The Antiquities of Egypt: With a Particular Notice of Those that Illustrate the Sacred Scriptures, with Numerous Engravings |
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... probably arose the famines which are mentioned in its early history , though afterwards it became a land , the inhabitants whereof ate the increase of their fields , which not only flowed with milk and honey , but abounded in the fat of ...
... probably arose the famines which are mentioned in its early history , though afterwards it became a land , the inhabitants whereof ate the increase of their fields , which not only flowed with milk and honey , but abounded in the fat of ...
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... probably suggested his murder in the wilderness : see Gen. xlix . 5—7 . He then allowed the rest to set out on their return with their supplies of corn , putting every man's money in the mouth of his sack , with the evident intention of ...
... probably suggested his murder in the wilderness : see Gen. xlix . 5—7 . He then allowed the rest to set out on their return with their supplies of corn , putting every man's money in the mouth of his sack , with the evident intention of ...
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... probably the cattle also , were returned to their original possessors . This clear definition of the respective rights of the sovereign and of the subject continued to be the law of Egypt long after the death of Joseph , and most probably ...
... probably the cattle also , were returned to their original possessors . This clear definition of the respective rights of the sovereign and of the subject continued to be the law of Egypt long after the death of Joseph , and most probably ...
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... Probably this was the motive of the Egyptians for embalming both men and animals , a custom which was uni- versal among them . The plague , which now makes its appearance in Egypt annually on the subsidence of the Nile , and often ...
... Probably this was the motive of the Egyptians for embalming both men and animals , a custom which was uni- versal among them . The plague , which now makes its appearance in Egypt annually on the subsidence of the Nile , and often ...
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... Probably it was from this highly civilized people , in the midst of whom " the children of Israel were fruitful , and increased abun- dantly , and multiplied , and waxed exceeding mighty , " Exod . i . 7 , that they also learned the ...
... Probably it was from this highly civilized people , in the midst of whom " the children of Israel were fruitful , and increased abun- dantly , and multiplied , and waxed exceeding mighty , " Exod . i . 7 , that they also learned the ...
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Page 13 - Come near to me. I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 32 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 12 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 167 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 23 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 30 - And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Page 167 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 59 - I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 21 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 31 - And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.