 Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out...  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 73by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Kenneth M. Griffiths - 2007 - 286 pages
...peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed and he whom thou cursest is cursed". (v.12) "And God said unto Balaam, thou shall not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for... | |
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...prophecy and other Divine gifts. For when Balak bade him come to him, he said (Num. xxii 6), " For I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou eursest is cursed." Thus we see that he possessed the gift which. God had bestowed on Abraham. Further,... | |
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