THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN'S SUNDAY EVENING. FIRST SUNDAY EVENING. ISRAEL PASSING OVER JORDAN. MAMMA. We have now, Edward, come to an end of that part of Scripture History which is to be found in the first five books of the Bible. These first five books were written by Moses and are generally called the Pentateuch; a hard word, taken from two Greek words, meaning five and book. Besides this name for the whole of them together, they have each a separate name, taken also from the Greek language; and I think you would like to know the meaning of them, even though they should be rather difficult to remember. The word Genesis means generation; and the first book is so called, because it begins by telling us how the heavens and the earth were generated or produced, and then goes on to speak of the different generations of men in this early time of the world. The second book is called Exodus: a word which means departing or going out, because it gives an account of the Israelites' going out of Egypt. |