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... face the superscription of Deity , and that man could not have origin- ated a record at once so simple and so sublime , commending itself so truly to the most enlightened mind , and vindicating itself in all respects as worthy of God ...
... face the superscription of Deity , and that man could not have origin- ated a record at once so simple and so sublime , commending itself so truly to the most enlightened mind , and vindicating itself in all respects as worthy of God ...
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... face of the waters . " Now , the Hebrew word there translated “ moved " is rendered in Hebrew lexicons , “ flut- tered like a dove ; " and , thus , this second verse might be rendered , " The Spirit of God kept fluttering after the ...
... face of the waters . " Now , the Hebrew word there translated “ moved " is rendered in Hebrew lexicons , “ flut- tered like a dove ; " and , thus , this second verse might be rendered , " The Spirit of God kept fluttering after the ...
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... face of the deep . There was chaos , or darkness , over all the face of the earth prior to the present configuration — that is , the absence of light : at the beginning , God said , " Let there be light , and there was light . " The ...
... face of the deep . There was chaos , or darkness , over all the face of the earth prior to the present configuration — that is , the absence of light : at the beginning , God said , " Let there be light , and there was light . " The ...
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... face of the ground . " The Hebrew conjunction " but " is frequently trans- lated " nor , " " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image , and any likeness , " & c . ; but we very properly translate it , " nor any likeness , " & c ...
... face of the ground . " The Hebrew conjunction " but " is frequently trans- lated " nor , " " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image , and any likeness , " & c . ; but we very properly translate it , " nor any likeness , " & c ...
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... face shalt thou eat bread , till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken ; for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . " Woman bears witness to her participation of the curse . Had it never alighted on her ...
... face shalt thou eat bread , till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken ; for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . " Woman bears witness to her participation of the curse . Had it never alighted on her ...
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Page 58 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 37 - And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Page 93 - 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 245 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 39 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 121 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 111 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 151 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 327 - But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Page 76 - ... wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons...