Notes, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Genesis: Designed as a General Help to Biblical Reading and Instruction. Vol. I.Gould, Newman & Saxton, 1839 - 364 pages |
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Page iii
... sense of the original . With such an ob- ject in view it was perhaps impossible to avoid giving the work an aspect predominantly critical . But an apology on this score can scarcely be requisite at the present day , when the claims of ...
... sense of the original . With such an ob- ject in view it was perhaps impossible to avoid giving the work an aspect predominantly critical . But an apology on this score can scarcely be requisite at the present day , when the claims of ...
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... sense of Fœdus , a covenant . ' Were such the usage , therefore , there would be no impropriety in terming the two main portions of the Scriptures the Old and New Covenant ; implying thereby , not two distinct and unrelated covenants ...
... sense of Fœdus , a covenant . ' Were such the usage , therefore , there would be no impropriety in terming the two main portions of the Scriptures the Old and New Covenant ; implying thereby , not two distinct and unrelated covenants ...
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... sense at the time when a translation was made , come afterwards to express a different sense . As institutions change , the meaning of terms applied to them changes also . Con- sequently , though those terms were once a proper version ...
... sense at the time when a translation was made , come afterwards to express a different sense . As institutions change , the meaning of terms applied to them changes also . Con- sequently , though those terms were once a proper version ...
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... sense that could not be collected from the known meaning of the sepa- rate terms . Of these the most remarkable are Baal , son , and y TM y man , which in their various connections express the relations of possession , dominion ...
... sense that could not be collected from the known meaning of the sepa- rate terms . Of these the most remarkable are Baal , son , and y TM y man , which in their various connections express the relations of possession , dominion ...
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... sense in our language , where the expression in the original is elliptical , or where the idioms of the two languages are so different , that a literal translation would leave the writer's meaning obscure or unintelligible . The first ...
... sense in our language , where the expression in the original is elliptical , or where the idioms of the two languages are so different , that a literal translation would leave the writer's meaning obscure or unintelligible . The first ...
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Abimelech Abra Abraham Abram Adam Admah animal Apostle appear Arabs Asshur beast begat Behold Bible bitumen blessed Cain called Canaan Chal Christ Chron covenant creatures Dead Sea Deut divine doubtless earth Egypt evil expression eyes Ezek faith father favour flesh God's ground Haran hath heart heaven Hebrew implies inhabitants Ishmael Israel Japheth Jehovah Josephus kind king land language living Lord Luke ment mercy Moses mountains narrative nature Noah Note on Gen original word Pentateuch perhaps phrase Pict plain present probably promise prophet Prov reason remarkable rendered righteous salt Sarah Scriptures seed sense Septuagint serpent servant Shem Shinar signifies Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah sons soul spirit suppose tent Terah term thee thing thou shalt tion translation tree tribes unto vale of Siddim verse waters whole wife Zoar
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Page 264 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Page 70 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD GOD had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath GOD said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden...
Page 100 - If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Page 131 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 323 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is 'turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 104 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 166 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 323 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 68 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church ; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 206 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.