| John Kitto - Christian education - 1850 - 204 pages
...Mohammedans in support of their own religion. We are indebted for the statement to Mr. Southgate : — " And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : behold, I have...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation," Gen. xvii. 20. The Arabs, as is well known, claim Ishmael as their great progenitor. The Sheahs suppose... | |
| Idumaea - Arabian Peninsula - 1799 - 204 pages
...condition."* The facts, as thus stated, are an ample fulfilment of the Divine word to Abraham : " And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation," Gen. xvii. 20. The celebrated prophecy, which describes the habits of life which Ishmael would follow,... | |
| Alexander Macwhorter - Presbyterian Church - 1803 - 488 pages
...* " Behold I have bless" ed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him ex" ceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him " a great nation." — Twelve princes shall he beget ; this was punctually accomplished, and we have the names of the... | |
| Edward Kimpton - Bible - 1813 - 534 pages
...call Isaac; but notwithstanding this, lie still reserved a blessing for Ishmael : Behold (said he) / have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. After this, when Hagar and Ishmael Were sent forth into the wilderness, God said unto Abraham, ./*,./... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in... | |
| 1818 - 948 pages
...Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, anil will make him fruitful, and will muítiplv unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all th 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in... | |
| David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.' " And afterwards it was said " Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." Accordingly, we find that Ishmael lived by prey and rapine in the wilderness ; and his posterity have... | |
| Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1820 - 660 pages
...thee: behold, I have biassed him, " and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed *{ ingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a " great nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, " which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in... | |
| James Gray - Christianity - 1821 - 116 pages
...blessing; exclaimed, "O that Ishmael might live before thee.'' God repeats his promise, and adds; "And as for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold I have blessed...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." Remember Hannah, who asked a son of the Lord, and when she had obtained him, devoted him to the service... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 432 pages
...twelve princes, according to their nations. Thus amply was fulfilled the promise of God concerning him : Behold I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,...shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. But this is all. When a man leaves God and his people, the sacred historian leaves him. After living... | |
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