The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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... intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ; and from it we have borrowed our translation of the word . The Septuagint and Vulgate have ...
... intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ; and from it we have borrowed our translation of the word . The Septuagint and Vulgate have ...
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... intended ; and when to wild creatures ( as Gen. i . 25 ) , cattle , or tame animals , are spo- ken of . In Isaiah , xiii . 21 , several wild animals are mentioned as dwell- ing among the ruins of Babylon . " Wild beasts of the desert ...
... intended ; and when to wild creatures ( as Gen. i . 25 ) , cattle , or tame animals , are spo- ken of . In Isaiah , xiii . 21 , several wild animals are mentioned as dwell- ing among the ruins of Babylon . " Wild beasts of the desert ...
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... intended ; but a more critical examination of the subject has changed my opinion . " The author of the book of Job has delineated highly finished poetical pictures of two remarkable animals , BEHEMOTH and LEVIATHAN . These he reserves ...
... intended ; but a more critical examination of the subject has changed my opinion . " The author of the book of Job has delineated highly finished poetical pictures of two remarkable animals , BEHEMOTH and LEVIATHAN . These he reserves ...
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... intended in the text , and not the elephant , whose tail , like that of the hog , is small , weak , and inconsiderable . It is , according to Buffon , but two feet and a half or three feet long , and pretty slender ; but the tail of the ...
... intended in the text , and not the elephant , whose tail , like that of the hog , is small , weak , and inconsiderable . It is , according to Buffon , but two feet and a half or three feet long , and pretty slender ; but the tail of the ...
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... intended . BIRDS . TSIPPOR . A common name for all birds ; but sometimes used for the sparrow in particular . Occurs often . DY OITH . The flyer . Translated " fowl " Gen. i . 21 , and elsewhere frequently . by AIT ; a bird of prey ...
... intended . BIRDS . TSIPPOR . A common name for all birds ; but sometimes used for the sparrow in particular . Occurs often . DY OITH . The flyer . Translated " fowl " Gen. i . 21 , and elsewhere frequently . by AIT ; a bird of prey ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii