Dark Hand

Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or hand:

“And a dark shift within the bone
Brings him the end he could not find.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him.”
—Bible: Hebrew Genesis, 16:12.

The prophecy spoken to Hagar, the hand-maiden of Abraham, of their unborn son Ishmael. He was banished into the desert, and is traditionally considered the father of the Arab nation.