Ancient history: containing the history of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, Carthaginians, Persians, Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria and Parthians, from Rollin, and other authentic sources both ancient and modernR. Carter, 1844 |
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... sent forth into the world with prayer that the Divine blessing may rest upon them ; that the Christian reader may find , in the perusal of them , his faith strengthened , and his soul animated , to pursue with alacrity his heavenly race ...
... sent forth into the world with prayer that the Divine blessing may rest upon them ; that the Christian reader may find , in the perusal of them , his faith strengthened , and his soul animated , to pursue with alacrity his heavenly race ...
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... sent her water from the Nile , which alone she could drink , ( Athenæus ; ) that the kings of Persia sent for the waters of the Nile and sal ammoniac , ( Dino , Hist . of Persia ; ) and that the Egyptians are the only peo- ple who ...
... sent her water from the Nile , which alone she could drink , ( Athenæus ; ) that the kings of Persia sent for the waters of the Nile and sal ammoniac , ( Dino , Hist . of Persia ; ) and that the Egyptians are the only peo- ple who ...
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... sent us . Let the Egyptians be , then , convinced by their own experience , that they are not necessary to us , and are only our vassals . Let them know that their ships do not so much bring us the provision we stand in need of , as the ...
... sent us . Let the Egyptians be , then , convinced by their own experience , that they are not necessary to us , and are only our vassals . Let them know that their ships do not so much bring us the provision we stand in need of , as the ...
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... sent him to the royal prison , apparently intending that , after trial and conviction , he should receive the punish- ment adjudged by the laws to his offence . See Gen. xxxix . 13-20 . The first slaves were , doubtless , prisoners ...
... sent him to the royal prison , apparently intending that , after trial and conviction , he should receive the punish- ment adjudged by the laws to his offence . See Gen. xxxix . 13-20 . The first slaves were , doubtless , prisoners ...
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... sent an order to the chief of the royal police to release Joseph , and send him to the palace . The mandate was obeyed , and Joseph came ; when the king , addressing him , said , “ I have dreamed a dream , and there is none tha can ...
... sent an order to the chief of the royal police to release Joseph , and send him to the palace . The mandate was obeyed , and Joseph came ; when the king , addressing him , said , “ I have dreamed a dream , and there is none tha can ...
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Page 234 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 98 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 13 - 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...
Page 113 - And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 148 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 114 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 239 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight...
Page 78 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck...
Page 93 - ... and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 110 - Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.