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Behold, I am Isaac, the son of Abraham, and I finish my father’s record.
2
For when the end of my father's sojourn among men had come, he called me unto him and said, My son, according to the commandment of God unto thee, I have appointed thee to be mine heir that all the authority I possess should rest with thee.
3
Thou knowest that the Lord is God in heaven and earth and we serve only him.
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He hath many times preserved me from destruction when the evil ones would have destroyed me, for I always placed my trust in him.
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He brought me unto this land and said unto me, to thy seed will I give all this land and they shall inherit it when they shall keep my commandments, my statutes and my judgments that I have commanded thee and which I shall command them.
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Now therefore my son, hearken unto my voice and keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, even as thou hast been instructed by me and by thy mother Sarah and by Shem and Eber.
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Depart not from the holy order of God in any particular and remember always the mercies of our God and his blessings will never depart from thee.
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Teach these things also unto thy children and thy children's children that they may receive the like blessings with us for all those who obey the law of the fathers will be blessed with the fathers.