 | Religion - 1840 - 1078 pages
...it is from the combustion of bitumen, that the black smoke chiefly arises during a volcanic eruption ("the smoke of the Country went up as the smoke of a furnace," Gen. 19: 28). "Muriate of soda, * It is certainly true, that the art of the chemist and the manufacturer... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 664 pages
...of the soil ; where it is said that Abraham got up early in the morning, and " looked towards Sodom `` ^9 6 Y ~ O ݷ?պ w ߾ v _ 6n [; vw 5 3 w_ s = 5 \ n > uɪW 5 ö The character of this catastrophe approaches nearest to that of a volcanic eruption : an opinion which... | |
 | 1844 - 444 pages
...Gomorrah, and towards HEBREW HISTORY. 9 all the land of the plain, perhaps about thirty miles distant, and lo, the smoke of the country, went up as the smoke of a furnace," (Gen. xix. 27, 28) and thus, that valley which was full of inhabitants, and fruitful as " the garden... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1841 - 368 pages
...brow of Carberry. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. " And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and lo! the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." (Written in her fourteenth year.) 0 dread was the night, when o'er Sodom's wide plain The fire of heaven... | |
 | John Kitto - Jews - 1841 - 640 pages
...Jehovah, " he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Then he but too well knew that he had judged all too favourably of Sodom, when he had reckoned that... | |
 | Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 708 pages
...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand;... | |
 | Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 712 pages
...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand ;... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...picture of wretchedness, and which gave to the whole region round about the aspect Abraham beheld when " lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace," — made Walsall stand out in pleasant contrast. The town is large, as the circular points out. The... | |
 | Eli Smith - Bible - 1841 - 708 pages
...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand ;... | |
 | William Sellon - 1841 - 152 pages
...folly and disobedience !—Then God sent fire and brimstone out of heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. He overthrew the cities and all the inhabitants ; and made them an example to those who should afterwards... | |
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And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 
