Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the British West-India islandsThe bible itself is an edited edition of the King James Bible - there is no extra material in the Bible, just redacted passages. This version of the Bible excludes 90 percent of the Old Testament as well as 50 percent of the New Testament. Absent are all of the Psalms, that talk about hope for God's liberation from oppression, as well as the entire Book of Revelation. |
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... pass not away , I pray thee , from thy servant : 4 Let a little water I pray you , be fetched , and wash your feet , and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread , and comfort ye your hearts : after that ...
... pass not away , I pray thee , from thy servant : 4 Let a little water I pray you , be fetched , and wash your feet , and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread , and comfort ye your hearts : after that ...
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ye come to your servant . And they said , So do , as thou hast said . 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth .
ye come to your servant . And they said , So do , as thou hast said . 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth .
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17 And she spake unto him according to these words , saying , The Hebrew servant which thou hast brought unto us , came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass , as I lifted up my voice and cried , that he left his garment with ...
17 And she spake unto him according to these words , saying , The Hebrew servant which thou hast brought unto us , came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass , as I lifted up my voice and cried , that he left his garment with ...
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20 And it came to pass the third day , which was Pharaoh's birth - day , that he made a feast unto all his servants ; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler , and of the chief baker among his servants .
20 And it came to pass the third day , which was Pharaoh's birth - day , that he made a feast unto all his servants ; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler , and of the chief baker among his servants .
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10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants , and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house , both me and the chief ... 12 And there was there with us a young man , an He- brew , servant of the captain of the guard : and we told him ...
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants , and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house , both me and the chief ... 12 And there was there with us a young man , an He- brew , servant of the captain of the guard : and we told him ...
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