Bible stories, from the Creation to the conquest of CanaanJoseph Thomas, 1840 - 204 pages |
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... never re - enter the gates of 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 ...
... never re - enter the gates of 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 ...
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... never disregarded . The Lord heard the voices of his erring creatures , and sent his Spirit down to commune with and comfort them . In the grove , whither they had fled for concealment , they soon be- came conscious of the Divine ...
... never disregarded . The Lord heard the voices of his erring creatures , and sent his Spirit down to commune with and comfort them . In the grove , whither they had fled for concealment , they soon be- came conscious of the Divine ...
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... never desired with such yearning , and never brought less joy when it came ; for the rising sun shewed that a change was taking place upon all things . The keen winds had scattered about the beautiful foliage of the groves ; flowers ...
... never desired with such yearning , and never brought less joy when it came ; for the rising sun shewed that a change was taking place upon all things . The keen winds had scattered about the beautiful foliage of the groves ; flowers ...
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... never to be permitted to re - enter . It was a heavy leave - taking when Adam and Eve , for the last time , wandered hand - in - hand through the bowers wherein they had been placed at their creation , and looked their last upon the ...
... never to be permitted to re - enter . It was a heavy leave - taking when Adam and Eve , for the last time , wandered hand - in - hand through the bowers wherein they had been placed at their creation , and looked their last upon the ...
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... never been known or understood . The sisters of Cain and Abel were beautiful , affectionate beings , tenderly attached to their brothers and to each other , and charming away every sorrow and affliction from their parents 22 BIBLE STORIES .
... never been known or understood . The sisters of Cain and Abel were beautiful , affectionate beings , tenderly attached to their brothers and to each other , and charming away every sorrow and affliction from their parents 22 BIBLE STORIES .
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Bible Stories, from the Creation to the Conquest of Canaan George Moir Bussey No preview available - 2018 |
Bible Stories, from the Creation to the Conquest of Canaan George Moir Bussey No preview available - 2015 |
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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.