An Abridgment of Scripture History, Consisting of Lessons Selected from the Old Testament for the Use of Schools and FamiliesSarah Trimmer F. and C. Rivington, 1811 - 168 pages |
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... speak not to Jacob either good or bad . 30 And now , though thou wouldest needs be gone , because thou sore longest after thy father's house , yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban , Because I ...
... speak not to Jacob either good or bad . 30 And now , though thou wouldest needs be gone , because thou sore longest after thy father's house , yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban , Because I ...
Page 46
... - ther , unto the land of Seir , the country of Edom . 4 And he commanded them , saying , Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus , I have so- journed with Laban , and stayed there until now : 46.
... - ther , unto the land of Seir , the country of Edom . 4 And he commanded them , saying , Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus , I have so- journed with Laban , and stayed there until now : 46.
Page 47
... speak unto Esau when ye find him . 20 And say ye moreover , Behold , thy servant Jacob is be- hind us . For he said , I will appease him with the present that goeth before me , and afterward I will see his face ; peradven- ture he will ...
... speak unto Esau when ye find him . 20 And say ye moreover , Behold , thy servant Jacob is be- hind us . For he said , I will appease him with the present that goeth before me , and afterward I will see his face ; peradven- ture he will ...
Page 50
... old age and he made him a coat of many colours . And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren , they hated him , and would not speak peaceably unto him . 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream , and he told 50.
... old age and he made him a coat of many colours . And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren , they hated him , and would not speak peaceably unto him . 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream , and he told 50.
Page 62
... speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants ; behold , we are my lord's servants ; both we , and he also with whom the cup is found . 17 And he said , God forbid that I should 62.
... speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants ; behold , we are my lord's servants ; both we , and he also with whom the cup is found . 17 And he said , God forbid that I should 62.
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Page 52 - Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. «My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. *And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Page 20 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 11 - 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...
Page 12 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 73 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 15 - And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air ; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 14 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 117 - Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Page 54 - I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Page 140 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.