 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and be clean ? ' So he turned and went away in a rage.  The Lady of the Manor - Page 73by Mary Martha Sherwood - 1860 - 438 lehteFull view - About this book
 | James Everett - 1819 - 198 lehte
...i. 27. 5 Chap.xii. 1— 6. • to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean ?"* It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities... | |
 | 1820 - 464 lehte
...river Jordan for the cure of the leprosy, exclaimed, are not Abanar and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? By the Romans bathing was held in great estimation, probably as a luxury, for according to F;ibricius,... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 lehte
...over the place and recover the leper. Then Naaman said, Are not Abana and Pharpar Rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean 1 So he turned and went away in a rage. But his servants persuaded him, and he went down and dipped... | |
 | George Fox - 1821 - 420 lehte
...and strike his hand over the place, and so recover him : but his servant came near and said to him/" my father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it 1 how much rather then, when he saith unto thee, wash and be clean ?"... | |
 | 1848 - 704 lehte
...Jordan was not far distant. But what said Naaman ? " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean?" These were the rivers of Naaman's own country ; and probably he thought them better, because, whilst... | |
 | 1819 - 996 lehte
...appear, they promise nothing either to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel.'' may I not wash in them and be clean ?"ff It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 416 lehte
...hand ** over the place, and recover the leper. " Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of " Damascus, better than all the waters of " Israel? May I not wash in them, and be " clean?"* So reasoned this wise man ; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion.... | |
 | John Thornton - 1823 - 196 lehte
...his servants, on a certain occasion, had the keen edge of reproof, and all the force of reason : " My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? How much rather, then, when he saith to thee, wash and be clean?" When... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 lehte
...Jehoram, the son of Ahab." (o) ». 17. " Burnt-offering nor sacrifice." " par, rivers of Damascus, better than " all the waters of Israel ? may I not...be clean?" So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, " My father, " If the prophet had bid... | |
 | 1873 - 350 lehte
...strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash...be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage." What fools men are ! They prescribe to God Himself; they are so proud that they will not do the simplest... | |
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