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... and reform lateral branches ( which doubtless were many ) but only of the principal persons by whom , in a right line , the succession was continued down to Noah , and thence to Abraham , the founder of the Jewish nation .
... and reform lateral branches ( which doubtless were many ) but only of the principal persons by whom , in a right line , the succession was continued down to Noah , and thence to Abraham , the founder of the Jewish nation .
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... called in Scripture men of in Abraham's family , it seems very probable that he renown , did ensue ; but it is impious to think , that God intended us an intimation hereof in the manner of his would ever concur with the devil ...
... called in Scripture men of in Abraham's family , it seems very probable that he renown , did ensue ; but it is impious to think , that God intended us an intimation hereof in the manner of his would ever concur with the devil ...
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1 . they do this , they relate how Deucalion first instituted this cus- tem in memory of that calamity , and his deliverance from it . : The common opinion that they were the descendants of Chised , the nephew of Abraham , is at once ...
1 . they do this , they relate how Deucalion first instituted this cus- tem in memory of that calamity , and his deliverance from it . : The common opinion that they were the descendants of Chised , the nephew of Abraham , is at once ...
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... B. C. 1648 ; thence to Abraham's birth , B. C. 2153 ; thence to the reign of Nimrod , 2554 ; thence to the deluge ... without any promises from God ; and that the religion from Adam to Abraham was purely natural , and such as had ...
... B. C. 1648 ; thence to Abraham's birth , B. C. 2153 ; thence to the reign of Nimrod , 2554 ; thence to the deluge ... without any promises from God ; and that the religion from Adam to Abraham was purely natural , and such as had ...
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CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THINGS FROM THE FLOOD TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM , IN ALL 426 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS . - ACCORDING TO DR HALES 1007 YEARS . PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . it was like the light of the moon and stars , a dim light in ...
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THINGS FROM THE FLOOD TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM , IN ALL 426 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS . - ACCORDING TO DR HALES 1007 YEARS . PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . it was like the light of the moon and stars , a dim light in ...
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Page 90 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 90 - 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.
Page 192 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands.
Page 266 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel : and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these ; so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 104 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 156 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 400 - Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him ; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him : But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Page 41 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 191 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 277 - 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.
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| Title | A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and dissertations, and a complete index by D. Dewar, Volume 137 A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and dissertations, and a complete index by D. Dewar, Thomas Stackhouse |
| Author | Thomas Stackhouse |
| Editor | Daniel Dewar |
| Published | 1836 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2006 |
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