Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gamaliel.

In the Talmud is rather a good story about this pundit. Caesar asked Gamaliel how it was that God robbe'd Adam in order to make Eve. Gamaliel's daughter instantly replied, the robbery was substituting a golden vessel for an earthen one.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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