Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

וּבָ֣א הַנָּשִׂ֡יא דֶּרֶךְ֩ אוּלָ֨ם הַשַּׁ֜עַר מִח֗וּץ וְעָמַד֙ עַל־ מְזוּזַ֣ת הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְעָשׂ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים אֶת־ עֽוֹלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־ שְׁלָמָ֔יו וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוָ֛ה עַל־ מִפְתַּ...

וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ וְלֹא־ זָכְר֤וּ נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־ עָרְפָּ֔ם וַיִּתְּנוּ־ רֹ֛אשׁ לָשׁ֥וּב לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם בְּמִרְיָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֩ א...

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית ׀ כָּל־ פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר תָּבִ֧יא מֵֽאַרְצְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָ֖ךְ וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ בַטֶּ֑נֶא וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אֶל־ הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲש...

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.