A Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman PeriodMacmillan, 1901 - 324 pages |
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... brought upon himself a curse instead of the paternal blessing , is the typical father of the despised Canaanites ; while JAPHETH is the reputed ancestor of the nations inhabiting the zone north of the Semitic world . The tradition that ...
... brought upon himself a curse instead of the paternal blessing , is the typical father of the despised Canaanites ; while JAPHETH is the reputed ancestor of the nations inhabiting the zone north of the Semitic world . The tradition that ...
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... brought forth bread and wine for the patriarch , and solemnly blessed him in the name of ' El - Elyon , ' the Most High God . ' To Melchizedek in return Abram reverently gave tithes of all . With the king of Sodom , however , he ...
... brought forth bread and wine for the patriarch , and solemnly blessed him in the name of ' El - Elyon , ' the Most High God . ' To Melchizedek in return Abram reverently gave tithes of all . With the king of Sodom , however , he ...
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... brought the patriarch into contact with the Hittites , who had apparently established themselves at Hebron , though that city lay within the borders of Amoritish = 1 i.e. probably either ( 1 ) equivalent to ' Moreh ' the highland ...
... brought the patriarch into contact with the Hittites , who had apparently established themselves at Hebron , though that city lay within the borders of Amoritish = 1 i.e. probably either ( 1 ) equivalent to ' Moreh ' the highland ...
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... brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent and she became his wife . And now at the age of 175 years Abra- Gen. xxv . 7-11 . ham was gathered to his people , and was buried in the cave of Machpelah by the side of Sarah his wife ...
... brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent and she became his wife . And now at the age of 175 years Abra- Gen. xxv . 7-11 . ham was gathered to his people , and was buried in the cave of Machpelah by the side of Sarah his wife ...
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... brought its inevitable penalty , and the story of his life is a kind of parable describing the painful but salutary discipline by which the character of the ' supplanter ' was transformed into that of ' Israel , ' the hero who strives ...
... brought its inevitable penalty , and the story of his life is a kind of parable describing the painful but salutary discipline by which the character of the ' supplanter ' was transformed into that of ' Israel , ' the hero who strives ...
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Page 65 - 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.
Page 75 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 207 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 76 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 176 - So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. And the Lord said unto him, "Call his name Jezreel ; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Page 128 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.
Page 282 - By the torture, prolonged from age to age, "By the infamy, Israel's heritage, "By the Ghetto's plague, by the garb's disgrace, "By the badge of shame, by the felon's place, "By the branding-tool, the bloody whip, "And the summons to Christian fellowship, — "We boast our proof that at least the Jew "Would wrest Christ's name from the Devil's crew.
Page 121 - And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
Page 59 - And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: and they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
Page 32 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.