Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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... probably be enabled to an- swer in the course of our enquiries . 2 We now proceed to the order of creation . On the first day God created light . " Let there be light , and there was light . " What this light might be , has naturally ex ...
... probably be enabled to an- swer in the course of our enquiries . 2 We now proceed to the order of creation . On the first day God created light . " Let there be light , and there was light . " What this light might be , has naturally ex ...
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... probably , which is here- after to be collected together into sun , moon , and stars.3 It is a light without a sun , -so much we know ; and such a light both Menu and Zoroaster tell us of . According to the one , Brahme ' has but to ...
... probably , which is here- after to be collected together into sun , moon , and stars.3 It is a light without a sun , -so much we know ; and such a light both Menu and Zoroaster tell us of . According to the one , Brahme ' has but to ...
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... probably by the waters which are above , the firmament . Both , as afterwards the beasts of the field and creeping things , are thus natives of that element which they are supposed most especially to inhabit . God this day not merely ...
... probably by the waters which are above , the firmament . Both , as afterwards the beasts of the field and creeping things , are thus natives of that element which they are supposed most especially to inhabit . God this day not merely ...
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... probably never have attained to the rank of a nation ; they would have been lost among their more powerful neigh- bours , and all trace and memory of them would long since have perished from the earth . ( Ver . 28. ) God's first words ...
... probably never have attained to the rank of a nation ; they would have been lost among their more powerful neigh- bours , and all trace and memory of them would long since have perished from the earth . ( Ver . 28. ) God's first words ...
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... probably. 9 2 3 On the Roman Year , p . 304 ; and for the manner in which the nun- dina were observed at Rome , see Selden , De Jure Nat . lib . iii , c . xv . 9 Ut Græci olim septimanis des- tituti , mensem trifariam in tres dierum ...
... probably. 9 2 3 On the Roman Year , p . 304 ; and for the manner in which the nun- dina were observed at Rome , see Selden , De Jure Nat . lib . iii , c . xv . 9 Ut Græci olim septimanis des- tituti , mensem trifariam in tres dierum ...
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Page 220 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 220 - Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Page 220 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 221 - And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the LORD shut him in.
Page 222 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 222 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 221 - And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons
Page 200 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 222 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 201 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...