Selections from the Old TestamentHenry Nelson Snyder Ginn, 1911 - 210 pages |
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... thing . Of course it is important to know the history of the English Bible , to under- stand the tributary streams that came together in making the great translation of 1611 , and to realize definitely how profoundly it has influenced ...
... thing . Of course it is important to know the history of the English Bible , to under- stand the tributary streams that came together in making the great translation of 1611 , and to realize definitely how profoundly it has influenced ...
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... thing , to bring up for consideration the merits and defects of the Bishops ' Bible . With this the growing Puritan party in the Church of England were greatly dissatisfied . James I , in the hope of compromise , desired a version that ...
... thing , to bring up for consideration the merits and defects of the Bishops ' Bible . With this the growing Puritan party in the Church of England were greatly dissatisfied . James I , in the hope of compromise , desired a version that ...
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... things in mind it is not hard to understand the source of the characteristic qualities of the Old Testament narratives , - the beautiful naturalness of the picture of the meeting of Isaac and Rebekah , for example , the idyllic charm in ...
... things in mind it is not hard to understand the source of the characteristic qualities of the Old Testament narratives , - the beautiful naturalness of the picture of the meeting of Isaac and Rebekah , for example , the idyllic charm in ...
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... thing , and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so . And God made the beast of the earth after his kind , and cattle after their kind , and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was ...
... thing , and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so . And God made the beast of the earth after his kind , and cattle after their kind , and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was ...
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... thing that creepeth upon the earth . So God created man in his own image , in 5 the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them . And God blessed them , and God said unto them , Be fruitful , and multiply , and ...
... thing that creepeth upon the earth . So God created man in his own image , in 5 the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them . And God blessed them , and God said unto them , Be fruitful , and multiply , and ...
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Abraham Absalom Adonijah Amalekites Amorites answered asses behold Bible blessed Boaz bowed brethren bring brother brought called camels Canaan chariots children of Ammon children of Israel commanded Daniel daughters David delivered destroy dream earth Egypt Egyptians Esau evil gate Gideon Gilead Gilgal Haman Hammedatha hast thou heart heaven Hebrew host Isaac Jacob Jephthah Jews Joab Jonathan Joseph Joshua Judah king Ahasuerus king's kingdom land of Egypt LORD hath LORD said unto Midian Midianites Moab Mordecai Nebuchadnezzar night Old Testament pass Pharaoh Philistines pray thee Rebekah Samson Samuel Saul say unto sent seven shew Shushan Sisera slew smote Solomon sons spake unto stood sword thereof thine hand thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thy father thy servant told took unto Moses unto the king unto the LORD unto thee waters wept Wherefore wife Zadok Zadok the priest
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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.