_A TIRED PILGRIM_
‘And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the
years of my life been,’ etc.
Genesis 47:9
Those who looked only on the outer life of Jacob would scarcely have
thought that his days were eithe... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE’_
‘Behold I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh.’
Genesis 47:23
The R.V. translates the song of the elders thus: ‘Thou wast slain,
and didst _ purchase_ unto God with thy blood, men of every kindred’
(Revelation 5:9); but the Greek word might be rendere... [ Continue Reading ]