A Historical and Critical Commentary on the Old Testament, with a New Translation, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1879 - Bible |
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... word is rendered impossible by the repeated phrase " And evening was , and morning was , " both forming one natural day . Nor can the circumstance , that on the fourth day only the sun was created to divide the day from the night ...
... word is rendered impossible by the repeated phrase " And evening was , and morning was , " both forming one natural day . Nor can the circumstance , that on the fourth day only the sun was created to divide the day from the night ...
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... words of the text defy the absurd distortions of the sense prompted by the obstinacy of pre- judice . Nor can the book of Genesis , in all cases , be illustrated from the book of Job , since the physical notions of both are at variance ...
... words of the text defy the absurd distortions of the sense prompted by the obstinacy of pre- judice . Nor can the book of Genesis , in all cases , be illustrated from the book of Job , since the physical notions of both are at variance ...
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... words are substantives ; Inn is a deserted , uninhabited , pathless place ( Deut . xxxii . 10 ; Job vi . 18 ; xii . 24 ; Ps . cvii . 40 ; Arab . space ( Job xxvi . 7 ) , dreary devastation ( Isai . xxiv . 10 ; xxxiv . 11 ; Rashi , less ...
... words are substantives ; Inn is a deserted , uninhabited , pathless place ( Deut . xxxii . 10 ; Job vi . 18 ; xii . 24 ; Ps . cvii . 40 ; Arab . space ( Job xxvi . 7 ) , dreary devastation ( Isai . xxiv . 10 ; xxxiv . 11 ; Rashi , less ...
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... words it omits in ver . 7 , but adds again , in the eighth verse , " And God saw that it was good . " The circum- stance that similar terms of approbation are used in connection with all the other days of creation , has induced the ...
... words it omits in ver . 7 , but adds again , in the eighth verse , " And God saw that it was good . " The circum- stance that similar terms of approbation are used in connection with all the other days of creation , has induced the ...
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... words y , correctly separated by the Masorites , must , therefore , not be combined , as has been done by the Sep- tuagint ( βοτάνην χόρτου ) , the Vulgate ( herbam virentem ) , and others ; and has been advocated by Rosenmueller , who ...
... words y , correctly separated by the Masorites , must , therefore , not be combined , as has been done by the Sep- tuagint ( βοτάνην χόρτου ) , the Vulgate ( herbam virentem ) , and others ; and has been advocated by Rosenmueller , who ...
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Abimelech abodes Abraham Aholibamah ancient animals Antiq appear Arabia Arabic Assyrian Babylon begat behold Bible Biblical blessing brother Cain called Canaan chapter chief Chron comp covenant creation daughter deluge descendants Deut district Divine earth eastern Edom Egypt Egyptian Elohist Esau Euphrates existence Ezek father former Gesen Greek heart heaven Hebrew Herod human inhabitants Isaac Isai Ishmael Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovist Joseph Josephus Josh Judah king Laban Lamech land later lived Lord meaning mentioned Mesopotamia mountain Nahor narrative nations nature Noah note on Exod origin patriarch Pentateuch Persian Pharaoh PHILOLOGICAL REMARKS Plin Rachel Rebekah regarded renders river Sarah scarcely Sept Septuagint Shechem signifies sons Strabo Syria Terah thee thou Tigris tion town tribes vers verse viii Vulg whilst whole wife words xvii xviii xxiv xxvii
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Page 260 - Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle ? MICAH.
Page 186 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 558 - That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Page 127 - Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 448 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 222 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Page 188 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.
Page 32 - These are thy glorious Works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 420 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 216 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.