Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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... blessing so extensive could mean no less . But it is not to be supposed that it was clearly understood by Abram , who , at that time , had no child ; and both he and his wife were old . Yet he did not hesitate to believe him who he knew ...
... blessing so extensive could mean no less . But it is not to be supposed that it was clearly understood by Abram , who , at that time , had no child ; and both he and his wife were old . Yet he did not hesitate to believe him who he knew ...
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... bless her , " said the divine oracle , " and give thee a son of her ( B. C. 1897 , ) and thou shalt call his name Isaac , and she shall be a mother of nations , and kings of people shall be of her . Unto thy seed have I given this land ...
... bless her , " said the divine oracle , " and give thee a son of her ( B. C. 1897 , ) and thou shalt call his name Isaac , and she shall be a mother of nations , and kings of people shall be of her . Unto thy seed have I given this land ...
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... blessing of heaven . You may perhaps think , my children , that I speak with lenity of the errors of this distinguished patriarch in the two instances I have related . It is not for me to soften or disguise the characters I present to ...
... blessing of heaven . You may perhaps think , my children , that I speak with lenity of the errors of this distinguished patriarch in the two instances I have related . It is not for me to soften or disguise the characters I present to ...
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... the fami . lies of the earth were to be blessed ! " - How can all this come to pass if he is to be put to death before he has one child from whom a race might descend ? Without being a 32 OFFERING OF ISAAC . father ; the father of.
... the fami . lies of the earth were to be blessed ! " - How can all this come to pass if he is to be put to death before he has one child from whom a race might descend ? Without being a 32 OFFERING OF ISAAC . father ; the father of.
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... blessings were to be derived , it is impossible to appreciate the extreme hardship of this sin gular experiment . Fanny . I often recollect a very affecting answer of a lady which I have somewhere read , who , in excessive grief for the ...
... blessings were to be derived , it is impossible to appreciate the extreme hardship of this sin gular experiment . Fanny . I often recollect a very affecting answer of a lady which I have somewhere read , who , in excessive grief for the ...
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Page 342 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 239 - What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Page 146 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 245 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 298 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 129 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 113 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 275 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 147 - If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Page 81 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...