The women of Israel; or, Characters and sketches from the holy Scriptures, and Jewish history, Volume 11845 |
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... We are not indeed placed as the women of Israel before their dispersion , or as the wives of the patriarchs before the law was given ; yet their God is our God . It was ม not to a race so perfect , so gifted , B 3 INTRODUCTION . 9.
... We are not indeed placed as the women of Israel before their dispersion , or as the wives of the patriarchs before the law was given ; yet their God is our God . It was ม not to a race so perfect , so gifted , B 3 INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... given to be our guide through earth to heaven , we cannot consider our history complete without them ; more particularly as their lives are so intimately blended with their husbands ' ; and that in them , even yet more vividly than at a ...
... given to be our guide through earth to heaven , we cannot consider our history complete without them ; more particularly as their lives are so intimately blended with their husbands ' ; and that in them , even yet more vividly than at a ...
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... given the power to resist temptation , by CALLING UPON HIM ; but if that power were trampled upon and utterly disregarded ; and the creature of His hand , whose whole existence , felicity , strength , wisdom , had their being but in Him ...
... given the power to resist temptation , by CALLING UPON HIM ; but if that power were trampled upon and utterly disregarded ; and the creature of His hand , whose whole existence , felicity , strength , wisdom , had their being but in Him ...
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... given only for the happy : to the sorrow- ing , the repentant , it comes soothing while it softens , seeming , even while it deepens the heavy floods of grief , to banish all of harshness , of selfishness , and of despair . The justice ...
... given only for the happy : to the sorrow- ing , the repentant , it comes soothing while it softens , seeming , even while it deepens the heavy floods of grief , to banish all of harshness , of selfishness , and of despair . The justice ...
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... given ; and that though the latter to the eyes of the world might seem , nay , was the ascendant , He would yet preserve His wit- nesses among mankind , to keep alive the knowledge of the Lord , and prove the pre - eminence , the beauty ...
... given ; and that though the latter to the eyes of the world might seem , nay , was the ascendant , He would yet preserve His wit- nesses among mankind , to keep alive the knowledge of the Lord , and prove the pre - eminence , the beauty ...
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Page 282 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 188 - Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee ? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go.
Page 189 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 123 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 125 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Page 309 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariot...
Page 336 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me...
Page 95 - Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
Page 169 - Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Page 6 - In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them : in His love and in His pity He redeemed them ; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.