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Page 247 - And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 247 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 168 - And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth.
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| Title | An Introduction to English Medieval Literature |
| Author | Charles Sears Baldwin |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1914 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 25, 2006 |
| ISBN | 059897296X, 9780598972965 |
| Length | 261 pages |
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