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... Esau , in the northern desart . --- See BRUCE's Travels , vol . ii . Append . No. II . to Book I. * The natives of Egypt called their country Chemi , evi- dently from their great ancestor , from whom it is deno- minated , Psalm cv . 27 ...
... Esau , in the northern desart . --- See BRUCE's Travels , vol . ii . Append . No. II . to Book I. * The natives of Egypt called their country Chemi , evi- dently from their great ancestor , from whom it is deno- minated , Psalm cv . 27 ...
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... Esau and Jacob , were born . Q. What occupations did they follow ? A. Esau became a hunter , and Jacob a shepherd . Q. Of what profane act was Esau guilty ? A. He sold his birthright to Jacob for a morsel of meat.t Q. What was the ...
... Esau and Jacob , were born . Q. What occupations did they follow ? A. Esau became a hunter , and Jacob a shepherd . Q. Of what profane act was Esau guilty ? A. He sold his birthright to Jacob for a morsel of meat.t Q. What was the ...
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... Esau ? A. Those who forego eternal joys for sensual grati- fications . Q. What induced Isaac to go to Gerar ? A. A famine . Q. What befel him there ? A. The Lord appeared to him and renewed the pro- mises made to Abraham : there also he ...
... Esau ? A. Those who forego eternal joys for sensual grati- fications . Q. What induced Isaac to go to Gerar ? A. A famine . Q. What befel him there ? A. The Lord appeared to him and renewed the pro- mises made to Abraham : there also he ...
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... Esau , Q. How did this circumstance affect Esau ? A. It incensed him against Jacob : and he said in his heart , " The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob . " Q. How was Jacob preserved from ...
... Esau , Q. How did this circumstance affect Esau ? A. It incensed him against Jacob : and he said in his heart , " The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob . " Q. How was Jacob preserved from ...
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... Esau ; at the same time so arranging his family and flocks , that if Esau manifested any hostility , a part might escape . Q. What followed Jacob's prayer ? A. Being left alone , there wrestled a man with him until break of day . Q. Who ...
... Esau ; at the same time so arranging his family and flocks , that if Esau manifested any hostility , a part might escape . Q. What followed Jacob's prayer ? A. Being left alone , there wrestled a man with him until break of day . Q. Who ...
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Page 40 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 35 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 99 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 83 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 256 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
Page 218 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page 18 - Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 186 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort?
Page 83 - X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.