Introduction to the Book of Genesis, with a commentary on the opening portion, from the Germ., ed. by J. Heywood, Volume 21855 |
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... less than the admirable commentaries more exclusively designed for the learned by profession ; while at the same time , by the aid of criticism and history , it should aim at presenting a clear view of the purely poetic character of the ...
... less than the admirable commentaries more exclusively designed for the learned by profession ; while at the same time , by the aid of criticism and history , it should aim at presenting a clear view of the purely poetic character of the ...
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... less authentic ) is pre- ceded by a series of myths and legends ' , whose patriotic object it uniformly is , to trace the origin and to exalt the early glories of the people . A narrative may be recognised as mythic , when it refers to ...
... less authentic ) is pre- ceded by a series of myths and legends ' , whose patriotic object it uniformly is , to trace the origin and to exalt the early glories of the people . A narrative may be recognised as mythic , when it refers to ...
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... less proscribing them as the offspring of pure imagination or intentional deception ; but simply en- deavouring to discover the original nucleus of fact , and the motives for the marvellous , under the peculiar aspect which they must ...
... less proscribing them as the offspring of pure imagination or intentional deception ; but simply en- deavouring to discover the original nucleus of fact , and the motives for the marvellous , under the peculiar aspect which they must ...
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... people , by the well - known affinity of their language . The land of Canaan is of very limited extent , stretching from north to south but 150 miles in length , and being , PALESTINE . 15 at its northern extremity , less than.
... people , by the well - known affinity of their language . The land of Canaan is of very limited extent , stretching from north to south but 150 miles in length , and being , PALESTINE . 15 at its northern extremity , less than.
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... less fa- voured by nature , consist for the most part of bare and naked rocks ; on the north , however , even the rocks are thickly covered with wood . If we may depend , with equal confidence , on the picture of the early state of ...
... less fa- voured by nature , consist for the most part of bare and naked rocks ; on the north , however , even the rocks are thickly covered with wood . If we may depend , with equal confidence , on the picture of the early state of ...
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Abraham according Amorites ancient antiquity appear ascribed Babylonish behold Bertholdt Bohlen book of Genesis Canaan Canaanites captivity Chaldæans chapter character children of Israel Chron Chronicles Compare criticism daughter David Deity derived Deut Deuteronomy Doeg the Edomite dwell Egyptians Eichhorn Elohim Exod father firstborn forty Gesenius gods hand hath Hebrew Hindoos holy Hyksos Isaiah Israelites Jacob Jahn Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Jordan Joseph Josiah Judah king land of Egypt legends Levites Lord thy Moab Moabites Moses narrative nation origin Palestine passage Pentateuch Pharaoh Phoenicians priests primæval princes prophets Psalms Red Sea reference reign remarkable sacred sacrifices Samuel shekels side Jordan Solomon sons tabernacle temple thee thine thou shalt thousand tion tribes tribes of Gad unto the Lord verse viii Wette whole worship writing xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxxiv
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Page 60 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 70 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 118 - And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Page 109 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Page 96 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 211 - Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land : And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 120 - 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.
Page 284 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Page 224 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 246 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.