The Old Testament in Verse 1 (Verses 1 - 8)

Genesis

1

B.C.

1

A-Adam

II. 2

Adam was formed from the dust of the ground,

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The Creation.

21

And when he awakened the woman he found!

Adam and Eve

III. 1.5

In the garden of Eden, were Adam and Eve,

In the garden of Eden

When the couple were completed to sin and deceive.

2

2

Twas Satan, who tempted the woman to sin,

The serpent deceiveth Eve.

And thus did the woe of all mortals begin.

The Fall of Adam

6-7

And Adam she tempted, the apple he ate,

And the loss of Eden.

And they fell from their holy and happy estate!

3

3

And the man and the woman inEdenwere hidden,

The promise of a

When the fruit had been eaten that they were forbidden

Savior, the same

8-24

And God was displeased with their sinful behavior,

Evening that they

And Adam was punished, but promised a Saviour!

Had sinned.

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4

4

IV

Then Adam and Eve were father and mother

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Cain & Abel born.

A-Abel

1-25

Of wicked Cain, who had killed his brother.

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Cain kills Abel.

Then wicked Cain, he had no brother,

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Seth born, the 3^rd son.

Till Seth was given to comfort the Mother!

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Enos born, son of Seth.

5

5

V

And thus from Seth, is Enoch descended,

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Cainaan born, son of Ham.

6-24

The noble Enoch, who never offended

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Mahaleel born, son of Cainaan.

God took him to heaven while still alive,

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Jared born, son of Mahaleel.

Aged three hundred and sixty five.

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Enoch born, son of Jared

6

6

And who was his son?  Can you divine?

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Methuselah born, son of Enoch. The oldest of men, and he died the year of the flood.

25-27

His years were nine hundred and sixty nine!

When you tell his age, then his name is told,

For who but Methuselah grew so old?

7

7

The years of his son were numbered lower,

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Lamech born, son of Methuselah.

26-31

His name was Lamech, the father of Noah;

Noah born, son of Lamech. Noah commences the Ark.

And this is the Noah of Rain-bow fame,

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Who built the ark and filled the same.

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8

8

VI

Of all living things there were two of a kind

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Japheth born, son of Noah.

10-22

And Shem, Ham and Japheth with Noah we find

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Shem born,       “    “    “

VII.  VIII.

And their mother was there, and they each had a wife

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Ham born,        “    “    “

IX.

So the Arkw as the saving of many a life.

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The deluge.

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9

9

B-Babel

X.

And now with the flood, we will mark the new era,

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Arphaxed born, son of Shem.

22-25

Beginning with Shem, and concluding with Terah

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Salah born, son of Arphaxid.

XI

Though between and betwixt them, we shall have rehearsed

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Eber born, son of Salah.

The manner in which all the people dispersed.

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Peleg born, son of Eber.

Babel built.