Grandmama's conversations on the Bible, by a clergyman's wife1863 |
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... thought it would be better for them to sell Joseph to them than to slay him , so they lifted him out of the pit , and sold him as a slave to these merchants for twenty pieces of silver . It appears that Reuben was innocent of that crime ...
... thought it would be better for them to sell Joseph to them than to slay him , so they lifted him out of the pit , and sold him as a slave to these merchants for twenty pieces of silver . It appears that Reuben was innocent of that crime ...
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... thought it was only very ignorant people who believed in dreams . Grandm . - It was very different in Joseph's time to what it is now , my dear . In those times God frequently employed dreams for making known His will ; but now in this ...
... thought it was only very ignorant people who believed in dreams . Grandm . - It was very different in Joseph's time to what it is now , my dear . In those times God frequently employed dreams for making known His will ; but now in this ...
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... and put a gold chain about his neck . Harry - Linen dresses are not thought much of with us , Grandmama , are they ? Grandm . - No , Harry , linen is not so much valued among us as it was amongst the ancients . ON THE BIBLE . 13.
... and put a gold chain about his neck . Harry - Linen dresses are not thought much of with us , Grandmama , are they ? Grandm . - No , Harry , linen is not so much valued among us as it was amongst the ancients . ON THE BIBLE . 13.
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Page 13 - Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Page 13 - And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Page 12 - The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Page 5 - Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Page 7 - And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
Page 12 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : and there shall arise after them seven years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land...
Page 5 - And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Page 6 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Page 14 - Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 6 - Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.