Old Testament StoriesJames Richard Rutland Silver, Burdett Company, 1912 - 374 pages |
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... according to subjects . Besides omissions which were inevitable according to the plan of selection , the reader may note a few paraphrases and some omissions which were thought necessary in preparing the book for high school classes ...
... according to subjects . Besides omissions which were inevitable according to the plan of selection , the reader may note a few paraphrases and some omissions which were thought necessary in preparing the book for high school classes ...
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... According to the Bible , Abraham , the forefather of the Hebrews , migrated out of Babylonia ( B. C. 2350 ) into the land of Canaan in Syria . Many years later his grand- son , Jacob , went into Egypt to avoid the stringency Migrations ...
... According to the Bible , Abraham , the forefather of the Hebrews , migrated out of Babylonia ( B. C. 2350 ) into the land of Canaan in Syria . Many years later his grand- son , Jacob , went into Egypt to avoid the stringency Migrations ...
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... according to tradition , by seventy - two Jews , each of whom , in a separate cell , made a complete translation of the Old Testament ; and , when compared , these seventy - two copies were found to be so nearly identical that they were ...
... according to tradition , by seventy - two Jews , each of whom , in a separate cell , made a complete translation of the Old Testament ; and , when compared , these seventy - two copies were found to be so nearly identical that they were ...
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... According to Bede , about the middle of the seventh century ( 665 ) Caedmon , the cowherd poet of Whitby , made poetical paraphrases or free translations of Genesis , Exodus , and other historical books . To our Anglo - Saxon ancestors ...
... According to Bede , about the middle of the seventh century ( 665 ) Caedmon , the cowherd poet of Whitby , made poetical paraphrases or free translations of Genesis , Exodus , and other historical books . To our Anglo - Saxon ancestors ...
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... according to subjects and the printing of poetry in metrical form . Not- withstanding its advantages and its deserved popularity , it is not likely to supplant in the hearts of this generation the old version either as literature or as ...
... according to subjects and the printing of poetry in metrical form . Not- withstanding its advantages and its deserved popularity , it is not likely to supplant in the hearts of this generation the old version either as literature or as ...
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Page 77 - 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 44 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it ; cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto...
Page 252 - 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 327 - 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 42 - 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 41 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew...
Page 312 - And his servant said unto him, " Alas, my master ! how shall we do?" And he answered: "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." And Elisha prayed, and said : " Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see." And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 54 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 280 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Page 145 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.