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9261 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 28.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.” Thus the similarity of their names only brings …
9262 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 29.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ” or “comfort”—“saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.”
9263 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 108.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… this comfort, whatever might be before him: “I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will …
9264 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 118.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
Such comfort was, indeed, needed by Jacob. From Mahanaim he had sent to his brother Esau a message intended to conciliate him. But the messengers returned without …
9265 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 130.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the comfort which his sons and daughters hypocritically offered. But even his bitterest lamentation expressed the hope and faith that he would meet his …
9266 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 152.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… derive comfort from them. But one object Joseph had now in view: to bring his father and all his family to be near him, that he might nourish them; for as yet only …
9267 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 154.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his comfort was granted him, as he reached Beersheba, the southern boundary of the promised land. There the patriarch offered “sacrifices unto the God of his …
9268 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 74.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , a comfort, and a song of anticipated sure victory to the Church. And so at the last, they who stand on the “sea of glass mingled with fire,” who have “gotten the victory …
9269 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 148.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the comforts of Egypt and endured the hardships and dangers of “the great and terrible wilderness. A night of complete demoralization followed—the result …
9270 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 160.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… remaining comfort, and to face the dark future, utterly childless, alone, and helpless. And when one of them, Orpah, turned back, though with bitter sorrow at the …
9271 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 164.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… speak comfort to her heart. That, in such circumstances, Naomi, recognizing a true Israelitess in her daughter-in-law, should have sought “rest” for her—and that …
9272 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 4.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the Comforter under the Christian dispensation, and, in connection with it, the origin and the character of the Schools of the Prophets and of prophetic inspiration …
9273 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 12.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to comfort her by assurance of his own affection. The burden of her reproach, still unrolled from her, seemed almost too heavy to bear.This in all probability …
9274 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 25.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to comfort her with the announcement that a son has been born to her. She answers not, neither regards it. She cannot forget her one great sorrow even in this …
9275 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 181.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… us comfort and give us direction in the service of love?
9276 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 187.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… be comforted of man’s comforts. We can also understand—however little his servants might—how, when it was all over, he rose of his own accord, changed his apparel …
9277 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 11.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… was comforted concerning Amnon.”That is, in a hostile sense, as the same expression is used in Deuteronomy 28:7. The Hebrew text seems to admit no other translation …
9278 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 25.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… or comfort the news must have carried to the heart of David, he did not express it by a word. Only one question rose to his lips, only one idea of peace did his mind …
9279 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 37.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , finding comfort only in the thought, which has so often brought relief to those who realize it, that, even when suffering for sin, it is well to fall into the hands …
9280 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 138.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… most comforting is it to know that God has and keeps His own—even though it be in the family of a Jeroboam, and that true piety finds its respectful acknowledgment …