Old Testament NarrativesGeorge Henry Nettleton H. Holt and Company, 1909 - 294 pages |
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... took the man , and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it . And the Lord God commanded the man , saying , Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , thou ...
... took the man , and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it . And the Lord God commanded the man , saying , Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , thou ...
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... took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat . And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together , and made themselves ...
... took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat . And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together , and made themselves ...
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... dove found no rest for the sole of her foot , and she returned unto him into the ark , for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : then he put forth his hand , and took her , and pulled her in unto him into the ark . THE FLOOD 13.
... dove found no rest for the sole of her foot , and she returned unto him into the ark , for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : then he put forth his hand , and took her , and pulled her in unto him into the ark . THE FLOOD 13.
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... took of every clean beast , and of every clean fowl , and offered burnt offerings on the altar . And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart , I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the ...
... took of every clean beast , and of every clean fowl , and offered burnt offerings on the altar . And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart , I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the ...
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... took Sarai his wife , and Lot his brother's son , and all their substance that they had gathered , and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came ...
... took Sarai his wife , and Lot his brother's son , and all their substance that they had gathered , and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came ...
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Page 4 - And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 36 - 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 283 - ... claws. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say...
Page 278 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which •shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Page 36 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Page 6 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 180 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 5 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 103 - 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 2 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.