| George Pretyman - 1832 - 406 ページ
...man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered (e)." — And again, God said, " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars,...number them. And he said unto him, so shall thy seed be (/)." These promises of numerous descendants were made to Abraham at the time he had no children, but... | |
| Selina Martin - 1832 - 242 ページ
...suns, and systems, and worlds in number incalculable, and not to be ascertained. He who made them, said, " Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." ' To count their numbers, were to count the sands, That ride in whirlwinds, the parch'd Lybian air... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 ページ
...magnitude that makes the divine promise to Abraham not a mere emphatic simile, but an exact comparison. "Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : So shall thy seed be." Gen. ch. xv. ver. 5. If the nebulas that abound so much above are truly resolvable... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1832 - 168 ページ
...of the earth be blessed." It contains no more than the assurance of the increase of his seed: — " He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the ^tars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. And he believed... | |
| Eric Chang - 2004 - 686 ページ
...translated "innermost being", has strong correspondence to Genesis 15.4 where God says to Abraham, "He that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir". This is the King James translation, in which the Hebrew word is rendered literally. Other translations,... | |
| Carolyn Powell, Thresa Lukacena - 2005 - 217 ページ
...thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now...them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness." God made this blood covenant... | |
| D. M. Lake - 2008 - 205 ページ
...Jesus when you have problems, victory is sure. 49 CUTTING THE COVENANT WITH BLOOD Genesis 15:5-14 5. And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now...them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7. And he said unto him,... | |
| Benjamin Baruch - 2005 - 370 ページ
...not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."40 The Lord took Abram and said unto him "Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou...them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. "41 This covenant was by faith,... | |
| Gedalia Auerbach, Ira Sharkansky - 2011 - 138 ページ
...but do not settle the issue of its boundaries. The fifteenth chapter of Genesis includes the passage: Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou...them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. ... I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it... | |
| Thomas Traherne - 2005 - 614 ページ
...Contemplat these things. When GOD accepted Abram, he brought him forth abroad, and said,17 Look now towards Heaven, and tell The Stars; if thou be able to Number...them. And he Said unto him: so Shall thy seed be. When after 10 See Joshua 10.13. " See Isaiah 38.8. The sundial moved ten not fifteen degrees. 12 Marginal... | |
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