A Complete History of the Holy Bible: As Contained in the Old and New Testaments ; Including Also the Ocurrences of Four Hundred Years from the Last of the Prophets to the Birth of Christ, and the Life of Our Blessed Saviour and His Apostles, &c with Copious Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Practical and Devotional, Volume 1W.W. Woodward, 1807 |
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Page 73
... Jacob finding him so indifferent , was not con- tent with his word , but to make the bargain sure , would not part with his pottage till he had obliged his brother to confirm the birth - right to him by an oath . Esau ne- ver scruples ...
... Jacob finding him so indifferent , was not con- tent with his word , but to make the bargain sure , would not part with his pottage till he had obliged his brother to confirm the birth - right to him by an oath . Esau ne- ver scruples ...
Page 76
... Jacob were born , that the elder should serve the younger . But God would not permit his purpose to be so disappointed ; and therefore being unwilling to deal hardly with Isaac , he permitted him to be im- posed upon by his wife and ...
... Jacob were born , that the elder should serve the younger . But God would not permit his purpose to be so disappointed ; and therefore being unwilling to deal hardly with Isaac , he permitted him to be im- posed upon by his wife and ...
Page 77
... Jacob to her ; and having told him what she heard his father say to his brother , first enjoin- ing him a punctual obedience to all her directions , she bids him go to the flock , and fetch from thence two kids of the goats , and with ...
... Jacob to her ; and having told him what she heard his father say to his brother , first enjoin- ing him a punctual obedience to all her directions , she bids him go to the flock , and fetch from thence two kids of the goats , and with ...
Page 78
... Jacob's hands , being deceived by the hairy kids ' skins , could not be sure it was Jacob or Esau , but shewed his uncertainty by say- ing , " The voice is Jacob's voice , but the hands are the " hands of Esau . " Having nothing but his ...
... Jacob's hands , being deceived by the hairy kids ' skins , could not be sure it was Jacob or Esau , but shewed his uncertainty by say- ing , " The voice is Jacob's voice , but the hands are the " hands of Esau . " Having nothing but his ...
Page 79
... Jacob did , his father perceiving the smell , not only of the kids ' skins , but of the clothes he had on , gave his blessing to Jacob . in this manner : " Behold , the smell of my son is as the " smell of a field which the Lord hath ...
... Jacob did , his father perceiving the smell , not only of the kids ' skins , but of the clothes he had on , gave his blessing to Jacob . in this manner : " Behold , the smell of my son is as the " smell of a field which the Lord hath ...
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Page 24 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 307 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 79 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 29 - 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 515 - Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
Page 43 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 212 - Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Page 166 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 176 - And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
Page 83 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.