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... and looking up she beheld a shining figure before her . The Angel came to reprove , but also to comfort ; he reminds her that she is still a servant , though the wife of Abram . Addressing her in sad but 30 BEER - LAHAI - ROI .
... and looking up she beheld a shining figure before her . The Angel came to reprove , but also to comfort ; he reminds her that she is still a servant , though the wife of Abram . Addressing her in sad but 30 BEER - LAHAI - ROI .
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... Angel bids her return , and submit herself to her ; but that she might be encouraged to bear her lot with patience , the Angel assured her that God would make of her seed also a great nation ; he also bade her call her child's name ...
... Angel bids her return , and submit herself to her ; but that she might be encouraged to bear her lot with patience , the Angel assured her that God would make of her seed also a great nation ; he also bade her call her child's name ...
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... Angels ( those who had eaten with faithful Abraham , unto whom the Lord who remained behind had revealed his purpose , ) entered Sodom . Though these sinners saw two strangers in their streets , yet they offered not to give them water ...
... Angels ( those who had eaten with faithful Abraham , unto whom the Lord who remained behind had revealed his purpose , ) entered Sodom . Though these sinners saw two strangers in their streets , yet they offered not to give them water ...
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... Angels put forth their hands and took him into the house and closed the door ; they then struck the men with blindness , so that they groped about to find the door until they wearied themselves . • And now for his pious hospitality Lot ...
... Angels put forth their hands and took him into the house and closed the door ; they then struck the men with blindness , so that they groped about to find the door until they wearied themselves . • And now for his pious hospitality Lot ...
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... Angels seized the hand of his daughters and of his wife and hast- ened him and them away , and brought him with- out the city , for the Lord was merciful unto him . The hour was come , the Angels exclaim urgent- ly , " Escape for thy ...
... Angels seized the hand of his daughters and of his wife and hast- ened him and them away , and brought him with- out the city , for the Lord was merciful unto him . The hour was come , the Angels exclaim urgent- ly , " Escape for thy ...
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Abimelech Abra Abraham Abram angel anger arose art thou bade beauty Beersheba behold Benjamin blessing bosom bowed brethren bright brother called Canaan Chaldea child command corn cried daughter dear delight dreams earth Egypt enquired entreated Esau exclaimed eyes fair faith Faithful Abraham father fear fell flocks gave gazed gentle Gerar give God's gracious Hagar hand hath hear heard heart Heaven honour husband Isaac Ishmael Israel Jacob Jehovah Joseph king kiss Laban land laugh Leah lest LLANDOVERY looked Lord Mamre Manasseh mercy mess of pottage mighty mised mother mourned Nahor Pharaoh Potiphar praise prayer promised Rachel Rebekah received reply rich Sarah Sarai saying sent servants Shechem sins Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah sojourned sons sorrow soul spirit stranger tears tender tent ther thing thou hast thy seed told trembling unto thee venison voice wept whilst wife words Zoar
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Page 95 - God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 161 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 70 - 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 83 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Page 163 - 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 106 - And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south, and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 106 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 148 - Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 161 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Page 155 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.