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... rivers flow . Then beauteous nymphs along the margins rov'd And living creatures through creation mov'd . " APOL . RHOD . Arg . 1. 1. v . 496 . 5. The evening and the morning were the first day . Different nations have adopted various ...
... rivers flow . Then beauteous nymphs along the margins rov'd And living creatures through creation mov'd . " APOL . RHOD . Arg . 1. 1. v . 496 . 5. The evening and the morning were the first day . Different nations have adopted various ...
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... rivers swelled and overflowed , the sea rose far above its shores ; in short , all was water and all were drowned . Deucalion alone was preserved , on account of his piety and good nature , for the propagation of a new race , and that ...
... rivers swelled and overflowed , the sea rose far above its shores ; in short , all was water and all were drowned . Deucalion alone was preserved , on account of his piety and good nature , for the propagation of a new race , and that ...
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... river Achelous . " - ARISTOT . Meteorol . 1. 1. c . 14 . Among ancient mariners the dove was thought to be particularly auspicious . The most favourable season for sailing was at the heliacal rising of the seven stars near the head of ...
... river Achelous . " - ARISTOT . Meteorol . 1. 1. c . 14 . Among ancient mariners the dove was thought to be particularly auspicious . The most favourable season for sailing was at the heliacal rising of the seven stars near the head of ...
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... river of the same name , which empties itself into the Euphrates . With the current of this river particles of bitumen descend towards Babylon , by means of which its walls were constructed . " - HDT . 1. 1. c . 179 . " The wall of ...
... river of the same name , which empties itself into the Euphrates . With the current of this river particles of bitumen descend towards Babylon , by means of which its walls were constructed . " - HDT . 1. 1. c . 179 . " The wall of ...
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... rivers boiling up , and emitting a fetid odour to a great distance ; dwellings in every direction overthrown ; whence we are inclined to believe the common tradition of the natives that thirteen cities once existed there , the capital ...
... rivers boiling up , and emitting a fetid odour to a great distance ; dwellings in every direction overthrown ; whence we are inclined to believe the common tradition of the natives that thirteen cities once existed there , the capital ...
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Page 24 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin 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 language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 101 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 170 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 256 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 228 - For there is hope of .a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 38 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 15 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 50 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 37 - 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 33 - And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him...