The Bible Primer, Volume 2American Tract Society, 1854 |
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Page 40
... CANAAN . Abraham had never more any fixed habita- tion . He was a stranger and a pilgrim in the land of promise , often removing from one place to another . Wherever he pitched his tent , he raised an altar and worshipped God . The Lord ...
... CANAAN . Abraham had never more any fixed habita- tion . He was a stranger and a pilgrim in the land of promise , often removing from one place to another . Wherever he pitched his tent , he raised an altar and worshipped God . The Lord ...
Page 41
... Canaan's land ; With Sarah , that beloved name , And Lot , his brother's son , he came . To Abram and his seed alone , The glorious promises were made ; On him the unborn Saviour shone The unwrit gospel he surveyed . In joyful hope ...
... Canaan's land ; With Sarah , that beloved name , And Lot , his brother's son , he came . To Abram and his seed alone , The glorious promises were made ; On him the unborn Saviour shone The unwrit gospel he surveyed . In joyful hope ...
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... Canaan , was re- garded as a great and honorable man , a ruler , and a prince . He had three hundred and eighteen men - ser- vants fit to bear arms ; and these with their families , and his numerous flocks and herds , formed a large en ...
... Canaan , was re- garded as a great and honorable man , a ruler , and a prince . He had three hundred and eighteen men - ser- vants fit to bear arms ; and these with their families , and his numerous flocks and herds , formed a large en ...
Page 48
... and not a daughter of Canaan . The Canaanites were all idolaters . Abraham therefore sends forth the oldest ser- vant of his house with costly presents , and a train of ten camels , many days ' journey east- 48 THE BIBLE PRIMER .
... and not a daughter of Canaan . The Canaanites were all idolaters . Abraham therefore sends forth the oldest ser- vant of his house with costly presents , and a train of ten camels , many days ' journey east- 48 THE BIBLE PRIMER .
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... Esau best ? Was it a worthy and honorable motive ? What other name had Esau ? The " red pottage , " from which Esau obtain-. Abraham's servant ; and journeying to the land of Canaan , became the wife of Isaac . THE BIBLE PRIMER . 51 ...
... Esau best ? Was it a worthy and honorable motive ? What other name had Esau ? The " red pottage , " from which Esau obtain-. Abraham's servant ; and journeying to the land of Canaan , became the wife of Isaac . THE BIBLE PRIMER . 51 ...
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Page 104 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 64 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 58 - Mizpah ; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Page 39 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 25 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Page 115 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 96 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 176 - The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
Page 54 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him* : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 39 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.