A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, Volume 2John Kitto Adam and Charles Black, 1845 - Bible |
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... father's life - time , and his posterity gradually ob- tained possession of it as the country which God had assigned for their inheritance in the prophetic blessing pronounced by his father Isaac ( Gen. xxvii . 39 , 40 ; xxxii . 3 ...
... father's life - time , and his posterity gradually ob- tained possession of it as the country which God had assigned for their inheritance in the prophetic blessing pronounced by his father Isaac ( Gen. xxvii . 39 , 40 ; xxxii . 3 ...
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... father's asses . It was when thus employed that he found in the wilderness eth - ha - yemim , ren- dered in the English Version by the mules , ' but meaning more probably the hot springs ; and thus interpreted , the passage seems to be ...
... father's asses . It was when thus employed that he found in the wilderness eth - ha - yemim , ren- dered in the English Version by the mules , ' but meaning more probably the hot springs ; and thus interpreted , the passage seems to be ...
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... father , over the family and its dependents ; and when the father was removed by death , he readily , and as if by an act of Providence , took his father's place . Thus he succeeded to the pro- perty in succeeding to the headship of the ...
... father , over the family and its dependents ; and when the father was removed by death , he readily , and as if by an act of Providence , took his father's place . Thus he succeeded to the pro- perty in succeeding to the headship of the ...
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... father's property and rights . Thus Dan and Naphtali were sons of Bilhah , Rachel's maid , whom she gave to her husband , failing to bear children herself . So Gad and Asher were , under similar circumstances , sons of Zilpah , Leah's ...
... father's property and rights . Thus Dan and Naphtali were sons of Bilhah , Rachel's maid , whom she gave to her husband , failing to bear children herself . So Gad and Asher were , under similar circumstances , sons of Zilpah , Leah's ...
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... father to offer the youth- thy son , thine only son Isaac , whom thou lovest ' - for a burnt - offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah . Abraham proceeded to obey the divine direction , and was on the point of slaying Isaac , when ...
... father to offer the youth- thy son , thine only son Isaac , whom thou lovest ' - for a burnt - offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah . Abraham proceeded to obey the divine direction , and was on the point of slaying Isaac , when ...
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Page 204 - For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; he will save us.
Page 310 - Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Page 321 - Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 151 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 64 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 250 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 187 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 137 - And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 189 - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Page 179 - In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.