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3 5 : R E B E C C A ’ S
CHAPTER 35:
Rebecca’s Last
Admonitions And Death
(35:1-27)
2157 A.M.
1 And in the first year of the
first week of the forty-fifth
jubilee Rebecca called Jacob,
her son, and commanded
him regarding his father and
regarding his brother, that he
should honour them all the
days of his life. 2 And Jacob
said: “I will do everything as
thou hast commanded me;
for this thing will be honour
and greatness to me, and
righteousness before Yahuah,
that I should honour them.
3 And thou too, mother,
knowest from the time I was
born until this day, all my
deeds and all that is in my
heart, that I always think
good concerning all. 4 And
how should I not do this thing
which thou hast commanded
me, that I should honour my
father and my brother! 5 Tell
me, mother, what perversity
hast thou seen in me and I
shall turn away from it, and
mercy will be upon me.”
6 And she said unto him: “My
son, I have not seen in thee
all my days any perverse but
(only) upright deeds. And yet
I shall tell thee the truth, my
son: I shall die this, year, and
D E A T H
I shall not survive this year
in my life; for I have seen in
a dream the day of my death,
that I should not live beyond
a hundred and fifty-five years:
and behold I have completed
all the days of my life which
I am to live.” 7 And Jacob
laughed at the words of his
mother, because his mother
had said unto him that she
should die; and she was sitting
opposite to him in possession
of her strength, and she was
not infirm in her strength; for
she went in and out and saw,
and her teeth were strong, and
no ailment had touched her
all the days of her life. 8 And
Jacob said unto her: “Blessed
am I, mother, if my days
approach the days of thy life,
and my strength remain with
me thus as thy strength: and
thou wilt not die, for thou art
jesting idly with me regarding
thy death.” 9 And she went in
to Isaac and said unto him:
“One petition I make unto
thee: make Esau swear that
he will not injure Jacob, nor
pursue him with enmity; for
thou knowest Esau’s thoughts
that they are perverse from
his youth, and there is no
goodness in him; for he
desireth after thy death to kill
him. 10 And thou knowest all
that he hath done since the
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