Popular Commentary of the Bible: The historical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1923 |
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Page 8
... thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com- manded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? Adam would have remained in the state of blissful innocence if he had not eaten of the forbidden fruit ; he would not have ...
... thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com- manded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? Adam would have remained in the state of blissful innocence if he had not eaten of the forbidden fruit ; he would not have ...
Page 9
... 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 . The serpent , which had placed its cunning into the service of ...
... 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 . The serpent , which had placed its cunning into the service of ...
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... thou be con- sumed in the iniquity of the city . The new day dawned , and Lot was still busy with his affairs or ... hast magnified Thy mercy which Thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain , lest ...
... thou be con- sumed in the iniquity of the city . The new day dawned , and Lot was still busy with his affairs or ... hast magnified Thy mercy which Thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain , lest ...
Page 44
... thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife . God prevents the greater sin which might have happened as a result of Abra- ham's weakness . Appearing to Abimelech in a dream by night , a form of ...
... thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife . God prevents the greater sin which might have happened as a result of Abra- ham's weakness . Appearing to Abimelech in a dream by night , a form of ...
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... thou hast sojourned . Abraham was still living in the land of the Philistines , and the latter were unable to deny that a special blessing of God rested upon Abraham . This fact finally prompted Abimelech to pro- pose a covenant between ...
... thou hast sojourned . Abraham was still living in the land of the Philistines , and the latter were unable to deny that a special blessing of God rested upon Abraham . This fact finally prompted Abimelech to pro- pose a covenant between ...
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Page 29 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 276 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 3 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 16 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 138 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 2 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so.
Page 116 - I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey...
Page 413 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 136 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 64 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.