Famous quotes containing the words hebrew and/or jacob:
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 9:17.
Speech of “a foolish woman” to “him that wanteth understanding.”
“As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)