The Century Bible, a Modern Commentary, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Century Bible, a Modern Commentary, Vol. 1: Genesis The 'tracts of time which divide us from the characters of Genesis, and even from the authors who tell their story, are longer by centuries, and sometimes by millenniums, than those which have elapsed since our Lord was a man among men. Yet the lines quoted above are only partly true in either case. Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph are no mere shadowy visions, but familiar friends, more real to many than the statesmen and generals of our own day, and the far-off voices are neither faint nor strange, but still speak clear, intelligible, and emphatic words on faith, and hope, and duty. The Patriarchs appeal to us, interest and help us, because they are types of classes of men, their adventures were not unfamiliar experiences in the ancient East, and still stand as vivid pictures and sym bols of crises in human life to-day. There have been there are still - many Abrahams who have gone out, not knowing whither they went, in obedience to some dictate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.