The book of Genesis, with intr. and notes by M. DodsMarcus Dods 1882 |
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Abimelech Abraham Abram Aholibamah animals beast Beer-sheba begat behold biblical Bilhah blessed born brethren bring brother Cain called his name camels Canaan Canaanites cattle Chaldæan chap chapter Chedorlaomer covenant cubits daughters dream duke dwell earth Edom Egypt Egyptians Elohist Elohistic narrative Ephrath Esau Esau's famine father flesh flocks Flood gave Genesis Gerar give given God's Hagar hand Haran hath heaven Hebrew Hittite hundred Isaac Ishmael Israel Japheth Jehovist Judah king Laban Lamech land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen Leah light living Lord man's means Nahor origin Padan-aram pass Pharaoh pray thee probably promise race Rachel Rebekah Sarah Sarai saying serpent seven shalt thou Shechem Shem Sodom spake unto suppose Terah thing thou hast thou shalt thy seed thy sons took tradition tribes unto Noah unto thee waters prevail wife wives word
Popular passages
Page x - Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 156 - Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb : the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 43 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 63 - Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 83 - God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed ; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south ; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 141 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 19 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 22 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 6 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 13 - That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.