| John Cooke (headmaster of the grammar sch. of k. Edw. vi, Birmingham.) - 1835 - 510 pages
...superstition, which have drenched whole countries with blood, under pretence of serving the Lord : " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. O my soul, enter not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united."... | |
| Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 400 pages
...last words that Jacob spake to his sons, we find this expression concerning Simeon and Levi, 'Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was crueL'* It cannot be imagined that Jacob intended to curse his sons, or bring any imprecation upon them, as... | |
| REV. I.E.N. MOLESWORTH - 1836 - 424 pages
...united : for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,...for it was cruel ; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel." (Genesis xlix. 5—7.) Such were the "adversities " they brought upon themselves,... | |
| Peter Graham (topographical writer.) - 1836 - 292 pages
...rest of his brethren. Jacob on his death-bed showed his indignation against Simeon and Levi. " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,...for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. 11 Gen. xlix. 5—7. In effect, the tribes of Simeon and Levi were scattered... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1836 - 938 pages
...sin, but to delight in it ; see Horn. i. 32. As the original word r¡n raison signifies, 276 7 Cursed be their anger, for it £?•'.?«». was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel : f I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8 E Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren... | |
| Thomas M'Crie - Sermons, English - 1836 - 422 pages
...which they sought to wipe off, but extorted from him these bitter words on his death-bed : " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." t We never more need to " put away all wrath and bitterness and clamour and evil speaking-," and to... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1836 - 406 pages
...had carried their rage too far, and remembered Jacob's words to his sons Simeon and Levi—" Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." But I had now a new task upon my hands; for when the men I carried with me saw the sight, as I had... | |
| Francis A. Schaeffer - Religion - 1994 - 436 pages
...thou united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,...for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Gen. 49:5-7) This prophecy referred to an incident which had involved Shechem,... | |
| Vincent L. Tollers, John R. Maier - Religion - 1990 - 390 pages
...glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,...for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel" (49:5-7). I have discussed three readings of the Dinah story: SandmePs, Sternberg's,... | |
| Daniel Eilon - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 228 pages
...united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath,...for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. —Genesis 49:6-7 The central argument of this book is that Swift's work is... | |
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