The sacred mirror; or, Compendious view of Scripture historyLongman and Rees,and J.Harris, 1803 |
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... offered by Cain , were totally disregarded . This circumstance wrought so powerfully on the mind of the first - born that his coun- tenance is said to have fallen , and his heart was dilated with wrath . God , however , condescended to ...
... offered by Cain , were totally disregarded . This circumstance wrought so powerfully on the mind of the first - born that his coun- tenance is said to have fallen , and his heart was dilated with wrath . God , however , condescended to ...
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... offering of himself , a full , perfect , and sufficient oblation and satisfaction , for the sins of the world . Religion seems to have been publicly and zealously maintained for some generations in the family of Seth ; but , when men ...
... offering of himself , a full , perfect , and sufficient oblation and satisfaction , for the sins of the world . Religion seems to have been publicly and zealously maintained for some generations in the family of Seth ; but , when men ...
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... offered a sacri- fice of every clean beast and of every clean fowl . An action which proved so acceptable , that God is said to have smelled a sweet savour , and to have declared that he would no more curse the ground for man's sake ...
... offered a sacri- fice of every clean beast and of every clean fowl . An action which proved so acceptable , that God is said to have smelled a sweet savour , and to have declared that he would no more curse the ground for man's sake ...
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... offered a sacrifice of thanksgiving upon the altar which he had erected during his former residence in that country . Meanwhile the great increase of his nephew's herds oc- casioned such contentions among the herdsmen , that he deemed ...
... offered a sacrifice of thanksgiving upon the altar which he had erected during his former residence in that country . Meanwhile the great increase of his nephew's herds oc- casioned such contentions among the herdsmen , that he deemed ...
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... offering , and who , perceiving nothing of a victim , could not forbear questioning his father respecting it . " My father , " said the ingenuous youth , " behold the fire . and the wood , but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ...
... offering , and who , perceiving nothing of a victim , could not forbear questioning his father respecting it . " My father , " said the ingenuous youth , " behold the fire . and the wood , but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ...
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Page 58 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 251 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 54 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 32 - Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 82 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Page 63 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 131 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 51 - The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Page 100 - I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Page 7 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.