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The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication

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Section 9

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9. Eighteen years we abode at peace

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,

our

father

and

we

,

with

his

brother

Esau

,

and

his

sons

with

us

,

after

that

we

came

from

Mesopotamia

,

from

Laban

.

And

when

eighteen

years

were

fulfilled

,

in

the

fortieth

year

of

my

life

,

Esau

,

the

brother

of

my

father

,

came

upon

us

with

much

people

and

strong

;

and

he

fell

by

the

bow

of

Jacob

,

and

was

taken

up

dead

in

Mount

Seir

:

even

as

he

went

above

Iramna

was

he

slain

.

And

we

pursued

after

the

sons

of

Esau

.

Now

they

had

a

city

with

walls

of

iron

and

gates

of

brass

;

and

we

could

not

enter

into

it

,

and

we

encamped

around

,

and

besieged

them

.

And

when

they

opened

not

to

us

after

twenty

days

,

I

set

up

a

ladder

in

the

sight

of

all

,

and

with

my

shield

upon

my

head

I

climbed

up

,

assailed

with

stones

of

three

talents

’

weight

;

and

I

climbed

up

,

and

slew

four

who

were

mighty

among

them

.

And

the

next

day

Reuben

and

Gad

entered

in

and

slew

sixty

others

.

Then

they

asked

from

us

terms

of

peace

;

and

being

aware

of

our

father’s

purpose

,

we

received

them

as

tributaries

.

And

they

gave

us

two

hundred

cors

of

wheat

,

five

hundred

baths

of

oil

,

fifteen

hundred

measures

of

wine

,

until

we

went

down

into

Egypt

.

Notes

11
Cd. Oxon. ἐν ᾽Ανονιράμ, probably per incuriam scribæ, for ἐπάνω ᾽Ιράμ