Trouvé 7320 Résultats pour: City Of The Lord
These were his directions, You are to tell my lord Esau this, from his brother Jacob: I have been living abroad, on a visit to Laban, and am but just returned. (Genesis 32, 4)
I have brought back oxen and asses and sheep, men-servants and women-servants with me. And now, my lord, I have sent these envoys to thee, to secure thy good will. (Genesis 32, 5)
And now Jacob said, O God of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, thou, Lord, who hast bidden me return to my own country, the land of my birth, and hast offered to bless me, (Genesis 32, 9)
thy answer is to be, They belong to thy servant Jacob, who is sending them as a present to my lord Esau; and he himself follows behind us. (Genesis 32, 18)
And when Esau asked, What of those companies I met on my way? Jacob answered, A gift, my lord, to secure me thy good will. (Genesis 33, 8)
But Jacob answered, My lord, bethink thee that I have young children with me; that I have ewes here in lamb, and cows in calf, so that I may lose a whole herd if I overdrive them. (Genesis 33, 13)
Pass on, my lord, in advance of thy servant; I will follow slowly, at whatever pace suits these children of mine, and meet thee again, my lord, in Seir. (Genesis 33, 14)
Pray then, said Esau, take some of my followers to escort thee on thy journey. No need for that, answered Jacob; enough for me, my lord, that I should have thy good will. (Genesis 33, 15)
He passed on from there to Salem, a city belonging to Sichem,✻ thus returning to Chanaan after his journey to Mesopotamia of the Syrians. Here he dwelt near the town; (Genesis 33, 18)
They both went to the city gate, and there made it known to the people: (Genesis 34, 20)
The third day came, which is the day on which the pain of the wound is most felt. Then, two of Jacob’s sons, who were brothers to Dina, Simeon and Levi, took up their swords, and made their way boldly into the city, where they killed all the men folk; (Genesis 34, 25)
When they had left the city, the rest of Jacob’s sons broke in, to find the men already slain; so they plundered the city to avenge the wrong done; (Genesis 34, 27)
