The Desert of Sinai: Notes of a Spring-journey from Cairo to BeershebaR. Carter & brothers, 1857 - 408 Seiten |
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Amalek ancient Arabah Arabs Atakah Bedaween Beersheba Cairo camels Christian cliffs cloud convent dark desert Deut Dophkah dragoman dromedary east ebb-tide Egypt Egyptian Elim encamped Er-Rahah Exod feet Feirân foot fruit Ghurandel give glory granite Greek green half-past hand Hebrew height hills Horeb hour inscriptions Israel Jebel Jehovah journey land latter looked manna Marah means miles monks morning Moses Mount Sinai mountain Mûsa Nakhl night Nile once palm-trees palms passage passed peaks perhaps pilgrims plain pleasant Pyramids rain Red Sea region Rephidim rest rock round ruins sand scene Scripture seemed seen Serbâl shadow sheikh shew shrubs side slopes soon speaks spot stones Suez tarfa tents thing thou tion took travellers trees valley verdure Wady Mukatteb Wady-esh-Sheikh walk walls whole wilderness wilderness of Sinai wind words yellow
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Seite 111 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Seite 231 - God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Seite 120 - If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Seite 329 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Seite 279 - And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat ; and it cometh to pass.
Seite 313 - And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Seite 141 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Seite 264 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Seite 127 - He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground ; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs ; and there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation, and sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Seite 126 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.