The cration -- The foundations of human life -- The fall -- Cain and Abel -- Human progress -- Before the flood -- At the flood -- After the flood -- The new era -- A believer´s fall -- A wide outlook -- The tower of babel -- The call of Abraham -- The testing -- The separation -- A new emergency -- The test of victory -- The great encouragement -- The confirmation of faith -- A false step -- The covenant renewed -- Fellowship with God -- The ministry of intercession -- The story of Lot -- An old sin repeated -- Joy and sorrow -- The Daily round -- The supreme crisis -- Death in the home -- The evening of life -- The model servant -- The father of the faithful -- The birth of Jacob -- The birthright -- Isaac -- The blessing -- An interlude -- Bethel -- The new life -- Inthe shadows -- Turning homewards -- God's host for man's help -- Peniel- The face of God -- After Peniel -- Results of Unfaithfulness -- Bethel at last -- The school of sorrow -- "A profane person" -- Joseph's early life -- A family shame -- In Egypt -- In prison -- Exaltation -- The prime minister -- The awakening of conscience -- Divine Discipline -- Reconciliation -- Into Egypt -- The new home -- A wise ruler -- A life's sunset -- Father an sons -- Light at eventide -- Joseph's later life -- "Thou worn Jacob" -- "A fruitful bough" -- A type of Christ.