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... brother Abel . As there were no other boys in the whole world , only these two , we should think they would be with ... brothers , living as they did , without any other boy for a companion , ought to be very kind to each other , and to ...
... brother Abel . As there were no other boys in the whole world , only these two , we should think they would be with ... brothers , living as they did , without any other boy for a companion , ought to be very kind to each other , and to ...
Page 38
... brothers they would , indeed , have been ! Then the affectionate attachment which we think ought to have existed between them , would really have been felt by both . They ... brother , there is strong reason to believe ; 38 BIBLE STORIES.
... brothers they would , indeed , have been ! Then the affectionate attachment which we think ought to have existed between them , would really have been felt by both . They ... brother , there is strong reason to believe ; 38 BIBLE STORIES.
Page 39
... brother . His temper , in this respect , kept growing worse and worse , till , at length , it broke out into an act of wickedness of the most horrible kind . The account of it which the Bible gives us , is a very affecting and ...
... brother . His temper , in this respect , kept growing worse and worse , till , at length , it broke out into an act of wickedness of the most horrible kind . The account of it which the Bible gives us , is a very affecting and ...
Page 42
... brothers very differ- ently . In some way which the Bible does not explain to us , -- it might have been by a voice from heaven , or by fire kindling the sacrifice , as was done afterwards in many instances , or by some other appearance ...
... brothers very differ- ently . In some way which the Bible does not explain to us , -- it might have been by a voice from heaven , or by fire kindling the sacrifice , as was done afterwards in many instances , or by some other appearance ...
Page 46
... brother , He knows that he is the youngest . He has no desire to put himself above thee , but , on the contrary , will obey all thy reasonable com- mands . Be not angry with him , nor with me , thy Maker and rightful Lord . Cease to do ...
... brother , He knows that he is the youngest . He has no desire to put himself above thee , but , on the contrary , will obey all thy reasonable com- mands . Be not angry with him , nor with me , thy Maker and rightful Lord . Cease to do ...
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Page 57 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 124 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 188 - stood above it, and said, 'I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it. and to thy seed...
Page 87 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 111 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Page 18 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 182 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 151 - Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 200 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands.
Page 55 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.