The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... accordingly he ob- tained by the will of God ; who being defirous to make an ex- periment of Abraham's religious difpofition towards himself , appeared to him , and " Enumerated all the bleffings he had " beflowed on him ; how he had ...
... accordingly he ob- tained by the will of God ; who being defirous to make an ex- periment of Abraham's religious difpofition towards himself , appeared to him , and " Enumerated all the bleffings he had " beflowed on him ; how he had ...
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... Accordingly the , in a little time , as God had foretold , bare twins ; the elder of whom , from his head to his feet , was very rough and hairy . But the younger took hold of his heel as they were in the birth . Now the father loved ...
... Accordingly the , in a little time , as God had foretold , bare twins ; the elder of whom , from his head to his feet , was very rough and hairy . But the younger took hold of his heel as they were in the birth . Now the father loved ...
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... Accordingly Efau went out a hunting . But + Rebeka The fupper of favoury meat , as we call it , Gen. xxvii . 4. to be caught by hunting , was intended plainly for a feftival or a facrifice ; and upon the prayers that were frequent at ...
... Accordingly Efau went out a hunting . But + Rebeka The fupper of favoury meat , as we call it , Gen. xxvii . 4. to be caught by hunting , was intended plainly for a feftival or a facrifice ; and upon the prayers that were frequent at ...
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... Accordingly , Lea took the fame method , and ufed a counter - ftratagem to that of her fifter's ; for the put to bed to him her own hand - maid . Jacob therefore had by Zilpha a fon , whofe name was Gad , - which may be interpreted ...
... Accordingly , Lea took the fame method , and ufed a counter - ftratagem to that of her fifter's ; for the put to bed to him her own hand - maid . Jacob therefore had by Zilpha a fon , whofe name was Gad , - which may be interpreted ...
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... Accordingly Pharaoh being furprised at Jofeph , not only for his interpretation of the dream , but for the counsel he had given him , intrufled him with dispensing the corn ; with power to do what he thought would be for the benefit of ...
... Accordingly Pharaoh being furprised at Jofeph , not only for his interpretation of the dream , but for the counsel he had given him , intrufled him with dispensing the corn ; with power to do what he thought would be for the benefit of ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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Page 15 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 16 - For many angels" of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.