The Old Testament NarrativeAlfred Dwight Sheffield Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910 - 510 pages |
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... evil genius . In spite of Jeremiah's protests , Judah in 588 joined a coalition of rebellious states headed by Pharaoh Hophra . A Babylonian army soon appeared and began the siege of Jeru- salem . Its inhabitants looked for a divine ...
... evil genius . In spite of Jeremiah's protests , Judah in 588 joined a coalition of rebellious states headed by Pharaoh Hophra . A Babylonian army soon appeared and began the siege of Jeru- salem . Its inhabitants looked for a divine ...
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... evil . And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted , and became into four heads . The name of the first is Pison that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah , where there is gold ; and the ...
... evil . And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted , and became into four heads . The name of the first is Pison that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah , where there is gold ; and the ...
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... evil . " And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was pleasant to the eyes , and a tree to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ...
... evil . " And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was pleasant to the eyes , and a tree to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ...
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... evil : and now , lest he put forth his hand , and take also of the tree of life , and eat , and live for ever 1 99 1 The language suggests the tradition , found among other ancient peoples , and familiar in the story of Prometheus ...
... evil : and now , lest he put forth his hand , and take also of the tree of life , and eat , and live for ever 1 99 1 The language suggests the tradition , found among other ancient peoples , and familiar in the story of Prometheus ...
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... 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 . " And God ...
... 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 . " And God ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham Absalom according Achish Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah Ahikam altar Amorites answered asherah Balaam behold blessed brethren brought burnt offering captain chariots children of Israel commanded covenant Daniel daughter David delivered dwelt earth Edom Egypt Egyptians Esther evil gate Haman heard hearkened heart heaven Hezekiah high places host Jacob Jehoiakim Jehoshaphat Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Joseph Joshua Kareah king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Israel king of Judah kingdom land of Egypt Lord hath Lord said unto Moab Mordecai Nebuchadnezzar pass Pharaoh Philistines pray thee priest princes prophet saith the Lord Samaria Samuel Saul say unto sent Shechem shew silver slew smote Solomon sons spake unto stood sword Syria temple thereof thing thou hast thou shalt thy servant told took unto Moses unto the king unto the Lord unto thee Wherefore wife words Zedekiah
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Page 12 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud...
Page 340 - 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 12 - 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 503 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 66 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 31 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 10 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 19 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: "for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 27 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Page 1 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.