Old Testament Narratives: Selected and Edited, with an Introduction and NotesCharles Elbert Rhodes Foresman, 1915 - 395 pages |
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... ABRAHAM . 40 XI . XII . THE WOOING AND WINNING OF REBEKAH .. THE STORY OF ESAU SELLING HIS BIRTH- RIGHT AND OF JACOB SUPPLANTING ESAU .. XIII . JACOB'S DREAM .. 41 47 3333 53 XIV . JACOB'S PATIENT SERVING FOR THE HAND OF RACHEIL XV . AN ...
... ABRAHAM . 40 XI . XII . THE WOOING AND WINNING OF REBEKAH .. THE STORY OF ESAU SELLING HIS BIRTH- RIGHT AND OF JACOB SUPPLANTING ESAU .. XIII . JACOB'S DREAM .. 41 47 3333 53 XIV . JACOB'S PATIENT SERVING FOR THE HAND OF RACHEIL XV . AN ...
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... ( Abraham ) , in Mesopotamia . 3. A general term meaning the land west of the river Jordan . The country took its name from Canaan , one of the sons of Ham . Hence the Canaanites were , according to Hebrew history , like the Israelites ...
... ( Abraham ) , in Mesopotamia . 3. A general term meaning the land west of the river Jordan . The country took its name from Canaan , one of the sons of Ham . Hence the Canaanites were , according to Hebrew history , like the Israelites ...
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... Abraham ; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee . And I will make thee exceeding fruitful , and I will make nations of thee , and kings shall come out of thee . And I will establish my covenant between me and thee ...
... Abraham ; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee . And I will make thee exceeding fruitful , and I will make nations of thee , and kings shall come out of thee . And I will establish my covenant between me and thee ...
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... Abraham said unto God , " Oh that Ishmael1 might live before thee ! " 2 And God said , “ Nay , but Sarah thy wife ... Abraham a son in his old age , at the set time of which God had spoken to him . And Abraham called the name of his son ...
... Abraham said unto God , " Oh that Ishmael1 might live before thee ! " 2 And God said , “ Nay , but Sarah thy wife ... Abraham a son in his old age , at the set time of which God had spoken to him . And Abraham called the name of his son ...
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... Abraham , mocking.1 Wherefore she said unto Abraham , " Cast out this handmaid and her son for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son , even with Isaac . " And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of ...
... Abraham , mocking.1 Wherefore she said unto Abraham , " Cast out this handmaid and her son for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son , even with Isaac . " And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of ...
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Page 126 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 40 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.
Page 245 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 202 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 125 - Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell' the children of Israel ; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 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 34 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 93 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 40 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 25 - 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; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Page 132 - And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh ! this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.