The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1859 |
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... Plain of Gennesaret . 109 Assault of Robbers ( at Irbid ) 114 Kulaet Ibn M'an , Wady Hamam .. 115 Kefr Kenna ...... 119 The Vale of Nazareth . 127 Sefûrich - Plain of Büttauf ... 133 Tabor 137 Khan et Teijar - Arab Fair ... ..... 153 ...
... Plain of Gennesaret . 109 Assault of Robbers ( at Irbid ) 114 Kulaet Ibn M'an , Wady Hamam .. 115 Kefr Kenna ...... 119 The Vale of Nazareth . 127 Sefûrich - Plain of Büttauf ... 133 Tabor 137 Khan et Teijar - Arab Fair ... ..... 153 ...
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... Plain of Jericho - North End of Dead Sea .... 441 Dead Sea from the North .......... 447 View around North End of Dead Sea from Akabet ed Deîr ..... 459 Dead Sea from Top of Olivet .......... 465 Wall at Southeast Corner of Temple Area ...
... Plain of Jericho - North End of Dead Sea .... 441 Dead Sea from the North .......... 447 View around North End of Dead Sea from Akabet ed Deîr ..... 459 Dead Sea from Top of Olivet .......... 465 Wall at Southeast Corner of Temple Area ...
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... plain peasants , accustomed to open their roofs , and let down grain , straw , and other articles , as they still do in this country . The only difficulty in this explanation is to understand how they could break up the roof without ...
... plain peasants , accustomed to open their roofs , and let down grain , straw , and other articles , as they still do in this country . The only difficulty in this explanation is to understand how they could break up the roof without ...
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... plain of Butaiha which appertained to it . As we have leisure enough while sauntering down this flowery plain , I should like to hear some account of this Jaulan above us . It is the Golan of the Hebrews , the Gau- lanitis of the Greeks ...
... plain of Butaiha which appertained to it . As we have leisure enough while sauntering down this flowery plain , I should like to hear some account of this Jaulan above us . It is the Golan of the Hebrews , the Gau- lanitis of the Greeks ...
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... plain of Gennesaret , where he had landed . They would probably find him somewhere about ' Ain et Tîny , near which , I presume , the party reached the shore from their wonder- ful sail . But if it should appear to any one more probable ...
... plain of Gennesaret , where he had landed . They would probably find him somewhere about ' Ain et Tîny , near which , I presume , the party reached the shore from their wonder- ful sail . But if it should appear to any one more probable ...
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Page 497 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 402 - Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Page 527 - And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Page 165 - Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Page 185 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page 148 - Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Page 105 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 220 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 226 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Page 94 - After whom is the king of Israel come out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a dead dog, after a flea.