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And now, my children, mark well all the words of your father, that I tell you, lest you regret, saying: 'Why did our father not tell us?'

METHOSALAM having answered his father Enoch, said: 'What is agreeable to thy eyes, father, that I may make before thy face, that thou mayst bless our dwellings, and thy sons, and that thy people may be made glorious through thee, and then that thou mayst depart thus, as the Lord said?,

METHOSALAM having answered his father Enoch, said: 'What is agreeable to thy eyes, father, that I may make before thy face, that thou mayst bless our dwellings, and thy sons, and that thy people may be made glorious through thee, and then that thou mayst depart thus, as the Lord said?,

And Methosalam. made haste, and summoned his brethren, Regim, Riman, Uchan, Chermion, Gaidad, and all the elders of the people before the face of his father Enoch; and he blessed them, and said to them:

In those days when the Lord came down on to earth for Adam's sake, and visited all his creatures, which he created himself, after all these he created Adam, and the Lord called all the beasts of the earth, all the reptiles, and all the birds that soar in the air, and brought them all before the face of our father Adam.

'Our father Enoch, be thou blessed of the Lord, the eternal ruler, and now bless thy sons and all the people, that we may be glorified to-day before thy face.

And he arose and kissed them, and said unto them: Hear, my brethren, and do ye my children, give ear to Reuben your father, in the commands which I give unto you.

And behold I call to witness against you this day the God of heaven, that ye walk not in the sins of youth and fornication, wherein I was poured out, and defiled the bed of my father Jacob.

And I tell you that he smote me with a sore plague in my loins for seven months; and had not my father Jamb prayed for me to the Lord, the Lord would have destroyed me.

And now, my children, love the truth, and it will preserve you: hear ye the words of Reuben your father.

For while Jacob our father had gone to Isaac his father, when we were in Eder, near to Ephrath in Bethlehem, Bilhah became drunk and was asleep uncovered in her chamber.

For while Jacob our father had gone to Isaac his father, when we were in Eder, near to Ephrath in Bethlehem, Bilhah became drunk and was asleep uncovered in her chamber.

And forthwith an angel of God revealed to my father concerning my impiety, and he came and mourned over me, and touched her no more.

And yet my father comforted me much, and prayed for me unto the Lord, that the anger of the Lord might pass from me, even as the Lord showed.

And Reuben died, having given these commands to his sons. And they placed him in a coffin until they carried him up from Egypt, and buried him in Hebron in the cave where his father was.

Hearken, my children, to Simeon your father and I will declare unto you what things I have in my heart.

For in the time of my youth I was jealous in many things of Joseph, because my father loved him beyond all.

And I set my mind against him to destroy him because the prince of deceit sent forth the spirit of jealousy and blinded my mind, so that I regarded him not as a brother, nor did I spare even Jacob my father.

And when Reuben heard these things he was grieved, for he wished to restore him to his father.

For I knew that I had devised an evil thing before the Lord and Jacob my father, on account of Joseph my brother, in that I envied him.

AND my father asked concerning me, because he saw that I was sad; and I said unto him, I am pained in my liver.

And they shall be few in number, divided in Levi and Judah, and there shall be none of you for sovereignty, even as also our father prophesied in his blessings.

And the sons of Simeon bewailed their father.

I, Levi, was born in Haran, and I came with my father to Shechem.

AND when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila.

And I kept these words in my heart. And after this I counselled my father, and Reuben my brother, to bid the sons of Hamor not to be circumcised; for I was zealous because of the abomination which they had wrought on my sister.

And my father heard these things and was wroth, and he was grieved in that they had received the circumcision, and after that had been put to death, and in his blessings he looked amiss upon us.

And they persecuted Abraham our father when he was a stranger, and they vexed his flocks when they were big with young; and Eblaen, who was born in his house, they most shamefully handled.

And I said to my father Jacob: By thee will the Lord despoil the Canaanites, and will give their land to thee and to thy seed after thee.

And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father.

And after two days I and Judah went up with our father Jacob to Isaac our father's father.

And after two days I and Judah went up with our father Jacob to Isaac our father's father.

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.

For our father Israel is pure from the transgressions of the chief priests [who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world].

And in the first jubilee, the first who is anointed to the priesthood shall be great, and shall speak to God as to a father.

And their father said unto them, The Lord is witness, and His angels are witnesses, and ye are witnesses, and I am witness, concerning the word of your mouth.

They gathered themselves together, therefore, and came to him, and he said to them: Hearken, my children, to Judah your father.

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 swift in my youth, and obedient to my father in everything.

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.

I know that I raced a hind, and caught it, and prepared the meat for my father, and he did eat.

And Jacob my father slew Beelesath, king of all the kings, a giant in strength, twelve cubits high.

Therefore my father was free from anxiety in the wars when I was with my brethren.

We came upon them, therefore, with wrath, and they all fled; and passing by another way, they fought my father, and he made peace with them.

And I built Thamna, and my father built Pabael.

AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban.

And when eighteen years were fulfilled, in the fortieth year of my life, Esau, the brother of my father, came upon us with a mighty and strong people.

Then they asked from us terms of peace; and having taken counsel with our father, we received them as tributaries.

And when I saw her pouring out wine, owing to the intoxication of wine I was deceived, and took her although my father had not counselled it.

AND now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of God.

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.

For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter.

For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter.

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.

For I never caused grief to Jacob, my father; for all things whatsoever he commanded I did.

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.

Beware, therefore, my children, of fornication, and the love of money, and hearken to Judah your father.

For the sake of money I lost my children, and had not my repentance, and my humiliation, and the prayers of my father been accepted, I should have died childless.

And the heavens shall be opened unto him, to pour out the spirit, even the blessing of the Holy Father; and He shall pour out the spirit of grace upon you;

For he called his sons and said to them: Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father; give ear to the words of him who is beloved of the Lord.

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.

When, therefore, I grew up, my children, I walked in uprightness of heart, and I became a husbandman for my father and my brethren, and I brought in fruits from the field according to their season.

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

And my father always rejoiced in my rectitude, because I offered through the priest to the Lord all first-fruits; then to my father also.

And my father always rejoiced in my rectitude, because I offered through the priest to the Lord all first-fruits; then to my father also.

And the Lord increased ten thousandfold His benefits in my hands; and also Jacob, my father, knew that God aided my singleness.

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

And do ye therefore obey them, and walk in the singleness of your father; for unto Gad hath it been given to destroy the troops that are coming upon Israel.

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

For when I was born my father was increased very exceedingly, both in flocks and herds, when with the straked rods he had his portion.

Nor yet do I remember that I have done any iniquity, except the sin of ignorance which I committed against Joseph; for I covenanted with my brethren not to tell my father what had been done.

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,

How shall I look on the face of my father Jacob? And he took the money and ran after the merchants but as he failed to find them he returned grieving.

Dan therefore came to him and said: Weep not, neither grieve; for we have found what we can say to our father Jacob.

Then we all rose up and said unto him: If thou givest not up the coat, we will say to our father that thou alone didst this evil thing in Israel.

And when I was in the land of Canaan, by the sea-coast, I made a catch of fish for Jacob my father; and when many were choked in the sea, I continued unhurt.

And I sailed therein along the shores, catching fish for the house of my father until we came to Egypt.

For five years I caught fish and gave thereof to every man whom I saw, and sufficed for all the house of my father.

For I shall rise again in the midst of you, as a ruler in the midst of his sons; and I shall rejoice in the midst of my tribe, as many as shall keep the law of the Lord, and the commandments of Zebulun their father.

For he called together his I family, and said: Hearken to my words, ye sons of Dan; and give heed to the words of your father.

And I rejoiced that he was sold, because his father loved him more than us.

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.

For though it be a father or a mother, he behaveth towards them as enemies; though it be a brother, he knoweth him not; though it be a prophet of the Lord, he disobeyeth him; though a righteous man, he regardeth him not; though a friend, he doth not acknowledge him.

And the things which ye have heard from your father, do ye also impart to your children that the Saviour of the Gentiles may receive you; for he is true and long-suffering, meek and lowly, and teacheth by his works the law of God.

And he began then to say: Hear, my children, ye sons of Naphtali, hear the words of your father.

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 behold Isaac, the father of my father, said to us; Run and lay hold of them, each one according to his strength; and to him that seizeth them will the sun and moon belong.

And behold Isaac, the father of my father, said to us; Run and lay hold of them, each one according to his strength; and to him that seizeth them will the sun and moon belong.

And again, after seven days, I saw our father Jacob standing by the sea of Jamnia, and we were with him.

And our father said to us: Come, let us embark on our ship.

And when he had gone on board, there arose a vehement storm, and a mighty tempest of wind; and our father, who was holding the helm, departed from us.

And, lo, our father came, and we all rejoiced with one accord.

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 his sons did according to all that Naphtali their Father had commanded them.