| Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...fell upon Abram ; and lo an horror of great darkness || fell upon him. 13 And he ^said unto Abraffl, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt... | |
| Roger O'Connor - 1822 - 534 pages
...And we are instructed to believe, from the 13th verse of the 15th chapter of Genesis, "That the Lord said unto Abram, know of a surety that thy seed shall...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years." And this is confirmed to the letter by Josephus, in the 1st section of the 9th chapter of his 2d book... | |
| 1848 - 704 pages
...thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, Thus shall thy seed he.' And again, chap. xv. : 'And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy...shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.' And thus shall thou find it written in many places." To many Jews this appears to be conclusive, and even... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1822 - 242 pages
...affliction. Genesis, chap. xv. ver. 13, ' And God said unto Abraham, know of a surely that thy seed shatt be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years.' This promise then to Abraham, and his seed for ever, to inherit the land of Canaan, had it been a fact... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1822 - 254 pages
...affliction. Genesis, chap. xv. ver. 13, "And God said unto Ahraham, know of a surety, that thy seed shall he a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years." This promise then to Ahraham, and his seed for ever, to inherit the land of Canaan, had it heen a fact... | |
| Hart Simonds - 1822 - 334 pages
...proves also that these words refer to the captivities, when God said to Abraham, immediately after it, " And he said unto Abram, know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger," (Gen. xv. 15), which alludes to the first captivity ; and to impress it still stronger, the words were... | |
| Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...westward^ for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever "." " And GOD said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall k Gen. xxxii. 24, 30. ° Gen. xii. 7. 1 Gal. iv. 4,... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...Continuance of Afflictions and Persecutions, and that according to our Necessities. GQD said unto Abraham, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years, &c. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again. — Gen. xv. 13—16. And it came to... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...Contmuance of Afflictions and Persecutions, and that according to our Necessities. G«D said unto Abraham, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a Stranger...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years, &c. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again. — Gen. xv. 13—16. And it came to... | |
| David Williamson - 1824 - 802 pages
...retribution which was to overtake their oppressors. Know, of a surety, that thy Meet shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge ; and afterwards shall they come out with... | |
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