 | Charles Rollin, James Bell - History, Ancient - 1839 - 666 pages
...that he alone guided1 and settled all mankind, agreeably to the dictates of his mercy and justice : " The Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth."1 It is true, indeed, that God, even in those early ages, bad a peculiar regard for that people,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Sermons, English - 1840 - 426 pages
...they begin to do, and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do . . . So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth." Shall we pass on to the days of David? " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...there was no similarity. Thus we see exemplified what the sacred historian asserts, when he says, " The Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth." * Vide Bocharti Phalcg ; Wells- Hist. Geog. ; and Paxton-s Illustrations. LECTURE VI. COUNTRIES POSSESSED... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another'* gpeech. 8 So and the other half of them held both Ilie spears, the shields, and the bow and thev left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD did... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...their pride had hoped to avoid— as stated in verse 4. ' " Babel" is a word meaning "< /««"»•" thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. ' Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the LORD did there confound... | |
 | William Osburn - Bible - 1841 - 274 pages
...us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the... | |
 | William Osburn - Bible - 1841 - 266 pages
...us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the... | |
 | 1880 - 506 pages
...to one striking sentence of a very ancient historian, and ask, May not this reveal the secret? "So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth." In regard to the probable age of the earliest settlements I have just given a significant hint. It... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 pages
...there was no similarity. Thus we see exemplified what the sacred listorian asserts when he says, " The Lord scattered -them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth." By this event, considered as a dispensation of Providence, bounds were set to the contagion of wickedness;... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...tli' accepted hour; Save, Lord, by Love or Fear. MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. THE CITY OF CONFUSION. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Genesis xi. 8. [First Morning Lesson.] [O God, who as at this time didst teach the... | |
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So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 
