The Authentic Literature of Israel: Freed from the Disarrangements, Expansions and Comments of Early Native Editors, Volume 1Elizabeth Czarnomska Macmillan, 1924 - Bible |
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... pass by the waving of a wand . He even converts the wand into a serpent , as Pharaoh's magicians can also do ; but Moses is greater than they . Evi- dently E was well acquainted with Egyptian folk - lore , which abounds in miracles ; he ...
... pass by the waving of a wand . He even converts the wand into a serpent , as Pharaoh's magicians can also do ; but Moses is greater than they . Evi- dently E was well acquainted with Egyptian folk - lore , which abounds in miracles ; he ...
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... pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Yahweh ; and Abel , he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof . And Yahweh had respect unto Abel and his offering , but unto Cain and his offering ...
... pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Yahweh ; and Abel , he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof . And Yahweh had respect unto Abel and his offering , but unto Cain and his offering ...
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... pass , when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them , that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair , and they took them wives of all whom they chose . Then said Yahweh : " My ...
... pass , when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them , that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair , and they took them wives of all whom they chose . Then said Yahweh : " My ...
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... pass over the earth , and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped . And it came to pass at the end of forty days , that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made , and he ...
... pass over the earth , and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped . And it came to pass at the end of forty days , that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made , and he ...
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... pass , when Abram was about to enter Egypt , that he said unto Sarai , his wife : Behold , now , I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon ; and it will come to pass that when the Egyptians shall see thee , that they will say ...
... pass , when Abram was about to enter Egypt , that he said unto Sarai , his wife : Behold , now , I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon ; and it will come to pass that when the Egyptians shall see thee , that they will say ...
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Page 170 - And the Angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.
Page 194 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 169 - 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 407 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 169 - 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 33 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 338 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Page 167 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 186 - But Moses' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Page 327 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, " Let us go and serve other gods...