| Christian life - 1842 - 608 pages
...the Lnrd God had not caused it to rain upon 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." Some learned men have supposed, that the sacred historian, who has hitherto used, either his own words,... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 pages
...part of the verse than the sixth day — now the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. So there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. " And the Lord God formed man of (clay from) the dust of the ground." " Thus the heavens and the earth... | |
| Charles Hodge - 1829 - 664 pages
...beginning, when the earth was created, it was not watered by rain, but by mist. " For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth" — " But...earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." And for ought that appears, the earth was thus watered until the time of the universal deluge ; in... | |
| 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... | |
| John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1836 - 582 pages
...none in paradise ; a 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| Bible - 1840 - 814 pages
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