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... Egypt , which was not far distant ; as he had heard , as Josephus says , that the Egyptians were in a prosperous state . The same writer also relates , that Abram went to listen to their priests , and to learn what they said concerning ...
... Egypt , which was not far distant ; as he had heard , as Josephus says , that the Egyptians were in a prosperous state . The same writer also relates , that Abram went to listen to their priests , and to learn what they said concerning ...
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... Egypt , what an imperfect , nay , unworthy view of God's justice is it , to harbor the idea that this scourge befell the innocent subjects of the king to avert the result the deception which Abram had through fear been led to practice ...
... Egypt , what an imperfect , nay , unworthy view of God's justice is it , to harbor the idea that this scourge befell the innocent subjects of the king to avert the result the deception which Abram had through fear been led to practice ...
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... Egypt is , that Lower Egypt was then a flourishing king- dom , ruled by a powerful and magnificent prince , who held slaves as his property - as slaves are enumerated among the gifts he presented to Abram . This account thus confirms ...
... Egypt is , that Lower Egypt was then a flourishing king- dom , ruled by a powerful and magnificent prince , who held slaves as his property - as slaves are enumerated among the gifts he presented to Abram . This account thus confirms ...
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... Egypt , and precisely from the same cause . I allude to Abime- lech , " king of Gerar , " who fell in love with Sarah , whom Abraham , in spite of the experience he had gained in Egypt , had again pretended to be his sister , and for ...
... Egypt , and precisely from the same cause . I allude to Abime- lech , " king of Gerar , " who fell in love with Sarah , whom Abraham , in spite of the experience he had gained in Egypt , had again pretended to be his sister , and for ...
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... Egypt , her native land . What farther concerns this outcast son of Abraham , I have already related , when treating ... Egypt from famine in Canaan ; 3 , the first seizure of Sarah in Egypt ; 4 , the war for the rescue of Lot ; 5 , his ...
... Egypt , her native land . What farther concerns this outcast son of Abraham , I have already related , when treating ... Egypt from famine in Canaan ; 3 , the first seizure of Sarah in Egypt ; 4 , the war for the rescue of Lot ; 5 , his ...
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Page 461 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast, for all is vanity. "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 81 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 574 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Page 377 - Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse ? there be many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be ? So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
Page 186 - And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death...
Page 142 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Page 181 - And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 382 - And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Page 404 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 366 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.