Zoology of the BibleWesleyan Conference Office, 1876 - 292 pages |
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... Syria . It is certain , however , that lions are only found now in certain limited portions of Asia and Africa , where the area over which they roam is becoming every year more restricted in its extent . They have become extinct in ...
... Syria . It is certain , however , that lions are only found now in certain limited portions of Asia and Africa , where the area over which they roam is becoming every year more restricted in its extent . They have become extinct in ...
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... Syria , and very fox - like in their appearance . The jackal , however , differs from the fox , not only in the possession of a circular pupil , but it is gregarious , free from the unpleasant odour by which the fox is known , and more ...
... Syria , and very fox - like in their appearance . The jackal , however , differs from the fox , not only in the possession of a circular pupil , but it is gregarious , free from the unpleasant odour by which the fox is known , and more ...
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... Syrian fox , to which the Bible of course refers , must have been very abundant , from the fact that whole districts ... Syria . This jackal , it has been shown , resembles a fox , and therefore would naturally enough be called by that ...
... Syrian fox , to which the Bible of course refers , must have been very abundant , from the fact that whole districts ... Syria . This jackal , it has been shown , resembles a fox , and therefore would naturally enough be called by that ...
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... Syrian jackals will , during the night , seek the vine- yards , like their relative , the fox , and devour the grapes , to which they are very partial ; and to this practice there is evident allusion in Solomon's Song ii . 15 , " Take ...
... Syrian jackals will , during the night , seek the vine- yards , like their relative , the fox , and devour the grapes , to which they are very partial ; and to this practice there is evident allusion in Solomon's Song ii . 15 , " Take ...
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... SYRIAN BEAR ( Ursus isabellinus ) . This section of the Carnivora contains the bear and the badger , the only animals belonging to it in the Bible , and which alike possess this common characteristic distinction from the other Carnivora ...
... SYRIAN BEAR ( Ursus isabellinus ) . This section of the Carnivora contains the bear and the badger , the only animals belonging to it in the Bible , and which alike possess this common characteristic distinction from the other Carnivora ...
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Page 146 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? "Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Page 185 - These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Page 132 - She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Page 59 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 84 - Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Page 260 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.
Page 67 - And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Page 194 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold, the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee, sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Page 104 - He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 194 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary.