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... called Eden , near Tripoli in Syria , where some have placed the terrestrial Paradise . But to none of these places , will the marks of the garden described by Moses in the beginning of Ge- nesis , apply . The inspired writer composed ...
... called Eden , near Tripoli in Syria , where some have placed the terrestrial Paradise . But to none of these places , will the marks of the garden described by Moses in the beginning of Ge- nesis , apply . The inspired writer composed ...
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... called Havi- lah , abounding in fine gold , in pearls , in aromatic gums , and in precious stones , among which the oynx held a conspicuous place . Now this country , Moses informs us , was encompassed by the river Pison ; and on ...
... called Havi- lah , abounding in fine gold , in pearls , in aromatic gums , and in precious stones , among which the oynx held a conspicuous place . Now this country , Moses informs us , was encompassed by the river Pison ; and on ...
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... called Cutheans . As the Chaldeans often change sh into t or th , the words Cu- thah and Cuth , are only the Chaldee form of Cusha and Cush . The word Shushan , the name which the pro- phet gives to the capital of Elam , is evidently ...
... called Cutheans . As the Chaldeans often change sh into t or th , the words Cu- thah and Cuth , are only the Chaldee form of Cusha and Cush . The word Shushan , the name which the pro- phet gives to the capital of Elam , is evidently ...
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... called it after the name of his son Enoch . It is extremely probable that the term Nod , derived from a Hebrew verb which signifies to wander , was not the proper name of the country , but only an appellative , denoting a fugitive or ...
... called it after the name of his son Enoch . It is extremely probable that the term Nod , derived from a Hebrew verb which signifies to wander , was not the proper name of the country , but only an appellative , denoting a fugitive or ...
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... called Cibotus , from the bay by which it was nearly surrounded . The true situation of Ararat must , therefore , be sought for in a different country.g The common opinion is , that Ararat is only another name for Armenia . The Vulgate ...
... called Cibotus , from the bay by which it was nearly surrounded . The true situation of Ararat must , therefore , be sought for in a different country.g The common opinion is , that Ararat is only another name for Armenia . The Vulgate ...
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Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people...
Page 41 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 322 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 457 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 24 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Page 191 - The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 46 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 217 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Page 354 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 178 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.