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Abraham Absalom according answered behold Bible blessed bowed brethren bring brother brought called children of Israel commanded Daniel daughters David delivered destroy dream drink earth Egypt Egyptians Esau Esther evil eyes face father fear field gate gave give given Haman hand hath head heard heart heaven Hebrew host hundred interpretation Isaac Jacob Jews Jonathan Joseph Joshua kind king king's kingdom known land land of Egypt light live looked LORD month Mordecai morning Moses mother mouth night offerings pass Pharaoh Philistines pray thee princes returned Samson Samuel Saul saying sent seven shew side sight sons spake speak spirit stood surely tell thereof thine thing thou hast thou shalt thousand thy servant told took translation turned unto unto the LORD unto thee waters Wherefore wife women young
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Page 183 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 182 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 6 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 49 - And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows...
Page xvii - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 127 - 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.
Page 21 - And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Page 50 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Page 5 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 49 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Selections from the Old Testament Standard English classics |
| Editor | Henry Nelson Snyder |
| Publisher | Ginn, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 210 pages |
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