...and eastward, and west- earth shall be blessed in him : ward, for all the land which Gen. xviii. 18. thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever ; and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : Gen. xiii. 14, &c. To Isaac. To Isaac. Unto thee,...

...His name Jehovah was not known unto him : for though God spoke expressly unto Abraham, ' All the land thou seest to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever ;' yet the history teacheth us, and Stephen confirmeth us, ' that He gave him none inheritance in it,...

...and eastward, and west- earth shall be blessed in him : ward, for all the land which Gen. xviii. 18. thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever ; and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : Gen. xiii. 14, &c. To Isaac. Unto thee, and unto...

...go overthither ;" but such an addition to the pleasure of it as Abraham had, when God said to him, " All the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it." Take pleasure of the prospect as a pledge of the possession shortly. CHAPTER IV. THE DOCTRINE FURTHER...

...How sinful were they ? 14. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was (1) separated from him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou ..:', northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 1. Departed. 1*. To whom did God sptak...

...Abram a still greater Promise.* And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: "Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where...seest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth,...

...his inheritance." The land of Canaan was given to Abrani by promise : " And the Lord said unto Abram, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where...land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and ta thy seed for ever. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it, and in the breadth of it :...

...hyperbole has by far the greatest force in magnifying objects ; of which take the following examples : For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth ; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth,...

...eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 15 nth year, the year of release, "is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the...

...further promised : " I will make of theea great nation" (Gen. xii. 3). And after he came into Canaan, " : and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. Arise, walk through the land, in the length of...