THE BOOK OF WISDOM – PART XIII

AN OVERVIEW OF WISDOM WORKING IN HISTORY

I. Chapter 10 transitions from the overall reflections on Wisdom in the first nine chapters to the specific application of those reflections to the Exodus, with associated commentary, in the last nine chapters.

II. The chapter begins with a reflection on the guidance of Adam and Abraham by Wisdom as contrasted with the wickedness of Cain.

A. At the beginning, the focus is primarily on Adam, rather than Eve.

2. The passage then describes Wisdom as raising Adam up after his fall.

3. The passage describes the Ark as "the frailest wood."

III. The passage then proceeds onto a comment on Wisdom as guiding Abraham and his nephew Lot.

A. The book contrasts the just Abraham with the wickedness of the nations.

IV. The passage then turns to how Wisdom guided Jacob and his son Joseph in the midst of struggles in the world.