A wise woman said to her daughter before her marriage:

A certain wise woman said to her daughter before her marriage: “My child, stand before thy husband and minister to him. If thou wilt act as his maiden he will be thy slave, and honour thee as his mistress; but if thou exalt thyself against him, he will be thy master, and thou shalt become vile in his eyes, like one of the maidservants.”


Alfred Edersheim, Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ (Accordance electronic ed. Altamonte Springs: OakTree Software, 1999), n.p.

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