Bible Biography: Or, The Lives and Characters of the Principal Personages Recorded in the Sacred Writings; Practically Adapted to the Instruction of Youth and Private Families; Together with an Appendix, Containing Thirty Dissertations on the Evidences of Divine Revelation from Timpson's Key to the Bible; Being a Complete Summary of Biblical Knowledge, Carefully Condensed and Compiled from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [etc.] ...Robert Sears R. Sears, 1842 - 491 pages |
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Page 84
... Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps ; " he keeps his faithful servants , in the night as well as in the day , beneath the shadow of his wing . Jacob , fearing to proceed farther , looks around him for some place to rest himself till the ...
... Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps ; " he keeps his faithful servants , in the night as well as in the day , beneath the shadow of his wing . Jacob , fearing to proceed farther , looks around him for some place to rest himself till the ...
Page 100
... Israel . " But human comforts are uncertain , and when a man has , in his own imagination , conquered the principal difficulties of life , and attained " a place of rest " for the remainder of his days , an unexpected evil will arise ...
... Israel . " But human comforts are uncertain , and when a man has , in his own imagination , conquered the principal difficulties of life , and attained " a place of rest " for the remainder of his days , an unexpected evil will arise ...
Page 105
... Israel must die . " There is no ex- emption from this stroke , and it matters little where it happens , whether at home or in a strange land , whether at Hebron or in Egypt , to him who , with Jacob , has the divine presence to bless ...
... Israel must die . " There is no ex- emption from this stroke , and it matters little where it happens , whether at home or in a strange land , whether at Hebron or in Egypt , to him who , with Jacob , has the divine presence to bless ...
Page 129
... Israel : even by the GoD of thy father , who shall help thee , and by the ALMIGHTY , who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above , blessings of the deep that lieth under , blessings of the breasts and of the womb : the blessings ...
... Israel : even by the GoD of thy father , who shall help thee , and by the ALMIGHTY , who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above , blessings of the deep that lieth under , blessings of the breasts and of the womb : the blessings ...
Page 149
... Israel can save even from the mighty waters , and can deliver from the devouring jaws of monsters . With great pains and with considerable ingenuity does she contrive a little basket of bulrushes , which she daubs , both inside and out ...
... Israel can save even from the mighty waters , and can deliver from the devouring jaws of monsters . With great pains and with considerable ingenuity does she contrive a little basket of bulrushes , which she daubs , both inside and out ...
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Abimelech Abraham Ahab ALMIGHTY ancient apostle appears Babylon Balaam behold Bible blessed brethren brother called Canaan character child Christian church circumstance command conduct David death declaration disciples Divine Revelation doctrine duty earth Egypt Egyptian Elijah Elisha enemies Esau evil Exod faith father favor fear Gehazi Gibeon glorious glory gospel hand hath heart heaven Hebrew holy honor human idolatry inspired instruction Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob JEHOVAH Jerusalem JESUS CHRIST Jews Joseph Judea judgment king kingdom land LORD manner mercy MESSIAH mind miracle Moab monarch Moses nations Noah Old Testament patriarch persons Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines piety pious possessed priest prince promise prophecy prophet received REDEEMER religion rendered righteousness sacred sacrifice salvation Samuel Sarepta Saul SAVIOUR says Scriptures servant sins solemn Solomon sons soul spirit Syria thee things thou tion translation truth unto whole wisdom word