| Delphic oracle - 1720 - 386 pages
...Meaning is, that their Number is exceeding great, as it is apparent in this Promife of God to Abraham, In multiplying I will multiply thy Seed as the Stars of the Heaven, and at the Sand which it upon the Sea-foore. Gen: xxii. 17. Q. Gentlemen, If I buy a Commodity,... | |
| Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...(hew the fiune ~ becaufe thou haft done this Thing, and haft not withheld thy Son, thine ONLY SON : 17 That in BLESSING I will BLESS THEE, and in multiplying I will multiply thy Seed as the Stars of the Heaven , and as the Sand which is upon the Sea-more ; and thy Seed (hall poflefs the Gate of his Enemies.... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1754 - 772 pages
...baft done this 'Thing, and baft not withheld thy Son, thine only Son : That in blejflng I will bkfs thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy Seed as the Stars of the Heaven, and as the Sand which is upon the Sea-Jhore : And thy Seed Jhall poffifs the Gate of his Enemies... | |
| Richard Watson - 1791 - 500 pages
.../v'fm/'fai^h the Lord, for Ьссли'/с thou ha, ft done this Thing, — that in В le fling I will bids thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy Seed, as the Stars of the Heaven, and as the Sand which is upon the Seaihore ; and thy Seed (hall pofl'efs the Gate of his Enemies... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...Abraham ofTtring up Isaac, may also be bronghi forward as an illustration. We read that God said, " Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only sou," &c. Now, if Musts had previously told us that Isaor was- only an adopted son of Abraham,... | |
| 1805 - 590 pages
...the obedience of Abraham, God renewed his promise and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the... | |
| Philo (of Alexandria.) - 1800 - 542 pages
...to the perfect man Abraham in the following manner : " By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thy beloved sou from me, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy... | |
| 1806 - 504 pages
...made, after the intentional sacrifice of Isaac, in the following terms: " By myself have I sworn — that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...shall be seen. And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord ; for because thou hast done this thing, and liast not withheld thy son, thine only son : That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying... | |
| Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...called, to Abraham out of Heaven, saying, (the second time) by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in .bbssing, I will bless, thee; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the ' earth be blessed, because... | |
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