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The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind

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Section 7

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7. Flee ye therefore, my children, the

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evil

-

doing

of

Beliar

;

for

it

giveth

a

sword

to

them

that

obeyeth

,

and

the

sword

is

the

mother

of

seven

evils

.

First

the

mind

conceiveth

through

Beliar

,

and

first

there

is

envy

;

secondly

,

desperation

;

thirdly

,

tribulation

;

fourthly

,

captivity

;

fifthly

,

neediness

;

sixthly

,

trouble

;

seventhly

,

desolation

.

Therefore

also

Cain

is

delivered

over

to

seven

vengeances

by

God

,

for

in

every

hundred

years

the

Lord

brought

one

plague

upon

him

.

Two

hundred

years

he

suffered

,

and

in

the

nine

hundredth

year

he

was

brought

to

desolation

at

the

flood

,

for

Abel

his

righteous

brother’s

sake

.

In

seven

hundred

years

was

Cain

judged

,

and

Lamech

in

seventy

times

seven

;

because

for

ever

those

who

are

likened

unto

Cain

in

envy

unto

hatred

of

brethren

shall

be

judged

with

the

same

punishment

.

Notes

5
For ἑπτακοσίοις ἔτεσιν the Ox. ms. reads simply ἑπτά.