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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Shall not the Judge <strong>of</strong> all the earth do right.<br />

Genesis ch. 18, v. 25<br />

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar <strong>of</strong> salt.<br />

Genesis ch. 19, v. 26<br />

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest.<br />

Genesis ch. 22, v. 2<br />

My son, God will provide himself a lamb.<br />

Genesis ch. 22, v. 8<br />

Behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.<br />

Genesis ch. 22, v. 13<br />

Esau selleth his birthright for a mess <strong>of</strong> potage.<br />

Heading to ch. 25 in Genevan Bible (1560).<br />

Esau was a cunning hunter, a man <strong>of</strong> the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.<br />

Genesis ch. 25, v. 27<br />

And he sold his birthright unto Jacob.<br />

Genesis ch. 25, v. 33<br />

Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.<br />

Genesis ch. 27, v. 11<br />

<strong>The</strong> voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands <strong>of</strong> Esau.<br />

Genesis ch. 27, v. 22<br />

Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.<br />

Genesis ch. 27, v. 35<br />

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top <strong>of</strong> it reached to heaven:<br />

and behold the angels <strong>of</strong> God ascending and descending on it.<br />

Genesis ch. 28, v. 12<br />

Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.<br />

Genesis ch. 28, v. 16<br />

This is none other but the house <strong>of</strong> God, and this is the gate <strong>of</strong> heaven.<br />

Genesis ch. 28, v. 17<br />

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the<br />

love he had to her.<br />

Genesis ch. 29, v. 20<br />

<strong>The</strong> Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.<br />

Genesis ch. 31, v. 49<br />

<strong>The</strong>re wrestled a man with him until the breaking <strong>of</strong> the day.<br />

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow <strong>of</strong> his thigh; and the<br />

hollow <strong>of</strong> Jacob’s thigh was out <strong>of</strong> joint, as he wrestled with him.<br />

Genesis ch. 32, v. 24<br />

I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

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