Short comments for use in family worship, on eighty passages of the Book of Genesis |
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... seems to convey some kind of instinct to the * - creatures thus endowed - as we see that trees and plants make their way to the ' place of waters ' and to soils which are specially good for them , thus showing some kind of instinct . He ...
... seems to convey some kind of instinct to the * - creatures thus endowed - as we see that trees and plants make their way to the ' place of waters ' and to soils which are specially good for them , thus showing some kind of instinct . He ...
Page 31
... seems remarkably to resemble that of the Jewish nation , for compassing the death of Him of whom Abel was a type ... seem , like Cain , to have a mark set upon them , attesting and perpetuating their awful history . GENESIS , iv . 16–26 ...
... seems remarkably to resemble that of the Jewish nation , for compassing the death of Him of whom Abel was a type ... seem , like Cain , to have a mark set upon them , attesting and perpetuating their awful history . GENESIS , iv . 16–26 ...
Page 33
... seems to have been a kind of poem ) are specially mentioned , is probably because Lamech was the first polygamist , which means a man who has married more wives than one . In the be- ginning God made man , ' male and female ; ' one man ...
... seems to have been a kind of poem ) are specially mentioned , is probably because Lamech was the first polygamist , which means a man who has married more wives than one . In the be- ginning God made man , ' male and female ; ' one man ...
Page 34
... seems to be the special lesson which we are intended to learn from what is told us of Lamech and his wives . It is surely remarkable that while of Seth and his descendants it is said , ' Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord ...
... seems to be the special lesson which we are intended to learn from what is told us of Lamech and his wives . It is surely remarkable that while of Seth and his descendants it is said , ' Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord ...
Page 36
... five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem , Ham , and Japheth . THE object of this chapter seems to be to show us the several generations in the line by which Longevity of the Patriarchs . 37 Christ descended from Adam 36.
... five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem , Ham , and Japheth . THE object of this chapter seems to be to show us the several generations in the line by which Longevity of the Patriarchs . 37 Christ descended from Adam 36.
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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.