The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 2John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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Page 61
... appears afterwards to have been the boundary between the tribe of Reuben and the half - tribe of Manasseh . The earliest notice of it occurs in Gen. xxxii . 22 . The Jabbok now bears the name of Zerka . In its passage westward across ...
... appears afterwards to have been the boundary between the tribe of Reuben and the half - tribe of Manasseh . The earliest notice of it occurs in Gen. xxxii . 22 . The Jabbok now bears the name of Zerka . In its passage westward across ...
Page 62
... appears but too plain in his deal ing with Esau , when he exacted from a famishing brother so large a price for a mess of pottage , as the surrender of his birthright . Nor does the simple narrative of the Bible afford grounds by which ...
... appears but too plain in his deal ing with Esau , when he exacted from a famishing brother so large a price for a mess of pottage , as the surrender of his birthright . Nor does the simple narrative of the Bible afford grounds by which ...
Page 71
... appears to have been constructed in part from the apocryphal writings of the Rabbins ; in part from a cento of various scraps stolen from the Pentateuch ; and in the remainder from the crazy imaginings of the author ' ( Ilive ) ...
... appears to have been constructed in part from the apocryphal writings of the Rabbins ; in part from a cento of various scraps stolen from the Pentateuch ; and in the remainder from the crazy imaginings of the author ' ( Ilive ) ...
Page 72
... appear above the horizon after its setting , or by some other atmospherical phenomena , which produced sufficient light to ... appears to have accompanied the Apostle to Co- rinth ( Acts xvii . 5-9 ; Rom , xvi . 21 ) . JASPER . [ YASHPEH ...
... appear above the horizon after its setting , or by some other atmospherical phenomena , which produced sufficient light to ... appears to have accompanied the Apostle to Co- rinth ( Acts xvii . 5-9 ; Rom , xvi . 21 ) . JASPER . [ YASHPEH ...
Page 86
... appears , indeed , to have been designed for that effect . The town was utterly destroyed by the Israelites , who pronounced an awful curse upon whoever should rebuild it ; and all the inhabitants were put to the sword , except Rahab ...
... appears , indeed , to have been designed for that effect . The town was utterly destroyed by the Israelites , who pronounced an awful curse upon whoever should rebuild it ; and all the inhabitants were put to the sword , except Rahab ...
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Page 64 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 187 - We are accounted righteous before GOD, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST by faith ; and not for our own works or deservings.
Page 151 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 187 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 356 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 189 - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works ; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Page 138 - And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one.
Page 42 - Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 80 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, "If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 256 - Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.