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... took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat . And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together , and made themselves ...
... took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat . And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together , and made themselves ...
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... took advantage of their exposed state , and plied his temptations with so much subtilty , that Eve first , then Adam , fell into transgression . The steps by which they sinned are , alas ! too easily understood by us : seeing that we ...
... took advantage of their exposed state , and plied his temptations with so much subtilty , that Eve first , then Adam , fell into transgression . The steps by which they sinned are , alas ! too easily understood by us : seeing that we ...
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... took him . ( Genesis v . 21-24 . ) AMONG all the patriarchs before the flocd , there is no one so singularly celebrated for his piety , and for the favour of God towards him , as Enoch ; called by St. Jude , " the seventh from Adam ...
... took him . ( Genesis v . 21-24 . ) AMONG all the patriarchs before the flocd , there is no one so singularly celebrated for his piety , and for the favour of God towards him , as Enoch ; called by St. Jude , " the seventh from Adam ...
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... took him : " " He was translated that he should not see death . " Whether friends or enemies sought him , he was no more to be found . Most probably , without pain or corruption , he was transported in an instant , body and soul , into ...
... took him : " " He was translated that he should not see death . " Whether friends or enemies sought him , he was no more to be found . Most probably , without pain or corruption , he was transported in an instant , body and soul , into ...
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... took them wives of all which they chose . " And they had ( as the Psalmist expresses it ) " children at their desire . " These children might be comely and vigorous . In a worldly point of view , they were illustrious ; for we read ...
... took them wives of all which they chose . " And they had ( as the Psalmist expresses it ) " children at their desire . " These children might be comely and vigorous . In a worldly point of view , they were illustrious ; for we read ...
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Scripture Characters: First Series: Adam to Abraham. B.C. 4004-1822 William Jowett No preview available - 2017 |
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Abel Abimelech Abra Abraham Abram accounted righteous Adam Adam and Eve Beer-lahai-roi begat Behold believed blessed brother Cain called cattle character Christ Jesus command corrupt curse day of vengeance death descendants destroy divine divine grace dwell earth Enoch walked evil eyes faith faith Abraham father favour flood garden of Eden glory God's Gospel grace Hagar Haran hath heart heaven herdmen Holy Spirit honour hundred Isaac Ishmael Jehovah Jesus Christ judgment Lamech live Lord Jesus Christ Lord said unto mankind mercy Methuselah Noah offering parents patriarch Paul pious plain of Jordan pray prayer promise racter Redeemer remarkable sacrifice saints Sarah Scripture SECTION serpent servants Seth sinful sinners Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah soul thee thine thing thou art thou hast thy seed tion tree Unbelief ungodly unto the Lord wicked wife wilt thou word
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Page 11 - And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 43 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 54 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee : and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 82 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 69 - Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 103 - And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an Altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the Altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 71 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 36 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Page 12 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it ; cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Page 48 - And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you...