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Creation of the World in Six Days.Chapter 2
Creation of Adam, Eve, and Eden.Chapter 3
The Fall: Adam and Eve's Sin.Chapter 4
Cain Kills Abel; Cain's Descendants Multiply.Chapter 5
Genealogy from Adam to Noah.Chapter 6
Wickedness Prompts God to Flood Earth.Chapter 7
Noah's Ark Survives the Great Flood.Chapter 9
God's Covenant with Noah; Rainbow Sign.Chapter 13
Abram and Lot Separate; God Promises Land.Chapter 14
Abram Rescues Lot; Melchizedek Blesses Abram.Chapter 15
God's Covenant with Abram Affirmed.Chapter 16
Hagar Bears Ishmael, Abram's First Son.Chapter 17
Circumcision Covenant; Abram Renamed Abraham.Chapter 18
Angelic Visitors Announce Isaac's Birth.Chapter 19
Destruction of Sodom; Lot's Escape.Chapter 20
Abraham's Encounter with Abimelech in Gerar.Chapter 21
Birth of Isaac; Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away.Chapter 22
Abraham's Near-Sacrifice of Isaac.Chapter 23
Sarah Dies; Abraham Purchases Burial Site.Chapter 24
Isaac Marries Rebekah, Abraham's Choice.Chapter 25
Abraham's Death; Jacob and Esau's Births.Chapter 27
Jacob Deceives Isaac; Esau's Blessing Stolen.Chapter 28
Jacob's Ladder Dream; Covenant Reaffirmed.Chapter 32
Jacob Wrestles with God; Becomes Israel.Chapter 33
Jacob Reconciles with Esau Peacefully.Chapter 34
Dinah Defiled; Simeon and Levi's Revenge.Chapter 37
Joseph's Dreams; Sold into Slavery by Brothers.Chapter 39
Joseph Prospers in Egypt Despite Imprisonment.Chapter 40
Joseph Interprets Dreams for Pharaoh's Servants.Chapter 41
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams; Rises to Power.Chapter 42
Joseph's Brothers Visit Egypt for Grain.Chapter 45
Joseph Reveals His Identity to Brothers.Chapter 47
Joseph Manages Egypt During Famine; Jacob Blesses Pharaoh.Chapter 48
Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons, Ephraim, and Manasseh.Chapter 49
Jacob's Prophetic Blessings on His Sons.Chapter 50
Jacob's Burial; Joseph Reassures His Brothers.
- Genesis
by Charles Simeon
CONTENTS TO VOL. I
Discourse 
Text 
Subject 
Genesis 
1. 
Genesis 1:26. 
Creation of Man 
2. 
Genesis 2:2-3. 
Appointment of the Sabbath 
3. 
Genesis 2:16-17. 
Covenant made with Adam 
4. 
Genesis 3:4. 
The Serpent beguiling Eve 
5. 
Genesis 3:6-7. 
The Fall of Man 
6. 
Genesis 3:11-13. 
Excuses made by our first Parents, after their Fall 
7. 
Genesis 3:15. 
The Seed of the Woman 
8. 
Genesis 3:21-24. 
The Way of Salvation illustrated to our first Parents 
9. 
Genesis 4:8-10. 
The Death of Abel 
10. 
Genesis 4:26. 
Institution of Public Worship 
11. 
Genesis 5:24. 
Enoch’s Walking with God 
12. 
Genesis 6:3. 
Strivings of the Spirit 
13. 
Genesis 6:5. 
Extent of Man’s Wickedness 
14.
Genesis 6:6-7. 
God’s Determination to destroy Man 
15. 
Genesis 6:22. 
Noah’s Obedience 
16. 
Genesis 7:1. 
Preservation of Noah 
17. 
Genesis 9:12-16. 
God’s Covenant with Noah 
18. 
Genesis 11:4-8. 
Confusion of Tongues 
19. 
Genesis 12:1-4. 
Call of Abram 
20. 
Genesis 12:5. 
Abram’s Journey to Canaan 
21. 
Genesis 13:8-11. 
Separation of Abram and Lot 
22. 
Genesis 14:18-20. 
Melchizedec blessing Abram 
23. 
Genesis 15:1. 
Encouragement to the Fearful 
24. 
Genesis 15:5-6. 
Abram justified by Faith 
25. 
Genesis 15:8. 
Covenant Confirmed to Abram 
26. 
Genesis 16:13. 
The Omniscience of God 
27. 
Genesis 17:9-10. 
Circumcision of Abraham 
28. 
Genesis 18:13-14. 
Sarah reproved for Her Unbelief 
29. 
Genesis 18:19. 
Abraham’s Care of his Family 
30. 
Genesis 18:32. 
Abraham’s Intercession for Sodom 
31. 
Genesis 19:17. 
Lot delivered out of Sodom 
32. 
Genesis 20:9. 
Abraham reproved for denying his Wife 
33. 
Genesis 21:9-10. 
Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael 
34. 
Genesis 22:6-10. 
Isaac a Type of Christ 
35. 
Genesis 22:12. 
Importance of Evidences 
36. 
Genesis 22:14. 
Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide 
37. 
Genesis 22:18. 
Abraham’s promised Seed 
38. 
Genesis 23:17-18. 
Abraham purchasing a Burying-Place in Canaan 
39. 
Genesis 24:2-4. 
Marriage of Isaac 
40. 
Genesis 25:23. 
Jacob preferred before Esau 
41. 
Genesis 25:32. 
The Birthright typical of the Christian’s Portion 
42. 
Genesis 27:35. 
Jacob obtaining the Blessing 
43. 
Genesis 28:12-13. 
Jacob’s Vision a Type of the Ministration of Angels to Christ 
44. 
Genesis 28:15. 
The Manner in which God dispenses his Favours 
45. 
Genesis 28:16-19. 
Jacob’s Pillar at Beth-el 
46. 
Genesis 28:20-22. 
Jacob’s Vow 
47. 
Genesis 32:26. 
Jacob pleading with God 
48. 
Genesis 33:4. 
Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob 
49. 
Genesis 34:31. 
Slaughter of the Shechemites 
50. 
Genesis 37:4. 
Joseph envied by his Brethren 
51. 
Genesis 39:9. 
The Need of fleeing from Sin with Abhorrence 
52. 
Genesis 40:23. 
Ingratitude of Pharaoh’s Butler 
53. 
Genesis 41:41. 
Joseph’s Advancement 
54. 
Genesis 42:21. 
The Power of Conscience 
55. 
Genesis 42:36. 
Jacob’s unbelieving Fears 
56. 
Genesis 45:8. 
God viewed in Joseph’s Advancement, 
57. 
Genesis 45:27-28. 
Jacob’s Resolution to visit Joseph in Egypt 
58. 
Genesis 47:7-10. 
Jacob’s Interview with Pharaoh 
59. 
Genesis 48:15-16. 
Jacob blessing the Sons of Joseph 
60. 
Genesis 49:10. 
Christ the true Shiloh 
61. 
Genesis 49:22-24. 
Joseph a Type of Christ 
62. 
Genesis 50:15-17. 
Joseph’s Brethren fulfilling the Prophecy respecting them