The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 2Baynes, 1808 |
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Page xxxvii
... Moses , and the reigns of the first eight kings of Argos began A. M. 2154 , and ended A. M. 2525 ; so that they reached from the latter end of Abraham's life , to a few years after the exit of the Israelites out of Egypt . Now let any ...
... Moses , and the reigns of the first eight kings of Argos began A. M. 2154 , and ended A. M. 2525 ; so that they reached from the latter end of Abraham's life , to a few years after the exit of the Israelites out of Egypt . Now let any ...
Page 103
... Moses , had been in subjection . They had served him twelve years , but in the thirteenth they rebelled.h We meet no where in profane history the name Chedorlaomer , nor any names of the kings mentioned by Moses , as confederate with ...
... Moses , had been in subjection . They had served him twelve years , but in the thirteenth they rebelled.h We meet no where in profane history the name Chedorlaomer , nor any names of the kings mentioned by Moses , as confederate with ...
Page 104
... Moses , head of the Assyrian empire ; and Amraphel was his deputy at Babylon in Shinaar , and Arioch and Tidal his de- puties over some other adjacent countries . It is re- markable , that Ninus first appointed under him such deputies ...
... Moses , head of the Assyrian empire ; and Amraphel was his deputy at Babylon in Shinaar , and Arioch and Tidal his de- puties over some other adjacent countries . It is re- markable , that Ninus first appointed under him such deputies ...
Page 123
... Moses , with whom he makes Sydec contemporary ; he then informs us , that Sydec was father of the Dioscuri , Cabiri , or Corybantes ; and that xara T8T8s , or in their life - time " Eliun was born . Ouranus was son of Eliun , and Ilus ...
... Moses , with whom he makes Sydec contemporary ; he then informs us , that Sydec was father of the Dioscuri , Cabiri , or Corybantes ; and that xara T8T8s , or in their life - time " Eliun was born . Ouranus was son of Eliun , and Ilus ...
Page 128
... Moses has given us , of the life of Abraham . q P It is very remarkable , that the profane writers give us much the same accounts of him , Berosus indeed does not call him by his name , but describes a person of his character living ten ...
... Moses has given us , of the life of Abraham . q P It is very remarkable , that the profane writers give us much the same accounts of him , Berosus indeed does not call him by his name , but describes a person of his character living ten ...
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Page 264 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 117 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called : Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 446 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 503 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 231 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 114 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 501 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 500 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 250 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 117 - And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.