 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 sider
...being called Rebecca : a name derived from a passage in the book of Genesis, which reads thus : — " And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gates of those which hate them." — xxiv. 60. In order to quell these riots, government sent into... | |
 | John Wroe - 1851 - 396 sider
...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... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 sider
...gate-breakers being called Rebecca : a name adopted on account of a passage in the book of Genesis, " And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gates of those which hate them." — xxiv. 60. In order to quell these riots, government sent into... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1858 - 780 sider
...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... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 246 sider
...the gate-breakers was called "Rebecca," a name derived from this passage in the book of Genesis : " And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Let thy seed possess the gates of those which hate them." (Gen. xxiv. ver. 60.) " Rebecca," who was in the guise of a woman,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 724 sider
...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 sider
...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 those which hate them" (Gen. xxiv. 60). Disguised in bonnets, caps, and gowns, the rioters stole quietly at dead of night upon the toll-bars,... | |
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her... let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 
