The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 44
Judah 9
For eighteen years Jacob's family abode at peace with Esau and his sons after coming from Mesopotamia and Laban.
1ighteen years we abode at peace, our father and we, with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And the next day Reuben and Gad entered in and slew sixty others.
6 Then they asked from us terms of peace; and being aware of our father’s purpose, we received them as tributaries.
7 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.
Did You Know?
For eighteen years Jacob's family abode at peace with Esau and his sons after coming from Mesopotamia and Laban.
In the fortieth year of one brother's life, Esau was slain by Jacob's bow as he went above Iramna in Mount Seir.
The sons of Esau had a city with walls of iron and gates of brass which the brothers besieged for twenty days.
After twenty days of siege a brother climbed a ladder with shield upon his head, assailed by stones of three talents' weight, and slew four mighty men.
After Reuben and Gad slew sixty others the next day, tributaries gave two hundred cors of wheat, five hundred baths of oil, and fifteen hundred measures of wine.
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