38 myths · Page 2 of 2
The buyer had watched the animal work six days without trouble. On the seventh it lay down under the yoke. Its old owner came and whispered in its ear.
Stargazers came baffled that Israel still lived. The sages said God names the stars, and Israel is not subject to their charts.
A woman begs Rabbi Eliezer to bring her close. He refuses. She finds Rabbi Yehoshua, who accepts her, while a disciple freezes mid-ruling near his master.
Hadrian told his nephew to invest in whatever lay lowest, for it rises. Aquila took the advice as prophecy and chose the people of Israel.
After every false altar failed him, Jethro heard the Red Sea story and spoke three hard words. Now he knew who rules.
A convert delayed her own immersion. Maids who entered before her walked out free. Law freed them. Loyalty kept them near.
At the desert edge Yithro turns for Midian. Moses grips him with a single word of plea and names the damage his departure would do to heaven's honor.
To end a three-year famine David hangs seven of Saul's sons, and Rizpah guards their bodies on a rock through summer until the rain returns.
