Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE PENTATEUCH,

IN ITS

PROGRESSIVE REVELATIONS OF GOD TO MEN.

DESIGNED FOR BOTH PASTORS AND PEOPLE.

BY REV. HENRY COWLES, D.D.

“Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can
I unless some man should guide me?”――ACTS VIII: 30, 31.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON & CO.,
549 AND 551 BROADWAY.
1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
REV. HENRY COWLES, D.D.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.