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Title: Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hult, Adolf, 1869-1943 Augustana synod. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., Augustana book concern
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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r Sodom. He said, If there be fifty righteousthere, wilt Thou spare the city? God said He would. ThenAbraham went down from fifty to forty-five, from forty-fiveto forty, from forty to thirty, from thirty to twenty. WouldGod be patient once more ? If there be ten, wilt Thou sparethe city? And God promised. But there were not even tenrighteous in Sodom. It was evening. Lot sat in the gate of the city. Then thetwo angels came. Good news for Lot? No, no! God meansto destroy Sodom, they said. In the morning the angelshurried Lot on, and his wife, and his two daughters thatthey should flee from the city. But do not look back to thecity, said the angels. Fire and brimstone soon rained from heaven over Sodom.Lot, with his wife and daughters, fled for their lives to themountains. But Lots wife loved Sodom. So she stoppedonce, only once, and looked back. And the fire and saltcovered her! She became like a pillar of salty stone. So wicked Sodom was burned to ashes. God punishes sin. Gen. 18, 19.
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BIBLE PRIMER 25 10. ABRAHAM OFFERING UP ISAAC. Of all things in the world Isaac was dearest to Abraham.But dearer than all the world to Abraham was the Lord God. God wished to prove Abraham — to try his faith. Godoften does so with His friends. He said to Abraham: Takethy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, andgo into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt-offering.,, What?, Offer, kill, burn Isaac? Were not allpeoples to be blessed through Isaac? How it cut Abrahamsheart to hear this! But he obeyed God. He takes Isaac, servants, wood, knife. On the third daysjourney they come to the mountain. He builds an altar, andputs wood on it. Where is the lamb for the offering? asksinnocent little Isaac. God will see to that, says Abraham. Oh, and then the poor broken-hearted Abraham takesIsaac and binds him to the wood. He lifts his knife to killhim, when an angel cries out: Abraham, Abraham, touchnot the lad. For now I know that thou fearest God. Isfather Abraham hap

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