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... Egypt , but all the great men of Canaan must have joined in it ; and then they would have sent men of different families . 13. - and one is not . ] That is , he is dead : alluding to Joseph , whom they supposed to be so . 18. - for I ...
... Egypt , but all the great men of Canaan must have joined in it ; and then they would have sent men of different families . 13. - and one is not . ] That is , he is dead : alluding to Joseph , whom they supposed to be so . 18. - for I ...
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... Egypt , as being near to Canaan . S. - my pilgrimage ] So good men are wont to call their life , though they depart not from their native soil : looking upon it as a passage , not a settlement . But Jacob had reason to call his life so ...
... Egypt , as being near to Canaan . S. - my pilgrimage ] So good men are wont to call their life , though they depart not from their native soil : looking upon it as a passage , not a settlement . But Jacob had reason to call his life so ...
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... Egypt through envy , and imprisoned by a lie . 24. his bow abode in strength , & c . ] The Divine help and mercy did not forsake him : he was preserved and relieved by the mighty God of Israel . From thence , that is , from the same ...
... Egypt through envy , and imprisoned by a lie . 24. his bow abode in strength , & c . ] The Divine help and mercy did not forsake him : he was preserved and relieved by the mighty God of Israel . From thence , that is , from the same ...
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... Egypt . 27. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf : ] He is fitly compared to a ravenous wolf , for his warlike courage and success against his enemies . 28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : ] These are the blessings of the twelve ...
... Egypt . 27. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf : ] He is fitly compared to a ravenous wolf , for his warlike courage and success against his enemies . 28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : ] These are the blessings of the twelve ...
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... Egypt , either as a punishment of their sins , or , if we suppose them not to have been guilty , as a trial of their faith and patience , The period of their deliverance was now at hand ; according to His promise , God remembered His ...
... Egypt , either as a punishment of their sins , or , if we suppose them not to have been guilty , as a trial of their faith and patience , The period of their deliverance was now at hand ; according to His promise , God remembered His ...
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affliction alludes Assyrian Babylon Balaam blessings calamities called Canaan captivity Chaldeans CHAP chapter children of Israel Christ Church command covenant David death deliver deliverance denote destroyed destruction Deut Divine earth Edom Egypt enemies Ephraim evil expression false father favour Gentiles give glory God's Gospel hand hath heart heathen heaven Hebrew holy honour idolatry idols iniquity Israel Israelites Jacob Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judah Judea judge judgment king king of Babylon kingdom kingdom of Israel land Lord manner meaning ment mercy Messiah Moab Moses nations Nebuchadnezzar offering person Philistines priests princes probably promise prophecy Prophet prosperity Psalm publick punishment religion repentance represented righteous sacrifice Samaria Saul Saviour Scripture seems shew signifies sins speak spirit Syria tabernacle temple thee thine things thou hast thou shalt tion tribe unto vengeance Verse waters wicked wickedness words worship Zedekiah
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Page 365 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 19 - Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly...
Page 378 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Page 21 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son...
Page 5 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 21 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Page 200 - And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Page 182 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 96 - With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
Page 32 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee ; and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee : When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.