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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... Lands . -Girodet .... 288 Promised Land .......... 196 Jericho and the Jordan ........ Joshua ....... Jewish Physician , Modern Oriental ; from Lane's Arabian Nights ' 289 292 Daniel in the Lions ' Den . - Rubens ... .......... 294 RUTH ...
... Lands . -Girodet .... 288 Promised Land .......... 196 Jericho and the Jordan ........ Joshua ....... Jewish Physician , Modern Oriental ; from Lane's Arabian Nights ' 289 292 Daniel in the Lions ' Den . - Rubens ... .......... 294 RUTH ...
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... land of Nod , in which it is said that Cain took up his residence after the murder of his brother . Nod signi- fies in Hebrew simply vagabond ; and nothing more is meant in the text than that Cain went into the country eastward as a ...
... land of Nod , in which it is said that Cain took up his residence after the murder of his brother . Nod signi- fies in Hebrew simply vagabond ; and nothing more is meant in the text than that Cain went into the country eastward as a ...
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... land when the flood should be over . A great number of persons must necessarily have been employed in this prodigious work , the greatest part of whom perished in the flood . Thus many are externally engaged in promoting the interests ...
... land when the flood should be over . A great number of persons must necessarily have been employed in this prodigious work , the greatest part of whom perished in the flood . Thus many are externally engaged in promoting the interests ...
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... land would have exhibited the most forbidding aspect of inaccessible precipices , tremendous rocks , and unfathomable gulfs , instead of the present moderately varied scene of hill and valley . Noah entered the ark with his wife , his ...
... land would have exhibited the most forbidding aspect of inaccessible precipices , tremendous rocks , and unfathomable gulfs , instead of the present moderately varied scene of hill and valley . Noah entered the ark with his wife , his ...
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... land , which he found clear of the water , and affording a delightful prospect . The sensations of the patriarch after so long a confinement , and the experience of such a wonderful deliverance , must have been peculiarly affecting and ...
... land , which he found clear of the water , and affording a delightful prospect . The sensations of the patriarch after so long a confinement , and the experience of such a wonderful deliverance , must have been peculiarly affecting and ...
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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