BY THE Rev. ROBERT MAY,

MISSIONARY,

AND
Author of

" LECTURES TO THE YOUNG.”

WITH A PREFACE,

BY THE REV. HENRY TOWNLEY.

VOL. II.

CALCUTTA:

PRINTED BY A. G. BALFOUR, AT THE GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE PRESS, No. 1, MISSION ROW.

1819.

gift

Tappa a Presh, ass

2-23-1932

CONTENTS.

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* LECT. XXV. Esau and Jacob: or,

she 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. 35. 36.

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.

LECT. XXVIII. Jacob's Vow,

49

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

Lect. XXIX. Rachel the Shepher.

dess,

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel

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,

112

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

Ist,

146

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. Gen.

35. 23.

LECT. XXXV. Jacob's Children, part

20.

157

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

LECT. XXXVI. Joseph and his Bre-

thren,

170

And when his Bregliren saw that their Father