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 1Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 - Bible |
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... brother Esau 41187 Sect . XL . Jacob wrestles with an angel . His name changed to Israel . Sect . XLI . Jacob meets his brother Esau and is reconciled to - - him Sect . XLII . The Lord appears to Jacob . He puts away all the idols that ...
... brother Esau 41187 Sect . XL . Jacob wrestles with an angel . His name changed to Israel . Sect . XLI . Jacob meets his brother Esau and is reconciled to - - him Sect . XLII . The Lord appears to Jacob . He puts away all the idols that ...
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... brother Abel , and Abel was a keeper of sheep , but Cain was a tiller of the ground . And in process of time it came to pass , that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering untọ the LORD .. And Abel he also brought of the ...
... brother Abel , and Abel was a keeper of sheep , but Cain was a tiller of the ground . And in process of time it came to pass , that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering untọ the LORD .. And Abel he also brought of the ...
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... 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 brother's keeper ? And ...
... 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 brother's keeper ? And ...
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... brother was , that the LORD GOD had re- jected his sacrifice , and accepted Abel's . There is rea- con to suppose ( as we observed before ) that sacrifices were appointed of Gon himself , because , before the fall , Man was not allowed ...
... brother was , that the LORD GOD had re- jected his sacrifice , and accepted Abel's . There is rea- con to suppose ( as we observed before ) that sacrifices were appointed of Gon himself , because , before the fall , Man was not allowed ...
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... brother as a punishment ; on the contrary , we may re- gard his early death , in reference to Providence , as a mark of the Divine approbation ; and may reasonably conclude , that as he testified a true faith , he was after death ...
... brother as a punishment ; on the contrary , we may re- gard his early death , in reference to Providence , as a mark of the Divine approbation ; and may reasonably conclude , that as he testified a true faith , he was after death ...
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Abimelech Abram Adam ALMIGHTY Amorites Angels ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS appears beast Beer-sheba behold blessing brethren brother brought Cain called camels cattle Chap children of Israel commanded covenant creatures daughters earth Egyptians Esau everlasting evil faith father favour fear flocks fowl Genesis give God's hand Haran heart heaven holy honour human hundred Image Isaac Ishmael Israelites Jacob Joseph kind king Laban Lamech land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen lived LORD said unto mankind mercy mind Moses Moses and Aaron Nahor nations nature Noah pass patriarch Pharaoh pray thee raoh Rebekah righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai Scripture SECTION sent shalt thou shew Sodom and Gomorrah sons sons of Noah spake unto suppose thine thing thou hast thou shalt thy seed thy servants took tree unto Abraham unto Moses unto the LORD unto thee waters wicked wife woman
Popular passages
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.