The Antiquities of Egypt: With a Particular Notice of Those that Illustrate the Sacred Scriptures |
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... means of ample vengeance in his power for the outrage that his brethren had committed against him . Their lives and properties were in his hands ; but no thought of revenge was in his heart . His only design in afflicting them was to ...
... means of ample vengeance in his power for the outrage that his brethren had committed against him . Their lives and properties were in his hands ; but no thought of revenge was in his heart . His only design in afflicting them was to ...
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... means whereby his brethren were to be brought to repentance , Gen. xliv . The touching eloquence of Judah's address to Joseph , to which no equal will be found in any uninspired writing , was scarcely needed to move the relentings of ...
... means whereby his brethren were to be brought to repentance , Gen. xliv . The touching eloquence of Judah's address to Joseph , to which no equal will be found in any uninspired writing , was scarcely needed to move the relentings of ...
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... means in God's hands whereby He kept alive on the earth the chosen race whence that Saviour was to be born who should be the fulfilment of His promise , and the source of every blessing which He has to bestow upon mankind . Egypt on ...
... means in God's hands whereby He kept alive on the earth the chosen race whence that Saviour was to be born who should be the fulfilment of His promise , and the source of every blessing which He has to bestow upon mankind . Egypt on ...
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... means the tyrants and barbarians which the priests describe them to be . They assumed the manners of the Egyptians , and governed ac- cording to their laws , and whatever alterations they may have designed in the worship to be conducted ...
... means the tyrants and barbarians which the priests describe them to be . They assumed the manners of the Egyptians , and governed ac- cording to their laws , and whatever alterations they may have designed in the worship to be conducted ...
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... means of the horrible expedient of infanti- cide , endeavouring in the first place to compass their wicked end through fraud , and failing in that , perpetrating it with open violence , is but too characteristic of the manners of these ...
... means of the horrible expedient of infanti- cide , endeavouring in the first place to compass their wicked end through fraud , and failing in that , perpetrating it with open violence , is but too characteristic of the manners of these ...
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Abraham Abydos according afterwards alphabet already Amenti Amenumis Amoun ancient Egypt animal antiquity appears blessing British Museum captives Champollion characters children of Israel convey Coptic deceased denoted Divine dynasty earth Egyptian mythology Egyptian priests embalming engraving entire erected Ethiopia evidently existing Exod father gods Greek authors heart heaven hieroglyphic hieroglyphic name history of Egypt Horapollo idea idolatry inhabitants inscribed inscription inspired narrative Jews Joseph kings of Egypt land of Egypt language lists of Manetho Lord Manetho manner means Memphis Menes Mizraim mode monarch monuments Moses mummy mythology nations Nile Nubia obelisk Osiris Osortasen palace peculiar period Pharaoh picture preserved probably Ptha Ptolemy pyramids race Ramses Ramses II reads reign remains represented Scripture Sesostris shepherds Shishak singular soul successor symbol tablet of Abydos temples Thebes Thoth Thothmosis thou throne tion tombs triad truth unto Upper Egypt whole word worship writing written
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Page 11 - Come near to me. I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 8 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 30 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 10 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 165 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 21 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 28 - And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Page 57 - I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 165 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 19 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?