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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 15

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15. The whole age of my father, therefore,

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that

righteous

old

man

,

was

one

hundred

and

eleven

years

,

my

Father

in

heaven

having

so

decreed

.

And

the

day

on

which

his

soul

left

his

body

was

the

twenty

-

sixth

of

the

month

Abib

.

For

now

the

fine

gold

began

to

lose

its

splendour

,

and

the

silver

to

be

worn

down

by

use

—

I

mean

his

understanding

and

his

wisdom

.

He

also

loathed

food

and

drink

,

and

lost

all

his

skill

in

his

trade

of

carpentry

,

nor

did

he

any

more

pay

attention

to

it

.

It

came

to

pass

,

then

,

in

the

early

dawn

of

the

twenty

-

sixth

day

of

Abib

,

that

Joseph

,

that

righteous

old

man

,

lying

in

his

bed

,

was

giving

up

his

unquiet

soul

.

Wherefore

he

opened

his

mouth

with

many

sighs

,

and

struck

his

hands

one

against

the

other

,

and

with

a

loud

voice

cried

out

,

and

spoke

after

the

following

manner

:

—