The Pearl of Story BooksT. Nelson, 1871 - 285 pages |
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... saying , This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir . And he brought him forth abroad , and said , Look now toward heaven , and tell the stars , if thou be able to number them ...
... saying , This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir . And he brought him forth abroad , and said , Look now toward heaven , and tell the stars , if thou be able to number them ...
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... saying , After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure , my lord being old also ? And the LORD said unto Abraham , Wherefore did Sarah laugh , say- ing , Shall I of a surety bear a child , which am old ? Is any thing too hard for the LORD ...
... saying , After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure , my lord being old also ? And the LORD said unto Abraham , Wherefore did Sarah laugh , say- ing , Shall I of a surety bear a child , which am old ? Is any thing too hard for the LORD ...
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... saying , I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a buryingplace with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight . And the children of Heth answered Abraham , saying unto him , Hear us , my lord : thou art a ...
... saying , I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a buryingplace with you , that I may bury my dead out of my sight . And the children of Heth answered Abraham , saying unto him , Hear us , my lord : thou art a ...
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... saying , But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee , hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me , and I will bury my dead there . And Ephron answered Abraham , saying unto him , My lord , hearken unto me : the land is ...
... saying , But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee , hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me , and I will bury my dead there . And Ephron answered Abraham , saying unto him , My lord , hearken unto me : the land is ...
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... saying , Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , Bring me venison , and make me savoury meat , that I may eat , and bless thee before the LORD before my death . Now therefore , my son , obey my voice according ...
... saying , Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , Bring me venison , and make me savoury meat , that I may eat , and bless thee before the LORD before my death . Now therefore , my son , obey my voice according ...
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Aaron Abraham Abram Absalom according Ahab Ahasuerus altar Amorites answered behold blessed bread brethren bring brother brought burnt offering called Canaan chariots children of Israel commanded congregation covenant daughter David delivered drink dwelt earth Egypt Egyptians Elijah Elisha Esau evil Haman heard hearkened heart heaven host Isaac Jacob Jehoshaphat Jephthah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jonathan Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah Keilah king of Assyria king of Israel king's land of Egypt LORD hath LORD said unto Midian Moab Mordecai Moses mount Nabal Nebuchadnezzar pass Pharaoh Philistines pray thee priests prophet reign saith the LORD Samaria Samuel Saul say unto sent shew sight slew smote Solomon sons stood tabernacle thereof thine hand thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thy father thy servant told took unto Moses unto the king unto the LORD unto thee Wherefore wife wilderness wilt words Zalmunna
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Page 11 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 24 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: "for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 110 - 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 105 - Return, O LORD, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 60 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 216 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 92 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, 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 33 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 260 - And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What...
Page 20 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.