| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the...shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. LESSON XXV. GENESIS, CHAP. xxix. THEN Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 452 pages
...craving, as the sentiments ascribed to the patriarchs by Moses, and the principles of his own law ? " If '? God will be with me, and will keep me in this...thou shalt give me, I will surely give the " tenth untothee*." This was Jacob's vow, and the conditional engagement which he took with God. If we turn... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 434 pages
...craving, as the sentiments ascribed to the patriarchs by Moses, and the principles of his own law ? "If " God will be with me, and will keep me in this...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 untothee*." This... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 410 pages
...which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob waked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LOR p is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid,...shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS. Though it is not expressly mentioned, there is great reason to believe,... | |
| William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...deeply impressed his mind, and drew forth his devotion—and on this occasion we are told that " he vowed a vow, saying if God will be with " me, and...give me, I will surely give the tenth unto " thee." What I admire is the moderation of Jacob's desire with regard to temporal supplies. He does not stipulate... | |
| Thomas Raffles - 1814 - 326 pages
...to the occasion.-r-Gen. xxviii, 22 — lAnd Jacob vowed a vow, saying, if God will, be with me, and keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread...the Lord be my God, and this stone which I have set up for a pillar, » j -halt -be God -s house, and of all that thou shaltgiveme I will surely give the... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...Jacob called the name of that place Bethel. And he vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread...shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. He vowed a vow, and he forgot it. Occupied with his distresses, particularly the one which lately befel... | |
| 1863 - 1198 pages
...daily bread that Jacob asked, when, on his way to Padan-aram, a solitary and anxious traveller, he vowed a vow, saying, " If God will be with me, and...shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee." (Gen. xxviii. 20—22.) To ask of God the superfluities of life, we find no warrant. " We brought nothing... | |
| Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pages
...promises to him in a vision of the night. When Jacob, therefore, rose up early in the morning, he " vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will...shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." This is interpreted as if Jacob had vowed, that he would never acknowledge the Lord for his God, until... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying—If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way...house ; and of all that thou shalt give me, I will give the tenth unto thee." Such is the remarkable history of the first immediate revelation of Himself... | |
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