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10 And you will be for a blessing on the earth, And all nations of the earth will desire you and bless your sons in my name, that they may be blessed as I am.

11 And he gave to Ishmael and to his sons, and to the sons of Keturah, gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, and he gave everything to Isaac his son.

__**The Dwelling-places of the Ishmaelites and of the Sons of Keturah (20:12-13).**__

12 And Ishmael and his sons, and the sons of Keturah and their sons, went together and dwelt from Paran to the entering in of Babylon in all the land which is towards the East facing the desert.

13 And these mingled with each other, and their name was called Arabs, and Ishmaelites.

**[Chapter 21]**
__**Abraham’s Last Words to Isaac (21:1-25).**__

1 And in the sixth year of the seventh week of this jubilee Abraham called Isaac his son, and [2057 (2050) A.M.] commanded him: saying, ‘I am become old, and know not the day of my death, and am full of my days.

2 And behold, I am one hundred and seventy-five years old, and throughout all the days of my life I have remembered the Lord and sought with all my heart to do His will, and to walk uprightly in all His ways.

3 My soul has hated idols, given my heart and spirit> that I might observe to do the will of Him who created me.

4 For He is the living God, and He is holy and faithful, and He is righteous beyond all, and there is with Him no accepting of (men’s) persons and no accepting of gifts; for God is righteous and executes judgment on all those who transgress His commandments and despise His covenant.

5 And do you, my son, observe His commandments and His ordinances and His judgments, and walk not after the abominations and after the graven images and after the molten images.

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6 And eat no blood at all of animals or cattle, or of any bird which flies in the heaven.

7 And if you dost slay a victim as an acceptable peace offering, slay you it, and pour out its blood upon the altar, and all the fat of the offering offer on the altar with fine flour (and the meat offering) mingled with oil, with its drink offering –offer them all together on the altar of burnt offering; it is a sweet savour before the Lord.

8 And you will offer the fat of the sacrifice of thank offerings on the fire which is upon the altar, and the fat which is on the belly, and all the fat on the inwards and the two kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, and upon the loins and liver you shall remove, together with the kidneys.

9 And offer all these for a sweet savour acceptable before the Lord, with its meat-offering and with its drink-offering, for a sweet savour, the bread of the offering unto the Lord.

10 And eat its meat on that day and on the second day, and let not the sun on the second day go down upon it till it is eaten, and let nothing be left over for the third day; for it is not acceptable [for it is not approved] and let it no longer be eaten, and all who eat thereof will bring sin upon themselves; for thus I have found it written in the books of my forefathers, and in the words of Enoch, and in the words of Noah.

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11 And on all your oblations you shall strew salt and let not the salt of the covenant be lacking in all your oblations before the Lord.

12 And as regards the wood of the sacrifices, beware lest you bring (other) wood for the altar in addition to these: cypress, bay (dêfrân), almond (sagâd), fir, pine, cedar, savin, fig, olive, myrrh, laurel, aspalathus (citron), juniper, and balsam.

13 And of these kinds of wood lay upon the altar under the sacrifice, such as have been tested as to their appearance, and do not lay (thereon) any split or dark wood, (but) hard and clean, without fault, a sound and new growth; and do not lay (thereon) old wood, [for its fragrance is gone] for there is no longer fragrance in it as before.

14 Besides these kinds of wood there is none other that you shall place (on the altar), for the fragrance is dispersed, and the smell of its fragrance goes not up to heaven.

15 Observe this commandment and do it, my son, that you mayst be upright in all your deeds.

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16 And at all times be clean in your body and wash yourself with water before you approach to offer on the altar and wash your hands and your feet before you draw near to the altar; and when you are done sacrificing, wash again your hands and your feet.

17 And let no blood appear upon you nor upon your clothes; be on you guard, my son, against blood, be on your guard exceedingly; cover it with dust.

18 And do not eat any blood for it is the soul; eat no blood whatever.

19 And take no gifts for the blood of man, lest it be shed with impunity, without judgment; for it is the blood that is shed that causes the earth to sin, and the earth cannot be cleansed from the blood of man save by the blood of him who shed it.

20 And take no present or gift for the blood of man: blood for blood, that you may be accepted before the Lord, the Most High God; for He is the defence of the good: and that you may be preserved from all evil, and that He may save you from every kind of death.

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21 I see, my son, That all the works of the children of men are sin and wickedness, And all their deeds are uncleanness and an abomination and a pollution, And there is no righteousness with them.

22 Beware, lest you shouldest walk in their ways And tread in their paths And sin a sin unto death before the Most High God.

23 Else He will [hide His face from you And] give you back into the hands of your transgression, And root you out of the land, and your seed likewise from under heaven, And your name and your seed shall perish from the whole earth. Turn away from all their deeds and all their uncleanness, And observe the ordinance of the Most High God, And do His will and be upright in all things.

24 And He will bless you in all your deeds and will raise up from you a plant of righteousness through all the earth, throughout all generations of the earth, And my name and your name shall not be forgotten under heaven for ever.

25 Go, my son in peace. May the Most High God, my God and your God, strengthen you to do His will, And may He bless all your seed and the residue of your seed for the generations for ever, with all righteous blessings, That you may be a blessing on all the earth.’

26 And he went out from him rejoicing.

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**[Chapter 22]**

__**Isaac, Ishmael and Jacob join in Festival with Abraham for the Last Time. Abraham’s Prayer (22:1-9).**__

1 And it came to pass in the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee, in the second year, that is, the year in which Abraham died, that Isaac and Ishmael came from the Well of the Oath to celebrate the feast of weeks -that is, the feast of the first fruits of the harvest-to Abraham, their father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come.

2 For Isaac had many possessions in Beersheba, and Isaac was wont to go and see his possessions and to return to his father.

3 And in those days, Ishmael came to see his father, and they both came together, and Isaac offered a sacrifice for a burnt offering and presented it on the altar of his father which he had made in Hebron.

4 And he offered a thank offering and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and Rebecca made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Jacob, her son, to take them to Abraham, his father, from the first fruits of the land, that he might eat and bless the Creator of all things before he died.

5 And Isaac, too, sent by the hand of Jacob to Abraham a best thank offering, that he might eat and drink.

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6 And he eat and drank, and blessed the Most High God, Who has created heaven and earth, Who has made all the fat things of the earth And given them to the children of men That they might eat and drink and bless their Creator.

7 ‘And now I give thanks unto You, my God, because you have caused me to see this day: behold, I am one hundred three score and fifteen years, an old man and full of days, and all my days have been unto me peace.

8 The sword of the adversary has not overcome me in all that You have given me and my children all the days of my life until this day.

9 My God, may Your mercy and Your peace be upon Your servant, and upon the seed of his sons, that they may be to You a chosen nation and an inheritance from amongst all the nations of the earth from henceforth unto all the days of the generations of the earth, unto all the ages.’

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__**Abraham’s Last Words to and Blessings of Jacob (22:10-30).**__

10 And he called Jacob and said: ‘My son Jacob, may the God of all bless you and strengthen you to do righteousness, and His will before Him, and may He choose you and your seed that you may become a people for His inheritance according to His will always.

11 And do you, my son, Jacob, draw near and kiss me.’ And he drew near and kissed him, and he said: ‘Blessed be my son Jacob And all the sons of God Most High, unto all the ages: May God give unto you a seed of righteousness; And some of your sons may He sanctify in the midst of the whole earth; May nations serve you, And all the nations bow themselves before your seed.

12 Be strong in the presence of men, And exercise authority over all the seed of Seth. Then your ways and the ways of your sons will be justified, So that they shall become a holy nation.

13 May the Most High God give you all the blessings Wherewith He has blessed me And wherewith He blessed Noah and Adam; May they rest on the sacred head of your seed from generation to generation for ever.

14 And may He cleanse you from all unrighteousness and impurity, That you may be forgiven all the transgressions; which you have committed ignorantly. And may He strengthen you And bless you. And may you inherit the whole earth,

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15 And may He renew His covenant with you. That you may be to Him a nation for His inheritance for all the ages, And that He may be to you and to your seed a God in truth and righteousness throughout all the days of the earth.

16 And do you, my son Jacob, remember my words and observe the commandments of Abraham, your father: Separate yourself from the nations, And eat not with them: And do not according to their works and become not their associate; for their works are unclean and all their ways are a pollution and an abomination and uncleanness.

17 They offer their sacrifices to the dead and they worship evil spirits and they eat over the graves, And all their works are vanity and nothingness.

18 They have no heart to understand And their eyes do not see what their works are and how they err in saying to a piece of wood: ‘You art my God,’ And to a stone: ‘You art my Lord and you art my deliverer.’ [And they have no heart.]

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19 And as for you, my son Jacob, May the Most High God help you, And the God of heaven bless you And remove you from their uncleanness and from all their error.

20 Be you ware, my son Jacob, of taking a wife from any seed of the daughters of Canaan; For all his seed is to be rooted out of the earth.

21 For, owing to the transgression of Ham, Canaan erred, And all his seed shall be destroyed from off the earth and all the residue thereof, And none springing from him shall be saved on the day of judgment.

22 And as for all the worshippers of idols and the profane (b) There shall be no hope for them in the land of the living; (c) And there shall be no remembrance of them on the earth; (c) For they shall descend into Sheol, (d) And into the place of condemnation shall they go, as the children of Sodom were taken away from the earth So will all those who worship idols be taken away.

23 Fear not, my son Jacob, And be not dismayed, Oh son of Abraham: May the Most High God preserve you from destruction, And from all the paths of error may he deliver you.

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24 This house have I built for myself that I might put my name upon it in the earth: [it is given to you and to your seed for ever], and it will be named the house of Abraham; it is given to you and to your seed for ever; for you will build my house and establish my name before God for ever: your seed and your name will stand throughout all generations of the earth.’

25 And he ceased commanding him and blessing him.

26 And the two lay together on one bed, and Jacob slept in the bosom of Abraham, his father’s father and he kissed him seven times, and his affection and his heart rejoiced over him.

27 And he blessed him with all his heart and said: ‘The Most High God, the God of all, and Creator of all, who brought me forth from Ur of the Chaldees that he might give me this land to inherit it for ever, and that I might establish a holy seed-blessed be the Most High for ever.’

28 And he blessed Jacob and said: ‘My son, over whom with all my heart and my affection I rejoice, may Your grace and Your mercy be lift up upon him and upon his seed always.

29 And do not forsake him, nor set him at nought from henceforth unto the days of eternity, and may Your eyes be opened upon him and upon his seed, that You mayst preserve him, and bless him, and may sanctify him as a nation for Your inheritance;

30 And bless him with all Your blessings from henceforth unto all the days of eternity and renew Your covenant and Your grace with him and with his seed according to all Your good pleasure unto all the generations of the earth.’