Baltic, or so-called, provinces of
Russia.

[36:4] Encyclopaedia Britannica, art. "Babel."

[36:5] Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 27.

[36:6] Brinton: Myths of the New World, p. 204.

[36:7] Humboldt: American Researches, vol. i. p. 96.

[36:8] Ibid.

[36:9] Ibid., and Brinton: Myths of the New World, p. 204.

[36:10] The Pentateuch Examined, vol. iv. p. 272.

[37:1] Quoted by Bishop Colenso: The Pentateuch Examined, vol. iv. p.
272.

[37:2] Humboldt: American Researches, vol. i. p. 97. Lord Kingsborough:
Mexican Antiquities.

[37:3] Com. on Old Test. vol. i. p. 196.

CHAPTER IV.

THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH.

The story of the trial of Abraham's faith--when he is ordered by the
Lord to sacrifice his only son Isaac--is to be found in Genesis xxii.
1-19, and is as follows:

"And it came to pass . . . that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him: 'Abraham,' and he said: 'Behold, here I am.'
And he (God) said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains
which I will tell thee of.'

"And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his
ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his
son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up
and went into the place which God had told him. . . . (When
Abraham was near the appointed place) he said unto his young
men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go
yonder and worship, and come again to thee. And Abraham took
the wood for the burnt offering, and laid it upon (the
shoulders of) Isaac his son, and he took the fire in his hand,
and a knife, and they went both of them together. And Isaac
spake unto Abraham his father, and said: 'Behold the fire and
the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?' And
Abraham said: 'My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering.' So they went both of them together, and they
came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built
an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac
his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham
stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and
said: 'Abraham! Abraham! lay not