Illustrations of Scripture, from the Geography, Natural History, and Manners and Customs of the East, Volume 1Oliphant, 1842 |
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Página 46
... says Rosen- muller , some would translate " a garden in Eden , " " a garden in a pleasant country . " But that Eden is here the proper name of a certain tract of land , is evident from its being said , Gen. iv . 16 , that Nod lay to the ...
... says Rosen- muller , some would translate " a garden in Eden , " " a garden in a pleasant country . " But that Eden is here the proper name of a certain tract of land , is evident from its being said , Gen. iv . 16 , that Nod lay to the ...
Página 49
... says , in several parts of his works , that in Arabia was found natural gold of so lively a colour , that it very much resembled the brightness of fire ; and so fine , that it wanted neither fire nor refining to purify it . ‡ To this ...
... says , in several parts of his works , that in Arabia was found natural gold of so lively a colour , that it very much resembled the brightness of fire ; and so fine , that it wanted neither fire nor refining to purify it . ‡ To this ...
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... says , that it was like the seed of coriander , and the colour thereof as the colour of bdel- lium . But we know , from another passage in his writings , that the manna was white ; which corre- sponds with the colour of the pearl . But ...
... says , that it was like the seed of coriander , and the colour thereof as the colour of bdel- lium . But we know , from another passage in his writings , that the manna was white ; which corre- sponds with the colour of the pearl . But ...
Página 53
... says , The same is it which compasseth the whole land of Cush . ' As the Gihon cannot be at any great distance from the river Pison , a kindred stream , we must look for the land of Cush , not on the borders of Ethiopia and Egypt , but ...
... says , The same is it which compasseth the whole land of Cush . ' As the Gihon cannot be at any great distance from the river Pison , a kindred stream , we must look for the land of Cush , not on the borders of Ethiopia and Egypt , but ...
Página 54
... says , " That is it which goes be- fore Assyria . ' The term Assyria , in the days of Moses , and long after his time , was the designation , not of the Assyrian empire , which consisted of many extensive provinces , but of that single ...
... says , " That is it which goes be- fore Assyria . ' The term Assyria , in the days of Moses , and long after his time , was the designation , not of the Assyrian empire , which consisted of many extensive provinces , but of that single ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afterwards Amorites ancient Arabia Arabs Ararat Armenia Assyria Babel Babylon Babylonia Bashan beautiful Bochart border built called Canaan celebrated Chron descendants desert divine earth east Egypt Etham Euphrates Ezekiel favour feet fertile formed garden Genesis Geog Greeks gulf Havilah heaven Hebrew Hermon hills Hist Holy inhabitants inspired writer Isaiah Israel Israelites Jeremiah Jerusalem Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah Judea king kingdom lake land Lebanon Lord Medes mentioned Mesopotamia miles Moab Moses moun mount mountains nations natural neighbourhood Nile Noah original Palestine passage Persian Phaleg plain prince probably prophet province Psalm rain Red Sea region rendered river rock ruins sacred writers Samuel says scene Scripture seems Shinar shore side situated soil spot stood Strabo streams summit supposed Syria tains thee Tigris tion tower town Travels trees tribe unto vale valley whole wilderness wind words Zion
Passagens conhecidas
Página 88 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 80 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people...
Página 142 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Página 88 - 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. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Página 64 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Página 86 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 289 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His 'branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Página 362 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Página 90 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Página 312 - And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.