History of the Egyptians: From Rollin and Other Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and ModernReligious Tract Society, 1841 - 116 pages |
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... known to the He- brews , but of which occasionally the Delta se- parately taken is called Rahab . See Psa . lxxxix . 10 , and Isa . li . 9. Bochart thinks the word Ra- hab or Raab , is the same as Rib or Riph , the Egyptian name of the ...
... known to the He- brews , but of which occasionally the Delta se- parately taken is called Rahab . See Psa . lxxxix . 10 , and Isa . li . 9. Bochart thinks the word Ra- hab or Raab , is the same as Rib or Riph , the Egyptian name of the ...
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... known from history to have been originally built on mounds , to secure them from the effects of the inundation , now lie so low in the plain as to be inundated every year . Thus , in the plain of Thebes , the alluvial mud has ...
... known from history to have been originally built on mounds , to secure them from the effects of the inundation , now lie so low in the plain as to be inundated every year . Thus , in the plain of Thebes , the alluvial mud has ...
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... known fragility of reeds in general , that they were adopted by the Assyrian general to symbolize the Egyptian na- tion . 66 Now , behold , thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed , even upon Egypt , on which if a man lean ...
... known fragility of reeds in general , that they were adopted by the Assyrian general to symbolize the Egyptian na- tion . 66 Now , behold , thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed , even upon Egypt , on which if a man lean ...
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... known , being cultivated in our own coun- try to a considerable degree of perfection , to need description . The Pomegranate . -The punica granatum , or pomegranate tree , in its native state , is a lowly shrub , about eight or ten feet ...
... known , being cultivated in our own coun- try to a considerable degree of perfection , to need description . The Pomegranate . -The punica granatum , or pomegranate tree , in its native state , is a lowly shrub , about eight or ten feet ...
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... known in the early ages of the world in the countries bordering upon Egypt , and we may safely conclude that it was known in that coun- try also . It is now extensively cultivated there , and three harvests are obtained in one year . In ...
... known in the early ages of the world in the countries bordering upon Egypt , and we may safely conclude that it was known in that coun- try also . It is now extensively cultivated there , and three harvests are obtained in one year . In ...
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Page 34 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 43 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 30 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Page 2 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 87 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Page 61 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 62 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 54 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 5 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...