 | Theology - 1835 - 772 pages
...distinctly states, that (to use Mr. W.'s own version) this occurred " when the Lord God rained not on the earth ; but there went up a mist from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground." 1 may hereafter attempt an explanation of this phenomena upon natural principles, but I now merely... | |
 | 1835 - 772 pages
...sprung up ; When the Lord God rained not on the earth, And there was not a man to till the ground; But there went up a mist from the earth, And watered the whole face of the ground." "Then the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath... | |
 | 1836 - 742 pages
...also, I infer from the circumstance that these plants flourished " when the Lord God rained not on the earth, but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." The purely scriptural inferences are, that the climate in which they were native was clouded and humid... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 814 pages
...sprung up ; When the Lord God rained not on the earth, And there was not a man to till the ground; But there went up a mist from the earth, And watered the whole face of the ground." If to the interpretation, obtained on critical principles, we add the illustrations derived irom science,... | |
 | Francis Fellowes - Deluge - 1836 - 174 pages
...it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the * Our English version of this passage is, " But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." I think this version incorrect, inasmuch as it makes the verse without pertinency in the narrative.... | |
 | William Gresley - Sermons, English - 1836 - 514 pages
...render happy the innocent life of the first created beings. There were no violent rains nor cold, " but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground 1." And out of the ground, made the Lord God to grow every tree which is pleasant to the sight, and... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1836 - 582 pages
...circumstance which Moses particularly mentions,. Gen, ii, 5, 6 ; " The Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth.. — But there went up a mist from the- earth," which then covered up the abyss of waters, " arid watered the whole face of the ground," with moisture... | |
 | George Redford - Bible - 1837 - 702 pages
...antediluvian world ; but it is expressly said, Gen. ii. 5, 6. " The Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth ; but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." It is certainly questionable how far this declaration is to be extended forward from the period of... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1837 - 338 pages
...Genesis, that even on the seventh day, before man was created, "The Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the earth ; but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." A mist could not have sustained for ages the exuberance of vegetable life. This we know, because in... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...as yet, to till the ground, and by his industry and art, to draw forth any fruit therefrom. II. 6. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. Only, God caused a mist or vapour, to rise up from the earth, and to fall down again, upon the whole... | |
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God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till, the ground. But there... 
