Amos 6:12 Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: Torrey's Topical Textbook
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Translated from Latin of Rufinus. ... we are able to solve the difficulty by help ... turned up the ground by frequent ploughing, and have ... casting his seed more quickly upon rocky ground, because seed ... /.../origen/origen de principiis/translated from latin of rufinus.htm
The Reaction against Egypt ... At this period Egyptian ships were ploughing the Red Sea ... The difficulty of reaching it and of conveying thither ... to the north of Qurnah by a rocky barrier barely ... /.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm
