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... present day to see the modes of life of patriarchal times . The design of this volume is to illustrate the Bible by an explanation of the Oriental customs to which it refers . The Bible becomes more than ever a real book when we can ...
... present day to see the modes of life of patriarchal times . The design of this volume is to illustrate the Bible by an explanation of the Oriental customs to which it refers . The Bible becomes more than ever a real book when we can ...
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... present day . It is not always , however , to be regarded as un- selfish ; in many in- stances a return be- ing expected from the traveler who is thus entertained . A recent " Arabs writer says , are still as fond as ever of exercising ...
... present day . It is not always , however , to be regarded as un- selfish ; in many in- stances a return be- ing expected from the traveler who is thus entertained . A recent " Arabs writer says , are still as fond as ever of exercising ...
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... present day , for hearths , in many places still showed signs of the action of fire , and on digging beneath the surface we found pieces of char- coal in great abundance . " - Desert of the Exodus , p . 258. What gives peculiar interest ...
... present day , for hearths , in many places still showed signs of the action of fire , and on digging beneath the surface we found pieces of char- coal in great abundance . " - Desert of the Exodus , p . 258. What gives peculiar interest ...
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... present that shall be worth more than his gift . 25. - MIDDLEMEN . XXIII , 8. Entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar . Abraham does not go directly to Ephron , but he gets some of the Hittites to plead for him . No business of ...
... present that shall be worth more than his gift . 25. - MIDDLEMEN . XXIII , 8. Entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar . Abraham does not go directly to Ephron , but he gets some of the Hittites to plead for him . No business of ...
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... present of the whole field and the cave , and calls on the people to be witnesses of his generosity and sincerity , ( verse 11. ) 6. Abra- ham bows again before them , ( verse 12. ) 7. He declines to take it as a gift , and offers to ...
... present of the whole field and the cave , and calls on the people to be witnesses of his generosity and sincerity , ( verse 11. ) 6. Abra- ham bows again before them , ( verse 12. ) 7. He declines to take it as a gift , and offers to ...
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