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Abel ABRA ABRAHA ADAM Afide altar ANGEL ANNA anſwer arms art thou behold Benjamin blefs BOAZ brethren brother cabin CAIN ceaſe Cleophis confolation curfed dear death defire deign deſpair doft thou dreadful Eliel ELIJAH ELIPHAZ exiſtence facred facrifice faid father fearful feel feems fentence fhall fhalt fhould fince firſt fleep fole fome fpeak ftill ftranger fuch fuffer fupport HAGAR happineſs happy hath hear heart Heaven himſelf horror houſe huſband Ifaac Ifrael infpire ISAAC ISHMAE ISHMAEL JEPHONAH Jofeph kinfman laft leaſt Lord mafter mercy mifery moft moſt mother muft muſt myſelf NAOMI neareſt never Orafis ORASIS PHASE PHASEAR pity poffible preſent preſerve promiſe puniſhment reafon refignation reſtore RUTH SARAH SCENE SCENE SELIMA SETH ſhall ſhe SIMEON ſon SOPHAR ſpeak Sunim thee ther theſe thine THIRSA thofe thou shalt thy fon TOBIT voice wherefore WIDOW wiſh wretched ZARES
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Page 288 - And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 288 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 289 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 225 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Page 288 - faid, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have " not a cake, but a handful of meal in a bar...
Page 288 - And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and thy son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 156 - And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the fecond time, and faid, by myfelf have I fworn, faith the LORD ; for becaufe thou haft done this thing, and haft not withheld thy fon, thine onlyyS/z; that in bleffing I will blefs thee...
Page 256 - be buried : the Lord do fo to me, and " more alfo, if ought but death part thee " and me. When fhe faw that fhe was " ftedfaftly minded to go with her, then *
Page 222 - people fhall be my people ; and thy God my " God. Where thou dieft, will I die; and there " will I be buried : the Lord do fo to me, and " more alfo, if aught but death part thee and me.