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181 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 108.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… glorious Jehovah Himself, Who spake to the lonely sleeper below: “I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac.” Silent in their ministry, the …

182 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 109.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… , Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew it not.” Quite another fear now came upon him from that of loneliness or of doubt. It was awe at the conscious presence …

183 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 111.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… served Jehovah; while Rachel was attached to the superstitions of her father’s house; and even the natural character of the elder sister fitted her better …

184 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 112.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… , “Surely Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction;” Simeon (“hearing”), “Because Jehovah hath heard that I was hated;” Levi (“cleaving,” or “joined”), in the hope “Now this time …

185 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 112.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… as Jehovah, but as Elohim, the God of nature, not the covenant-God of the promise.

186 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 113.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… , not Jehovah; while she seemed to see in the first of them a reward for giving Zilpah to her husband, whence the child’s name was called Issachar (“he gives,” or “he …

187 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 114.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… ), and Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.” The same attempt to place Jehovah as the God of Abraham by the side of the god of Nahor—not denying, indeed, the existence …

188 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 116.3 (Alfred Edersheim)

Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”

189 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 118.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… as Jehovah, the covenant-God of Abraham and of Isaac. Not one of these pleas could fail. That cry of despair was the preparation for what was to follow: Jacob was …

190 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 119.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… of Jehovah in Whom was His Presence. “And when He saw that He prevailed not against him, He touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was …

191 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 120.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… ” was Jehovah. Jacob had, indeed, been the believing heir to the promises, but all his life long he had wrestled with God—sought to attain success in his own strength …

192 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 121.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… of Jehovah had prevailed by prayer and entreaty, now also prevails by humility and modesty against Esau, who comes to meet him with four hundred men.” As already …

193 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 132.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… . Accordingly “Jehovah was with him,” and “Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.” His master was not long in observing this. From an ordinary domestic …

194 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 134.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… did Jehovah made to prosper,” the whole management of the prison ultimately passed into Joseph’s hands. Thus, here also Jehovah proved Himself a faithful …

195 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 140.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… by Jehovah, their heavenly King. We can scarcely wonder that Pharaoh should have at once appointed such a council or to superintend the arrangements he had …

196 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 164.8 (Alfred Edersheim)

For Thy salvation wait I, oh Jehovah!

197 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 3.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… which Jehovah deals with His people, both in judgment and in mercy, till at the last He safely brings them to the promised inheritance.

198 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 3.3 (Alfred Edersheim)

… of Jehovah’s government for all time. For, however great the difference in the development, the essence and character of the covenant of grace are ever the …

199 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 10.1 (Alfred Edersheim)

… was, Jehovah, the living and the true God. We can therefore understand how such close connection between Joseph and the Egyptian priesthood was both possible …

200 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 11.2 (Alfred Edersheim)

… ” against Jehovah. But the chain of coincidences does not break even here. From the Egyptian documents we learn that in the preceding reign—that is, just before …