Abraham - Revision history

Abraham - Revision history http://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.16alpha Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:09:27 GMT Greetje at 18:32, 12 October 2008 http://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham&diff=14426&oldid=prev <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:32, 12 October 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{info}}Across the field and through the trees<br>of Ephron, slumped upon his knees<br>Beside the cave of Machpelah,<br>The old man scorned anathema<br>For love and kissed the ivory lips<br>Of his dead wife; then laid the strips<br>Of silk and linen on her face,<br>As beautiful today with grace,<br>He thought, as when Abimelech<br>Desired her once, without a speck<br>Or blemish to this day, but now<br>As cold as snow upon the brow<br>Of Mount Moriah. Abraham<br>Thought to himself, "This time no ram<br>Caught in the thicket for her life,<br>You spare my son but not my wife."<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{info}}Across the field and through the trees<br>of Ephron, slumped upon his knees<br>Beside the cave of Machpelah,<br>The old man scorned anathema<br>For love and kissed the ivory lips<br>Of his dead wife; then laid the strips<br>Of silk and linen on her face,<br>As beautiful today with grace,<br>He thought, as when Abimelech<br>Desired her once, without a speck<br>Or blemish to this day, but now<br>As cold as snow upon the brow<br>Of Mount Moriah. Abraham<br>Thought to himself, "This time no ram<br>Caught in the thicket for her life,<br>You spare my son but not my wife."</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He rose with Sarah in his arms<br>And laid ten thousand days and charms<br>To rest within a Hittite cave,<br>And in the dark paused once to save<br>The union for a moment more.<br>But in the dripping dark before<br>His mind the awful scene arose<br>Again: first one, then two plateaus<br>The boy and he, alone he thought,<br>Had climbed Moriah while he fought<br>The tears and coughed away the sobs.<br>He felt again the way it throbs<br>Behind the eyes when there's no vent<br>To grief. The wild bewilderment<br>On Isaac's face when he perceived.<br>And then the fear, deep unrelieved,<br>That his own son might curse the Lord<br>And tear his flesh against the cord<br>To save his life; and kick and bite<br>And scream and writhe with all his might<br>Like any ordinary boy.<br>But Isaac knew he was the joy<br>Of this old man. By wonder born,<br>By wonder he would die, and scorn<br>The pain and look into his eye<br>With childlike trust and say goodbye.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>He rose with Sarah in his arms<br>And laid ten thousand days and charms<br>To rest within a Hittite cave,<br>And in the dark paused once to save<br>The union for a moment more.<br>But in the dripping dark before<br>His mind the awful scene arose<br>Again: first one, then two plateaus<br>The boy and he, alone he thought,<br>Had climbed Moriah while he fought<br>The tears and coughed away the sobs.<br>He felt again the way it throbs<br>Behind the eyes when there's no vent<br>To grief. The wild bewilderment<br>On Isaac's face when he perceived.<br>And then the fear, deep unrelieved,<br>That his own son might curse the Lord<br>And tear his flesh against the cord<br>To save his life; and kick and bite<br>And scream and writhe with all his might<br>Like any ordinary boy.<br>But Isaac knew he was the joy<br>Of this old man. By wonder born,<br>By wonder he would die, and scorn<br>The pain and look into his eye<br>With childlike trust and say goodbye.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>"The greatest moment of my life,"<br>Thought Abraham. "O precious wife,<br>The darkness of this cave is brief,<br>And we've been trained in strong belief:<br>‘Is anything too hard for God?'<br>And should we not now kiss the rod<br>And wait until the angel voice<br>Express the everlasting choice<br>Of our appointed substitute?<br>This time, my love, it did not suit<br>The sovereign will to interpose<br>A ram for you—or me—He chose<br>Instead to test me once again<br>If I will trust him now as then?"  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>"The greatest moment of my life,"<br>Thought Abraham. "O precious wife,<br>The darkness of this cave is brief,<br>And we've been trained in strong belief:<br>‘Is anything too hard for God?'<br>And should we not now kiss the rod<br>And wait until the angel voice<br>Express the everlasting choice<br>Of our appointed substitute?<br>This time, my love, it did not suit<br>The sovereign will to interpose<br>A ram for you—or me—He chose<br>Instead to test me once again<br>If I will trust him now as then?"</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Then father Abraham walked out<br>And spoke these words without a doubt,<br>"As sure as I stand in the light<br>The Judge of all the earth does right.<br>The Lord is not God of the dead<br>But of the living, as he said."  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Then father Abraham walked out<br>And spoke these words without a doubt,<br>"As sure as I stand in the light<br>The Judge of all the earth does right.<br>The Lord is not God of the dead<br>But of the living, as he said."</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Almighty God, all praise to you<br>As we light advent candle two.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Almighty God, all praise to you<br>As we light advent candle two.</div></td></tr>  </table> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:32:26 GMT Greetje http://gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Abraham Greetje: New page: {{info}}Across the field and through the trees<br>of Ephron, slumped upon his knees<br>Beside the cave of Machpelah,<br>The old man scorned anathema<br>For love and kissed the ivory lips<b... http://gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham&diff=14425&oldid=prev <p>New page: {{info}}Across the field and through the trees<br>of Ephron, slumped upon his knees<br>Beside the cave of Machpelah,<br>The old man scorned anathema<br>For love and kissed the ivory lips<b...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{info}}Across the field and through the trees<br>of Ephron, slumped upon his knees<br>Beside the cave of Machpelah,<br>The old man scorned anathema<br>For love and kissed the ivory lips<br>Of his dead wife; then laid the strips<br>Of silk and linen on her face,<br>As beautiful today with grace,<br>He thought, as when Abimelech<br>Desired her once, without a speck<br>Or blemish to this day, but now<br>As cold as snow upon the brow<br>Of Mount Moriah. Abraham<br>Thought to himself, "This time no ram<br>Caught in the thicket for her life,<br>You spare my son but not my wife."&nbsp;<br /> <br /> He rose with Sarah in his arms<br>And laid ten thousand days and charms<br>To rest within a Hittite cave,<br>And in the dark paused once to save<br>The union for a moment more.<br>But in the dripping dark before<br>His mind the awful scene arose<br>Again: first one, then two plateaus<br>The boy and he, alone he thought,<br>Had climbed Moriah while he fought<br>The tears and coughed away the sobs.<br>He felt again the way it throbs<br>Behind the eyes when there's no vent<br>To grief. The wild bewilderment<br>On Isaac's face when he perceived.<br>And then the fear, deep unrelieved,<br>That his own son might curse the Lord<br>And tear his flesh against the cord<br>To save his life; and kick and bite<br>And scream and writhe with all his might<br>Like any ordinary boy.<br>But Isaac knew he was the joy<br>Of this old man. By wonder born,<br>By wonder he would die, and scorn<br>The pain and look into his eye<br>With childlike trust and say goodbye. <br /> <br /> "The greatest moment of my life,"<br>Thought Abraham. "O precious wife,<br>The darkness of this cave is brief,<br>And we've been trained in strong belief:<br>‘Is anything too hard for God?'<br>And should we not now kiss the rod<br>And wait until the angel voice<br>Express the everlasting choice<br>Of our appointed substitute?<br>This time, my love, it did not suit<br>The sovereign will to interpose<br>A ram for you—or me—He chose<br>Instead to test me once again<br>If I will trust him now as then?" <br /> <br /> Then father Abraham walked out<br>And spoke these words without a doubt,<br>"As sure as I stand in the light<br>The Judge of all the earth does right.<br>The Lord is not God of the dead<br>But of the living, as he said." <br /> <br /> Almighty God, all praise to you<br>As we light advent candle two.</div> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:31:45 GMT Greetje http://gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Abraham