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Then the angel brought me down to the earth, and gave me a shield and a sword, and said to me: Execute vengeance on Shechem because of Dinah, thy sister, and I will be with thee because the Lord hath sent me.

And I said to him: I pray thee, O Lord, tell me Thy name, that I may call upon Thee in a day of tribulation.

And I saw seven men in white raiment saying unto me: Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the late of faith, and the turban of the head, and the ephod of prophecy.

And they severally carried these things and put them on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever.

And they severally carried these things and put them on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever.

And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgement.

And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgement.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The second washed me with pure. water, and fed me with bread and wine even the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe.

The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod.

The fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple.

The fifth gave me a branch of rich olive.

And they said to me: Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come.

And my father's father blessed me according to all the words of the visions which I had seen. And he would not come with us to Bethel.

And when we came to Bethel, my father saw a vision concerning me, that I should be their priest unto God.

And he rose up early in the morning, and paid tithes of all to the Lord through me. And so we came to Hebron to dwell there.

And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of the Lord showed unto me.

And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of the Lord showed unto me.

And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of the Lord showed unto me.

And he taught me the law of the priesthood of sacrifices, whole burnt-offerings, first-fruits, freewill-offerings, peace-offerings.

And each day he was instructing me, and was busied on my behalf before the Lord, and said to me: Beware of the spirit of fornication; for this shall continue and shall by thy seed pollute the holy place.

And each day he was instructing me, and was busied on my behalf before the Lord, and said to me: Beware of the spirit of fornication; for this shall continue and shall by thy seed pollute the holy place.

Of twelve trees having leaves offer to the Lord, as Abraham taught me also.

And she bare me a third son, in the fortieth year of my life; and since his mother bare him with difficulty, I called him Merari, that is, 'my bitterness,' because he also was like to die.

I was the fourth son born to my father Jacob; and Leah my mother named me Judah, saying, I give thanks to the Lord, because He hath given me a fourth son also.

I was the fourth son born to my father Jacob; and Leah my mother named me Judah, saying, I give thanks to the Lord, because He hath given me a fourth son also.

And it came to pass, when I became a man, that my father blessed me, saying, Thou shalt be a king, prospering in all things.

And the Lord showed me favour in all my works both in the field and in the house.

I found a wild ox feeding in the fields, and seizing it by the horns, and whirling it round and stunning it, I cast it from me and slew it.

And as I was stripping off his breastplate, behold nine men his companions began to fight with me,

For he saw in a vision concerning me that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome.

For he saw in a vision concerning me that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome.

Then being insulted by them, I was therefore wroth, and rushed against them to the summit; and they kept slinging against me stones and darts.

And had not Dan my brother aided me, they would have slain me.

And had not Dan my brother aided me, they would have slain me.

I was twenty years old when this war befell. And the Canaanites feared me and my brethren.

And when I went to him I saw Parsaba, king of Adullam; and he spake unto us, and he made us a feast; and when I was heated he gave me his daughter Bathshua to wife.

She bare me Er, and Onan and Shelah; and two of them the Lord smote: for Shelah lived, and his children are ye.

Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning.

And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee.

And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle, and the diadem of my kingdom in pledge.

And not knowing what I had done, I wished to slay her; but she privily sent my pledges, and put me to shame.

Since I also gloried that in wars no comely woman's face ever enticed me, and reproved Reuben my brother concerning Bilhah, the wife of my father, the spirits of jealousy and of fornication arrayed themselves against me, until I lay with Bathshua the Canaanite, and Tamar, who was espoused to my sons.

Since I also gloried that in wars no comely woman's face ever enticed me, and reproved Reuben my brother concerning Bilhah, the wife of my father, the spirits of jealousy and of fornication arrayed themselves against me, until I lay with Bathshua the Canaanite, and Tamar, who was espoused to my sons.

And he was unwilling but he showed me a boundless store of gold in his daughter's behalf; for be was a king.

And the Lord rewarded me according to the imagination of my heart, inasmuch as I had no joy in her children.

For, lo, it made me also to err, so that I was not ashamed of the multitude in the city, in that before the eyes of all I turned aside unto Tamar, and I wrought a great sin, and I uncovered the covering of my sons' shame.

And the angel of God showed me that for ever do women bear rule over king and beggar alike.

Moreover, wine revealeth the mysteries of God and men, even as I also revealed the commandments of God and the mysteries of Jacob my father to the Canaanitish woman Bathshua, which God bade me not to reveal.

For even wise men among my sons shall they mar, and shall cause the kingdom of Judah to be diminished, which the Lord gave me because of my obedience to my father.

And Isaac, the father of my father, blessed me to be king in Israel, and Jacob further blessed me in like manner.

And Isaac, the father of my father, blessed me to be king in Israel, and Jacob further blessed me in like manner.

And I know that from me shall the kingdom be established.

But the God of my fathers had mercy on me, because I did it in ignorance.

And the prince of deceit blinded me, and I sinned as a man and as flesh, being corrupted through sins; and I learnt my own weakness while thinking myself invincible.

For to me the Lord gave the kingdom, and to him the priesthood, and He set the kingdom beneath the priesthood.

To me He gave the things upon the earth; to him the things in the heavens.

For the angel of the Lord said unto me: The Lord chose him rather than thee, to draw near to Him, and to eat of His table and to offer Him the first-fruits of the choice things of the sons of Israel; but thou shalt be king of Jacob.

And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever; for the Lord aware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the kingdom from my seed for ever.

And the Lord blessed Levi, and the Angel of the Presence, me; the powers of glory, Simeon; the heaven, Reuben; the earth, Issachar; the sea, Zebulun; the mountains, Joseph; the tabernacle, Benjamin; the luminaries, Dan; Eden, Naphtali; the sun, Gad; the moon, Asher.

Let no one bury me in costly apparel, nor tear open my bowels, for this shall they who are kings do; and carry me up to Hebron with you.

Let no one bury me in costly apparel, nor tear open my bowels, for this shall they who are kings do; and carry me up to Hebron with you.

And Rachel said: I will not give them to thee, but they shall be to me instead of children.

For the Lord hath despised me, and I have not borne children to Jacob.

But Rachel said: Boast not, and vaunt not thyself; for he espoused me before thee, and for my sake he served our father fourteen years.

And my father deceived me, and removed me on that night, and did not suffer Jacob to see me; for had I been there, this had not happened to him.

And my father deceived me, and removed me on that night, and did not suffer Jacob to see me; for had I been there, this had not happened to him.

And my father deceived me, and removed me on that night, and did not suffer Jacob to see me; for had I been there, this had not happened to him.

And Jacob knew Leah, and she conceived and bare me, and on account of the hire I was called Issachar.

And my father blessed me, for he saw that I walked in rectitude before him.

Therefore, when I was thirty-five years old, I took to myself a wife, for my labour wore away my strength, and I never thought upon pleasure with women; but owing to my toil, sleep overcame me.

And now, hearken to me, my children, and walk in singleness of your heart, for I have seen in it all that is well-pleasing to the Lord. '

For our father Jacob blessed me with blessings of the earth and of first-fruits.

And he said to them: Hearken to me, ye sons of Zebulun attend to the words of your father.

For Simeon and Gad came against Joseph to kill him, and he said unto them with tears: Pity me, my brethren, have mercy upon the bowels of Jacob our father: lay not upon me your hands to shed innocent blood, for I have not sinned against you.

For Simeon and Gad came against Joseph to kill him, and he said unto them with tears: Pity me, my brethren, have mercy upon the bowels of Jacob our father: lay not upon me your hands to shed innocent blood, for I have not sinned against you.

And if indeed I have sinned, with chastening chastise me, my brethren, but lay not upon me your hand, for the sake of Jacob our father,

And if indeed I have sinned, with chastening chastise me, my brethren, but lay not upon me your hand, for the sake of Jacob our father,

And when Joseph saw me weeping with him, and them coming against him to slay him, he fled behind me, beseeching them.

And when Joseph saw me weeping with him, and them coming against him to slay him, he fled behind me, beseeching them.

But when they saw that I did not eat, they set me to watch him, till he was sold to the Ishmaelites.

For all this thing's sake the Lord blessed me, and when all my brethren were sick, I escaped without sickness, for the Lord knoweth the purposes of each.

I was the first to make a boat to sail upon the sea, for the Lord gave me understanding and wisdom therein.

Wherefore also the Lord satisfied me with abundance of fish when catching fish; for he that shareth with his neighbour receiveth manifold more from the Lord.

For the spirit of jealousy and vainglory said to me: Thou thyself also art his son.

And one of the spirits of Beliar stirred me up, saying: Take this sword, and with it slay Joseph: so shall thy father love thee when he is dead.

Now this is the spirit of anger that persuaded me to crush Joseph as a leopard crusheth a kid.

And bury me near my fathers.

I was born from Bilhah, and because Rachel dealt craftly, and gave Bilhah in place of herself to Jacob, and she conceived and bare me upon Rachel's knees, therefore she called my name Naphtali.

For Rachel loved me very much because I was born upon her lap; and when I was still young she was wont to kiss me, and say: May I have a brother of thine from mine own womb, like unto thee.

For Rachel loved me very much because I was born upon her lap; and when I was still young she was wont to kiss me, and say: May I have a brother of thine from mine own womb, like unto thee.

Whence also Joseph was like unto me in all things, according to the prayers of Rachel.

And I was swift on my feet like the deer, and my father Jacob appointed me for all messages, and as a deer did he give me his blessing.

And I was swift on my feet like the deer, and my father Jacob appointed me for all messages, and as a deer did he give me his blessing.

These two dreams I told to my father; and he said to me: These things must be fulfilled in their season, after that Israel hath endured many things.

Then my father saith unto me: I believe God that Joseph liveth, for I see always that the Lord numbereth him with you.

And he said, weeping: Ah me, my son Joseph, thou livest, though I behold thee not, and thou seest not Jacob that begat thee.

He caused me also, therefore, to weep by these words, and I burned in my heart to declare that Joseph had been sold, but I feared my brethren.

And the spirit of hatred was in me, and I wished not either to hear of Joseph with the ears, or see him with the eyes, because he rebuked us to our faces saying that we were eating of the flock without Judah.