A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 - Folklore and history |
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... plain . But what evidence is sufficient against the perverseness of human wit , that will so very in- dustriously deviate from the truth ? which would persuade us , that " the best of the land of Egypt " was not the best , nor in Egypt ...
... plain . But what evidence is sufficient against the perverseness of human wit , that will so very in- dustriously deviate from the truth ? which would persuade us , that " the best of the land of Egypt " was not the best , nor in Egypt ...
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... plain and obvious account , as it is given us by the sacred writer . This error oc- curs in Zonaras . Ηδη δε της Αιγυπτε πλησιον οντι αυτῳ [ Ιακωβ ] @ poovwartą Iwong . Vol . 1. p . 31. and in Philo Judæus . O d ένος ακέσας ( σκοποι γαρ ...
... plain and obvious account , as it is given us by the sacred writer . This error oc- curs in Zonaras . Ηδη δε της Αιγυπτε πλησιον οντι αυτῳ [ Ιακωβ ] @ poovwartą Iwong . Vol . 1. p . 31. and in Philo Judæus . O d ένος ακέσας ( σκοποι γαρ ...
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... plain themselves , and discover so many interesting truths ; how injurious is it to treat them so super- ficially ! If we would but be at the trouble to look into the scope and meaning of the authorities we 31 Diodorus Siculus , lib . 1 ...
... plain themselves , and discover so many interesting truths ; how injurious is it to treat them so super- ficially ! If we would but be at the trouble to look into the scope and meaning of the authorities we 31 Diodorus Siculus , lib . 1 ...
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... for that was bounded with mountains on each side , and had inequalities ; but the lower was in , supine and flat , and properly termed a field or plain . occurrences ; yet no inference can from hence be made 26 OBSERVATIONS UPON THE.
... for that was bounded with mountains on each side , and had inequalities ; but the lower was in , supine and flat , and properly termed a field or plain . occurrences ; yet no inference can from hence be made 26 OBSERVATIONS UPON THE.
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... plain , that he did not know the true situation of any one place he men- tions . Having for a time cooped up the Israelites in a subordinate district , he makes them at last extend themselves from Tanis to Memphis , and to occupy part ...
... plain , that he did not know the true situation of any one place he men- tions . Having for a time cooped up the Israelites in a subordinate district , he makes them at last extend themselves from Tanis to Memphis , and to occupy part ...
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Africanus alludes Amalek Amalekites antient Assyrians Babylon Babylonia Belus Bochart Bubastus called Canaan Chaldean and Arabian Chaldeans Chron Chus circumstance contra Apion Cuseans deity Delta Diodorus dynasties Edom Egyptians Euseb Eusebius Evang father Geogr Gorlæus Grecian Greeks Heliopolis Hence Herodotus Israel Israelites Jews Joseph Josephus land of Egypt land of Goshen learned likewise lower Egypt Manetho mentioned mistake Moses nations Nile nome Onias original Orus particularly passage Pelusium Phaccusa Phacusa Pharaoh Phenicians plain PLATE Porus Præp priests prince province Ptolemy Red Sea reign river sacred sacrifice Saïs says Scriptures Shem Shepherds shew shewn signifies situation sons Spanheim speaks Strabo supposed Syncell Tanis temple Temple of Mithras tion unto whence word writers Zoan Zor-Aster γαρ δε Δελτα δια εις εκ εν επι ες εςι και κατα μεν παρα πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ
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Page 15 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Page 188 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; that these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Page 205 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 269 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 269 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Page 79 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt Speak the language of Canaan, And swear to the Lord of hosts ; One shall be called, The city of destruction.
Page 122 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 264 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 283 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 264 - So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him : and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.