The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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... gives a high notion of the wealth of the patriarchal chiefs , and the extent of their establishments : — Depart from us ... give Abimelech battle . He was defeated , and returned into the town ; and his inefficiency and misconduct in the ...
... gives a high notion of the wealth of the patriarchal chiefs , and the extent of their establishments : — Depart from us ... give Abimelech battle . He was defeated , and returned into the town ; and his inefficiency and misconduct in the ...
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... give some account of it , especially as , from its ornamental nature , it could not but attract attention . There are , moreover , some points in its natural his- tory which have been overlooked , but which may serve to show that in the ...
... give some account of it , especially as , from its ornamental nature , it could not but attract attention . There are , moreover , some points in its natural his- tory which have been overlooked , but which may serve to show that in the ...
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... give the people time to reflect upon the under- taking in which so many of them had embarked . The king soon raised a large force , which he properly organized and separated into three divi- sions , commanded severally by Joab , Abishai ...
... give the people time to reflect upon the under- taking in which so many of them had embarked . The king soon raised a large force , which he properly organized and separated into three divi- sions , commanded severally by Joab , Abishai ...
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... give to this city , that Bochart was induced to fix Accad upon that river ( Pha- leg . iv . 17 ) . It seems that several of the ancient translators found in their Hebrew MSS . Achar ( ) instead of Accad ( 78 ) ( Ephrem Syrus , Pseudo ...
... give to this city , that Bochart was induced to fix Accad upon that river ( Pha- leg . iv . 17 ) . It seems that several of the ancient translators found in their Hebrew MSS . Achar ( ) instead of Accad ( 78 ) ( Ephrem Syrus , Pseudo ...
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... give undoubtedly the most convenient length To the English ear , three and four beats of the of clauses . Hence , in what is called poetical prose , it will be found that any particularly me- lodious passage , if broken up into lines or ...
... give undoubtedly the most convenient length To the English ear , three and four beats of the of clauses . Hence , in what is called poetical prose , it will be found that any particularly me- lodious passage , if broken up into lines or ...
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Page 62 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 24 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Page 96 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 27 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
Page 218 - ... of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 274 - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Page 75 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 322 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 325 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive ; Thou hast received gifts for men ; , Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.