Verse 20
20. Concerning things to come It is not quite true that prophets first arose in the later history of Israel. For Abraham was “a prophet.”
Genesis 20:7. The recorded paternal blessings of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph were prophecies, and we know not how many unrecorded prophecies they uttered. The lineal family nay, we may say the lineal race was for ages susceptible to presentiment and predictive frames. Their natural temperament, therefore, was a basis of possibility of divine revelation. The supernaturalistic person is often unattractive, and not good or wise; but when wise and good, a lofty character may therefrom arise.
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