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• Gather anew all the tribes of Jacob; be it theirs to know that thou alone art God, to acclaim thy wonders; make them thy loved possession as of old. (Ecclesiasticus 36, 13)

• His lips will be eloquent in prayer, as he entreats pardon for his sins. (Ecclesiasticus 39, 7)

• so that he pours out showers of wise utterance, giving thanks to the Lord in his prayer. (Ecclesiasticus 39, 9)

• to him the Lord gave that blessing which should extend to all nations. In Jacob’s person, too, the covenant should be revived; (Ecclesiasticus 44, 25)

• the blessings Jacob uttered should be ratified, and the lands promised him should be divided among twelve tribes of his own begetting. (Ecclesiasticus 44, 26)

• answered his prayer by taking him up into a cloud, (Ecclesiasticus 45, 5)

• and there, face to face, imparting commandments to him, the law that gives life and wisdom; here, Jacob, was thy covenant, here Israel, the rule thou wast to live by. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 6)

• Power was his to administer the divine decrees, a justiciary by right, handing on to Jacob its tradition, giving Israel the law’s light to guide it. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 21)

• Let enemies attack him on every side, he would invoke the most High, to whom all strength belongs, the great God, the holy God, and his prayer was answered.✻ Hail-stones came down in a storm of wondrous violence, (Ecclesiasticus 46, 6)

• Well was the divine law kept, when he ruled our commonwealth, and the God of Jacob was gracious to it; here was a prophet of proved loyalty, (Ecclesiasticus 46, 17)

• prayer to the Lord, the Almighty, gave him the mastery over a great warrior, and retrieved the fortunes of his race. (Ecclesiasticus 47, 6)

• Jacob must have a stock to breed from; the root of David should burgeon yet. (Ecclesiasticus 47, 25)