Discourses on the Book of GenesisH.H. Bancroft, 1864 - 246 pages |
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Abraham Abram Almighty Angel appeared Asher became behold beloved Benjamin Bible Book of Joshua brethren brother called Canaan CHAPTER children of Israel command corn dear young Friends declared descendants DISCOURSE Divine Earth Egypt Eliezer Ephraim Esau evil faith father favor feelings flocks fulfilled Genesis God's gracious happy heart Heaven Hebrew inheritance Isaac Ishmael Israelites Issachar Jacob Joseph journey King Laban Law-giver Lord Manasseh mankind Messiah mind Moses Naphtali nation Noah occasion Padan-Aram Patriarch peace Pharaoh pious portion posterity promise prophecy prophetic blessing prove punishment Rachel Rebekah Rehoboam Reuben righteous Sacred Volume Sarah saying sceptre seven Shechem Shiloh signifies Simeon sons thee thou art thou hast thou shalt thy seed thy servant tion tribe of Asher tribe of Benjamin tribe of Dan tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh tribe of Reuben unto VERSE wicked wife words Zebulun
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Page 72 - Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : and I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : but thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Page 53 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 164 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Page 14 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 110 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands.
Page 18 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heeL...
Page 87 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 125 - And they said one to another, Behold this dreamer cometh. Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Page 234 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 135 - The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.