The Old Testament History: From Creation to the Return of the Jews from CaptivityWilliam Smith |
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... seems always to have that power , which is ascribed to the blood of Abel , of " crying to God from the ground . " The cry implied is clearly that for vengeance ; and the same cry proceeds from the blood of all the martyrs . ' Cain was ...
... seems always to have that power , which is ascribed to the blood of Abel , of " crying to God from the ground . " The cry implied is clearly that for vengeance ; and the same cry proceeds from the blood of all the martyrs . ' Cain was ...
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... seems to be the only reasonable sense of the intercourse between the sons of God " ( sons of the Elohim ) and " the daughters of men " ( daughters of the Adam ) . We may put aside all fancies borrowed from heathen mythology respecting ...
... seems to be the only reasonable sense of the intercourse between the sons of God " ( sons of the Elohim ) and " the daughters of men " ( daughters of the Adam ) . We may put aside all fancies borrowed from heathen mythology respecting ...
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... seems to be : " I will take away from man the life I at first gave him , since he has corrupted himself to mere flesh , and I will limit his time on earth to one hundred and twenty years . " That the period thus de- fined was a space ...
... seems to be : " I will take away from man the life I at first gave him , since he has corrupted himself to mere flesh , and I will limit his time on earth to one hundred and twenty years . " That the period thus de- fined was a space ...
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... seems to have been the eldest , and Shem the youngest . " Their birth is placed at the 500th year of Noah's life ( Gen. v . 32 ) . This seems to refer to the eldest son ; for Shem was born two years later.13 About this time , perhaps at ...
... seems to have been the eldest , and Shem the youngest . " Their birth is placed at the 500th year of Noah's life ( Gen. v . 32 ) . This seems to refer to the eldest son ; for Shem was born two years later.13 About this time , perhaps at ...
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... seems the more probable , though there is a difficulty about bringing the Japhetic race into this region . They discovered the art of making brick from the argillaceous soil , and cementing it with the mineral bitumen or asphalt . Soon ...
... seems the more probable , though there is a difficulty about bringing the Japhetic race into this region . They discovered the art of making brick from the argillaceous soil , and cementing it with the mineral bitumen or asphalt . Soon ...
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Page 19 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 403 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 99 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 120 - Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 85 - And He said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from Me.
Page 354 - And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 328 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Page 171 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh...
Page 217 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Page 558 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim ? Mine heart is turned within me, My repentings are kindled together.