Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy land, by G. [or rather J.L.] StephensRichard Bentley, 1838 - Arabian Peninsula |
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Akaba Alexandria ancient Arabian Arabs arms bank beard beautiful Bedouins boat buried Cairo camels caravan Cataracts chamber Christian companions convent dark Dead Sea descended desert desolate donkey door dress dromedary Edom Egypt Egyptian eyes face feeling feet foot gate gave governor ground half hands head heard Hebron Holy Land horse hour hundred Idumea interest janizary Jerusalem Jews journey looked miserable monks morning Moses moun Mount Hor Mount Sinai mountains Mussulmans naked never night Nile Nubian o'clock Pacha palm-trees passed Paul Petra Pharaoh pilgrims Prophet pyramids Red Sea river road rock ruins sand scene seemed seen sheik shore side sitting soon spot standing stone stood stranger sword temple tent Thebes thing thousand tion told tombs Toualeb traveller tribe Turk Turkish turned Upper Egypt valley village walked walls wandering whole wild wind
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Page 115 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 134 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Page 64 - And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an habitation of dragons, And a court for owls.
Page 297 - Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Page 342 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Page 325 - Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Page 244 - And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
Page 330 - And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan.
Page 32 - It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Page 329 - I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.