Life-scenes from the Old TestamentJ. C. Garrigues & Company, 1868 - 498 pages |
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... tion , our dromedaries sped onward . There was no path to follow , and no barrier reared by nature or human hand to retard or turn them aside . Their course was direct and regular as if guided by compass . Often did I scan the country ...
... tion , our dromedaries sped onward . There was no path to follow , and no barrier reared by nature or human hand to retard or turn them aside . Their course was direct and regular as if guided by compass . Often did I scan the country ...
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... tion . The smaller animals assembled in groups , obedient to the call of their masters , and then followed them far away in the distance . Thus disappeared flock after flock , each knowing and following its own shepherd . Occasionally ...
... tion . The smaller animals assembled in groups , obedient to the call of their masters , and then followed them far away in the distance . Thus disappeared flock after flock , each knowing and following its own shepherd . Occasionally ...
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... tion was set aside on a separate mat for the sheikh ; and 1 See map in Chapter xlviii . 2 Wine boiled down to a jelly - like consistency . 3 Rice , with a lake of butter on its centre . members of his household , retainers , and such of ...
... tion was set aside on a separate mat for the sheikh ; and 1 See map in Chapter xlviii . 2 Wine boiled down to a jelly - like consistency . 3 Rice , with a lake of butter on its centre . members of his household , retainers , and such of ...
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... tion has also very much of this character of poetry . Layard was travelling over the plains by the Euphrates with Sut- tum , an Arab sheikh , who as their horses dashed gaily along amid interminable beds of flowers , exclaimed in his ...
... tion has also very much of this character of poetry . Layard was travelling over the plains by the Euphrates with Sut- tum , an Arab sheikh , who as their horses dashed gaily along amid interminable beds of flowers , exclaimed in his ...
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... One is Ur , a for- tress on the Tigris near Habra ; but there is no tradi- tion in its favor , and the argument for it rests only on its identity of name and on its distance from Haran , 54 LIFE - SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT .
... One is Ur , a for- tress on the Tigris near Habra ; but there is no tradi- tion in its favor , and the argument for it rests only on its identity of name and on its distance from Haran , 54 LIFE - SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT .
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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.