 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...See, the smell of my son is ! " as the smell of a field, which the Lord "hath blessed. 28. Therefore God " give thee of the dew of heaven, and " the fatness of the earth, and plenty of " corn and wine. 29. Let people serve " thee, and nations bow down to thee ; " be lord over thy brethren, and let thy... | |
 | John David Macbride - 1824 - 246 pages
...property, is not as infidels have urged, contradictory to the Bible statement, that God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine ; (Gen; xxvii. 28.) but in reality its diminished population and produce confirm it, for in the event... | |
 | 1867 - 348 pages
...serenity of the climate, prove this to be indeed ' a field which the Lord hath blessed ; God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.' " These are glowing words, and would furnish a considerably exaggerated statement as applied to the... | |
 | Humphrey Moore - 1824 - 368 pages
...heir of his father's substance. He had dominion over his brethren. Isaac, in blessing Jacob, said, "Be lord over thy brethren; and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee." It was the privilege of the first born to have the priest's office. In all these respects there is... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 290 pages
...by birth-right, I leave the reader to judge: and to believe, if he can, that these words of Isaac, " be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's " sons bow down to thee," confirmed Jacob in a sovereignty over Esau, upon the account of the birth-right he had got from him.... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1824 - 342 pages
...bring you my good wishes on that occasion, and may you live to see many happy ones; may God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and may he preserve you from every deadly sin, that so you may be happy during your pilgrimage in this... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LOUD hath blessed : Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness...and wine : Let people serve thee, and nations bow clown to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 630 pages
...this land to be indeed я field which the Lord hath blessed (Gen. xxvii. 28.) : God liath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine."1 Such being the state of the Holy Land, at least of that part of it which is properly cultivated,... | |
 | 874 pages
...the Lord, as the land of Egypt." * Isaac, when blessing Jacob, declared that God should give him " of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn arid wine."f The spies whom Moses despatched to see whether " the land be good or bad, fat or lean,... | |
 | David Russell - 1825 - 372 pages
...blessing for him, and he obtained it; but his desire was to have that clause of Jacob's reversed,—" be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee." This would have satisfied him, for the things of this life alone did he care for. But as the temporal... | |
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Let people serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be he that blesseth thee. 
