 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.  Book of lessons for the use of schools - Page 85by Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Alexander Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1839 - 608 pages
...account of its beauty, but on account of its being in all probability the view which Abraham had when he " looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." f A high ridge intercepts the view of the Dead Sea, but the deep valley formed by it, and the^hills... | |
 | 1839 - 428 pages
...Sodom. The sun rose before he entered Zoar; and when Abram got up early, and looked towards Sodom, he beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. It was a happy morning in the life of Isaac, when peace and plenty were secured to him and his family,... | |
 | 1839 - 618 pages
...and below these dark waters are the sites, perhaps the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah, such as " when the smoke of the country went up, as the smoke of a furnace." There is a tale, that nothing living, not even a bird, can ever cross this sea. But there is no need... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 406 pages
...country went up as the smoke of a furnace. This is rendered by the Septuagint, 'A flame went up out of 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land o!' the plain, and beheld, and lo, " the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 pages
...smoke is for most part the adjunct of war and destruction. See Gen. xix. '28, " And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Also Josh. viii. 20 ; Judges xx. 40 ; Ps. xxxvii. 20; and Isaiah xiv. 31, " From the north there cometh... | |
 | John Phillips - 2001 - 390 pages
...what Lot might have become (19:27-29). "And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked toward Sodom...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Abraham had lost nothing. He had not even lost a night's sleep. He stood there on hallowed ground,... | |
 | Victor Brombert - 1999 - 196 pages
...harkens back to the Bible. He quotes, probably repeating words quoted by a preacher: "Isn't it written, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace?" Talk of fire and brimstone and of terrible voices speaking to him lead to the Doctor's smug diagnosis... | |
 | James K. Bruckner - 2002 - 266 pages
...Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD; 2X and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 So it was that, when God destroyed... | |
 | Daniel R. Jenkins - 2003 - 90 pages
...deviant behavior. It is immoral. One has only to read Genesis 19: 28-29 to find out how God views it, "And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent... | |
 | Henry E. Meredith - 2003 - 674 pages
...used in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah during the time of Abraham. "And he looked toward Sodorn and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain,...of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace" (Genesis 19:28). We are told that the smoke that comes from the bottomless pit is so dense that the... | |
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