Bible: Hebrew Genesis

Famous quotes containing the words hebrew genesis, hebrew and/or genesis:

    “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Genesis 9:3.

    God speaking to Noah.

    “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Leviticus 20:13.

    “If only he would not pity us so much,
    Weaken our fate, relieve us of woe both great
    And small, a constant fellow of destiny,
    A too, too human god, self-pity’s kin
    And uncourageous genesis . . .”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)