Sacred Biography: Or, the History of the Patriarchs to which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth & Hannah...M.E. Cross, 1837 - 596 pages |
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Page 78
... Esau and Jacob , fifteen ; Ishmael , eighty- nine , and Heber his great grandfather , from whom the name of Hebrew comes , four hun- dred and sixty . " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country , dwelling in ...
... Esau and Jacob , fifteen ; Ishmael , eighty- nine , and Heber his great grandfather , from whom the name of Hebrew comes , four hun- dred and sixty . " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country , dwelling in ...
Page 84
... Esau ; prac- tised upon , and deceived in old age and blind- ness by the address and cunning of his wife , and younger son ; involved in quarrel upon quarrel with his powerful neighbours , through the rashness and contentiousness of his ...
... Esau ; prac- tised upon , and deceived in old age and blind- ness by the address and cunning of his wife , and younger son ; involved in quarrel upon quarrel with his powerful neighbours , through the rashness and contentiousness of his ...
Page 86
... Esau alone would not have striven ; for nature will ever agree with itself . Never any Rebekah conceived only an Esau , or was so happy as to conceive none but a Jacob : she must be the mother of both , But what was seen in the mountain ...
... Esau alone would not have striven ; for nature will ever agree with itself . Never any Rebekah conceived only an Esau , or was so happy as to conceive none but a Jacob : she must be the mother of both , But what was seen in the mountain ...
Page 88
... Esau because he did eat of his venison ; but Rebekah loved Jacob . " * Most of the evils of a man's lot may be easily traced up to some weakness in which he has indulged himself , some error into which he has fallen , some opportunity ...
... Esau because he did eat of his venison ; but Rebekah loved Jacob . " * Most of the evils of a man's lot may be easily traced up to some weakness in which he has indulged himself , some error into which he has fallen , some opportunity ...
Page 89
... Esau , ready again to perish with want , is stung with remorse to think , that in one hasty impatient moment of hunger , he had sold , for the transient gratification of a low appetite , what no penitence could undo , no money ...
... Esau , ready again to perish with want , is stung with remorse to think , that in one hasty impatient moment of hunger , he had sold , for the transient gratification of a low appetite , what no penitence could undo , no money ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham Abram affection Amalek angels Balaam Balak behold blessed blood Boaz brethren brother Canaan character children of Israel command conduct covenant death Deut divine dreadful earth Edom Egypt Esau eternal event evil eyes faith father favour fear flesh glory gospel grace hand happy hast hath heart heaven heavenly HISTORY OF MOSES holy honour hope human importance Isaac Jacob Jehovah Jesus Christ Joseph king Laban land LECTURE light living Lord mankind ment mercy Meribah Midian mighty mind Moab mother mount mount Ephraim mount Hor nations nature ness Noah peace perfect person Pharaoh piety possession praise priest prince promise prophet Providence racter Red Sea religion righteous sacred sacrifice saith salvation scripture Sisera solemn soul spirit tabernacle tender thee thine things thou shalt throne tion truth unto virtue whole wisdom wise words wretched