 | John Jones (Curate of Waterbeach.) - Bible - 1821 - 322 pages
...this land to be indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed." Gen. xxvii, 28. " God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." * Such being now the state of those parts of the Holy Land which are properly cultivated, we can easily... | |
 | John Locke - Liberty - 1821 - 536 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 " tothee," confirmed Jacob in a sovereignty over Esau, upon the account of the birth-right he had got... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 554 pages
...generations yet unborn. Proceed we now to inquire briefly into the meaning of the paternal blessing : " God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Let peopie serve thee, and nations bow down unto thee ; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 714 pages
...accurately to explain it. What was the prayer of the prophetic Isaac for his son, when he blessed him? "God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. '28. \Vhat says God himself by the wisest of men whom he inspired ? " Be not wise in thine... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Africa - 1823 - 490 pages
...its climate, prove this land to be indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed3 : God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." The first part of our journey led through the valley lying between the two mountains Ebal and Gerizim4.... | |
 | William Brown - Jews - 1823 - 532 pages
...its climate, prove this land 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." But in the above short description of the Holy Land, we ought not to overlook the principal river that... | |
 | 1823 - 396 pages
...its climate, prove this land 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.'— Dr. Clarke, Abstract of the Proceedings of ¿he Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 516 pages
...by birthright, 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 birthright he had got from him.... | |
 | Lady - Bible - 1824 - 452 pages
...his very son Esau." " God give thee," said the patriarch, " of the dew of heaven and the fatness of earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Let people serve...thee, and nations bow down to thee ; be lord over thy bretfiren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; cursed be every one that curseth thee, and... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 506 pages
...blessing, and is often in scripture so represented. Thus, when Isaac blesses his son Jacob, he says, God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine b. And when Moses blesses the tribe of Joseph, he says, Blessed of the Lord be his lands for the, a... | |
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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. 
