Popular Commentary of the Bible: The historical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1923 |
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... brother Abel . This was her second child , her second son , whose name Abel ( vanity ) indicates that she was feel ... brothers continued in the calling of their father , the younger son devoting himself to the keeping of the smaller ...
... brother Abel . This was her second child , her second son , whose name Abel ( vanity ) indicates that she was feel ... brothers continued in the calling of their father , the younger son devoting himself to the keeping of the smaller ...
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... brother . The warning of the Lord was dis- regarded , deliberately set aside , as he started a quarrel with his brother . And it came to pass , when they were in the field , that Cain rose up against Abel , his brother , and slew him ...
... brother . The warning of the Lord was dis- regarded , deliberately set aside , as he started a quarrel with his brother . And it came to pass , when they were in the field , that Cain rose up against Abel , his brother , and slew him ...
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... brothers and sisters . The complaint of Cain was at the same time a plea for some sort of assurance on the part of God ... brother's name was Jubal ; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ . This was the second son of ...
... brothers and sisters . The complaint of Cain was at the same time a plea for some sort of assurance on the part of God ... brother's name was Jubal ; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ . This was the second son of ...
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... brother of Japheth the elder , even to him were children born . Shem is here called the father of all the children ... brother's name was Joktan . Eber probably took part in the great Babylonian emigration , for he named his older son ...
... brother of Japheth the elder , even to him were children born . Shem is here called the father of all the children ... brother's name was Joktan . Eber probably took part in the great Babylonian emigration , for he named his older son ...
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... brother's son , and all their substance that they had gath- ered , and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came . Accustomed as they were to a nomadic ...
... brother's son , and all their substance that they had gath- ered , and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came . Accustomed as they were to a nomadic ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham Abram according altar Amorites atonement Balaam behold blessing blood brethren bring brother brought burnt offering camp Canaan chap CHAPTER chil children of Israel commanded congregation covenant curse daughter death Deut earth Edom Egypt Egyptians enemies entire ephod Esau faith father flesh fore give God's hand heart heathen holy inheritance Isaac Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah king Laban land of Egypt Levites Lord said unto Lord spake unto Lord's meat-offering mercy Midian midst Moab Moses nations pass Pharaoh Philistines priest promise punishment sacrifice Samuel Sanctuary Saul saying servant shalt thou Shechem shekels shittim wood Sihon sin-offering sins sons soul spake unto Moses Tabernacle thereof thine thing thou hast thou shalt tion took tribe tribe of Manasseh unclean unto the Lord unto thee wife wilderness woman words worship
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Page 29 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 276 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 3 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 16 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 138 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 2 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so.
Page 116 - I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey...
Page 413 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 136 - 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 64 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.