The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 137
Benjamin 7
Beliar’s evil-doing hands a sword to those who obey, and that sword becomes the mother of seven evils.
1lee ye therefore, my children, the evil-doing of Beliar; for it giveth a sword to them that obeyeth, and the sword is the mother of seven evils.
2 First the mind conceiveth through Beliar, and first there is envy; secondly, desperation; thirdly, tribulation; fourthly, captivity; fifthly, neediness; sixthly, trouble; seventhly, desolation.
3 Therefore also Cain is delivered over to seven vengeances by God, for in every hundred years the Lord brought one plague upon him.
4 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.
5 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.
Did You Know?
Beliar’s evil-doing hands a sword to those who obey, and that sword becomes the mother of seven evils.
The seven evils start with envy conceived through Beliar, then desperation, tribulation, captivity, neediness, trouble, and desolation.
Cain was delivered to seven vengeances, receiving one plague every hundred years until desolation arrived.
Cain suffered two hundred years and met desolation in the nine hundredth year at the flood for Abel.
Cain was judged in seven hundred years and Lamech in seventy times seven for envy turning to hatred of brethren.
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