Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 1 |
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass when they were in the
field , that Cain rose up against Abel his brother , and slew him . And the Lord
said unto Cain , where is ' Abel thy brother ? And he said , I know not , am I my ...
And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass when they were in the
field , that Cain rose up against Abel his brother , and slew him . And the Lord
said unto Cain , where is ' Abel thy brother ? And he said , I know not , am I my ...
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Now , therefore , my son , obey my voice and arise , See thou to Laban my
brother , to Haran : and tarry with him a few days , until thy brother's fury turn
away , until thy brocher's anger turn away from thee , and he forget that which
thou hast ...
Now , therefore , my son , obey my voice and arise , See thou to Laban my
brother , to Haran : and tarry with him a few days , until thy brother's fury turn
away , until thy brocher's anger turn away from thee , and he forget that which
thou hast ...
Page 173
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother , and that he was
Rebekah's son ; and she ran and told her father . And it came to pass , when
Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son , that he ran to meet him , and
embraced ...
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother , and that he was
Rebekah's son ; and she ran and told her father . And it came to pass , when
Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son , that he ran to meet him , and
embraced ...
Page 196
It gave him the sincerest delight to press to his bosom , a brother whom long
absence had endeared ; he had the farther : satisfaction of shewing his
generosity , by freely forgiving former offences . It was an additional pleasure to
receive such ...
It gave him the sincerest delight to press to his bosom , a brother whom long
absence had endeared ; he had the farther : satisfaction of shewing his
generosity , by freely forgiving former offences . It was an additional pleasure to
receive such ...
Page 234
And Israel said , Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me , as to tell the man whether ye
had yet a brother ? And they said , The man asked us straitly of our state , and of
our kindred , saying , Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother and we ...
And Israel said , Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me , as to tell the man whether ye
had yet a brother ? And they said , The man asked us straitly of our state , and of
our kindred , saying , Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother and we ...
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Page 281 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 258 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 334 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 93 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Page 121 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering : so they went both of them together.
Page 121 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon Ike wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham ; and he said, Here am I.
Page 345 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 281 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 282 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 259 - JUDAH, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies ; Thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp : From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.