Cassell's book of Bible stories for young people. Old Testament1864 - Bible |
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... never occurred to those who had all the world to themselves . One man invented tents , and tents , you know , are the earliest kind of houses ; another built a city ; another found out the use of brass and iron ; and another - here in ...
... never occurred to those who had all the world to themselves . One man invented tents , and tents , you know , are the earliest kind of houses ; another built a city ; another found out the use of brass and iron ; and another - here in ...
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... Never was seen such a sight - never was heard such a babble before or since . Of course , the work could not go on ; so they left off building the city and the tower , and God scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth . North ...
... Never was seen such a sight - never was heard such a babble before or since . Of course , the work could not go on ; so they left off building the city and the tower , and God scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth . North ...
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... never forgot God's promise to him that he should have children , and that the land in which he was then a stranger should be their portion . And again and again God renewed the promise , but he told Abram that before the land was theirs ...
... never forgot God's promise to him that he should have children , and that the land in which he was then a stranger should be their portion . And again and again God renewed the promise , but he told Abram that before the land was theirs ...
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... never doubted God for a moment . " father of a great One day , as Abraham sat at the door of his tent , he saw three men coming towards him . And he hastened to them , and asked them to rest and wash their feet , and take food and drink ...
... never doubted God for a moment . " father of a great One day , as Abraham sat at the door of his tent , he saw three men coming towards him . And he hastened to them , and asked them to rest and wash their feet , and take food and drink ...
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... never doubting God for a moment — and he saw an angel , who spoke to him and said , " Lay not thine hand upon the lad ; neither do thou anything unto him for now know I that thou fearest God , seeing thou hast not withheld thy son ...
... never doubting God for a moment — and he saw an angel , who spoke to him and said , " Lay not thine hand upon the lad ; neither do thou anything unto him for now know I that thou fearest God , seeing thou hast not withheld thy son ...
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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.