. God resolved to prevent their work by confounding their language, ver. 7.-We should hold as little communication as possible with ungodly and wicked men.

251. The building of the tower was made the cause of their dispersion, ver. 8.-God can make the sins of the sinner, not only defeat themselves, but also be the means of his punishment.

252. The people left off to build the city, ver. 8.— We should immediately cease from sin, as soon as we perceive it to be so.

253. To commemorate this event, the city and tower were called Babel, ver. 9.-We should make ourselves acquainted with the history of others, that we may imitate their good, and avoid their evil example.

254. God scattered them over all the earth, ver. 9. -God will fulfil all his purposes, in spite of the secret contrivances, or open opposition of men.

SECTION XVII.

The Calling of Abram by God.-
Gen. xii. 1-9.

1. (1) Now the Lord had (2) said unto Abram, (3) Get thee out of (4) thy country, and from thy (5) kindred, and from thy (6) father's house unto (7) a land that I will (8) shew thee.

1. It had happened that.-2. Revealed himself, and spoken in the following words. 3. Go thou quickly away.-4. The place where thou wast born and bred up.-5. Relations and friends.-6. Nearest and dearest connexions.-7. An unknown country and people.-8. Afterwards direct and guide thee unto.

1. Who had spoken to Abram? To whom had the Lord spoken? What had the Lord said to Abram? Out of what was Abram to get? Who was to get out of his country? Who bade Abram get out of his country? From whom was Abram to go? From whose kindred? From what was he to go? From whose house? From whose father's house? To what place was Abram to go? What land? Who was to show him this land?

2. And I will make of (1) thee a (2) great (3) nation, and I will (4) bless thee, and make thy name (5) great; and thou shalt be a (6) blessing.

1. Thy children and descendants.-2. Mighty and extensive.-3. People, governed by their own laws.-4. Make you prosperous and happy in body and soul.-5. Famous in every future generation.-6. Cause of prosperity and happiness in others.

A great what?
Who was to
God to do to
Whom was

2. What was God to do to Abram? Who was to be made a great nation? make him a great nation? What was him, besides making him a great nation?