The Pictorial Bible: Genesis-JoshuaW. and R. Chambers, 1855 |
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... give light upon the earth and it was so . 16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also . 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give ...
... give light upon the earth and it was so . 16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also . 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give ...
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... give too great extent to the kingdom of Nimrod . It is generally believed to have been a city of Chaldæa , which ... gives equal authority to the margi- nal reading , which is Out of that land , he [ Nimrod ] went forth into Assyria ...
... give too great extent to the kingdom of Nimrod . It is generally believed to have been a city of Chaldæa , which ... gives equal authority to the margi- nal reading , which is Out of that land , he [ Nimrod ] went forth into Assyria ...
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... give Mr. Rich's description , referring to Sir R. K. Porter for a more detailed account . The Birs Nimrúd is a mound of an oblong form , the total circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow ...
... give Mr. Rich's description , referring to Sir R. K. Porter for a more detailed account . The Birs Nimrúd is a mound of an oblong form , the total circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow ...
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... give it , and to thy seed for ever . 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth , then shall thy seed also be numbered . 17 Arise , walk through the land in the length of it ...
... give it , and to thy seed for ever . 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth , then shall thy seed also be numbered . 17 Arise , walk through the land in the length of it ...
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... give a very clear sanction to our conclusion - that other neighbouring districts were also subjugated by the Assy- rians thirteen years before , and participated in the revolt of the thirteenth year . And this conclusion is further ...
... give a very clear sanction to our conclusion - that other neighbouring districts were also subjugated by the Assy- rians thirteen years before , and participated in the revolt of the thirteenth year . And this conclusion is further ...
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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.