Bible Stories to Read and Tell: 150 Stories from the Old Testament, with References to the Old and New TestamentsHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 486 pages "These stories are selected from the King James Version of the Old Testament"--Introd., p. (xix). |
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... shew thee . And I will make of thee a great na- tion , and I will bless thee , and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing . And I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all ...
... shew thee . And I will make of thee a great na- tion , and I will bless thee , and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing . And I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all ...
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... the time that women go out to draw water . And he said , " O Lord God of my master Abraham , I pray thee , send me good speed this day , and shew kindness unto my master Abra- ham . Behold , I stand here by the well 48 BIBLE STORIES.
... the time that women go out to draw water . And he said , " O Lord God of my master Abraham , I pray thee , send me good speed this day , and shew kindness unto my master Abra- ham . Behold , I stand here by the well 48 BIBLE STORIES.
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... shew kindness , I pray thee , unto me , and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house . For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews . And here also have I done nothing that they should put me into ...
... shew kindness , I pray thee , unto me , and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house . For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews . And here also have I done nothing that they should put me into ...
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... Shew a miracle for you : ' then thou shalt say unto Aaron , ' Take thy rod , and cast it before Pharaoh , and it shall become a serpent . 999 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh , and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and ...
... Shew a miracle for you : ' then thou shalt say unto Aaron , ' Take thy rod , and cast it before Pharaoh , and it shall become a serpent . 999 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh , and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and ...
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... shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth . As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people , that thou wilt not let them go ? " " " Behold , to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a ...
... shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth . As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people , that thou wilt not let them go ? " " " Behold , to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a ...
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Popular passages
Page 440 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall lie down together : and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 392 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which •shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Page 465 - There shall be an handful of corn in the earth Upon the top of the mountains ; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : And they of the city shall flourish Like grass of the earth. His name shall endure for over : His name shall be continued as long as the sun : And men shall be blessed in him : All nations shall call him blessed.
Page 447 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 445 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 445 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heeL...
Page 403 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 402 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Page 140 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances, and Miriam answered them, " Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 442 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people ; and they shall beat their...