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... learned writer doubtful where the land of Goshen was , and whether it was a rich land , it has been satisfactorily shown that the “ best of the land , " as applied to Goshen , means 4 HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS . The Land of Goshen Pheron.
... learned writer doubtful where the land of Goshen was , and whether it was a rich land , it has been satisfactorily shown that the “ best of the land , " as applied to Goshen , means 4 HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS . The Land of Goshen Pheron.
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... rich clayey earth which subsides during the inundation . This serves the Egypti- ans for meat , drink , and physic . It is eaten in abundance during the season , even by the richer sort of people ; but the common people scarcely eat any ...
... rich clayey earth which subsides during the inundation . This serves the Egypti- ans for meat , drink , and physic . It is eaten in abundance during the season , even by the richer sort of people ; but the common people scarcely eat any ...
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... rich in gold and silver , for which they were celebrated , was their mines of these precious metals . Their gold mines were in the desert of the upper country . Their position , still known to the Arabs , is about s.E. from Ba- The ...
... rich in gold and silver , for which they were celebrated , was their mines of these precious metals . Their gold mines were in the desert of the upper country . Their position , still known to the Arabs , is about s.E. from Ba- The ...
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... rich and the poor , the powerful and weak , the learned and the ig- norant , were to find relief and security . The two leading principles of the duty of these judges were , first , that those who had been wronged should be benefited by ...
... rich and the poor , the powerful and weak , the learned and the ig- norant , were to find relief and security . The two leading principles of the duty of these judges were , first , that those who had been wronged should be benefited by ...
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... rich ; but at this period , the evil appears to have descended among the less wealthy , who envied , and sought to imitate those above them . The result of such attempts was , the accumulation of debt to such an extent as demanded the ...
... rich ; but at this period , the evil appears to have descended among the less wealthy , who envied , and sought to imitate those above them . The result of such attempts was , the accumulation of debt to such an extent as demanded the ...
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Page 34 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 43 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 30 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Page 2 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 87 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Page 61 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 62 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 54 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 5 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...