The Pictorial Bible: Genesis-JoshuaW. and R. Chambers, 1855 |
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... considered the Pentateuch as the original work of Moses , restored through inspiration by Ezra , after its loss during the Babylonish captivity . The notion of this fabulous loss and restora- tion originated with the Jews themselves ...
... considered the Pentateuch as the original work of Moses , restored through inspiration by Ezra , after its loss during the Babylonish captivity . The notion of this fabulous loss and restora- tion originated with the Jews themselves ...
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... considered that here and elsewhere the sacred writer speaks of things as they appear , without en- cumbering his statements with revelations of scientific facts then unsuspected . No doubt they felt their minds ac- quiescing in this ...
... considered that here and elsewhere the sacred writer speaks of things as they appear , without en- cumbering his statements with revelations of scientific facts then unsuspected . No doubt they felt their minds ac- quiescing in this ...
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... considered of a more ancient zoology than the present system , the great saurians of geology . ' This ex- tent of signification is deduced from the various passages in which the word occurs ; and which show that it could not be confined ...
... considered of a more ancient zoology than the present system , the great saurians of geology . ' This ex- tent of signification is deduced from the various passages in which the word occurs ; and which show that it could not be confined ...
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... considered to strengthen this opinion , as does also the similarity of meaning between the Hebrew name Gihon and the Greek Araxes , both words denoting swiftness . One consideration that induced a preference for this site is , that the ...
... considered to strengthen this opinion , as does also the similarity of meaning between the Hebrew name Gihon and the Greek Araxes , both words denoting swiftness . One consideration that induced a preference for this site is , that the ...
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... considered as the origin of Aden , that very ancient sea - port and island at the mouth of the Arabian Gulf or Red Sea , which has very recently risen into new importance . 5. Nimrod , an individual . He built , besides Babel , his ...
... considered as the origin of Aden , that very ancient sea - port and island at the mouth of the Arabian Gulf or Red Sea , which has very recently risen into new importance . 5. Nimrod , an individual . He built , besides Babel , his ...
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Aaron Abraham according altar ancient animal appear Arabian Arabs Balaam beast Bedouins behold blessed blood bread brethren brought bullock burnt offering called camels Canaan cattle Chap CHAPTER children of Israel colour commanded congregation cubits daughter Deut earth East Edom Egypt Egyptians ephod Esau Exod father fire flesh flocks goats gold hand hath heave offering Hebrew holy Isaac Israelites Jacob Jews Joseph king Laban lamb land of Egypt leprosy Levites LORD spake unto meat offering mentioned Moses mountains Palestine Pentateuch Persia person Pharaoh present priest probably rendered river sacred sacrifice saying Scripture seems Septuagint servants shalt thou shekels shew shittim wood Sinai sons spake unto Moses stone tabernacle temple tent tenth deals thereof thing thou shalt tion took tribe unclean unto the LORD Verse vessels wife word writers
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Page 15 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Page 9 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 12 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 72 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 9 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 172 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them...
Page 193 - 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 203 - And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 220 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 34 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.