 | 1867
...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... | |
 | John David Macbride - 1824 - Liczba stron: 232
...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... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - Liczba stron: 277
...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.... | |
 | Humphrey Moore - 1824 - Liczba stron: 356
...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... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1824 - Liczba stron: 296
...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
...blessed him, 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...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
...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,... | |
 | ...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,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825
...after the best part of Jacob's portion, yet he was very earnest to have had that clause of it reversed, Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. If this could have been granted him, he had been satisfied ; for the fatness of the earth was all he... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825
...declines the honour of precedency given him in the blessing, calling Esau hit lord. Isaac bad said to him, Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; but Jacob either understood it of spiritual ascendency, or if of temporal, as referring to his posterity,... | |
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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. 
