A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and dissertations, and a complete index by D. Dewar, Volume 137 |
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... plain sense of the words is nothing more , than that God gave Cain a sign , or wrought a miracle before his face , thereby to convince him , that though he was banished into a strange land , yet no one should be permitted to hurt him ...
... plain sense of the words is nothing more , than that God gave Cain a sign , or wrought a miracle before his face , thereby to convince him , that though he was banished into a strange land , yet no one should be permitted to hurt him ...
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... plain account that we meet with of sacrifices , is here in the examples of Cain and Abel . Mention is made indeed of the skins of some beasts , wherewith God directed our first parents to be clothed ; but expos- might not denote some ...
... plain account that we meet with of sacrifices , is here in the examples of Cain and Abel . Mention is made indeed of the skins of some beasts , wherewith God directed our first parents to be clothed ; but expos- might not denote some ...
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... plain where they family of the murderer Cain . son , had lived , to the mountains over against paradise , where Adam is said to have been buried ; and for some time lived there in the fear of God , and in the strictest rules of piety ...
... plain where they family of the murderer Cain . son , had lived , to the mountains over against paradise , where Adam is said to have been buried ; and for some time lived there in the fear of God , and in the strictest rules of piety ...
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... plain in England , now called Stone - henge . 2. The Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland . 3. The Circular Gigantic Stone at Ravenna . 4. The Tower of Babel . 5. The Two Obelisks mentioned by Herodotus . 6. The Temple of Diana in ...
... plain in England , now called Stone - henge . 2. The Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland . 3. The Circular Gigantic Stone at Ravenna . 4. The Tower of Babel . 5. The Two Obelisks mentioned by Herodotus . 6. The Temple of Diana in ...
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... plain truth is , the LXX translation was , not long before this time , finished ; and when the Jewish antiqui- ties came to appear in the world , the Egyptians ( who are mighty pretenders this way ) grew jealous of the hon- our of their ...
... plain truth is , the LXX translation was , not long before this time , finished ; and when the Jewish antiqui- ties came to appear in the world , the Egyptians ( who are mighty pretenders this way ) grew jealous of the hon- our of their ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham ACCORDING TO HALES Adam altar Amorites ancient angel appear Balaam Bibliotheca Biblica blessing body brother Cain called Canaan Clerc's Commentary command covenant creatures death deluge descended divine earth Edom Egypt Egyptians Esau Exod father flood gave give God's heaven Hebrew holy honour idolatry imagine inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Jewish Jews Joseph Josephus Judah king land likewise lived Lord mankind manner Midian miracle Moses Mount Mount Hor Mount Seir mountains nations nature Noah observe occasion offered opinion passage patriarch Patrick's Commentary person Pharaoh plain posterity priest probably promise reason Red Sea river sacred sacrifice says Scripture seems Septuagint serpent Shechem signifies sons sons of Noah suppose tabernacle tells thee thing thou thought tion took tribe unto wherein whole wife words worship
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Page 88 - 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 88 - 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 190 - 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 264 - 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 102 - 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 154 - 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 398 - 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 39 - 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 189 - 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 275 - 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.