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Excerpt from The Sacred Scriptures in Hebrew and English, Vol. 1: A New Translation, With Notes Critical and Explanatory
Ch. VI. Noah, in order to escape from a deluge which is to destroy every liv ing being on the earth, is ordered to build an Ark, p. 26. He enters it with his family. Animals, birds and reptiles, do also enter with him spontaneously, p. 27 - 28. Ch. Vii. Commencement and increase of the deluge, p. 29. The waters subside, p. 30. Ch. Viii. Noah is ordered by God to leave the ark; his sacrifice of thanks giving, p. 32. Promises of God to mankind, p. 32 - 36. Ch. Ix. God blesses Noah and his posterity, p. 34. The rainbow declared to be a sign of the covenant between God and mankind, p. 36. Noah's inebriety, and the conduct of his sons on that occasion, p. 37. He curses Canaan, p. 38; and dies 350 years after the deluge, p. 39. Ch. Xi. Genealogical list of the sons of Noah, p. 39 - 44. Building of a high tower at Babylon, p. 44. Confusion of languages, which frustrates that design mankind spread over the earth, p. 45. Genealogical register from Shem till Abram, p. 46. Abram removes with his father, wife, and nephew, from his native place Ur Casdim, to Haran in Mesopotamia, p. 48.
Section 15 Ch. Xii. - xviii. Translation and Notes, by the rev. D. A. DE sola.
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