The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 73
Zebulun 5
The speaker commands compassion toward all creatures, urging mercy not only for men but also for beasts.
1nd now, my children, I bid you to keep the commands of the Lord, and to show mercy upon your neighbour, and to have compassion towards all, not towards men only, but also towards beasts.
2 For for this thing’s sake the Lord blessed me; and when all my brethren were sick I escaped without sickness, for the Lord knoweth the purposes of each.
3 Have therefore compassion in your hearts, my children, because even as a man doeth to his neighbour, even so also will the Lord do to him.
4 For the sons of my brethren were sickening, were dying on account of Joseph, because they showed not mercy in their hearts; but my sons were preserved without sickness, as ye know.
5 And when I was in Canaan, by the sea-coast, I caught spoil of fish for Jacob my father; and when many were choked in the sea, I abode unhurt.
Did You Know?
The speaker commands compassion toward all creatures, urging mercy not only for men but also for beasts.
When every brother lay sick, he alone escaped illness because the Lord knows each person's purposes.
Sons of his brethren sickened and died on account of Joseph after showing no mercy in their hearts.
His own sons were preserved without sickness while the children of his brethren perished from disease.
By the Canaan sea-coast he caught spoil of fish for Jacob his father and abode unhurt when many choked in the sea.
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