Generations later, one Israelite prayed: “O God, with our ears we have heard, our forefathers themselves have recounted to us the activity that you performed in their days, in the days of long ago. ” ​ — Ps.
אבותינו סיפרו לנו פועל פעלת בימיהם, בימי קדם ” (‏ תהל ’ מ ” ד: 2‏) .‏