The Literary Man's Bible: A Selection of Passages from the Old Testament, Historic, Poetic and Philosophic, Illustrating Hebrew LiteratureWilliam Leonard Courtney Chapman and Hall, 1908 - 414 pages |
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... surely die . And the LORD God said , It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him . And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field , and every fowl of the air ; and brought them ...
... surely die . And the LORD God said , It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him . And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field , and every fowl of the air ; and brought them ...
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... surely become a great and mighty nation , and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him , that he will command his children and his household after him , and they shall keep the way of the LORD , to do ...
... surely become a great and mighty nation , and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him , that he will command his children and his household after him , and they shall keep the way of the LORD , to do ...
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... Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not . And he was afraid , and said , How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven . And Jacob rose up early in the morning , and ...
... Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not . And he was afraid , and said , How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven . And Jacob rose up early in the morning , and ...
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... Surely thou art my bone and my flesh . And he abode with him the space of a month . And Jacob told that he was And it came And Laban said unto Jacob , Because thou art my brother , shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought ? tell me ...
... Surely thou art my bone and my flesh . And he abode with him the space of a month . And Jacob told that he was And it came And Laban said unto Jacob , Because thou art my brother , shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought ? tell me ...
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... with the children . And thou saidst , I will surely do thee good , and make thy seed as the sand of the sea , which cannot be numbered for multitude . And he lodged there that same night ; and took GENESIS 71 HISTORICAL SECTION.
... with the children . And thou saidst , I will surely do thee good , and make thy seed as the sand of the sea , which cannot be numbered for multitude . And he lodged there that same night ; and took GENESIS 71 HISTORICAL SECTION.
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Page 231 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, And the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; And a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed ; Their young ones shall lie down together : And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, * And the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 239 - Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Page 271 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 383 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 152 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 374 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, , • And would none of my reproof : I also will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 245 - Who is among you that feareth the LORD, That obeyeth the voice of his servant, That walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Page 248 - He. was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to • the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Page 56 - Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him : every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and 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 imagination...
Page 48 - 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. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the...