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... destruction of both these kingdoms ; first , that of Israel by the Assyrians , and afterwards that of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean . the two books of Chronicles , we possess a nearly similar relation , beginning with the reign ...
... destruction of both these kingdoms ; first , that of Israel by the Assyrians , and afterwards that of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean . the two books of Chronicles , we possess a nearly similar relation , beginning with the reign ...
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... destruction : and who were his antagonists ? First the woman , who was not to die , as he no doubt supposed she would , immediately , but to be the mother of a Seed , with whom , secondly , he was to contend in mortal conflict ; whose ...
... destruction : and who were his antagonists ? First the woman , who was not to die , as he no doubt supposed she would , immediately , but to be the mother of a Seed , with whom , secondly , he was to contend in mortal conflict ; whose ...
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... destruction was impending over the whole race of mankind ; and , secondly , that amid the ruin a small remnant of such believers would be left as should by faith embrace the promise of a Messiah to come , and live after a manner ...
... destruction was impending over the whole race of mankind ; and , secondly , that amid the ruin a small remnant of such believers would be left as should by faith embrace the promise of a Messiah to come , and live after a manner ...
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... destruction of all that breathed would be equally produced . As the waters prevailed , and increased greatly upon the earth , they bare up the ark , which floated upon their surface , passing over the summits of the highest hills ...
... destruction of all that breathed would be equally produced . As the waters prevailed , and increased greatly upon the earth , they bare up the ark , which floated upon their surface , passing over the summits of the highest hills ...
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... destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , an event which would have afforded so decided an argument in the debates between Job and his friends , is passed over without notice . The customs mentioned in it are those of very early times : the ...
... destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , an event which would have afforded so decided an argument in the debates between Job and his friends , is passed over without notice . The customs mentioned in it are those of very early times : the ...
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Page 79 - And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou badest me, arise I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Page 220 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 36 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 4 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 261 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 84 - O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee...
Page 43 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 263 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots : " And the Spirit of the Lord s'hall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord...
Page 220 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 18 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.