Cassell's book of Bible stories for young people. Old Testament1864 - Bible |
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... mother of us all . And God looked on all that He had made , and saw that it was very good , and He blessed it , and told it to prosper . Everything was good . Our Saxon forefathers used to call the Maker of all things the Good ; and ...
... mother of us all . And God looked on all that He had made , and saw that it was very good , and He blessed it , and told it to prosper . Everything was good . Our Saxon forefathers used to call the Maker of all things the Good ; and ...
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... mother of the human race - trembling and afraid . You see how evil and bitter a thing it is to sin against God . God punished them . He told them that henceforth they should have labour and sorrow - they should work and weep until they ...
... mother of the human race - trembling and afraid . You see how evil and bitter a thing it is to sin against God . God punished them . He told them that henceforth they should have labour and sorrow - they should work and weep until they ...
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... mother , died ; but God was good to their children , and their children's children's children . You may readily suppose that as the number of people became greater on the earth , many new things were thought of that had never occurred ...
... mother , died ; but God was good to their children , and their children's children's children . You may readily suppose that as the number of people became greater on the earth , many new things were thought of that had never occurred ...
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... that he was more fitted to be the head of the family than his boisterous brother . Isaac was very fond of Esau , but Jacob had always been his mother's boy . ELIEZER FINDS A WIFE FOR ISAAC . " LET ME [ 24 ] ABRAHAM , ISAAC , AND JACOB .
... that he was more fitted to be the head of the family than his boisterous brother . Isaac was very fond of Esau , but Jacob had always been his mother's boy . ELIEZER FINDS A WIFE FOR ISAAC . " LET ME [ 24 ] ABRAHAM , ISAAC , AND JACOB .
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... mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be one that curseth thee , and blessed be he that blesseth thee . " the blessing of the first - born . every It was Very soon after Jacob had gone out from the presence of his father , came Esau ...
... mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be one that curseth thee , and blessed be he that blesseth thee . " the blessing of the first - born . every It was Very soon after Jacob had gone out from the presence of his father , came Esau ...
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Page 28 - 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 83 - Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Page 77 - And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, 0 God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Page 14 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 22 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 27 - And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou badest me, arise I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Page 22 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 77 - And he said unto them, Why do ye such things ? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress.
Page 34 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Page 35 - Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.