The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" RevelationsGraves, Kersey
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The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
Graves, Kersey
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108. Did Eve see before she ate the forbidden fruit? Yes: "Woman saw
before she ate the fruit" (Gen. iii. 6). No: "Her eyes were opened by
eating the fruit" (Gen. iii. 7).
109. When did the earth become dry after the flood? "In the first month
the waters of the flood were dried up" (Gen. viii. 13). "In the second
month the waters of the flood were dried up" (Gen. viii. 12).
110. How old was Abraham when he left Haran? The eleventh chapter of
Genesis makes him one hundred and thirty-five years old; but the twelfth
says he was only seventy-five.
111. Did Abraham know where he was going? Yes: "He went forth to go into
the land of Canaan" (Gen. xii. 5). No: "He went out, not knowing whither
he went" (Heb. xi. 8).
112. Did God give Abraham land? Yes: "I give it to thy seed for ever"
(Gen. xiii. 15). No: "Abraham had none inheritance in it, not so much as
to set his foot on" (Acts vii. 5).
113. Did Moses fear Pharaoh? Yes: "Moses fled, fearing Pharaoh" (Exod.
ii. 14 and 18). No: "Moses did not fear Pharaoh" (Heb. xi. 21 ).
114. Who hardened Pharaoh's heart? "The Lord hardened the heart of
Pharaoh" (Exod. ix. 12). "Pharaoh hardened his heart" (Exod. viii. 15).
115. How many fighting men in Israel? Samuel says eight hundred thousand
(2 Sam. xxiv. 9). Chronicles says one million one hundred thousand (1
Chron. xxi. 5).
110. How many fighting men in Judah? Samuel says five hundred thousand
(2 Sam. xxiv. 9). Chronicles says four hundred and seventy thousand (1
Chron. xxi. 5).
117. Who moved David to number Israel? God: "The Lord moved David to
number Israel" (2 Sam. xxiv. 1). The devil: "Satan provoked him to do it"
(Chron. xxi. 1).
118. Did David sin more than once? Yes: "I have sinned greatly in
numbering Israel" (2 Sam. 24. 10). No: "He sinned only when he killed
Uriah" (1 Kings xv. 5).
119. How many years of famine was David to suffer? Chronicles says it
was three years (1 Chron. xxi. 11). Samuel says it was seven years (2
Sam. xxiv. 13).
120. How many horsemen did David capture? Samuel says it was seven
hundred (2 Sam. viii. 4). Chronicles says it was seven thousand (1
Chron. xviii. 4).
121. What did David pay for his threshing-floor? Samuel says fifty
shekels of silver (2 Sam. xxiv. 24). Chronicles says six hundred shekels
of gold (1 Chron. xxi. 25).
122. Was David's throne to come to an end? No: "It shall be established
for ever" (Ps. lxxxix. 4). Yes: "It was cast down to the ground" (Ps.
lxxxix. 44).
123. Was David really a man after God's own heart? Yes: "David was a man
after God's own heart" (Acts xiii. 22). No: "David displeased the Lord"
(2 Sam. xi. 24).
124. Was it a man or God that Jacob wrestled with? "Jacob wrestled all
night with a man" (Gen. xxxii.24). "Jacob wrestled all night with God"
(Gen. xxxii. 30).
125. How many were there of Jacob's family? "Jacob's family was only
seventy souls" (Gen. xlvi 27). "Jacob's family was seventy-five souls"
(Acts vii. 14).
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