The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 74
Zebulun 6
He was the first who made a boat to sail upon the sea, adding a rudder behind it and a sail on an upright mast.
1 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.
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.
3 Wherefore also the Lord granted me to take much fish: for he that imparteth unto his neighbour, receiveth manifold more from the Lord.
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.
5 In the summer I caught fish, and in the winter I kept sheep with my brethren.
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He was the first who made a boat to sail upon the sea, adding a rudder behind it and a sail on an upright mast.
For five years he caught fish and gave thereof to every man whom he saw, supplying his father's entire house.
In summer he caught fish while in winter he kept sheep with his brethren.
Out of compassion he boiled and well dressed his fish for strangers, the sick, and the aged according to need.
Sailing along the shores he caught fish for his father's house until the household went into Egypt.
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