Bible Dictionary: The Ox: Young of, Considered a Great Delicacy

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Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to dress it.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Amos 6:4
That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;
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Library

The City of God
... side and the other, holding meanwhile the ox's entrails in ... the ending of a world,
must have considered this present ... He had as secretary a very young man, the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii the city of god.htm

The Iranian Conquest
... was considered the most efficacious, but an ox, a cow ... the tyrant and transfer the
crown to the young prince: his ... him," and one sees that he considered Medes and ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire
... must have been mercilessly jolted in the ox-drawn square ... Pharaoh to bring to remembrance
all the great exploits he ... a son of Ramses III., is considered to have ...
/.../chapter iiithe close of the.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... There she gave birth to the young Horus, nursed ... he whose voice is true before the
Great Ennead.'" In ... loaf from the bread offerings was considered as abominable ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire --(Continued)
... The ox-driver, while goading his beasts, cried out to them ... centuries of continuous
homage, had come to be considered as the ... Illustration: 041a.jpg YOUNG GIRL IN ...
/.../chapter ithe close of the.htm

The Nile and Egypt
... the solemn casting to the waters of a young girl decked ... into the bosom of the land
was still considered as an ... The White Nile is indebted to the Great Lakes for ...
/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... to indicate that at the outset he was considered to be ... a soldier who dreamed but
of battle and great feats of ... The earth was united to the young sun with every ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

Ancient Chaldaea
... Olivier is considered, indeed, to have discovered wild cereals in ... besides the
dog"namely, the ass, ox, goat, and ... All the young men of Uruk, the well-protected ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm

The Memphite Empire
... us the king at different ages, when young, mature, or ... The great pyramid concealed
a black and white image ... to show that the Egyptian annalist considered them all ...
/.../chapter iithe memphite empire.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... use such of these works as they considered worthy of ... leather, and large wickerwork
shields covered with ox-hide, which ... 1). He must have been quite young in the ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Subtopics

The Ox used for Carrying Burdens

The Ox used for Drawing Wagons

The Ox used for Earing the Ground

The Ox used for Food

The Ox used for Ploughing

The Ox used for Sacrifice

The Ox used for Treading out the Corn

The Ox was Clean and Fit for Food

The Ox was Fed in Stalls

The Ox was Fed in the Valleys

The Ox was Fed with Corn