1. Septuagint, Tobit, 6.18, 7.11, 7.16, 10.11-10.13, 13.6 (th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 629, 653 | 7.11. I have given my daughter to seven husbands, and when each came to her he died in the night. But for the present be merry." And Tobias said, "I will eat nothing here until you make a binding agreement with me." 7.16. And Raguel called his wife Edna and said to her, "Sister, make up the other room, and take her into it." 10.11. And when he had blessed them he sent them away, saying, "The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die." 10.12. He said also to his daughter, "Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law; they are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you. " And he kissed her. And Edna said to Tobias, "The Lord of heaven bring you back safely, dear brother, and grant me to see your children by my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. See, I am entrusting my daughter to you; do nothing to grieve her." 13.6. If you turn to him with all your heart and with all your soul,to do what is true before him,then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you. But see what he will do with you;give thanks to him with your full voice. Praise the Lord of righteousness,and exalt the King of the ages. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity,and I show his power and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn back, you sinners, and do right before him;who knows if he will accept you and have mercy on you? |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 5.28, 14.19 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 622, 653| 5.28. "וַיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בֵּן׃", 14.19. "וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃", | 5.28. "And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son.", 14.19. "And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;", |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 6.5 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 623| 6.5. "כָּל־יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ תַּעַר לֹא־יַעֲבֹר עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ עַד־מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר־יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ׃", | 6.5. "All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.", |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 50.17, 51.15-51.19 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 629| 50.17. "וְאַתָּה שָׂנֵאתָ מוּסָר וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ דְּבָרַי אַחֲרֶיךָ׃", 51.15. "אֲלַמְּדָה פֹשְׁעִים דְּרָכֶיךָ וְחַטָּאִים אֵלֶיךָ יָשׁוּבוּ׃", 51.16. "הַצִּילֵנִי מִדָּמִים אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵי תְּשׁוּעָתִי תְּרַנֵּן לְשׁוֹנִי צִדְקָתֶךָ׃", 51.17. "אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ׃", 51.18. "כִּי לֹא־תַחְפֹּץ זֶבַח וְאֶתֵּנָה עוֹלָה לֹא תִרְצֶה׃", 51.19. "זִבְחֵי אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרָה לֵב־נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה׃", | 50.17. "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.", 51.15. "Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall return unto Thee. .", 51.16. "Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; so shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.", 51.17. "O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall declare Thy praise.", 51.18. "For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.", 51.19. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.", |
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5. Septuagint, Tobit, 6.18, 7.11, 7.16, 10.11-10.13, 13.6 (4th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 629, 653 | 7.11. I have given my daughter to seven husbands, and when each came to her he died in the night. But for the present be merry." And Tobias said, "I will eat nothing here until you make a binding agreement with me." 7.16. And Raguel called his wife Edna and said to her, "Sister, make up the other room, and take her into it." 10.11. And when he had blessed them he sent them away, saying, "The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die." 10.12. He said also to his daughter, "Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law; they are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you. " And he kissed her. And Edna said to Tobias, "The Lord of heaven bring you back safely, dear brother, and grant me to see your children by my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. See, I am entrusting my daughter to you; do nothing to grieve her." 13.6. If you turn to him with all your heart and with all your soul,to do what is true before him,then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you. But see what he will do with you;give thanks to him with your full voice. Praise the Lord of righteousness,and exalt the King of the ages. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity,and I show his power and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn back, you sinners, and do right before him;who knows if he will accept you and have mercy on you? |
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6. Anon., 1 Enoch, 5.1, 6.2, 7.1, 9.4, 10.1-10.3, 58.4, 81.10, 90.40, 106.1-106.6, 106.8-106.12 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 622, 625, 629, 644, 651, 653 | 5.1. Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 6.2. them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 7.1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charm 9.4. before the Most High.' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the 10.1. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, 10.1. battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and 10.2. and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name 'Hide thyself!' and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come 10.2. ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth 10.3. upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape 58.4. And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits: There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord." 106.1. And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became 106.1. was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And 106.1. aid unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast 106.1. have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and 106.2. pregt by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house 106.3. was very bright. And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed with the Lord of righteousness. 106.4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him and" 106.5. fled, and came to his father Methuselah. And he said unto him: ' I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and hi 106.6. countece is glorious. And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be 106.8. amongst the angels.' And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth; for he had heard that 106.8. hall die [he and his sons shall be saved]. And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days. And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets. 106.9. thou come to me ' And he answered and said: ' Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision 106.11. thereupon lighted up the whole house. And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened 106.12. his mouth and blessed the Lord of heaven. And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.' And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: 'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity. Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and |
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7. Anon., Jubilees, 32.18 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 | 32.18. And all that is left thereof and becometh old, let it be regarded as polluted: let it be burnt with fire, for it is unclean. |
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8. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 5.23, 7.9 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 623, 653| 5.23. "וְעַל מָרֵא־שְׁמַיָּא הִתְרוֹמַמְתָּ וּלְמָאנַיָּא דִי־בַיְתֵהּ הַיְתִיו קדמיך [קָדָמָךְ] ואנתה [וְאַנְתְּ] ורברבניך [וְרַבְרְבָנָךְ] שֵׁגְלָתָךְ וּלְחֵנָתָךְ חַמְרָא שָׁתַיִן בְּהוֹן וְלֵאלָהֵי כַסְפָּא־וְדַהֲבָא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָא דִּי לָא־חָזַיִן וְלָא־שָׁמְעִין וְלָא יָדְעִין שַׁבַּחְתָּ וְלֵאלָהָא דִּי־נִשְׁמְתָךְ בִּידֵהּ וְכָל־אֹרְחָתָךְ לֵהּ לָא הַדַּרְתָּ׃", 7.9. "חָזֵה הֲוֵית עַד דִּי כָרְסָוָן רְמִיו וְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין יְתִב לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא כָּרְסְיֵהּ שְׁבִיבִין דִּי־נוּר גַּלְגִּלּוֹהִי נוּר דָּלִק׃", | 5.23. "but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy consorts and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified;", 7.9. "I beheld Till thrones were placed, And one that was ancient of days did sit: His raiment was as white snow, And the hair of his head like pure wool; His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.", |
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9. Anon., Testament of Benjamin, 3.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 | 3.1. Do ye also, therefore, my children, love the Lord God of heaven and earth, and keep His commandments, following the example of the good and holy man Joseph. |
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10. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 6.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 | 6.2. and also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who dwelt in that place.' |
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11. Septuagint, Judith, 9.12 (2nd cent. BCE - 0th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 | 9.12. Hear, O hear me, God of my father, God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of heaven and earth, Creator of the waters, King of all thy creation, hear my prayer! |
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12. New Testament, Matthew, 5.15, 11.25 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 629, 653| 5.15. οὐδὲ καίουσιν λύχνον καὶ τιθέασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. 11.25. Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, πάτερ κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἔκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις· | 5.15. Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 11.25. At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. |
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13. New Testament, Luke, 10.21 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653| 10.21. Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἠγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ εἶπεν Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, πάτερ κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις· ναί, ὁ πατήρ, ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν σου. | 10.21. In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight." |
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14. New Testament, Acts, 17.24 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653| 17.24. ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κόσμον καὶ πάντατὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὑπάρχων κύριος οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ | 17.24. The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands, |
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| 15. Philo of Byblos, Fragments, 1.10.7 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 |
| 16. Eusebius of Caesarea, Preparation For The Gospel, 1.10.7 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 |
| 17. Anon., 2 Enoch, 71.18 Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 624, 629 |
| 18. Anon., Samaritan Pentateuch, None Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 622 |
| 19. Anon., Ahiqar, 14 Tagged with subjects: •hands, of the midwife Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 653 |
