Readings from the Old Testament, arranged with notes, by J.G. Wenham, Volume 1John George Wenham 1875 |
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... stone . And the name of the second river is Gehon : the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia . And the name of the third river is Tigris : the same passeth along by the Assyrians . And the fourth river is Euphrates . eat ...
... stone . And the name of the second river is Gehon : the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia . And the name of the third river is Tigris : the same passeth along by the Assyrians . And the fourth river is Euphrates . eat ...
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... stones , and slime instead of mortar . And they said : Come , let us make a city and a tower , the top whereof may reach to heaven : and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands . The Confusion of Tongues ...
... stones , and slime instead of mortar . And they said : Come , let us make a city and a tower , the top whereof may reach to heaven : and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands . The Confusion of Tongues ...
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... stones that lay there , and putting under his head , slept in the same place . And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth , and the top thereof touching heaven : the angels also of God ascending and descending by it ...
... stones that lay there , and putting under his head , slept in the same place . And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth , and the top thereof touching heaven : the angels also of God ascending and descending by it ...
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... stone , which he had laid under his head , and set it up for a title , pouring oil upon the top of it . And he called the name of the city Bethel , * which before was called Luza . And he made a vow , saying : If God shall be with me ...
... stone , which he had laid under his head , and set it up for a title , pouring oil upon the top of it . And he called the name of the city Bethel , * which before was called Luza . And he made a vow , saying : If God shall be with me ...
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... stone , and make a vow to Me . Now therefore arise and go out of this land , and return into thy native country . And Rachel and Lia answered : Have we anything left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house ? Hath he not ...
... stone , and make a vow to Me . Now therefore arise and go out of this land , and return into thy native country . And Rachel and Lia answered : Have we anything left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house ? Hath he not ...
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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.