The Old Testament NarrativeAlfred Dwight Sheffield Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910 - 510 pages |
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Alfred Dwight Sheffield. the chief captain of his host spake unto Abram , saying : “ God is with thee in all that thou doest : now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me , nor with my son , nor with ...
Alfred Dwight Sheffield. the chief captain of his host spake unto Abram , saying : “ God is with thee in all that thou doest : now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me , nor with my son , nor with ...
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... spake unto his sons in law , which were to marry his daughters , and said : " Up , get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city . " But he seemed unto his sons in law as one that mocked . And when the morning arose ...
... spake unto his sons in law , which were to marry his daughters , and said : " Up , get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city . " But he seemed unto his sons in law as one that mocked . And when the morning arose ...
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... spake unto the sons of Heth , ' saying : " I am a stranger and a sojourner with you . Give me a possession of a burying place with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight . " And the children of Heth answered Abraham , say- ing ...
... spake unto the sons of Heth , ' saying : " I am a stranger and a sojourner with you . Give me a possession of a burying place with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight . " And the children of Heth answered Abraham , say- ing ...
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... spake to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison , and to bring it . And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son , saying : " Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , Bring me veni- son , and ...
... spake to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison , and to bring it . And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son , saying : " Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , Bring me veni- son , and ...
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... spake with them , Rachel came with her father's sheep for she kept them . And it came to pass , when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother , that Jacob went near , and rolled the stone from the well's mouth , and ...
... spake with them , Rachel came with her father's sheep for she kept them . And it came to pass , when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother , that Jacob went near , and rolled the stone from the well's mouth , and ...
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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.