Short comments for use in family worship, on eighty passages of the Book of Genesis |
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... Holy Scripture in a plain and conversational man- ner . Before doing so I have often , if not generally , looked into Matthew Henry's ever suggestive Com- mentary , and of late years into the devout and learned work of the present ...
... Holy Scripture in a plain and conversational man- ner . Before doing so I have often , if not generally , looked into Matthew Henry's ever suggestive Com- mentary , and of late years into the devout and learned work of the present ...
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... Holy Scripture , will depend on the degree in which . its circulation may give reason to hope that , by the blessing of God , the publication thus requested has not been useless . ASHINGTON Rectory , June 21 , 1875 . W. I. TROWER ...
... Holy Scripture , will depend on the degree in which . its circulation may give reason to hope that , by the blessing of God , the publication thus requested has not been useless . ASHINGTON Rectory , June 21 , 1875 . W. I. TROWER ...
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... Holy Scripture , will depend on the degree in which its circulation may give reason to hope that , by the blessing of God , the publication thus requested has not been useless . ASHINGTON RECTORY , June 21 , 1875- W. I. TROWER . SHORT ...
... Holy Scripture , will depend on the degree in which its circulation may give reason to hope that , by the blessing of God , the publication thus requested has not been useless . ASHINGTON RECTORY , June 21 , 1875- W. I. TROWER . SHORT ...
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... Holy Scripture , for we do not know how far the principle may be carried . And then another thing to remember is , that the Bible was not written to teach us scientific truths ( such things as can be discovered by science ) , but it was ...
... Holy Scripture , for we do not know how far the principle may be carried . And then another thing to remember is , that the Bible was not written to teach us scientific truths ( such things as can be discovered by science ) , but it was ...
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... holy to Him . It was ordained from the first that man should have one day of holy rest , and six days of useful labour . And then we see again , in these verses , as was yesterday remarked , how God's work was gradual ; rising from what ...
... holy to Him . It was ordained from the first that man should have one day of holy rest , and six days of useful labour . And then we see again , in these verses , as was yesterday remarked , how God's work was gradual ; rising from what ...
Common terms and phrases
Abimelech Abram altar angels Beer-sheba behold Benjamin Beth-el blessed bowed brother brought bury Cain called Canaanite cattle chapter Christ Church circumcised covenant daughters dreams earth Ephrath Esau evil faith famine father flesh flocks garden of Eden GENESIS give God's Goshen grace Hagar hand Haran hath heart heaven Heth holy Isaac Ishmael Ishmaelites Israel Jacob Joseph's brethren Judah Laban Lamech land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen living Mamre mercy Nahor Noah Padan-aram pass peace Pharaoh Potiphar pray thee prayer promise Rachel remember remind Sarah saying seems sent Shechem sins Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah sons soul spake unto spirit surely things thou hast thou shalt thy seed thy servant tion told took tribe true unto Abraham unto Joseph unto Pharaoh unto the Lord unto thee unto thy wife words
Popular passages
Page 10 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 18 - If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Page 39 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 46 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 68 - And the Lord said, if I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes...
Page 244 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 275 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 2 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 128 - And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of h"is raiment, and blessed him, and said ; See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field, which the Lord hath blessed. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.