TITLE PAGE

PREFACE

I. THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

The First Things Created -- The Alphabet -- The First Day -- The Second Day -- The Third Day -- The Fourth Day -- The Fifth Day -- The Sixth Day -- All Things Praise the Lord.

II. ADAM

Man and the World -- The Angels and the Creation of Man -- The Creation of Adam -- The Soul of Man -- The Ideal Man -- The Fall of Satan -- Woman -- Adam and Eve in Paradise -- The Fall of Man -- The Punishment -- Sabbath in Heaven -- Adam's Repentance -- The Book of Raziel -- The Sickness of Adam -- Eve's Story of the Fall -- The Death of Adam -- The Death of Eve.

III. THE TEN GENERATIONS

The Birth of Cain -- Fratricide -- The Punishment of Cain -- The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths -- The Descendants of Cain -- The Descendants of Adam and Lilith -- Seth and His Descendants -- Enosh -- The Fall of the Angels -- Enoch, Ruler and Teacher -- The Ascension of Enoch -- The Translation of Enoch -- Methuselah.

IV. NOAH

The Birth of Noah -- The Punishment of the Fallen Angels -- The Generation of the Deluge -- The Holy Book -- The Inmates of the Ark -- The Flood -- Noah Leaves the Ark -- The Curse of Drunkenness -- Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad -- The Depravity of Mankind -- Nimrod -- The Tower of Babel.

V. ABRAHAM

The Wicked Generations -- The Birth of Abraham -- The Babe Proclaims God -- Abraham's First Appearance in Public -- The Preacher of the True Faith -- In the Fiery Furnace -- Abraham Emigrates to Haran -- The Star in the East -- The True Believer -- The Iconoclast -- Abraham in Canaan -- His Sojourn in Egypt -- The First Pharaoh -- The War of the Kings -- The Covenant of the Pieces -- The Birth of Ishmael -- The Visit of the Angels -- The Cities of Sin -- Abraham Pleads for the Sinners -- The Destruction of the Sinful Cities -- Among the Philistines -- The Birth of Isaac -- Ishmael Cast Off -- The Two Wives of Ishmael -- The Covenant with Abimelech -- Satan Accuses Abraham -- The Journey to Moriah -- The Akedah -- The Death and Burial of Sarah -- Eliezer's Mission -- The Wooing of Rebekah -- The Last Years of Abraham -- A Herald of Death -- Abraham Views Earth and Heaven -- The Patron of Hebron.

VI. JACOB

The Birth of Esau and Jacob -- The Favorite of Abraham -- The Sale of the Birthright -- Isaac with the Philistines -- Isaac Blesses Jacob -- Esau's True Character Revealed -- Jacob Leaves His Father's House -- Jacob Pursued by Eliphaz and Esau -- The Day of Miracles -- Jacob with Laban -- The Marriage of Jacob -- The Birth of Jacob's Children -- Jacob Flees before Laban -- The Covenant with Laban -- Jacob and Esau Prepare to Meet -- Jacob Wrestles with the Angel -- The Meeting between Esau and Jacob -- The Outrage at Shechem -- A War Frustrated -- The War with the Ninevites -- The War with the Amorites -- Isaac Blesses Levi and Judah -- Joy and Sorrow in the House of Jacob -- Esau's Campaign against Jacob -- The Descendants of Esau.