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... returned , but the dove flew back , and was taken into the ark again . Why the raven The raven did not return be- did not return . cause it found ample food in the dead carcases which floated on the waters . Why the dove did return ...
... returned , but the dove flew back , and was taken into the ark again . Why the raven The raven did not return be- did not return . cause it found ample food in the dead carcases which floated on the waters . Why the dove did return ...
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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. returned because it could not feed on carrion , and no green thing had yet appeared . experiment . Noah repeats the After a lapse of seven days , Noah sent forth the dove again ; and in the evening it came back ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. returned because it could not feed on carrion , and no green thing had yet appeared . experiment . Noah repeats the After a lapse of seven days , Noah sent forth the dove again ; and in the evening it came back ...
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... returned from Babylon . It contained 11,000 square miles ; was 200 miles long , and 90 broad . Why Canaan was so called . Canaan was so called because God promised Abraham to give it to his seed for an everlasting possession . This ...
... returned from Babylon . It contained 11,000 square miles ; was 200 miles long , and 90 broad . Why Canaan was so called . Canaan was so called because God promised Abraham to give it to his seed for an everlasting possession . This ...
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... returned home after this trial , and lived in peace for 12 more years ; when Sarah his wife died , at the age of 127 years . ( B.c. 1855. ) Sarah is the only woman whose age is men . tioned in the Bible . How long Abraham lived ...
... returned home after this trial , and lived in peace for 12 more years ; when Sarah his wife died , at the age of 127 years . ( B.c. 1855. ) Sarah is the only woman whose age is men . tioned in the Bible . How long Abraham lived ...
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... returned to his father's house after the sacrifice ; and Christ ascended to God , his Father , after the crucifixion . Isaac was offered up on mount Moriah , the temple was built upon the same site , and Calvary ( on which our Lord was ...
... returned to his father's house after the sacrifice ; and Christ ascended to God , his Father , after the crucifixion . Isaac was offered up on mount Moriah , the temple was built upon the same site , and Calvary ( on which our Lord was ...
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Page 209 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 164 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 280 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 40 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 210 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 357 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 50 - God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine...
Page 216 - They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight, Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Page 383 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, ° before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 401 - And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.