| Richard Graves - 1850 - 552 pagina’s
...and slew him.'" Immediately divine justice arraigns the murderer, and pronounces condemnation. God said, " What hast thou done ? the voice of thy " brother's...unto thee " her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon " the earth."* Yet the severity of the divine justice was tempered with mercy. When... | |
| Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pagina’s
...the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. The Lord then said unto Cain, " What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood...thee her strength ; a -fugitive, and a •vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." Cain feared that some one would slay him, but the Lord said unto him,... | |
| 1850 - 500 pagina’s
...life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee." But now he says (chap. iv. 11), "Thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth...unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 9. Cain fears for his own life, and turns to see what he can gain for himself.... | |
| Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 250 pagina’s
...brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I knownot: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou...unto thee her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear."-... | |
| 1851 - 860 pagina’s
...slew him. Well, after this you find the dreadful consequences of it; for God says, " And now thou art f corruption? Here the Scripture is express. This was the ancient record: " Therefore shall ^thou be in the earth." But that was not all,, for John .tells us that he belonged to the Devil,... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1852 - 228 pagina’s
...Abel by his brother Cain. For this act of violence the Lord said to Cain, " The voice of thy brother's blood • crieth unto me from the ground. And now...unto thee her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." (Gen. iv. 10—12.) For this atrocious sin we are informed, in the above... | |
| George Washington Quinby - 1852 - 108 pagina’s
...wicked crime. In cool blood he murdered a beloved brother. What was the penalty? "And now thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth...unto thee her strength. A. fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." \ Not an intimation that there were pains reserved for him in another... | |
| Selina Burbury - 1852 - 664 pagina’s
...Whai hast thou done ? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground ; and thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth...unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shall thou be in the earth.' It is manifest, therefore, that the Creator held murder to be wrong ;... | |
| John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pagina’s
...attended the awful crime which he committed, was such as only could be inflicted by an almighty God. "And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath...tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the... | |
| 1852 - 432 pagina’s
...more naturally be personified in the feminine ; consequently we find such phrases as the following: "And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath...thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield to thee her strength." Gen. iv. 11, 12. "And the earth shall remove out of her place, .... and it shall... | |
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