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Page 54
... Jochebed , and the father , who was the grandson of Joseph's brother Levi , was called Amram . Perhaps Amram , the boy's father , would also stand by her side , and he would say , " No , we cannot give him up - let us keep him a little ...
... Jochebed , and the father , who was the grandson of Joseph's brother Levi , was called Amram . Perhaps Amram , the boy's father , would also stand by her side , and he would say , " No , we cannot give him up - let us keep him a little ...
Page 55
... Jochebed to look so sorrowfully on their little babe . Day after day they delayed to give it up - they knew that they must either do so , or must take it themselves , and put it into the broad stream ; but they could not find the ...
... Jochebed to look so sorrowfully on their little babe . Day after day they delayed to give it up - they knew that they must either do so , or must take it themselves , and put it into the broad stream ; but they could not find the ...
Page 56
... Jochebed then went home ; she went , no doubt , to weep and to pray - she would pray with many tears , “ O God , take care of my babe and do not let him die ! ” — and perhaps she would say it over and over again , for she believed that ...
... Jochebed then went home ; she went , no doubt , to weep and to pray - she would pray with many tears , “ O God , take care of my babe and do not let him die ! ” — and perhaps she would say it over and over again , for she believed that ...
Page 57
... Jochebed have been ! And how thankful to God she must have felt ! She would return thanks , and sing praises with a merry heart ; she would say , " It is a good thing to pray to God ; " and when with her grateful heart she looked upon ...
... Jochebed have been ! And how thankful to God she must have felt ! She would return thanks , and sing praises with a merry heart ; she would say , " It is a good thing to pray to God ; " and when with her grateful heart she looked upon ...
Page 58
... Jochebed , and that God intended to make Moses his servant . L. Did his mother teach him ? P. No doubt she taught him of the God who had saved him when in the ark , and had taught him to love and reverence that God . But he gained his ...
... Jochebed , and that God intended to make Moses his servant . L. Did his mother teach him ? P. No doubt she taught him of the God who had saved him when in the ark , and had taught him to love and reverence that God . But he gained his ...
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Page 79 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 48 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 13 - We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 5 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 58 - Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 15 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 43 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 19 - What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Page 83 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 71 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.