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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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very maiden hewould have sought g^g ^^^ Rebekah, agranddaughter of Abrahams^^rot^gj.^ and the dam-sel was very fair to look upon. neither was she sel-fish, nor indifferent to the need f the weary man andof his outworn beasts. And -hen she had donegiving him drink, she said, I will >aw water for thycamels also, until they have done <-inkinff. And she hasted, and emptied ^j. pitcher intothe trough, and ran again unto the ^gjj to drawwater, and drew for. all his camels. And the man wondering at her heldi^jg peace He must have felt that God had sent him fc^jost a:en-erous and beauteous answer to his prayer. The wayside view as here depicted by Caba^j ^^be contrasted with the preceding picture to t^pha_size how differently different minds have often ,^j^_ceived the biblical scenes. Cabanel paints the S^^^land as it is today, bare and almost treeless; Schirmerreconstructs it as it may have been in Abrahams timebefore the spendthrift hand of man had stripped it rfits wealth of verdure.
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.w^A^i*«iw4ite*i*^ tlTfje ^omt of i^ebefeaf) BY HEINRICH SCHOPIN OR CHOPIN, A GERMANARTIST, DIED 1880. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver,and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them toRebekahj he gave also to her brother.—Gen., 2^, S3. WHEN Eliezer learned that his fair waitresswas of his masters own family, he setabout accomplishing his mission in trulyroyal fashion. He presented to the maid a gold ear-ring and two great heavy gold bracelets. Then hetold her who he was, and asked for lodging in herfathers house. Rebekah ran home in wonderment,told her tale and showed her splendid gifts; and herbrother Laban, the active head of the household, has-tened to welcome Eliezer, brought him home andoffered him a feast. But he said, I will not eat, un-til I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.The servant spoke fully and nobly. When he toldof his prayer and its answer, the kindred of RebekahAvere awed, saying, The thing proceedeth from theLord. Eliezers fear from the

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