Readings from the Old Testament, arranged with notes, by J.G. Wenham, Volume 1John George Wenham 1875 |
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... : and brought her to Adam . And Adam said : This now is bone of my bones , and flesh of my flesh ; she shall be called woman , because she was taken out of man . Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother , and 4 THE PATRIARCHS .
... : and brought her to Adam . And Adam said : This now is bone of my bones , and flesh of my flesh ; she shall be called woman , because she was taken out of man . Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother , and 4 THE PATRIARCHS .
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John George Wenham. Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be two in one flesh . And they were both naked , * to wit , Adam and his wife and were not ashamed . SECT . III . OF THE FALL ...
John George Wenham. Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be two in one flesh . And they were both naked , * to wit , Adam and his wife and were not ashamed . SECT . III . OF THE FALL ...
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... Fathers thought that God showed His acceptance of Abel's sacrifice by sending fire from heaven . Perhaps the sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain's , as being a sacri- fice for sin . S. Paul says ( Heb . xi . ) : By faith Abel ...
... Fathers thought that God showed His acceptance of Abel's sacrifice by sending fire from heaven . Perhaps the sacrifice was more acceptable than Cain's , as being a sacri- fice for sin . S. Paul says ( Heb . xi . ) : By faith Abel ...
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... father of Chanaan . These three are the sons of Noe : * and from these was all man- kind spread over the whole earth . SECT . VI . THE TOWER OF BABEL . And the earth was of one tongue , and of the same speech . And when they removed ...
... father of Chanaan . These three are the sons of Noe : * and from these was all man- kind spread over the whole earth . SECT . VI . THE TOWER OF BABEL . And the earth was of one tongue , and of the same speech . And when they removed ...
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... father , in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees . And Abram and Nachor married wives : the name of Abram's wife was Sarai : and the name of Nachor's wife , Melsha , the daughter of Aran , father of Melsha , and father of ...
... father , in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees . And Abram and Nachor married wives : the name of Abram's wife was Sarai : and the name of Nachor's wife , Melsha , the daughter of Aran , father of Melsha , and father of ...
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Page 12 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Page 141 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 136 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this : Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Page 96 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 133 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 62 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil...
Page 132 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak...
Page 93 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Page 96 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 83 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.