...accurately to explain it. What was the prayer of the prophetic Isaac for his son, when he blessed him? "God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. '28. \Vhat says God himself by the wisest of men whom he inspired ? " Be not wise in thine...

...and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed : Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness...that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."—Gen. xxvii. 26—29. " And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling...

...its climate, prove this land to be indeed '. a field which the Lord hath blessed ; God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.'— Dr. Clarke, Abstract of the Proceedings of ¿he Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal...

...its climate, prove this land to be, indeed, a field which the Lord hath blessed. God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." But in the above short description of the Holy Land, we ought not to overlook the principal river that...

...its climate, prove this land to be indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed3 : God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." The first part of our journey led through the valley lying between the two mountains Ebal and Gerizim4....

...by birthright, I leave the reader to judge ; and to believe, if he can, that these words of Isaac, " be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee," confirmed Jacob in a sovereignty over Esau, upon the account of the birthright he had got from him....

...his very son Esau." " God give thee," said the patriarch, " of the dew of heaven and the fatness of earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Let people serve...thee, and nations bow down to thee ; be lord over thy bretfiren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; cursed be every one that curseth thee, and...

...blessing, and is often in scripture so represented. Thus, when Isaac blesses his son Jacob, he says, God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine b. And when Moses blesses the tribe of Joseph, he says, Blessed of the Lord be his lands for the, a...

...See, the smell of my son is ! " as the smell of a field, which the Lord "hath blessed. 28. Therefore God " give thee of the dew of heaven, and " the fatness of the earth, and plenty of " corn and wine. 29. Let people serve " thee, and nations bow down to thee ; " be lord over thy brethren, and let thy...

...property, is not as infidels have urged, contradictory to the Bible statement, that God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine ; (Gen; xxvii. 28.) but in reality its diminished population and produce confirm it, for in the event...