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... fact ; it is speaking optically , not scien- tifically . The Bible is written in popular language , to teach mankind religion ; it is not written in scientific terms , to satisfy the successive discoveries of scientific men . And when ...
... fact ; it is speaking optically , not scien- tifically . The Bible is written in popular language , to teach mankind religion ; it is not written in scientific terms , to satisfy the successive discoveries of scientific men . And when ...
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... fact , the passage recognizes their previous existence , and only assigns them a new and resusci tated function to give light , the one by day and the other by night . And again , what is still more remarkable , the six- teenth verse ...
... fact , the passage recognizes their previous existence , and only assigns them a new and resusci tated function to give light , the one by day and the other by night . And again , what is still more remarkable , the six- teenth verse ...
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... fact . In the second verse we read this statement : " The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . " Now , the Hebrew word there translated “ moved " is rendered in Hebrew lexicons , “ flut- tered like a dove ; " and , thus ...
... fact . In the second verse we read this statement : " The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . " Now , the Hebrew word there translated “ moved " is rendered in Hebrew lexicons , “ flut- tered like a dove ; " and , thus ...
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... fact is asserted , and that fact is in perfect harmony with the analogies that we see around us . To show that this process of creation in six consecutive days is the original of the custom , that prevails in the world , of dividing ...
... fact is asserted , and that fact is in perfect harmony with the analogies that we see around us . To show that this process of creation in six consecutive days is the original of the custom , that prevails in the world , of dividing ...
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... facts recorded ; and Moses alludes , in the course of his narrative , to what was its geography while he was writing , and therefore he speaks of the name of the first river being Pison , — “ that is it which compasseth the whole land ...
... facts recorded ; and Moses alludes , in the course of his narrative , to what was its geography while he was writing , and therefore he speaks of the name of the first river being Pison , — “ that is it which compasseth the whole land ...
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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...