The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 2Baynes, 1808 - History, Ancient |
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Page 107
... bless his posterity , and to raise them in the world . Abram at this time had no son , but upon his desiring one , he received not only a promise of one , but was informed , that his posterity should be so numerous as to be compared to ...
... bless his posterity , and to raise them in the world . Abram at this time had no son , but upon his desiring one , he received not only a promise of one , but was informed , that his posterity should be so numerous as to be compared to ...
Page 109
... Blessed Saviour . As he afterwards thought fit to take upon him our flesh , and to dwell amongst the Jews , in the manner related in the Gos- pels ; so he appeared to their fathers in the form of an angel , in the first ages of the ...
... Blessed Saviour . As he afterwards thought fit to take upon him our flesh , and to dwell amongst the Jews , in the manner related in the Gos- pels ; so he appeared to their fathers in the form of an angel , in the first ages of the ...
Page 110
... blessings designed for him and his posterity ; but withal acquainted him that the descendants of the son whom Sarai should bear , should be heirs of the blessings promised to him . That Ishmael should , indeed , be a flourishing and ...
... blessings designed for him and his posterity ; but withal acquainted him that the descendants of the son whom Sarai should bear , should be heirs of the blessings promised to him . That Ishmael should , indeed , be a flourishing and ...
Page 114
... blessings designed him in another place . Abraham hereupon called Hagar , and gave her water and other necessary provisions , and ordered her to go away into the world from him , and to take her son with her ; whereupon she went away ...
... blessings designed him in another place . Abraham hereupon called Hagar , and gave her water and other necessary provisions , and ordered her to go away into the world from him , and to take her son with her ; whereupon she went away ...
Page 116
... blessing , was sent away from his father . Esau was the eldest son , and as such was to inherit his father's substance ; accordingly when his father died , he came from Seir to take what was gotten for him by his father in the land of ...
... blessing , was sent away from his father . Esau was the eldest son , and as such was to inherit his father's substance ; accordingly when his father died , he came from Seir to take what was gotten for him by his father in the land of ...
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Page 264 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 117 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called : Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 446 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 503 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 231 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 114 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 501 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 500 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 250 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 117 - And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.