 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pagina’s
...blessed Kebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. Gen. xxiv. 60. For this it the word of promise : at this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. Rom. ix. 9.... | |
 | 1842 - 296 pagina’s
...blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them." Gen. xxiv. 60. — at the gate — The main struggle between contending armies was usually at the gates of the besieged... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 1496 pagina’s
...arrival of the assailants at the turnpike • "And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto lier . . . ' let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them."— GEN. xxiv. v. 60, selected for attack. They were mounted on horsebnck, and generally appeared in considerable... | |
 | John Wroe - 1851 - 396 pagina’s
...her away with these words: ' Thou art our sister: be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them?' Gen. xxiv. 60. Did not Rebekah bring forth Esau * Stopping at home is keeping the law. and Jacob, which were set typical... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1858 - 780 pagina’s
...a very singular kind. They chose for their text the words of Scripture, " And they blessed Rebecca, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gate of those 'Gen. iriv. which hate them." 1 In pursuance of the plan agreed on, they elected a chief, dressed him... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 724 pagina’s
...a very singular kind. They chose for their text the words of Scripture, " And they blessed Rebecca, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them."1 In pursuance ¿0Gen" xxiv' of the plan agreed on, they elected a chief, dressed him in women's... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1864 - 716 pagina’s
...The strange distortion of a Scripture text gave origin to the name : '• And they blessed Eebekah, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gate of...Disguised in bonnets, caps, and gowns, the rioters stole quietly at dead of night upon the toll-bars, pitched out the keeper's furniture, tore down the house,... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - 1865 - 748 pagina’s
...organized. He rioters chose for their text the words in Genesis xxiv. 60 — " And they blessed Rebecca, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them." A leader having been elected, he was disguised in female attire, and called "Rebecca," while his aiders... | |
 | 428 pagina’s
...soul. THE GATES. By Philo-Israel. " Thy seed shall possess the GATE of his enemies " (Gen. xxii. 17). " Let thy seed possess the GATE of those which hate them" (Gen. xxiv. 60). It has been predicted that Israel's seed are to. possess the " GATE OF THEIR ENEMIES." What is here... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1866 - 690 pagina’s
...800. - Morning Chronicle, August, 1842. of by these simple Welshmen, — they chose Gen. xxiv. 60; "And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Let...thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them." 1 They chose a chief, dressed him in woman's clothes, put a large disguising-bonnet on his head, and... | |
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her... let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 
