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... old times of Abraham and Moses are dimmed by the mists of so many centuries
, and are connected with such strange events , that they are apt to assume a myth
- like appearance , and we find a difficulty in looking on them as real things .
... old times of Abraham and Moses are dimmed by the mists of so many centuries
, and are connected with such strange events , that they are apt to assume a myth
- like appearance , and we find a difficulty in looking on them as real things .
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In filling up those remote Bible scenes , and in his effort to make them vivid and
life - like to the reader , the author has made use of the well - known laws in
human feeling and conduct , by which we know that certain things being given ,
certain ...
In filling up those remote Bible scenes , and in his effort to make them vivid and
life - like to the reader , the author has made use of the well - known laws in
human feeling and conduct , by which we know that certain things being given ,
certain ...
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Were all these things dreams , fancies , things of a heated imagination in the
father , and told falsely about the son ? and were they all to fade away with the
individuals themselves ? Nay , we cannot believe it . For we in our day , so distant
from ...
Were all these things dreams , fancies , things of a heated imagination in the
father , and told falsely about the son ? and were they all to fade away with the
individuals themselves ? Nay , we cannot believe it . For we in our day , so distant
from ...
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... by the Euphrates with Suttum , an Arab sheikh , who as their horses dashed
gaily along amid interminable beds of flowers , exclaimed in his excitement , “
What kef ( delight ) has God given us equal to this ? It is the only thing worth living
for .
... by the Euphrates with Suttum , an Arab sheikh , who as their horses dashed
gaily along amid interminable beds of flowers , exclaimed in his excitement , “
What kef ( delight ) has God given us equal to this ? It is the only thing worth living
for .
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uncertain , and sometimes utterly fail ; and when the latter is the case , vegetation
is soon burnt up , springs and wells are dry , the soil is turned to powder , all
living things begin to perish ; the horrors of famine are on the land . So it was now
.
uncertain , and sometimes utterly fail ; and when the latter is the case , vegetation
is soon burnt up , springs and wells are dry , the soil is turned to powder , all
living things begin to perish ; the horrors of famine are on the land . So it was now
.
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Aaron Abraham afterward already ancient answer appears Arab became become blessing bring brother brought called character coming dead descendants directed divine Egypt Egyptian encampment eyes face famine father fear feeling feet felt flocks former give given ground hand heart hope hundred Israelites Jacob Joseph journey king knew land latter leader living look Lord means miles mind Moses mountain multitudes nature offered once passed Pharaoh plain present priests probably reached region remained respecting rest rise rock says scene seemed seen sent seven side Sinai soon stone strange supposed taken tent thee things thou thought tion took travelled tribe turned unto valley vast Wady whole wide young
Popular passages
Page 156 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 482 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20.
Page 157 - 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...
Page 310 - And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 242 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 321 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 244 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Page 251 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 483 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 338 - Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full : for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Life-scenes from the Old Testament |
| Author | George Jones |
| Publisher | J. C. Garrigues & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 498 pages |
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