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... incident to the first years of his settlement in that country ; the separation from Lot , the battle with the kings , the meeting with Melchizedek , the renewal of God's covenant , and the removal to Hebron . In these incidents Sarai ...
... incident to the first years of his settlement in that country ; the separation from Lot , the battle with the kings , the meeting with Melchizedek , the renewal of God's covenant , and the removal to Hebron . In these incidents Sarai ...
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... incident of the spent water , the threatened death of Ishmael , and the miraculous deliverance by the angel , is worthy of the pen of a poet , so full is it of human interest and sympathy . The incident has received treatment at the ...
... incident of the spent water , the threatened death of Ishmael , and the miraculous deliverance by the angel , is worthy of the pen of a poet , so full is it of human interest and sympathy . The incident has received treatment at the ...
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... incident Sarah is accused of undue harshness . But the outcome proved the contrary . Had Ishmael been permitted to remain near Isaac , there is no doubt that endless feuds over property and prestige would have risen between them and ...
... incident Sarah is accused of undue harshness . But the outcome proved the contrary . Had Ishmael been permitted to remain near Isaac , there is no doubt that endless feuds over property and prestige would have risen between them and ...
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... incident even more romantic than the one which occurred , probably at the same well , in the case of his mother Rebekah . On reaching the well just outside the village of Haran , he learned from the shepherds gathered there that his ...
... incident even more romantic than the one which occurred , probably at the same well , in the case of his mother Rebekah . On reaching the well just outside the village of Haran , he learned from the shepherds gathered there that his ...
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... incident of this flight reveals to us a phase of the character of Rachel , and we are almost led to wish that the historian had omitted it . But the Bible is preeminently true to life , and the failings of its 36 heroes and heroines are ...
... incident of this flight reveals to us a phase of the character of Rachel , and we are almost led to wish that the historian had omitted it . But the Bible is preeminently true to life , and the failings of its 36 heroes and heroines are ...
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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...