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CHAPTER 20:
Abraham’s Last Words
To His Children And
Grandchildren (20:1-11)
2052 A.M.
1 And in the forty-second
jubilee, in the first year of the
†seventh† week, Abraham
called Ishmael, and his twelve
Cf. Gn.
25:13-15 sons, and Isaac and his two
Circumcision, sons, and the six sons of
according to
our author, is Keturah, and their sons.
binding upon
Ishmael’s and 2 And he commanded them
Keturah’s
descendants that they should observe the
(cf. Gn. 17:910 f.). ‘Notice way of Yahuah; that they
the omission
of Esau’s should work righteousness,
descendants.
According to and love each his neighbour,
Pirke de R. and act on this manner
Eliezer 29,
Esau, though amongst all men; that they
he had been
circumcised, should each so walk with
“despised
circumcision” regard to them as to do
(his
birthright). judgment and righteousness
The Talmud
is proven on the earth.
false again.
It does not 3 That they should circumcise
agree with
Jubilees their sons, according to the
proving covenant which He had made
this is not
a Pharisee with them, and not deviate to
writing.
the right hand or the left of all
the paths which Yahuah had
commanded us; and that we
should keep ourselves from all
Bracketed as
a dittograph. fornication and uncleanness,
According [and renounce from amongst
to the Law
all fornication and
only the us
adulterous uncleanness]. 4 And if any
priest’s
daughter was woman
or maid commit
to be burned
with fire; fornication amongst you, burn
others were
to be stoned her with fire, and let them
(cf. Lev. 21:9,
20:10). not commit fornication with
†Probably
corrupt
for “sixth”
(Charles).
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her after their eyes and their
heart; and let them not take
to themselves wives from the
daughters of Canaan; for the
Cf. 4Q220,
seed of Canaan will be rooted fr. I. Jun.
21:5-10
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. 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, And all your sons
be destroyed by the sword, Cf. Is. 65:15;
And ye become accursed like Jr. 29:18
Sodom, And all your remnant
as the sons of Gomorrah.
7 I implore you, my sons,
love the Elohim of heaven,
And cleave ye to all His
commandments. And walk
not after their idols, and after
their uncleanness, 8 And make
not for yourselves molten or
graven gods; For they are For 8 cf.
vanity, And there is no spirit 12:5, 22:18
in them; For they are work of
(men’s) hands, And all who Cf. Dt. 27:15
trust in them, trust in nothing.
Serve them not, nor worship
them, 9 But serve ye the Most
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