The women of Israel; or, Characters and sketches from the holy Scriptures, and Jewish history, Volume 11845 |
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... human privileges , the word of God bestows on man , and to which the mind darkened and despairing from the horrors of persecution , may yet be open , are shared by the Hebrew wife , and imparted by the Hebrew mother . Were it a portion ...
... human privileges , the word of God bestows on man , and to which the mind darkened and despairing from the horrors of persecution , may yet be open , are shared by the Hebrew wife , and imparted by the Hebrew mother . Were it a portion ...
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... human opinions , till those opinions could scarcely be severed from the word of God , and by degrees so dimmed its lustre as to render its com- prehension an obscure and painful task . This need no longer be . The Bible may be perused ...
... human opinions , till those opinions could scarcely be severed from the word of God , and by degrees so dimmed its lustre as to render its com- prehension an obscure and painful task . This need no longer be . The Bible may be perused ...
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... human nature ; and why not , then , in perusing the circumstances of their simple lives , try their feelings by the standard of our own ? Who that is a mother , does not feel anxiety , pleasure , grief , joy , despondency and hope ...
... human nature ; and why not , then , in perusing the circumstances of their simple lives , try their feelings by the standard of our own ? Who that is a mother , does not feel anxiety , pleasure , grief , joy , despondency and hope ...
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... humanity must still have been too often in the ascendant , and taught her all the bitterness of grief . Even though the thought of Abel might , through the unselfishness of woman's love , be tranquilised by the idea , that however she ...
... humanity must still have been too often in the ascendant , and taught her all the bitterness of grief . Even though the thought of Abel might , through the unselfishness of woman's love , be tranquilised by the idea , that however she ...
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... human weakness of His creatures , and encouraging their faith , when , without such encouragement , He knew it must have failed . To add to their numerous human discom-- forts and trials , a famine broke out in the 52 WOMEN OF ISRAEL .
... human weakness of His creatures , and encouraging their faith , when , without such encouragement , He knew it must have failed . To add to their numerous human discom-- forts and trials , a famine broke out in the 52 WOMEN OF ISRAEL .
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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.