The Ancient History: Containing the History of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, Carthaginians, Persians, Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria, and Parthians, Volume 1Robert Carter, 1844 |
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... took a javelin in his hand , and flung it into the midst of the foaming billows , for which he was immediately seized with a pain in his eyes , which made him blind for ten years . The principal festival of this imagi- nary god , was at ...
... took a javelin in his hand , and flung it into the midst of the foaming billows , for which he was immediately seized with a pain in his eyes , which made him blind for ten years . The principal festival of this imagi- nary god , was at ...
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... took place preparatory to their fasts , many of which lasted from seven to forty - two days , and sometimes even a longer period . During this period , they practised rigid ab- stinence as to food , and were careful to avoid the ...
... took place preparatory to their fasts , many of which lasted from seven to forty - two days , and sometimes even a longer period . During this period , they practised rigid ab- stinence as to food , and were careful to avoid the ...
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... took off his ring from his hand , and put it upon Joseph's hand , " Gen. xli . 42 ; which , Vossius says , was given both in token of the dignity to which he preferred Joseph , and that he might seal letters and patents in the king's ...
... took off his ring from his hand , and put it upon Joseph's hand , " Gen. xli . 42 ; which , Vossius says , was given both in token of the dignity to which he preferred Joseph , and that he might seal letters and patents in the king's ...
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... took an oath that the money had not been lent him , no debt should be recognised , and the claims of the suing party should imme- diately cease . This principle was acted upon , in order that great regard might be preserved for the name ...
... took an oath that the money had not been lent him , no debt should be recognised , and the claims of the suing party should imme- diately cease . This principle was acted upon , in order that great regard might be preserved for the name ...
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... took away every chance of repentance , deprived the country of the of fender's services , and hurried him out of the world when least prepared to meet the ordeal of a future state : hence , the Egyptians deemed it unnecessary to ...
... took away every chance of repentance , deprived the country of the of fender's services , and hurried him out of the world when least prepared to meet the ordeal of a future state : hence , the Egyptians deemed it unnecessary to ...
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Page 97 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 236 - 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 112 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 93 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Page 113 - Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maidservant that is behind the mil) -, and all the first-born of beasts.
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 : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
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 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.