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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:17 pm
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The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (xvii. 1-14; cf. Gen. xxi.
8-21).
XVII. And in the first year of the †fifth† 1 week
1982 A.M.Isaac was weaned in this jubilee, and Abraham made a
great banquet in the third month, on the day his son Isaac was
weaned. 2 2. And Ishmael, the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, was
before the face of Abraham, his father, in his place, and
Abraham rejoiced and blessed God because he had seen his sons 3
and had not died childless. 3. And he remembered the words which
He had spoken to him on the day on which Lot had parted from
him, and he rejoiced because the Lord had given him seed upon
the earth to inherit the earth, and he blessed with all his
mouth the Creator of all things. 4 4. 5 And Sarah saw Ishmael
playing and dancing 6 and Abraham rejoicing with great joy, and
she became jealous of Ishmael and said to Abraham, "Cast out
this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman will
not be heir with my son, Isaac." 5. And the thing was grievous
in Abraham's sight, because of his maidservant and because of
his son, that he should drive them from him. 6. And God said to
Abraham "Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the
child and because of the bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said
unto thee, hearken to her words and do (them); for in Isaac
shall thy name and seed be called. 7. But as for the son of this
bondwoman I will make him a great 7 nation, because he is of thy
seed." 8. And Abraham rose up early in the morning
p. 108
and took bread and a bottle of water, and placed them on the
shoulders of Hagar and the child, and sent her away. 9. And she
departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba, and the
water in the bottle was spent, and the child thirsted, and was
not able to go on, and fell down. 10. And his mother took him
and cast him under an olive tree, 1 and went and sat her down
over against him, at the distance of a bow-shot; for she said,
"Let me not see the death of my child," and as she sat she wept.
11. And an angel of God, one of the holy ones, said unto her,
"Why weepest thou, Hagar? Arise, take the child, and hold him in
thine hand; for God hath heard thy voice, and hath seen the
child." 12. And she 2 opened her eyes, and she saw a well of
water, and she went and filled her bottle with water, and she
gave her child to drink, and she arose and went towards the
wilderness of Paran. 13. And the child grew and became an
archer, and God was with him; and his mother took him a wife
from among the daughters of Egypt. 14. And she bare him a son,
and he called his name Nebaioth; 3 for she said, "The Lord was
nigh to me when I called upon him."
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:18 pm
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Mastêmâ proposes to God that Abraham shall be put to the Proof
(xvi. 15-18).
2003 A.M.15. And it came to pass in the seventh week, in the
first year thereof, in the first month in this jubilee, 4 on the
twelfth of this month, there were voices in heaven regarding
Abraham, that he was faithful in all that He told him, and that
he loved the Lord, and that in every affliction he was faithful.
16. And the
p. 109
prince Mastêmâ 1 came and said before God, "Behold, Abraham
loveth Isaac his son, and he delighteth in him above all things
else; bid him offer him as a burnt-offering on the altar, and
Thou wilt see if he will do this command, and Thou wilt know if
he is faithful in everything wherein Thou dost try him." 17. And
the Lord knew that Abraham was faithful in all his afflictions;
for He had tried him through his country and with famine, and
had tried him with the wealth of kings, and had tried him again
through his wife, when she was torn (from him), and with
circumcision, and had tried him through Ishmael and Hagar, his
maid-servant, when he sent them away. 2 18. And in everything
wherein He had tried him, he was found faithful, and his soul
was not impatient, and he was not slow to act; for he was
faithful and a lover of the Lord.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:19 pm
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The Sacrifice of Isaac: Abraham returns to Beersheba (xviii.
1-19; Cf. Gen. xxii. 1-19).
XVIII. And God said to him, "Abraham, Abraham"; and he said,
"Behold, (here) am I." 2. And He said, "Take thy beloved 3 son
whom thou lovest, (even) Isaac, and go unto the high country, 4
and offer him on one of the mountains which I will point out
unto thee." 3. And he rose early in the morning and saddled his
ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
clave the wood of the burnt-offering, and he went to the place
on
p. 110
the third day, and he saw the place afar off. 4. And he came to
a well of water, and he said to his young men, "Abide ye here
with the ass, and I and the lad shall go (yonder), and when we
have worshipped we shall come again to you." 5. And he took the
wood of the burnt-offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he
took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went both of
them together to that place. 6. And Isaac said to his father,
"Father"; and he said, "Here am I, my son." And he said unto
him, "Behold the fire, and the knife, and the wood; but where is
the sheep for the burnt-offering, father?" 7. And he said, "God
will provide for himself a sheep for a burnt-offering, my son."
And he drew near to the place of the mount of God. 1 8. And he
built an altar, and he placed the wood on the altar, and bound
Isaac his son, and placed him on the wood which was upon the
altar, and stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay
Isaac his son. 9. And I stood before him, and before the prince
of the Mastêmâ, 2 and the Lord said, "Bid him not to lay his
hand on the lad, nor to do anything to him, for I have shown
that he feareth the Lord." 10. And I called to him from heaven,
and said unto him: "Abraham, Abraham"; and he was terrified and
said: "Behold, (here) am I." 11. And I said unto him: "Lay not
thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him; for now
I have shown that thou fearest the Lord, and hast not withheld
thy son, thy first-born son, from me." 12. And the prince of the
Mastêmâ was put to shame; and Abraham lifted up his eyes and
looked, and, behold, a single ram caught 3 . . . by his horns,
and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a
burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 13. And Abraham called
p. 111
that place "The Lord hath seen," so that it is said "(in the
mount) the Lord hath seen": 1 that is Mount Sion. 14. And the
Lord called Abraham by his name a second time from heaven, as he
caused us to appear to speak to him in the name of the Lord.
15. And He said: "By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord,
Because thou hast done this thing,
And hast not withheld thy son, thy beloved 2 son, from Me,
That in blessing I shall bless thee
And in multiplying I shall multiply thy seed
As the stars of heaven,
And as the sand which is on the seashore.
And thy seed will inherit the cities 3 of its enemies,
16. And in thy seed will all nations of the earth be blessed;
Because thou hast obeyed My voice,
And I have shown to all that thou art faithful unto Me in all
that I have said unto thee:
Go in peace." 4
[paragraph continues] 17. And Abraham went to his young men, and
they arose and went together to Beersheba, and Abraham dwelt by
the Well of the Oath. 18. And he celebrated this festival every
year, seven days with joy, and he called it the festival of the
Lord according to the seven days during which he went and
returned in peace. 19. And accordingly hath it been ordained and
written on the heavenly tables regarding Israel and its seed
that they should observe this festival seven days with the joy
of festival.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:19 pm
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The Death and Burial of Sarah (xix. 1-9; cf. Gen. xxiii.).
XIX. And in the first year of the first week in the
2010 A.M.forty-second jubilee, Abraham returned and dwelt
opposite Hebron, that is Kirjath Arba, two weeks of years. 2.
And in the first year of the †third† 1 week of this jubilee the
days of the life of Sarah were accomplished, and she died in
Hebron. 3. And Abraham went to mourn over her and bury her, and
we tried him [to see] if his spirit were patient and he were not
indignant in the words of his mouth; and he was found patient in
this, and was not disturbed. 2 4. For in patience of spirit he
conversed with the children of Heth, to the intent that they
should give him a place in which to bury his dead. 5. And the
Lord gave him grace before all who saw him, and he besought in
gentleness the sons of Heth, and they gave him the land of the
double cave 3 over against Mamre, that is Hebron, for four
hundred pieces of silver. 6. And they besought him, saying, "We
shall give it to thee for nothing"; but he would not take it
from their hands for nothing, for he gave the price of the
place, the money in full, and he bowed down before them twice;
and after this he buried his dead in the double cave. 7. And all
the days of the life of Sarah were one hundred and twenty-seven
years, that is, two jubilees and four weeks and one year: these
are the days of the years of the life of Sarah. 8. This is the
tenth 2 trial wherewith Abraham was tried, and he was found
faithful, patient in spirit. 9. And he said not a single word
regarding the rumour in the land how that God had said that He
would give it to him and to his seed after him, and he begged a
place there to bury his dead; for he was found faithful,
p. 113
and was recorded on the heavenly tables as the friend of God. 1
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:21 pm
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Marriage of Isaac and second Marriage of Abraham (cf. Gen. xxiv.
15, xxv. 1-4); the Birth of Esau and Jacob (cf. Gen. xxv. 19
ff.) (xix. 10-14).
10. And in the fourth year thereof he took a wife
2020 A.M.for his son Isaac and her name was Rebecca [the
daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham] 2
the sister of Laban and daughter of Bethuel; and Bethuel was the
son of Mêlcâ, who was the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham.
11. And Abraham took to himself a third wife, and her name was
Keturah, from among the daughters of his household servants, for
Hagar had died before Sarah. 3 12. And she bare him six sons,
Zimram, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and
Shuah, in the two weeks of years. 13. And in the sixth week,
2046 A.M.in the second year thereof, Rebecca bare to Isaac two
sons, Jacob and Esau, and Jacob was a smooth and upright 4 man,
and Esau was fierce, a man of the field, and hairy, and Jacob
dwelt in tents. 14. And the youths grew, and Jacob learned to
write; 5 but Esau did not learn, for he was a man of the field
and a hunter, and he learnt war, and all his deeds were fierce.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:22 pm
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Abraham loves Jacob and blesses him (xix. 15-31).
15. And Abraham loved Jacob, but Isaac loved Esau. 16. And
Abraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Jacob 1
should his name and seed be called; and he called Rebecca and
gave commandment regarding Jacob, for he knew that she (too)
loved Jacob much more than Esau. 17. And he said unto her: "My
daughter, watch over my son Jacob,
For he shall be in my stead on the earth,
And for a blessing in the midst of the children of men,
And for the glory of the whole seed of Shem.
[paragraph continues] 18. For I know that the Lord will choose
him to be a people for possession unto Himself, above all
peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 2 19. And behold,
Isaac my son loveth Esau more than Jacob, but I see that thou
truly lovest Jacob.
20. Add still further to thy kindness to him,
And let thine eyes be upon him in love;
For he will be a blessing unto us on the earth from henceforth
unto all generations of the earth.
21. Let thy hands be strong
And let thy heart rejoice in thy son Jacob;
For I have loved him far beyond all my sons.
He will be blessed for ever,
And his seed will fill the whole earth.
22. If a man can number the sand of the earth,
His seed also will be numbered. 3
[paragraph continues] 23. And all the blessings wherewith the
Lord hath blessed me and my seed shall belong to Jacob and his
seed alway. 24. And in his seed shall my name be blessed, and
the name of my fathers, Shem, and
p. 115
[paragraph continues] Noah, and Enoch, and Mahalalel, and Enos,
and Seth, and Adam. 1 25. And these shall serve
To lay the foundations of the heaven,
And to strengthen the earth,
And to renew all the luminaries which are in the firmament."
[paragraph continues] 26. And he called Jacob before the eyes of
Rebecca his mother, and kissed him, and blessed him, and said:
27. "Jacob, my beloved son, whom my soul loveth, may God bless
thee from above the firmament, and may He give thee all the
blessings wherewith He blessed Adam, and Enoch, and Noah, and
Shem; and all the things of which He told me, and all the things
which He promised to give me, may He cause to cleave to thee and
to thy seed for ever, according to the days of heaven above the
earth. 2 28. And the spirits of Mastêmâ shall not rule over thee
or over thy seed 3 to turn thee from the Lord, who is thy God
from henceforth for ever. 29. And may the Lord God be a father
to thee and thou the first-born son, and to the people alway. Go
in peace, my son." 30. And they both went forth together from
Abraham. 31. And Rebecca loved Jacob, with all her heart and
with all her soul, very much more than Esau; but Isaac loved
Esau much more than Jacob.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:22 pm
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Abraham's Last Words to his Children and Grandchildren (xx.
i-ii).
XX. And in the forty-second jubilee, in the first
2052 (?2045) A.M.year of the †seventh† 4 week, Abraham called
Ishmael, and his twelve sons, 5 and Isaac and his two sons, and
the six sons of Keturah, and their sons. 2. And he commanded
them that they should observe the way of the Lord; that they
should work righteousness, and love each his neighbour, and act
p. 116
on this manner amongst all men; that they should each so walk
with regard to them as to do judgment and righteousness on the
earth. 3. That they should circumcise their sons, 1 according to
the covenant which He had made with them, and not deviate to the
right hand or the left of all the paths which the Lord had
commanded us; and that we should keep ourselves from all
fornication and uncleanness, [and renounce from amongst us all
fornication and uncleanness]. 2 4. And if any woman or maid
commit fornication amongst you, burn her with fire, 3 and let
them not commit fornication with her after their eyes and their
heart; and let them not take to themselves wives from the
daughters of Canaan; for the seed of Canaan will be rooted out
of the land. 5. And he told them of the judgment of the giants,
and the judgment of the Sodomites, how they had been judged on
account of their wickedness, and had died on account of their
fornication, and uncleanness, and mutual corruption through
fornication. 4
6. "And guard yourselves from all fornication and uncleanness,
And from all pollution of sin,
Lest ye make our name a curse,
And your whole life a hissing, 5
And all your sons be destroyed by the sword,
And ye become accursed like Sodom,
And all your remnant as the sons of Gomorrah.
7. I implore you, my sons, love the God of heaven,
And cleave ye to all His commandments. p. 117
And walk not after their idols, and after their uncleannesses,
8. 1 And make not for yourselves molten or graven gods; 2
For they are vanity,
And there is no spirit in them;
For they are work of (men's) hands,
And all who trust in them, trust in nothing.
Serve them not, nor worship them, 3
9. But serve ye the Most High God, and worship Him continually:
And hope for His countenance always,
And work uprightness and righteousness before Him,
That He may have pleasure in you and grant you His mercy,
And send rain 4 upon you morning and evening,
And bless all your works which ye have wrought upon the earth,
And bless thy bread and thy water, 5
And bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy land,
And the herds of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep. 6
10. And ye will be for a blessing 7 on the earth,
And all nations of the earth will desire you,
And bless your sons in my name,
That they may be blessed as I am."
11. And he gave to Ishmael and to his sons, and to the sons of
Keturah, gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, and he
gave everything to Isaac his son. 8
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:23 pm
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The Dwelling-places of the Ishmaelites and of the Sons of
Keturah (xx. 12-13).
12. And Ishmael and his sons, and the sons of Keturah and their
sons, went together and dwelt from Paran to the entering in of
Babylon in all the land which is towards the East facing the
desert. 13. And these mingled with each other, and their name
was called Arabs, and Ishmaelites.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:23 pm
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Abraham's Last Words to Isaac (xxi. 1-25).
2057 (?2050) A.M.XXI. And in the sixth year of the †seventh† 1
week of this jubilee Abraham called Isaac his son, 2 and
commanded him, saying: "I am become old, and. know not the day
of my death, 3 and am full of my days. 4 2. And behold, I am one
hundred and seventy-five years old, 5 and throughout all the
days of my life I have remembered the Lord, and sought with all
my heart to do His will, and to walk uprightly in all His ways.
3. My soul hath hated idols, (and I have despised those that
served them, and I have given my heart and spirit) 6 that I
might observe to do the will of Him who created me. 4. For He is
the living God, and He is holy and faithful, and He is righteous
beyond all, and there is with Him no accepting of (men's)
persons and no accepting of gifts; 7 for God is righteous, and
executeth
p. 119
judgment on all those who transgress His commandments and
despise His covenant. 5. And do thou, my son, observe His
commandments and His ordinances and His judgments, and walk not
after the abominations and after the graven images and after the
molten images. 6. And eat no blood at all of animals or cattle,
or of any bird which flieth in the heaven. 1 7. 2 And if thou
dost slay a victim as an acceptable peace-offering, slay ye it,
and pour out its blood upon the altar, and all the fat of the
offering offer on the altar with fine flour (and the
meat-offering) mingled with oil, 3 with its
drink-offering--offer them all together on the altar of
burnt-offering; it is a sweet savour before the Lord. 4 8. And
thou wilt offer the fat of the sacrifice of thank-offerings on
the fire which is upon the altar, and the fat which is on the
belly, and all the fat on the inwards and the two kidneys, and
all the fat that is upon them, and upon the loins and liver thou
shalt remove together with the kidneys. 5 9. And offer all these
for a sweet savour acceptable before the Lord, with its
meat-offering and with its drink-offering, for a sweet savour,
the bread 6 of the offering unto the Lord, 10. And eat its meat
on that day and on the second day, and let not the sun on the
second day go down upon it till it is eaten, and let nothing be
left over for the third day; for it is not acceptable [for it is
not approved] 7 and let it no longer be eaten, and all who eat
thereof will bring sin upon themselves; for thus I have found it
written in the books of my forefathers, and in the words of
Enoch, and in the words of Noah. 8 11. And on all
p. 120
thy oblations thou shalt strew salt, and let not the salt of the
covenant be lacking in all thy oblations before the Lord. 1 12.
And as regards the wood of the sacrifices, beware lest thou
bring (other) wood for the altar in addition to these: 2
cypress, dêfrân, 3 sagâd, pine, fir, cedar, savin, palm, olive,
myrrh, laurel, and citron, juniper, and balsam. 13. And of these
kinds of wood lay upon the altar under the sacrifice, such as
have been tested as to their appearance, and do not lay
(thereon) any split or dark wood, (but) hard and clean, without
fault, a sound and new growth; and do not lay (thereon) old
wood, [for its fragrance is gone] for there is no longer
fragrance in it as before. 4 14. Besides these kinds of wood
there is none other that thou shalt place (on the altar), for
the fragrance is dispersed, and the smell of its fragrance goeth
not up to heaven. 15. Observe this commandment and do it, my
son, that thou mayst be upright in all thy deeds. 16. And at all
times be clean in thy body, and wash thyself with water before
thou approachest to offer on the altar, and wash thy hands and
thy feet before thou drawest near to the altar; and when thou
art done sacrificing, wash again thy hands and thy feet. 5 17.
And let no blood appear upon you nor upon your clothes; be on
thy guard, my son, against blood, be on thy guard exceedingly;
cover it with dust. 6 18. And do not eat any blood, for it is
the soul; eat no blood whatever. 7 19. And take no gifts for the
blood of man, lest it be shed with impunity, without judgment;
for it is the blood that
p. 121
is shed that causeth the earth to sin, and the earth cannot be
cleansed from the blood of man save by the blood of him who shed
it. 1 20. And take no present or gift for the blood of man:
blood for blood, that thou mayest be accepted before the Lord,
the Most High God; for He is the defence of the good: and that
thou mayest be preserved from all evil, and that He may save
thee from every kind of death..
21. I see, my son,
That all the works of the children of men are sin and
wickedness,
And all their deeds are uncleanness and an abomination and a
pollution,
And there is no righteousness with them.
22. Beware, lest thou shouldest walk in their ways
And tread in their paths,
And sin a sin unto death 2 before the Most High God.
Else He will [hide His face from thee,
And] 3 give thee back into the hands 4 of thy transgression,
And root thee out of the land, and thy seed likewise from under
heaven,
And thy name and thy seed will perish from the whole earth.
23. Turn away from all their deeds and all their uncleanness,
And observe the ordinance of the Most High God,
And do His will and be upright in all things.
24. And He will bless thee in all thy deeds,
And will raise up from thee the plant of righteousness 5 through
all the earth, throughout all generations of the earth,
And my name and thy name will not be forgotten under heaven for
ever. p. 122
25. Go, my son, in peace.
May the Most High God, my God and thy God, strengthen thee to do
His will,
And may He bless all thy seed and the residue of thy seed for
the generations for ever, with all righteous blessings,
That thou mayest be a blessing on all the earth." 1
[paragraph continues] 26. And he went out from him rejoicing.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:24 pm
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Isaac, Ishmael and Jacob join in Festival with Abraham for the
Last Time. Abraham's Prayer (xxii. 1-9).
XXII. And it came to pass in the †first† 2 week in the
†forty-fourth† 3 jubilee, in the †second† year, that is, the
year in which Abraham died, that Isaac and Ishmael came from the
Well of the Oath to celebrate the feast of weeks--that is, the
feast of the first-fruits of the harvest--to Abraham, their
father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come. 2.
For Isaac had many possessions in Beersheba, and Isaac was wont
to go and see his possessions and to return to his father. 3.
And in those days Ishmael came to see his father, and they both
came together, and Isaac offered a sacrifice for a
burnt-offering, and presented it on the altar of his father
which he had made in Hebron. 4. And he offered a thank-offering
and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and Rebecca
made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Jacob, her
son, to take them to Abraham, his father, from the first-fruits
of the land, that he might eat and bless the Creator of all
things before he died. 5. And Isaac, too, sent by the hand of
Jacob to Abraham a best thank-offering, that he might eat and
drink. 6. And he ate and drank, and blessed the Most High God,
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Who hath created heaven and earth,
Who hath made all the fat things of the earth,
And given them to the children of men
That they might eat and drink and bless their Creator.
[paragraph continues] 7. "And now I give thanks unto Thee, my
God, because Thou hast caused me to see this day: behold, I am
one hundred three score and fifteen years, an old man and full
of days, 1 and all my days have been unto me peace. 8. The sword
of the adversary 2 hath not overcome me in all that Thou hast
given me and my children all the days of my life until this day.
9. My God, may Thy mercy and Thy peace be upon Thy servant, and
upon the seed of his sons, that they may be to Thee a chosen
nation and an inheritance 3 from amongst all the nations of the
earth from henceforth unto all the days of the generations of
the earth, unto all the ages."
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