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Page 10
... And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur , that is before Egypt . " d The in- spired writer of the first book of Samuel mentions it d Gen. xxv , 12 . again in these words : " Saul smote the Amalekites 10 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE .
... And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur , that is before Egypt . " d The in- spired writer of the first book of Samuel mentions it d Gen. xxv , 12 . again in these words : " Saul smote the Amalekites 10 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE .
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... unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth . " These words , addressed by the Judge of all the earth to the blood - stained criminal , certainly refer not to the fertile regions that , except toward ...
... unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth . " These words , addressed by the Judge of all the earth to the blood - stained criminal , certainly refer not to the fertile regions that , except toward ...
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... unto a mountain ( Mikedem ) on the east . Hence the phrase in this passage may be translated ; As they journeyed on the east side they found a plain in the land of Shinar . When the sons of Noah descended from the mountains , they ...
... unto a mountain ( Mikedem ) on the east . Hence the phrase in this passage may be translated ; As they journeyed on the east side they found a plain in the land of Shinar . When the sons of Noah descended from the mountains , they ...
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... unto Jerusalem , and besieged it : and the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah , into his hand , with part of the vessels of the house of God , which he carried into the land of Shinar , to the house of his god . " From these quotations ...
... unto Jerusalem , and besieged it : and the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah , into his hand , with part of the vessels of the house of God , which he carried into the land of Shinar , to the house of his god . " From these quotations ...
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... unto Eber were born two sons , the name of one was Peleg ; for in his days was the earth di- vided . " The meaning of the historian must be , that the earth was divided at the time Peleg was born ; for the name was given at his birth ...
... unto Eber were born two sons , the name of one was Peleg ; for in his days was the earth di- vided . " The meaning of the historian must be , that the earth was divided at the time Peleg was born ; for the name was given at his birth ...
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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.