CHAPTER XI.

THE PATRIARCHS, ISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, 132; Isaac, 132; Jacob, 133; At Bethel, 133; At Mahanaim, 137; The struggle of prayer; The points and grounds of this conflict; The law of prevailing prayer, 140; Jacob and Joseph, 143; Developments of personal character, 144; Joseph in Egypt, 146; The hand of God in this history: Seen in the sufferings of the innocent, 155; Seen in overruling sin for good, 158; The purposes of God in locating Israel in Egypt, 160; Ancient Egyptian history and life confirms Moses, 162; Special passages considered: Going down into Sheol, Gen. 37: 35, 166; Jacob’s benedictions upon his sons, Gen. 49, 168; The Scepter of Judah, Gen. 49: 10, 169; The less readable portions of Genesis, 171; Close of Genesis, 172.