In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.”— Abraham, Genesis 22:1
“Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.”— Abraham, Genesis 22:5
“Then Isaac said to Abraham, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, We have wood and fire here, but where is the lamb for the burned offering?”— Abraham, Genesis 22:7
“And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.”— Abraham, Genesis 22:8
“But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.”— Abraham, Genesis 22:11
“I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.”— Abraham, Genesis 23:4
“And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar, That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.”— Abraham, Genesis 23:8-9
“And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.”— Abraham, Genesis 23:13
“And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.”— Abraham, Genesis 24:2-4
“And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land. The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land. And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”— Abraham, Genesis 24:6-8
“And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.”— Dan, Genesis 42:7
“And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food. We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.”— Dan, Genesis 42:10-11
“Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.”— Dan, Genesis 42:13
“And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.”— Dan, Genesis 42:21
“And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?”— Dan, Genesis 42:28
“The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose. And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs; We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan. And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families; And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will…”— Dan, Genesis 42:30-34
“And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?”— Dan, Genesis 43:7
“Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.”— Dan, Genesis 43:18
“And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food; And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back; As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.”— Dan, Genesis 43:20-22
“And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.”— Dan, Genesis 43:28
“And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing: See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house? If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.”— Dan, Genesis 44:7-9
“And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.”— Dan, Genesis 45:26
“And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us. And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.”— Dan, Genesis 47:3-4
“And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? And I will make Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his war-carriages and his forces, come against you at the river Kishon, where I will give him into your hands.”— Deborah, Judges 4:6-7
“And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.”— Deborah, Judges 4:9
“Then Deborah said to Barak, Up! for today the Lord has given Sisera into your hands: has not the Lord gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him.”— Deborah, Judges 4:14
“Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord. Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel. Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water. The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel. In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used,…”— Deborah, Judges 5:2-31
“And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.”— Esau, Genesis 25:30
“And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?”— Esau, Genesis 25:32
“Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.”— Esau, Genesis 27:1
“And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing. And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.”— Esau, Genesis 27:31-32
“And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!”— Esau, Genesis 27:34
“And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?”— Esau, Genesis 27:36
“And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.”— Esau, Genesis 27:38
“So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.”— Esau, Genesis 27:41
“Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.”— Esau, Genesis 33:5
“And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes. But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.”— Esau, Genesis 33:8-9
“And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.”— Esau, Genesis 33:12
“And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.”— Esau, Numbers 20:18
“But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.”— Esau, Numbers 20:20
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