Chapter 34

Journey Home


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And it came to pass that when they arose up in the morning, Evad, the servant of Abraham, said: Send me away unto my lorda.

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And the brother and mother of Rebekah said: Let the young maiden abide with us at the least tena days, perhaps more; and after that she shall go.

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And the chief servant of Abraham said unto them: Hinder me not, seeing YHVHa hath prosperedb my way; send me away therefore, that I may go unto my lord; and this young woman, that she shall meet her husband.

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And they said: We will call the damsela and inquire at her mouthb.

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And they called Rebekah, and they said unto her: Wilt thou go with this man?

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And she answered them: I will go, for we do see that it is surely the will of YHVH Elohima, and who are we to deny theyb that created us?

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And they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Evad, and his men;

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And they blessed Rebekah and saida unto her: O thou, our sister, be thou blessed of thousands, of millions; and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.

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And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man; and Evad took Rebekah and went his way.

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¶ And it came to pass that when they arrived, Isaac came from the direction of the well Bearlahai’roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

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And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the field at eventide, for he sought to know his fortune;

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And there he was given a dream, a vision of YHVH; and in his vision he did see the sun and the moon, and there was a crown upon the head of his father, Abraham;

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And there came from the heavens a large man that shined as the light, and Isaac saw that this man was the very Father of Lighta.

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And the Son of Mana took light greater than the sun from his head, and yet left the rays behind with the Man.

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And the sun and the moon and the stars lamented, saying: Take not away thy glory from us, for only from thee have we power.

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And that Man answered them saying: Weep not that I take thy light from out of thy house, for it is taken up from thy troubles unto rest and that ye shall be lifted up upon high and exalted.

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And he saw that they lift his father, Abraham up from a narrow space to a wide place; yea, and they did raise up him from darkness to light; and he saw his mother, Sarah, even more beautiful, delightsome, and pure than in life; and there she did wait with many others for her husband.

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And Isaac said: I beseech thee, YHVH, turn also thy rays upon me!

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And there, in the vision, he was taken up, and he thought he saw YHVH Elohim summoning the archangel Michaela, and saying unto him: Go down, Michael, to thy seed;

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Go thou unto Abraham, my beloved friend; and there thou shall tell him of his death;

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And behold, thou shalt call unto him saying: Depart thee from this world, and go forth to YHVH, thy Elohim.

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Then Isaac saw, and heard Michael saying: Hear, O righteous Abraham; it is given thee to know, O most honored Abraham, that thy sojourna is done, and thou shalt leave this, the earth, and thy soul shall dwell with El Elyonb.

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And Isaac saw that the light of the sun became his father, and the moon likewise is Sarah, his mother.

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And the Mana bearing light sent who His Sonb, who descended from the heavens from Ha’Elohimc, who is the most righteous soul from whom all Lawd is given.

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And Isaac saw that Michael went down, and he said unto the friend of YHVH: This day shalt thou depart from this life; and, behold, the days of thy sojourn here are fulfilled.

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And Abraham said unto him: Amena! Be it so; thou art kind, good Father; open thy gates, Father, that I may not weep too long for my son, nor weep any longer for my wives.

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And Michael tooka Abraham into a chariot of cherubimb, and brought him up into the heavens, and led him upon the clouds together with sixty angels;

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And the chariot flew over all the creation; and Michael drove it forth, and it went up into the heavens.

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¶ And Isaac was taken from his dreama, knowing that his father too should die; and there he was prompted to raise up; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw and beheld the camels coming.

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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel; for she said unto the servant: What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?

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And the servant said: It is my lord; therefore, she took a veil and covered herself.

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And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

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And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother, Sarah, and tooka Rebekah; and she became his wife, and he loved her.

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And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

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¶ And it came to pass that Abraham, being well pleased in seeing his son, Isaac, the son of his Sarah, comforted by Rebekah, that then Abraham did give up the ghost, even as Isaac had divined:

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And Abraham died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people;

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¶ And it came to pass that Abraham, friend of YHVH, and entertainer of angels, lived to reach the one hundred and seventy-fifth degree.