A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Genesis, with a new translationT. & T. Clark, 1863 |
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Abimelek Abraham Abram Adam Amorite animal appears Asshur Basemath Beer-sheba begat behold Bilhah birth blessing brethren brother Cain called cattle command covenant creation creature daughters death denote descendants Divine dream dwell earth Edom Egypt Esau evil existence eyes faith father flocks fruit Gerar give Habel hand Haran hast hath heaven Hebrew Hence Hittite Horite human Isaac Ishmael Israel Jacob Japheth Jehovah Joseph Josephus Judah Kenaanites king Laban land of Kenaan land of Mizraim Leah living Lord means mercy Mizraim moral Moses Mount Seir Nahor narrative nations nature Noah original Padan-aram Pharoh phrase present primeval probably promise race Rachel Rebekah recorded Sarah Sarai Scripture sentence Septuagint serpent servant Shekem Shem Shemites Shinar Sodom soil sons sons of Noah soul spirit Terah thee things thou shalt thy seed tion tree tribes unto verse whole wife woman word
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Page 273 - and this they have begun to do ; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their lip, that they may not understand one another's lip. 8 And the LORD scattered them abroad thence upon the face of all the land
Page 573 - ye sold into Mizraim. 5 And, now, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; because to save life God sent me before you. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years, in which there shall
Page 389 - 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the God tempted Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the
Page 204 - inasmuch as he is also flesh : and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. 4 The giants were in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God went in unto the daughters of man and they bare to them, these were the heroes, who were of old men of renown. . IT
Page 450 - was the name of the city at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me in the way that I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, 21 And I return in peace to my father's house ; then shall the LORD be my God
Page 182 - Na'amah, pleasant, lovely. 17 And Cain knew his wife: and she conceived and bare Henok: and he was building a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Henok. 18 And unto Henok was born Irad ; and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat
Page 428 - my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife, and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place kill me for
Page 558 - 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: and mischief shall befall him by the way in which ye go, and ye shall bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.