| Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne - 1822 - 498 páginas
...several ancient nations seem to have adopted from the Egyptians. The wealth of Abraham consisted in " flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses" f. Brass and iron had not then, as in the time of Joshua, been admitted into the catalogue of... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 516 páginas
...Abraham's servant, and the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses ; and Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old, and unto him hath he... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1823 - 490 páginas
...Scripture. A powerful prince attacks a number of shepherd kings, and robs them of their possessions; their "flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels and asses." In the earliest ages of history, we find such wars described, when " Chedorlaomer, and the... | |
| John Jebb - 1824 - 418 páginas
...him greatly.'} " The Lord hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great. And he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses." It was thus, that the eldest servant of Abraham's house, probably Eliezer of Damascus, described... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 páginas
...my master greatly," said the steward of Abraham's house, " and he is become great ; and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses." b Similar language is used in relation to the riches of Jacob : " The man increased exceedingly,... | |
| John Owen - 1826 - 656 páginas
...Abraham's servant ; and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great, and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver a-nd gold, and menservants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.' What is all this to Isaac? He was to take a wife for Isaac, not for Abraham. He goes on ; '... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 902 páginas
...servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 páginas
...servant Eliezer: " The Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great ; and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses." But the sin lies in trusting in these things ; hence Job says ; " If I have made gold my hope,... | |
| 1829 - 1012 páginas
...servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath... | |
| John Stedman - 1830 - 364 páginas
...outward prosperity of his family — " the Lord blessed him greatly; and he became great: and He gave him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses." And (what is reckoned by the world, and justly reckoned, the next blessing) " Sarah his wife... | |
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