Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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... hundred years , yet forming a whole , harmonious in all its parts ; because the writers were divinely taught , and their labours were all directed to one end , namely , to show the defection of man from the righteousness in which he was ...
... hundred years , yet forming a whole , harmonious in all its parts ; because the writers were divinely taught , and their labours were all directed to one end , namely , to show the defection of man from the righteousness in which he was ...
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... hundred and sixty - nine years . ( B. C. 2348. ) The earth then would be rapidly peopled ; and wickedness appears to have arrived at a great height about this time ; for , in the year of the world 1656 , all mankind were swept 18 THE ...
... hundred and sixty - nine years . ( B. C. 2348. ) The earth then would be rapidly peopled ; and wickedness appears to have arrived at a great height about this time ; for , in the year of the world 1656 , all mankind were swept 18 THE ...
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... . Some say , a hundred years . Others think , even a longer period . While the Ark was preparing , he warned his contemporaries of the impending calamity ; but no peni- THE FLOOD . 19 tence appeared to avert the divine.
... . Some say , a hundred years . Others think , even a longer period . While the Ark was preparing , he warned his contemporaries of the impending calamity ; but no peni- THE FLOOD . 19 tence appeared to avert the divine.
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... hundred and fifty days , or five months , until it had risen about twenty - seven feet above the top of the highest mountains . About the beginning of May the waters began to abate , and about the end of it , the ark rested on the ...
... hundred and fifty days , or five months , until it had risen about twenty - seven feet above the top of the highest mountains . About the beginning of May the waters began to abate , and about the end of it , the ark rested on the ...
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... hundred and sixty - five days ? Perhaps they were months . Only think , -Methusaleh lived nine hundred and sixty - nine years . What a prodi- gious length of time ! The numbers Mother . They were literally years . recorded by Moses can ...
... hundred and sixty - five days ? Perhaps they were months . Only think , -Methusaleh lived nine hundred and sixty - nine years . What a prodi- gious length of time ! The numbers Mother . They were literally years . recorded by Moses can ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham afflicted Ahaz altar amongst Amorites army Assyria Babylon Balaam became behold Bible blessing brethren brother brought called Canaan captivity Catherine Charles commanded covenant daughter David death delivered divine earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies Esau event Ezra Fanny father favour glory hand hath heart heathens heaven Hebrew holy honour hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jacob Jehoiakim Jehovah Jephthah Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah king king's land Levites lived Lord Medes mercy messenger miracle Moab monarch Mordecai Moses Mother nation Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh offered Pharaoh Philistines pious present priests prince promise prophecy prophet punishment received reign religion royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Samson Saul Scriptures sent servant shalt Shechem Sisera Solomon sons STORY supposed Syria tabernacle temple thee thou thousand throne tion tribes unto whilst whole wife worship Zedekiah