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The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity

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Section 2

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2. Then appeared to Jacob an angel of the

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Lord

,

saying

,

Two

children

shall

Rachel

bear

;

for

she

hath

refused

company

with

her

husband

,

and

hath

chosen

continency

.

And

had

not

Leah

my

mother

given

up

the

two

apples

for

the

sake

of

his

company

,

she

would

have

borne

eight

sons

;

and

for

this

thing

she

bare

six

,

and

Rachel

two

:

because

on

account

of

the

mandrakes

the

Lord

visited

her

.

For

He

knew

that

for

the

sake

of

children

she

wished

to

company

with

Jacob

,

and

not

for

lust

of

pleasure

.

For

she

went

further

,

and

on

the

morrow

too

gave

up

Jacob

that

she

might

receive

also

the

other

mandrake

.

Therefore

the

Lord

hearkened

to

Rachel

because

of

the

mandrakes

:

for

though

she

desired

them

,

she

ate

them

not

,

but

brought

them

to

the

priest

of

the

Most

High

who

was

at

that

time

,

and

offered

them

up

in

the

house

of

the

Lord

.

Notes

4
[Tobit viii. 7, 8.]