An historical dissertation on the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament. Chiefly those of a chronological character; shewing their aspect on the present times, and on the destinies of the Jewish nation / by Matthew Habershon.

  • Matthew Habershon
Date:
1840
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Credit: An historical dissertation on the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament. Chiefly those of a chronological character; shewing their aspect on the present times, and on the destinies of the Jewish nation / by Matthew Habershon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS TO THEIR DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT. FROM THE CALL OF ABRAHAM, B.C. 1921 (430 YEARS); AND FROM ISHMAEL’S MOCKERY OF ISAAC, B.C. 1891 (400 YEARS); BOTH TO THE DELIVER- ANCE FROM EGYPT, B.C. 1491. “And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abraham ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abraham, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall bea stranger in aland that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afterwards afflict them FoUR HUNDRED YEARS; And alsothat nation,whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterwards they shall come out with great substance.” Gen. xv. 12—14. ‘Acts vii: 6, 7. “Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in _Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, even the self- same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: that is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.” Ex. xii. 40—42. Gal. ji? 17. B
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