 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes : Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?  The Republican - Page 66edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 912 pages
...ashes: 2-3 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city fur nst the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty foond there. And he... | |
 | Joshua Dixon - Catechisms - 1843 - 380 pages
...majesty of our heavenly Father, we must approach him with the utmost reverence and humility. Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. Gen.'ttn\\.3n. / trill be sanctified in them that coxae n\c\vta£. \&N.i-'i. Behold, the heaven of... | |
 | Henry Blunt - Sermons, English - 1844 - 274 pages
...the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...find there forty and five, I will not destroy it." Thus did Abraham, still presuming to plead with holy boldness, continue to intercede, and thus did... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1844 - 452 pages
...reverence of mind, persevering in his noble and generous philanthropy, ventured to reply : " Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And be said, If I find there forty-and-five, I will not destroy it." Abraham's last entreaty was, " Oh... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: "2-8 Peradveuture there shall lark five of tire filly Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel ; 37 And the carcase of Jezeoel slin.ll •29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And... | |
 | Henry Blunt - Bible - 1844 - 368 pages
...city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 28. Peradventure there should lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for... | |
 | John Flavel - Conversion - 1845 - 572 pages
...friend of God ;" yet see with what humility of spirit and reverential awe he addresses God, " Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." Gen. 18 : 27. 3. God's readiness to grant, as well as their liberty to ask, proves them the special... | |
 | Catharine Irene Finch - 1846 - 496 pages
...city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes." "And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which...; wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five r " And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it." " And he spake unto him yet... | |
 | David Daniell - Religion - 1992 - 700 pages
...taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, and yet am but dust and ashes. What though there lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for...If I find there forty and five I will not destroy them. And he spake unto him yet again and said: what if there be forty found there: And he said: I... | |
 | Charles W. Chesnutt - Fiction - 1993 - 404 pages
...city, then I shall spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five 1..." (Genesis 18:26-28). "For their vine is the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their... | |
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