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... daughter Rachel . To get seven years of service from such a man as Jacob , and obtain at the same time so favorable a mar- riage for his daughter , seemed to Laban a double stroke of fortune . Therefore , he willingly con- " And Jacob ...
... daughter Rachel . To get seven years of service from such a man as Jacob , and obtain at the same time so favorable a mar- riage for his daughter , seemed to Laban a double stroke of fortune . Therefore , he willingly con- " And Jacob ...
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... daughter before the elder ; but as a reparation , he would , in a week , give Rachel to Jacob on condition that he serve seven years more for her . Therefore , at the close of Leah's marriage week , Rachel was given to Jacob , and he ...
... daughter before the elder ; but as a reparation , he would , in a week , give Rachel to Jacob on condition that he serve seven years more for her . Therefore , at the close of Leah's marriage week , Rachel was given to Jacob , and he ...
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... daughters was as much a benefit to their father as to himself . So greatly did Jacob prosper during this time , that Laban and his sons became envious of him , and it was found necessary for him to depart hastily and secretly from that ...
... daughters was as much a benefit to their father as to himself . So greatly did Jacob prosper during this time , that Laban and his sons became envious of him , and it was found necessary for him to depart hastily and secretly from that ...
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... daughter of Amram and Joch- ebed , a Levite couple , and was born in Egypt when the Israelites had lived in that country some one hundred and thirty years . No doubt the cruel oppression of the Israelites by the Egyptians had already ...
... daughter of Amram and Joch- ebed , a Levite couple , and was born in Egypt when the Israelites had lived in that country some one hundred and thirty years . No doubt the cruel oppression of the Israelites by the Egyptians had already ...
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... daughter of Pharaoh finding the child , and having compassion on him . But special attention should be called to the pres- ence of mind and calmness of the little girl in sug- The gesting that she find a nurse for the babe , and then ...
... daughter of Pharaoh finding the child , and having compassion on him . But special attention should be called to the pres- ence of mind and calmness of the little girl in sug- The gesting that she find a nurse for the babe , and then ...
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Page 77 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 82 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel...
Page 130 - And Elijah said unto her, fear not ; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
Page 63 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 210 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Page 44 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 15 - And bore him further on, and laid his head Beneath the shadow of a desert shrub ; And, shrouding up her face, she went away, And sat to watch, where he could see her not, Till he should die...
Page 60 - But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left. Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet...
Page 45 - Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumphed — His people are free! Sing! — for the pride of the tyrant is broken: His chariots, his horsemen, all splendid and brave, — How vain was their boasting! — the Lord hath but spoken, And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the wave ! Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumphed — His people are free!
Page 46 - If there be a prophet among you, I ' the LORD will make myself known unto him In a vision, ' and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses ' is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will ' I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark ' speeches ; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold...