In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.”— Judah, Judges 1:3
“And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to take Samson, and to do to him as he has done to us.”— Judah, Judges 15:10
“Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.”— Judah, Judges 15:11
“Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Give me your oath that you will not make an attack on me yourselves.”— Judah, Judges 15:12
“And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you to death. So knotting two new cords round him they took him up from the rock.”— Judah, Judges 15:13
“And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me. Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon. And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi. And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she…”— Leah, Genesis 29:32-35
“And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.”— Leah, Genesis 30:11
“And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.”— Leah, Genesis 30:13
“But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.”— Leah, Genesis 30:15
“In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.”— Leah, Genesis 30:16
“Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.”— Leah, Genesis 30:18
“And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.”— Leah, Genesis 30:20
“And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.”— Levi, Genesis 37:8
“Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer. Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.”— Levi, Genesis 37:19-20
“And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?”— Levi, Genesis 37:32
“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?”— Levi, Genesis 42:28
“Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him. So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying, You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping. Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet,…”— Levi, Genesis 50:15-18
“Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:1
“Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:3
“Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:6
“And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:8
“Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:14
“But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:15
“And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame. And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.”— Rachel, Genesis 30:23-24
“Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house? Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up. For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.”— Rachel, Genesis 31:14-16
“And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.”— Rachel, Genesis 31:35
“And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink. And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.”— Rebekah, Genesis 24:18-19
“And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife. And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.”— Rebekah, Genesis 24:24-25
“And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.”— Rebekah, Genesis 24:30
“And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.”— Rebekah, Genesis 24:65
“And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.”— Rebekah, Genesis 25:22
“And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing, Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death. Now, my son, do what I say. Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste: And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.”— Rebekah, Genesis 27:6-10
“And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.”— Rebekah, Genesis 27:13
“Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death. So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban; And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away; Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day? Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a…”— Rebekah, Genesis 27:42-46
“But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.”— Reuben, Genesis 37:21-22
“He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?”— Reuben, Genesis 37:30
“And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.”— Reuben, Genesis 42:22
“And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.”— Reuben, Genesis 42:37
“And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.”— Sarah, Genesis 16:2
“And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.”— Sarah, Genesis 16:5
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