# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 74: Zebulun 6

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/74 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**74:1** I was the first who made a boat to sail upon the sea, for the Lord gave me understanding and wisdom therein; and I let down a rudder behind it, and I stretched a sail on an upright mast in the midst; and sailing therein along the shores, I caught fish for the house of my father until we went into Egypt; and through compassion, I gave of my fish to every stranger.

**74:2** And if any man were a stranger, or sick, or aged, I boiled the fish and dressed them well, and offered them to all men as every man had need, bringing them together and having compassion upon them.

**74:3** Wherefore also the Lord granted me to take much fish: for he that imparteth unto his neighbour, receiveth manifold more from the Lord.

**74:4** For five years I caught fish, and gave thereof to every man whom I saw, and brought sufficient for all the house of my father.

**74:5** In the summer I caught fish, and in the winter I kept sheep with my brethren.

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