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161 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 83.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… consists. Jehovah so far listened to the pleading of Abraham, whose believing urgency reminds us of the holy “importunity,” ( Luke 11:8 ) characteristic of all …
162 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 84.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, the everlasting God.”
163 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 86.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… for Jehovah?therefore he finds it laughable to connect such great issues with so small a beginning.” It was evidently in this light that the apostle viewed …
164 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 87.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah.” And now also, to strengthen her for the future, the same assurance concerning Ishmael was given to Hagar which had previously been made to Abraham …
165 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 88.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, the Angel of the Covenant, arrests his hand. Abraham’s faith has now been fully proved, and it has been perfected. “A ram caught in the thicket” will …
166 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 90.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… place “Jehovah Jireh,” “Jehovah seeth,” or “Jehovah provideth,” which means that He seeth for us, for, as even the term implieth, His providence, or providing, is just …
167 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 94.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ; and Jehovah, who had so often proved a faithful God, and in obedience to whose will he now refused what might have seemed highly advantageous connections …
168 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 94.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… by Jehovah—since this matter concerned the very essence of the covenant—to avoid every alliance with the Canaanites, and to apply to his “kindred.” And when …
169 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 95.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… whether Jehovah had made his way prosperous or not.”
170 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 95.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… that Jehovah had actually led him straight “to the house of his master’s brethren,” the man, fairly overcome by his feelings, “bowed down his head, and worshipped …
171 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 95.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah,” remind us how easily the language of Abraham—in other words, religious language, is picked up by those who have really no claim to use it. The servant …
172 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 96.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… last Jehovah listened to Isaac’s “entreaty,” “for his wife,” or rather, literally, “over against his wife,” for, as Luther strikingly remarks: “When I pray for any one …
173 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 96.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah” its meaning, though we know not in what precise manner she did this. The answer of God indicated this at least quite clearly, that of her children …
174 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 98.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… with Jehovah. ( Genesis 28:4 ) What of these things was spiritual, we may readily believe, Esau discredited and despised, and what was temporal, but yet future, as …
175 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 99.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… sojourned, “Jehovah appeared unto him,” and specially directed him to remain there, at the same time renewing to him the promises He had made to Abraham. Both …
176 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 …
177 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 …
178 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 …
179 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 …
180 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.