Abraham: His Life and TimesJames Nisbet et Company, 1886 - 179 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 34
Página iii
... natural desire to accumulate on a great forefather anything that would tend to elevate his personal character or exalt the favour with which he was regarded by God . The narrative appears to me to be con- sistent , derived doubtless ...
... natural desire to accumulate on a great forefather anything that would tend to elevate his personal character or exalt the favour with which he was regarded by God . The narrative appears to me to be con- sistent , derived doubtless ...
Página v
... natural features of the country ; its capabilities - Characteristics of the Canaanitish tribes - The Fellaheen - Abram's life - New promise - Selection of Canaan as the cradle of true religion - Bethel . CHAPTER V. 15 25 33 EGYPT • 47 ...
... natural features of the country ; its capabilities - Characteristics of the Canaanitish tribes - The Fellaheen - Abram's life - New promise - Selection of Canaan as the cradle of true religion - Bethel . CHAPTER V. 15 25 33 EGYPT • 47 ...
Página 4
... natural products are the wheat plant and the date palm . The former , it is said , grew so rankly that it was mown twice , and then fed off by cattle , in order to check its luxuriance and induce it to run to ear . The beautiful date ...
... natural products are the wheat plant and the date palm . The former , it is said , grew so rankly that it was mown twice , and then fed off by cattle , in order to check its luxuriance and induce it to run to ear . The beautiful date ...
Página 10
... Natural religion , the law of conscience , moral govern- ment , were not lost ; there was still light , if men chose to see it and guide their way by it . We learn in the case of Melchizedek and Balaam that true religion overpassed the ...
... Natural religion , the law of conscience , moral govern- ment , were not lost ; there was still light , if men chose to see it and guide their way by it . We learn in the case of Melchizedek and Balaam that true religion overpassed the ...
Página 11
... natural descendants , but to the patriarch himself the promise was not so limited ; to him in progressive revela- tion it was unfolded that all the world should share in the favour and reap the benefits of God's merciful condescension ...
... natural descendants , but to the patriarch himself the promise was not so limited ; to him in progressive revela- tion it was unfolded that all the world should share in the favour and reap the benefits of God's merciful condescension ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Abimelech Abraham Abram Amorites ancient angels Babylonia Beersheba blessing Book of Jubilees called Canaan Canaanites Chaldæa chap character Chedorlaomer child Christ Christian covenant Damascus daughter dead descendants Divine doubtless dwelt earth Egypt Elamite Eliezer Euphrates faith father favour feet God's Hagar hand Haran heaven Hebrew Hebron heir hills Hittites Holy honour hundred inhabitants inscriptions Isaac Ishmael Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jewish Jordan Josephus Josephus Antiq Keturah king land live Lord Machpelah Mamre Melchizedek miles moral Moses mother Nahor nations natural neighbourhood obedience offered Palestine patriarch plain possession posterity priest probably promise Rawlinson Rebekah received regarded revelation righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai says Scripture seed seems Semitic Septuagint servant Shechem Sodom sojourn soul spot stranger supposed temple tent Terah thee thou town tradition transaction tribes true religion truth unto valley wife word worship