The sacred mirror; or, Compendious view of Scripture historyLongman and Rees,and J.Harris, 1803 |
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... heaven , was expanded to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the floods unanimously rushed into their appointed bed , and received the appel- lation of seas ; and the dry land ( now distinguished by the name of earth , ) was ...
... heaven , was expanded to divide the upper from the lower waters ; the floods unanimously rushed into their appointed bed , and received the appel- lation of seas ; and the dry land ( now distinguished by the name of earth , ) was ...
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... heavens and the earth created , in the space of six days , when such harmony pervaded each constituent part , and such exquisite beauty glowed upon the universal face of nature , that the Omnipotent Architect pronounced it very good ...
... heavens and the earth created , in the space of six days , when such harmony pervaded each constituent part , and such exquisite beauty glowed upon the universal face of nature , that the Omnipotent Architect pronounced it very good ...
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... Heaven , with- out experiencing the bitter pangs of death . This illus- trious character seems to have been blessed with several children , of whom Methuselah , the eldest , attained to the age of nine hundred and sixty - nine years ...
... Heaven , with- out experiencing the bitter pangs of death . This illus- trious character seems to have been blessed with several children , of whom Methuselah , the eldest , attained to the age of nine hundred and sixty - nine years ...
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... heaven were opened , and those over- whelming torrents began to fall , which continued forty days without abatement or intermission . The waters , thus brought upon the earth , from the heavens above and from the depths beneath ...
... heaven were opened , and those over- whelming torrents began to fall , which continued forty days without abatement or intermission . The waters , thus brought upon the earth , from the heavens above and from the depths beneath ...
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... heaven , for the express purpose of preventing the dispersion of their families , and in order to make them a sign , or name , on the earth . Accordingly the foundations were laid , and the structure carried on to a considerable height ...
... heaven , for the express purpose of preventing the dispersion of their families , and in order to make them a sign , or name , on the earth . Accordingly the foundations were laid , and the structure carried on to a considerable height ...
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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.