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... reasons exist for putting forth these texts in a new translation, with an Introduction, in this series. We desire to express our thanks to Canon Charles and Messrs. A. and C. Black, for their permission to reprint here the translation ...
... reasons exist for putting forth these texts in a new translation, with an Introduction, in this series. We desire to express our thanks to Canon Charles and Messrs. A. and C. Black, for their permission to reprint here the translation ...
Page xiii
... reason to doubt the essential unity of our Book (that is to say, that it was composed and written in its present form by one author), it is equally clear that this writer incorporated earlier traditions and legends into his work. Thus ...
... reason to doubt the essential unity of our Book (that is to say, that it was composed and written in its present form by one author), it is equally clear that this writer incorporated earlier traditions and legends into his work. Thus ...
Page xvii
... reasons for believing that the author of Jubilees was a priest, and, as such, may have been acquainted in some special way with this priestly tradition. There are , however, difficulties in connexion with the reckoning of such a solar ...
... reasons for believing that the author of Jubilees was a priest, and, as such, may have been acquainted in some special way with this priestly tradition. There are , however, difficulties in connexion with the reckoning of such a solar ...
Page xxii
... reason it was ordained on the heavenly tables ; " With the instrument with which a man kills his neighbour, with the same shall he be killed ; after the manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall, they deal with him." It is true ...
... reason it was ordained on the heavenly tables ; " With the instrument with which a man kills his neighbour, with the same shall he be killed ; after the manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall, they deal with him." It is true ...
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... reason the, commandment was given to keep in their defilement, for a male seven days, and for a female twice seven days.* 9. And after Adam had completed forty days in the land where he had been created, we brought Mm into the Garden of ...
... reason the, commandment was given to keep in their defilement, for a male seven days, and for a female twice seven days.* 9. And after Adam had completed forty days in the land where he had been created, we brought Mm into the Garden of ...
Contents
Section 25 | 118 |
Section 26 | 122 |
Section 27 | 127 |
Section 28 | 128 |
Section 29 | 130 |
Section 30 | 132 |
Section 31 | 136 |
Section 32 | 137 |
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Section 11 | 51 |
Section 12 | 59 |
Section 13 | 66 |
Section 14 | 79 |
Section 15 | 81 |
Section 16 | 83 |
Section 17 | 84 |
Section 18 | 86 |
Section 19 | 94 |
Section 20 | 98 |
Section 21 | 107 |
Section 22 | 112 |
Section 23 | 113 |
Section 24 | 114 |
Section 33 | 140 |
Section 34 | 144 |
Section 35 | 147 |
Section 36 | 152 |
Section 37 | 161 |
Section 38 | 162 |
Section 39 | 164 |
Section 40 | 169 |
Section 41 | 172 |
Section 42 | 176 |
Section 43 | 179 |
Section 44 | 184 |
Section 45 | 186 |
Section 46 | 194 |
Section 47 | 205 |
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Page 96 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 56 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 146 - 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 110 - 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 111 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 192 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 32 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 82 - 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.
Page 111 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 135 - And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.