 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...one peculiar nation from all the rest. 115. Bred up in idsl-viontif ;] We read in Joshua xxiv. x. *' Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah the father of Ahraham, and the father of Nachor, and they served other Gods." Now as Terah, Ahraham's father, was... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 pages
...was first made with Abraham, and with the people at 2 Ebal and Gerizim, near to which Shechem lay. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord GOD of Israel ; language which shows that he spoke under a divine impulse ; not inly as ft ruler, but as a prophet... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 pages
...family to which they belonged. This Joshua mentions in his exhortation to the children of Israel. ?8 Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, th$ father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor, and they served other gods. And we may well imagine,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 504 pages
...line from which Christ was to come, were corrupted in a measure with idola^ try : Josh. xxiv. 2. « Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terrah the father of Abraham, and -the father of Nahor ; and theij served other gods** The other side... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 430 pages
...their heads, and for their judges, and for their oiEcers ; and they presented themselves before GOD. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the...LORD GOD of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other tide of the flood in aid time, even Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor: and they... | |
 | 1839 - 702 pages
...signifies fire or light. That Terah was an idolater is evident from Joshua xxiv. 2, " Your fathers, on the other side of the flood, in old time, even Terah, the father of Abram and Nahor, and they served other gods." It may be reasonably conjectured that Abram was equally... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...Terah were idolaters, is expressed by Joshua ; who says, in his last address to the tribes of Israel; " Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood, (ie of the river Euphrates) even Terah, the father of Abraham, arid the father of Nahor, and they served... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1816 - 460 pages
...themselves, that line oi which Christ was to come, were corrupted in a measure with idolatry. Josh. 24 : 2. " Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah the father of Abraham, anil the father of Nahor ; and they served other gods." " The other side of the flood " means beyond... | |
 | Moses Lowman - 1816 - 428 pages
...continuance; it had been as old as the days of Terah the father of Abraham; so Joshua informed the people. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God * Herodotus informs us, it was an established custom among the Babylonians, that their virgins, of... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...and for their b «*•*>•«• officers; and they "presented themselves f'8™-1* before God. 2 T orge Eyre and Andrew Strahan d Your fathers dwelt on the other side of iSTjiiii, the flood in old time, even Terah, the fa- s-*1'ther... | |
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And Joshua said unto all the People, ° " Thus "saith °the LORD °God of Israel, ' Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the "flood in old :ime, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods. 
