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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 49:17

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512, Sistine Chapel

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Genesis 49:17 (WEB)

Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “…for himself the power of the Roman empire, and shall falsely style himself Christ; by this name of Christ deceiving the Jews, who are looking for the Anointed, and seducing those of the Gentiles by his magical illusions.” — editor's note: τὸν ᾽Ηλειμυένον, Aquila’s rendering of חישמ, adopted by the Jews in preference to τὸν Χριστόν, from hatred of the name Christ or Christian. Hippolytus, ubi…

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