Vol. Page. Gilead, mount, account of the region so called, used occasionally as synonymous with riches, Going childless, phrase explained, I. 240 Going down, how attributed to God, I. 296 Going down into the grave mourning, what meant by it, II. 237 Hebrew, whether the original language, and whence the name de- Host of the heavens and earth, what meant by the phrase, I. 45 Ishmael, the import of his name, and the prediction respecting him Israel, import and application of the name, Jacob, import of the name, J. I. 262-266 II. 173 II. 63 his conduct vindicated in reference to the Egyptian priests, II. 366 Keturah, at what time she was married to Abraham, Kissing, a token of subjection, Knowing, applied to God in the sense of making known, II. 410 II. 129 I. 272 II. 186 II. 53 II. 284 II. 12 I. 56 Ladder, Jacob's vision of the, considered, Last days, import of the phrase, Knowledge, implies practical feeling and experimental sense, L. Lad, in what sense term used in the scriptures, II. 12 II. 106 II. 385 Laughing, by what motives prompted in Abraham and Sarah, I. 279, 290 Liberality, large professions of, common among the Orientals, Lighting off from a camel, as a mark of respect to a superior, II. 52 Lighting upon a place, how far the idea of chance involved in the Looking behind, what implied in the command given to Lot, Magicians, of Egypt, what class of men to be understood by the term, II. 273 Vol. Page. Mahanaim, what the origin and import of the name, Man, Adam, import of the name, Mandrakes, what plant probably intended by, Marriages, how negotiated in the East, Marry, used in the sense of betroth, Melchizedek, view of his person and character, Ministering to one, what implied by the expression, Moriah, land of, what region intended thereby, N. Nakedness of the land, what meant by the phrase, Nimrod, import of his name, and his general character consid- Noah, import of his name and various events of his history, - his cursing of Canaan considered, his predictions respecting Shem and Japheth explained, Nomade tribes, how they become settled cultivators, II. 74 II. 50 II. 50 Opening of the eyes, of our first parents in consequence of sin, I. 76, 78 his conduct in taking Sarah from her husband considered, I. 205 Pillar of salt, what meant by the expression, I. 328 Pottage, what kind of food meant by term, II. 66 Possessor of heaven and earth, how this title applied to God, I. 235 Predatory warfare, of the Arabs described, I. 223 Present, what implied by not receiving one in the East, II. 182 Prophet, original import of the term, I. 340 Putting the hand under the thigh, in taking an oath, what meant by it, II. 32 R. Rachel's grave, state of in modern times, II. 207 Rainbow, appointed a sign of the covenant with Noah, Return, in what peculiar sense the term used in scripture, I. 289 Respect, shewn by parents to children in the East, II. 152 Reuben, how the excellency of dignity and of power, II. 387 Rich, how the epithet to be understood in reference to Abraham, I. 210 Riding upon camels, particulars in respect to II. 151 Rising up, peculiar sense of the term in the scriptures, II. 7 Rolling one's self upon another, import of the phrase, Say, used in the sense of willing, purposing, decreeing, Sending away with songs and mirth, usual in the East, II. 148 Setting the eyes upon one, what meant by the expression, II. 330 II. 146 Seven, peculiar use of the number, I. 46 II. 180 Seven ewe lambs, why employed in taking an oath, I. 363 Seven years' service of Jacob with Laban, how to be understood, II. 120 Sheep-shearing, a season of festivity among the Israelites, II. 241 Sitting in the gate, import of the expression, Sinew which shrank, what it was and how forbidden to be eaten, Sister, in what sense the term used by the Hebrews, Sitting in an open place, how spoken of Tamar, their condition in the East, Sodom and Gomorrah, destruction of considered, I. 229 II. 212. Song of the land, import of the phrase as applied to fruits, I. 315-328 II. 313 II. 177 I. 204 I. 204 I. 302 II. 242 I. 229 I. 236 II. 212 also in the sense of will, desire, II. 24 Spirit, the Lord's, striving with man, what implied in the phrase, I. 117 II. 283 II. 147 Stealing the heart, the phrase how used in the scriptures, Straw and provender, how prepared for horses in the East, Stuff and goods, distinction between, |