Bible stories, from the Creation to the conquest of CanaanJoseph Thomas, 1840 - 204 pages |
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... heavens , the earth , the sea , and all that they contain . At his word all things were moulded into beauty , and assumed the places assigned to them . On the seventh day , the sun shone over the new - made and perfect world , serene ...
... heavens , the earth , the sea , and all that they contain . At his word all things were moulded into beauty , and assumed the places assigned to them . On the seventh day , the sun shone over the new - made and perfect world , serene ...
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... heaven , who had been enjoined to attend to all their wants and wishes , even before they were expressed . The attributes of the Almighty , the mysteries of the creation , the duties of heavenly and earthly beings , were explained B 2 ...
... heaven , who had been enjoined to attend to all their wants and wishes , even before they were expressed . The attributes of the Almighty , the mysteries of the creation , the duties of heavenly and earthly beings , were explained B 2 ...
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... heaven into a place of gloom , and pain , and sorrow . Satan , the chief of these rebellious angels , had heard of the creation of the world from his place of punishment with envy and hatred ; and when he learned the injunction ...
... heaven into a place of gloom , and pain , and sorrow . Satan , the chief of these rebellious angels , had heard of the creation of the world from his place of punishment with envy and hatred ; and when he learned the injunction ...
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... heaven , from which he had been expelled . Adam and Eve had not long been placed in Paradise , when Satan , prowling about the earth , discovered their abode , girt in by mountains and rocks , which formed an almost inacces- sible wall ...
... heaven , from which he had been expelled . Adam and Eve had not long been placed in Paradise , when Satan , prowling about the earth , discovered their abode , girt in by mountains and rocks , which formed an almost inacces- sible wall ...
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... heaven ; and everything that is in the earth shall die . " And Noah , that he might yield implicit obedience to the word of the Lord , retired from the imme- diate haunts of those among whom his life had hitherto been passed ; for he ...
... heaven ; and everything that is in the earth shall die . " And Noah , that he might yield implicit obedience to the word of the Lord , retired from the imme- diate haunts of those among whom his life had hitherto been passed ; for he ...
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Bible Stories, from the Creation to the Conquest of Canaan George Moir Bussey No preview available - 2018 |
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Aaron Abel Abraham Abram Adam Adam and Eve Almighty altar Amalek angels anger arose Assyria beast Behold blessed brethren brother brought Cain camels cattle cave of Machpelah children of Israel commanded creatures curse daughters death destroy Divine earth Egyptians Esau evil exclaimed father fear first-born fled flocks fruit Gibeon Hagar hand hastened hath heard heart heaven Hebrews inhabitants Isaac Ishmael Israelites Jacob Jehovah Joseph Joshua journey king Laban land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen Lord Mamre mercy Moses mother mountains night Nimrod Noah Pharaoh plain Potiphar pray thee promise Rachel Rebekah returned sacks sacrifice Sarah saying sent serpent seven sister Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah sons sorrow spake thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy seed took tree tribes unto thee voice wanderings waters wept wife wilderness words worship
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Page 185 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 49 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 50 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 40 - Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female ; and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Page 17 - And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 186 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 46 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 64 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I GENESIS 14 will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 17 - 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 109 - And behold the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.