| Society of Antiquaries of London - Archaeology - 1786 - 502 pages
...(late the only text [_y], which may feem to require being underftood to extend to a general deluge. *' And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth,...that were under the whole heaven were '« covered. f* Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail, and the " mountains were covered." Gen. vii. 19 and... | |
| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...prevailed, and were increaled greatly upon the earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...hills that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flefh... | |
| 1795 - 766 pages
...prevailed, and were increafed greatly upon the earth. And the art went upon the face of the luateri. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...and all the high hills, that were under the whole beat/en, were covered." This expreflion, " under the ivbilt heaven," fignifies only the -vahóle horizon... | |
| Universalism - 1797 - 572 pages
...reafon alfo was, that they could not find water enough to make it univerfal. But Mofes fays, that " All the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits (twenty-two feet and a half) upward dkl the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered." If all... | |
| Friedrich Christian Lesser - Botany, Economic - 1799 - 468 pages
...meaning to indicate the deftruftion of all animals by the wateis of the deluge, fays that " all " flefti died that moved upon the earth, both of " fowl and of cattle, and of bead, and of every " thing that creepeth upon the earth, and of every * man ; all in whofe noftrils... | |
| Thomas Gisborne - Christianity - 1799 - 606 pages
...floods of rain rufhed from the fky : " the " waters prevailed exceedingly upon the (w) 2 Peter, ii. 5. " earth ; and all the high hills that were " under the whole heaven were covered," The ark, containing the fole remnants of the human race and of the animated world, floated on the boundlefs... | |
| Edward King - Bible - 1800 - 548 pages
...Scripture fays indeed, that after Noah was fliut up in his ark, Genefis, ch. vii. Ver. 2 1 . h\,i.jlejh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of be aft, and of every creeping thing that creepetb upon the earthy and EVERY man. 11. ALL In wbofe nojlrils... | |
| English literature - 1801 - 430 pages
...leaft, the higheft rocks on the mountain tops fhall fave them. " But the waters prevail exceedingly, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven,...waters prevail, and the mountains were covered. And all flefh died that moved upon 'the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beaft, and of every creeping... | |
| Thomas Gisborne - Christianity - 1801 - 586 pages
...Peter, ii. 5. c " the i " the windows of heaven were opened :'* floods of rain rufhed from the fky : " the " waters prevailed exceedingly upon the " earth...that were under " the whole heaven were covered." The ark, containing the fole remnants of the human race and of the animated world, floated on the boundlcfs... | |
| 1906 - 594 pages
...Noah, but only came into existence at the time when ' the fountains of the great deep were broken ' up, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were ' covered.' Incredible as it may now seem, this explanation obtained much favour, and in various forms held its... | |
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