Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?”

Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

“It was the woman you put here with me. She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it.”

“Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.

“How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh…”

“A small portion of vegetables served with love is better than juicy beef served with hatred.”

“Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

“Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”