. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. RUSSIA , RUSSIA, MERCH BOOK I. ANCIENT HISTORY, THE EARLIEST AGES. ANTEDILUVIAN HISTORY. The Creation—The Antediluvians.—After God had created the heavenand the earth; had separated the land from the water; and had created the beastsof the field, the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; and had clothed the earthwith verdure and vegetation, he created man in his own image, and endowed himwith the gifts of reason and speech, to be the ruler of the world. The first pair,Adam and Eve, were placed in the b
. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. RUSSIA , RUSSIA, MERCH BOOK I. ANCIENT HISTORY, THE EARLIEST AGES. ANTEDILUVIAN HISTORY. The Creation—The Antediluvians.—After God had created the heavenand the earth; had separated the land from the water; and had created the beastsof the field, the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; and had clothed the earthwith verdure and vegetation, he created man in his own image, and endowed himwith the gifts of reason and speech, to be the ruler of the world. The first pair,Adam and Eve, were placed in the beautiful Garden of Eden, on the RiverEuphrates, in Mesopotamia, where they remained until, contrary to the commandof the Creator, they ate of the forbidden fruit, and thus lost their purity andchildlike innocence. Their eldest son, Cain, killed his brother Abel, and becamea fugitive and vagabond in the earth. In the course of time, the descendant?of Adam and Eve became very numerous. All that we know of the history ofthe Antediluvians, or the people who lived before the Deluge, is contain
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