Conversations on the Bible, by a ladyHenry Colburn, 1824 - 437 pages |
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... father and his mother and cleave unto his wife , and they shall be one flesh . " The Mosaic account of the creation has been admired by the most accomplished scholars . The emphatical sen- tences by which the instantaneous production of ...
... father and his mother and cleave unto his wife , and they shall be one flesh . " The Mosaic account of the creation has been admired by the most accomplished scholars . The emphatical sen- tences by which the instantaneous production of ...
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... father , concludes the second age of the world , a period of four hundred and thirty - seven years . ( B. C. 2126. ) During this lapse of ages , the knowledge of the Deity had become greatly obscured and debased by ignorance . and ...
... father , concludes the second age of the world , a period of four hundred and thirty - seven years . ( B. C. 2126. ) During this lapse of ages , the knowledge of the Deity had become greatly obscured and debased by ignorance . and ...
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... father , but not the daughter of my mother . " In CATHERINE . I hope Abraham was not really married to his sister ! MRS . M. Not his sister , as we understand that appella- tion , but as it is commonly used in scripture 24.
... father , but not the daughter of my mother . " In CATHERINE . I hope Abraham was not really married to his sister ! MRS . M. Not his sister , as we understand that appella- tion , but as it is commonly used in scripture 24.
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... father and mother . Taking advan- tage of this custom , Abraham imagined he might with impunity defend himself by a mental reservation . CATHERINE . But in his case it was a duty to tell the whole truth , because his concealment of a ...
... father and mother . Taking advan- tage of this custom , Abraham imagined he might with impunity defend himself by a mental reservation . CATHERINE . But in his case it was a duty to tell the whole truth , because his concealment of a ...
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... - phatically called " the father of the faithful , " to the most rigid trial , God commanded him to take Isaac his son into the land of Moriah , and offer him on one of the mountains for a burnt offering . Isaac , his only son 26.
... - phatically called " the father of the faithful , " to the most rigid trial , God commanded him to take Isaac his son into the land of Moriah , and offer him on one of the mountains for a burnt offering . Isaac , his only son 26.
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham afflicted altar amongst Amorites army Assyria Babylon Balaam became behold blessing brethren brother brought called Canaan captivity CATHERINE CHARLES chief commanded covenant daughter David death Deity delivered divine earth Egypt Elisha enemies Esau Ezra FANNY father favour glory hand hath heart heathens heaven Hebrew holy honour hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jacob Jehovah Jephthah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Joseph Joshua Judah king king's kingdom land Levites lived Lord Medes mercy messenger miracle Moab monarch Moses mother Mount Mount Seir nation Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh offered Pharaoh Philistines pious present priests prince promise prophecy prophet punishment received refused reign religion royal sacred sacrifice Samson Saul scripture sent servant Shechem Sisera Solomon sons strangers Syria Tabernacle temple thee thou shalt throne tion tribes unto whilst whole wife wilderness worship Zedekiah
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Page 415 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 172 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 290 - What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Page 417 - The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 333 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 297 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 149 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 434 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 130 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me?
Page 316 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.