 | Millennium - 1838 - 256 pages
...the reader's recollection how the Lord spoke unto Abram, in a dream (Genesisxv. 13.), and said :—" Know of a surety " that thy seed shall be a stranger in a strange land, that is " not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict " them four hundred... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...away. And when the sun was going dow n, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great 13 aham. And after her he took « Maachah the daughter of Absalom ; (hat thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve 14 them; and they shall... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 406 pages
...were a striking image of rofound distress and affliction, and om what follows in the ensuing verso, 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety °that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that u Ex. 12 . 40. Ps. 105. 33. Acts 7.1. we are left in no doubt that such was indeed their real purport.... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 pages
...tried, the Lord redeemed his promise. " When the sun was going down," says the inspired historian, " a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him." It was while in this supernatural ecstacy, that the Almighty delivered to him the following prophecy... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...with Abram, (Gen. xv. 12) when the Lord was pleased to confirm his promise relating to his seed, — " And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and, an horror of great darkness fell upon him." Here is condescension in the infinite Jehovah ; thus to... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 426 pages
...mentioned, Gen. xv. 1, The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, that is, a dream ; and again, A deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto him — ver. 12, 13. It is in some particular texts said, the Lord appeared to Abram, which if interpreted... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the curt-asses, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the pun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be n stringer in a land thai it not... | |
 | John Wilson - Anglo-Israelism - 1840 - 378 pages
...appointed from the days of old. In Abram was this case of his descendants shadowed forth, ver. 12, " And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram: And, lo! an horror of gre:it darkness fell upon him:" This was fulfilled in the spirit of deep sleep, and that... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1840 - 878 pages
...will surely visit you,' ver. 25. He hath respect unto the words of God to Abraham, Gen. xv. 13, 14, ' Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a strange land, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years : and also that... | |
 | William Sheldon - Bible - 1842 - 462 pages
...transaction is described in the fifteenth chapter of Genesis. I will cite a part of the description. Ver. 12. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell...and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. "Whence this horror of great darkness ? "Would it not be disproportionate to suppose that it referred... | |
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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years... 
