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... feveral tribes they belonged to , but no where else in reference to any historical tranfaction or occurrence . There being alfo feveral others places , which are but once or twice mentioned in the facred hiftory , and that but barely ...
... feveral tribes they belonged to , but no where else in reference to any historical tranfaction or occurrence . There being alfo feveral others places , which are but once or twice mentioned in the facred hiftory , and that but barely ...
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... feveral Places thereof mentioned in the Old Teftament . CHAP . II . P. 199 . Of the Journeyings of the Ifraelites , from their setting forth from Ramefes in Egypt , to their encamping near the river Jordan , on the East Side thereof ...
... feveral Places thereof mentioned in the Old Teftament . CHAP . II . P. 199 . Of the Journeyings of the Ifraelites , from their setting forth from Ramefes in Egypt , to their encamping near the river Jordan , on the East Side thereof ...
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... feveral 4 . or rather mentioned where . Such was that spoken of by the Prophet Amos , i . 5. I The Eden , will break also the bar of Damafcus , and cut off the inhabitant Beth - Eden , from the plain of Aven , and him that holds the ...
... feveral 4 . or rather mentioned where . Such was that spoken of by the Prophet Amos , i . 5. I The Eden , will break also the bar of Damafcus , and cut off the inhabitant Beth - Eden , from the plain of Aven , and him that holds the ...
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... feveral 4 . The Eden , or rather mentioned where . tation , to be imposed as a proper name on feveral places of a more than ordinarily pleafant and delightful fituation . Such was that spoken of by the Prophet Amos , i . 5. I will break ...
... feveral 4 . The Eden , or rather mentioned where . tation , to be imposed as a proper name on feveral places of a more than ordinarily pleafant and delightful fituation . Such was that spoken of by the Prophet Amos , i . 5. I will break ...
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... feveral marks given by Mofes be abundantly fufficient to fatisfy us , that we have cer- further tainly found out the true Pifon , yet we cannot omit one or proved from two other confiderations , which are mentioned by the learned Bishop ...
... feveral marks given by Mofes be abundantly fufficient to fatisfy us , that we have cer- further tainly found out the true Pifon , yet we cannot omit one or proved from two other confiderations , which are mentioned by the learned Bishop ...
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Abraham affigned Afia againſt alfo alſo Amorites Arabia becauſe befides Canaan CHAP Chedorlaomer coaft confequently confiderable defcendants denoted Deut Dodanim eaft eaſt Edom Egypt elſe encamped Eufebius exprefsly facred Hiftory faid fame fays feated fecond feems fettled feveral fhall fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fo called fome fouth ftill ftones fuch fuppofed Gomer Greeks Havilah Hebrew Hebron hence himſelf Ifrael Ifraelites inhabitants itſelf Jofh Jordan Joſh Joſhua Kadeſh King land of Canaan leaſt Leffer likewife lying Mede mentioned Mizraim Moab Mofes moſt mount mount Seir mountains muſt Nile obferved plain prefent probably Ptolemy reaſon Red Sea rendered river ſaid ſay Scripture ſeems ſeveral ſhall Shinar Sihon ſome ſpeak ſpoken ſuppoſed thefe themſelves thereof theſe Thevenot thofe thoſe Tigris tion tract tribe of Gad tribe of Judah tribe of Reuben underſtand underſtood unto uſed weft whence wilderneſs
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Page 3 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 104 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 143 - 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 139 - And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land?
Page 90 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Page 323 - It ftands at the mouth of a great cave, having a few fmall rooms fronting outward, that enjoy the light of the fun ; the reft are all under ground.
Page 256 - Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Page 178 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 155 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 114 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.