_____ ,-'| GOD |'-. ,-' , ----- . '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. ,-' ,' / \ '. '-. +--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ |2 | |6 | |12| |21| |25| |37| +--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ |A | |N | |A | |I | |J | |J | |D | |O | |B | |S | |A | |O | |A | |A | |R | |A | |C | |S | |M | |H | |A | |A | |O | |E | | | | | |H | |C | |B | |P | | | | | |A | | | | | |H | | | | | |M | | | | | | | +--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+-----+--+ | BEGINNINGS | +-----------------------------------------------+ | GOD | +-----------------------------------------------+ NOTE.--In order to make the work and the method of recording it as clear as possible, the outline study of Genesis is printed in full, except the answers to the questions. II. _Kind of Literature:_ History. III. _Meaning of Name:_ Beginning. IV. _Author:_ Moses. V. _Beginning and Ending Dates:_ 4004 B.C. to 1689 B.C., making 2315 years. VI. _Outline of Contents:_ 1. 1 to 11. God's Dealings with the Human Race. 2. 12 to 50. God's Dealings with the Chosen Race. VII. _Key Verse:_ 1:1 in part: "In the beginning God--" VIII. _Leading Thought:_ God before all and in all and over all. IX. _Leading Phrases and Verses:_ 4:9--"Am I my brother's keeper?" 15:1--"Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward." 18:4--"Is anything too hard for Jehovah?" X. _Leading Chapters with Names:_ 1. The Six Days of Creation. 3. The Temptation, the Fall and the Promise. 4. Cain and Abel. 6 to 8. The Flood. 11. Babel. 12. Abraham. 22. The Sacrifice of Isaac. 23. The Wrestling of Jacob. 37. Joseph. 49. The Blessings of Jacob. XI. _Leading Characters._ See Device. XII. _Leading Lessons:_ 1. God's Intimate Acquaintanceship with Man. 2. The Wide Influence of One Person. (Let teacher and scholar illustrate these.) XIII. _What of Christ:_ (a) Symbol: (The blood of Abel. Heb. 12:24.) (b) Type: Adam. Rom. 5:14. Melchizedek. Heb. 6:20. (c) Analogy: Noah. Joseph. (d) Prophecy: 3:15: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel." 12:3: "In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed." See Matt. 1:1. 49:10: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be." XIV. _Questions:_ 1. Name the first two great institutions established by Jehovah.