Bible: Hebrew Genesis

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

    And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden.
    —Bible: Hebrew Genesis 2:9-10.

    Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 16:24.

    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)