Oriental illustrations of the sacred Scriptures, collected from the customs, manners [&c.] of the Hindoos1844 |
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... wife . The regions of the south were appointed to Ham and his posterity , and the south wind is the chariot of Chama or Cama . Job says , " Thy garments are warm by the south wind , " ( Job xxxvii . 17 , ) and great virtues are ...
... wife . The regions of the south were appointed to Ham and his posterity , and the south wind is the chariot of Chama or Cama . Job says , " Thy garments are warm by the south wind , " ( Job xxxvii . 17 , ) and great virtues are ...
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... wife has been for some time considered sterile , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built . When a man marries , " he is making a new house . " CHAP ...
... wife has been for some time considered sterile , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built . When a man marries , " he is making a new house . " CHAP ...
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... wife looked back from behind him . - Verse 26 . " From behind him . " This seems to imply that she was following her husband , as is the custom at this day . When men , or women , leave their house , they never look back , as " it would ...
... wife looked back from behind him . - Verse 26 . " From behind him . " This seems to imply that she was following her husband , as is the custom at this day . When men , or women , leave their house , they never look back , as " it would ...
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... wife , when he wants her to do any thing which is arduous , " Ah ! the apple of my eye ! only do this , and I will give thee a gold ( mukādu ) veil . " CHAP . XXI . God hath made me to laugh . - Verse 6 . A woman advanced in years ...
... wife , when he wants her to do any thing which is arduous , " Ah ! the apple of my eye ! only do this , and I will give thee a gold ( mukādu ) veil . " CHAP . XXI . God hath made me to laugh . - Verse 6 . A woman advanced in years ...
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... wife ; and , strange as it may appear , it is sometimes at the wife's request . † Perhaps she has not had any children , or they may have died ; and they both wish to have one , to perform their funeral ceremo- nies . By the laws of ...
... wife ; and , strange as it may appear , it is sometimes at the wife's request . † Perhaps she has not had any children , or they may have died ; and they both wish to have one , to perform their funeral ceremo- nies . By the laws of ...
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Page 539 - And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Page 397 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 23 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 134 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 352 - As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Page 288 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house : and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
Page 369 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Page 140 - And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Page 333 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 388 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.