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Page 73
... blood ? we reply , probably from Goshen , which escaped all the plagues , or out of the new wells which were immediately dug about the Nile . E with those troublesome animals . The magicians imi- tated this TO THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN . 73.
... blood ? we reply , probably from Goshen , which escaped all the plagues , or out of the new wells which were immediately dug about the Nile . E with those troublesome animals . The magicians imi- tated this TO THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN . 73.
Page 76
... escaped the general devastation , but the wheat and which had but lately sprang up . rye , This dreadful visitation effectually terrified Pharaoh , who sent hastily for the Hebrew chiefs , and addressed them in the language of penitent ...
... escaped the general devastation , but the wheat and which had but lately sprang up . rye , This dreadful visitation effectually terrified Pharaoh , who sent hastily for the Hebrew chiefs , and addressed them in the language of penitent ...
Page 77
... escaped the hail . Upon this decla- ration , some of the Egyptian courtiers took the liberty to remind their sovereign of the inestimable damage which his dominions had already sustained , and to petition for the release of the Hebrews ...
... escaped the hail . Upon this decla- ration , some of the Egyptian courtiers took the liberty to remind their sovereign of the inestimable damage which his dominions had already sustained , and to petition for the release of the Hebrews ...
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... escaped the slaughter , they con- ceived an ardent wish for their restoration , and , after some consideration , adopted the following expedient . They caused a strict enquiry to be made concerning the tribes that had assembled at ...
... escaped the slaughter , they con- ceived an ardent wish for their restoration , and , after some consideration , adopted the following expedient . They caused a strict enquiry to be made concerning the tribes that had assembled at ...
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... escaped the fate of his brethren , and embraced this opportunity of addressing the tumultuous assembly from the summit of Mount Ge- rizzim : " The trees , " said he , " once assembled to make choice of a king : they offered the supreme ...
... escaped the fate of his brethren , and embraced this opportunity of addressing the tumultuous assembly from the summit of Mount Ge- rizzim : " The trees , " said he , " once assembled to make choice of a king : they offered the supreme ...
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Page 58 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 251 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 54 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 32 - Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 82 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Page 63 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 131 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 51 - The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Page 100 - I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Page 7 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.