Jasher, Chapter 82

1 And the children of Yisrael proceeded from Rephidim and they encamped in the wilderness of Sinai, in the third month from their going forth from Egypt.
2 At that time came Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Mosheh, with Zipporah his daughter and her two sons, for he had heard of the wonders of YAHWEH which he had done to Yisrael, that he had delivered them from the hand of Egypt.
3 And Reuel came to Mosheh (Moses) to the wilderness where he was encamped, where was the mountain of YAHWEH.
4 And Mosheh went forth to meet his father-in-law with great honor, and all Yisrael was with him.
5 And Reuel and his children remained amongst the Yisraelites for many days, and Reuel knew YAHWEH from that day forward.
6 And in the third month from the children of Yisrael's departure from Egypt, on the sixth day thereof, YAHWEH gave to Yisrael the ten commandments on Mount Sinai.
7 And all Yisrael heard all these commandments, and all Yisrael rejoiced exceedingly in YAHWEH on that day.
8 And the splendor of YAHWEH rested upon Mount Sinai, and he called to Mosheh, and Mosheh came in the midst of a cloud and ascended the mountain.
9 And Mosheh was upon the mount forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water, and YAHWEH instructed him in the statutes and judgments in order to teach the children of Yisrael.
10 And YAHWEH wrote the ten commandments which he had commanded the children of Yisrael upon two tablets of stone, which he gave to Mosheh to command the children of Yisrael.
11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, when YAHWEH had finished speaking to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, then YAHWEH gave to Mosheh the tablets of stone, written with the finger of YAHWEH.
12 And when the children of Yisrael saw that Mosheh tarried to come down from the mount, they gathered round Aaron, and said, As for this man Mosheh we know not what has become of him.
13 Now therefore rise up, make unto us a god who shall go before us, so that you shall not die.
14 And Aaron was greatly afraid of the people, and he ordered them to bring him gold and he made it into a molten calf for the people.
15 And YAHWEH said to Mosheh, before he had come down from the mount, Get you down, for your people whom you didst bring forth from Egypt have corrupted themselves.
16 They have made to themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, now therefore leave me, that I may consume them from off the earth, for they are a stiffnecked people.
17 And Mosheh besought the countenance of YAHWEH, and he prayed to YAHWEH for the people on account of the calf which they had made, and he afterward descended from the mount and in his hands were the two tablets of stone, which YAHWEH had given him to command the Yisraelites.
18 And when Mosheh approached the camp and saw the calf which the people had made, the anger of Mosheh was kindled and he broke the tablets under the mount.
19 And Mosheh came to the camp and he took the calf and burned it with fire, and ground it till it became fine dust, and strewed it upon the water and gave it to the Yisraelites to drink.
20 And there died of the people by the swords of each other about three thousand men who had made the calf.
21 And on the morrow Mosheh said to the people, I will go up to YAHWEH, peradventure I may make atonement for your sins which you have sinned to YAHWEH.
22 And Mosheh again went up to YAHWEH, and he remained with YAHWEH forty days and forty nights.
23 And during the forty days did Mosheh entreat YAHWEH in behalf of the children of Yisrael, and YAHWEH hearkened to the prayer of Mosheh, and YAHWEH was entreated of him in behalf of Yisrael.
24 Then spake YAHWEH to Mosheh to hew two stone tablets and to bring them up to YAHWEH, who would write upon them the ten commandments.
25 Now Mosheh did so, and he came down and hewed the two tablets and went up to Mount Sinai to YAHWEH, and YAHWEH wrote the ten commandments upon the tablets.
26 And Mosheh remained yet with YAHWEH forty days and forty nights, and YAHWEH instructed him in statutes and judgments to impart to Yisrael.
27 And YAHWEH commanded him respecting the children of Yisrael that they should make a sanctuary for YAHWEH, that his name might rest therein, and YAHWEH showed him the likeness of the sanctuary and the likeness of all its vessels.
28 And at the end of the forty days, Mosheh came down from the mount and the two tablets were in his hand.
29 And Mosheh came to the children of Yisrael and spoke to them all the words of YAHWEH, and he taught them laws, statutes and judgments which YAHWEH had taught him.
30 And Mosheh told the children of Yisrael the word of YAHWEH, that a sanctuary should be made for him, to dwell amongst the children of Yisrael.
31 And the people rejoiced greatly at all the good which YAHWEH had spoken to them, through Mosheh, and they said, We will do all that YAHWEH has spoken to you.
32 And the people rose up like one man and they made generous offerings to the sanctuary of YAHWEH, and each man brought the offering of YAHWEH for the work of the sanctuary, and for all its service.
33 And all the children of Yisrael brought each man of all that was found in his possession for the work of the sanctuary of YAHWEH, gold, silver and brass, and every thing that was serviceable for the sanctuary.
34 And all the wise men who were practiced in work came and made the sanctuary of YAHWEH, according to all that YAHWEH had commanded, every man in the work in which he had been practiced; and all the wise men in heart made the sanctuary, and its furniture and all the vessels for the holy service, as YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh.
35 And the work of the sanctuary of the tabernacle was completed at the end of five months, and the children of Yisrael did all that YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh.
36 And they brought the sanctuary and all its furniture to Mosheh; like unto the representation which YAHWEH had shown to Mosheh, so did the children of Yisrael.
37 And Mosheh saw the work, and behold they did it as YAHWEH had commanded him, so Mosheh blessed them.

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Jasher, Chapter 79

1 And in those days Mosheh (Moses) was feeding the flock of Reuel the Midianite his father-in-law, beyond the wilderness of Sin, and the stick which he took from his father-in-law was in his hand.
2 And it came to pass one day that a kid of goats strayed from the flock, and Mosheh pursued it and it came to the mountain of YAHWEH to Horeb.
3 And when he came to Horeb, YAHWEH appeared there unto him in the bush, and he found the bush burning with fire, but the fire had no power over the bush to consume it.
4 And Mosheh was greatly astonished at this sight, wherefore the bush was not consumed, and he approached to see this mighty thing, and YAHWEH called unto Mosheh out of the fire and commanded him to go down to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to send the children of Yisrael from his service.
5 And YAHWEH said unto Mosheh, Go, return to Egypt, for all those men who sought your life are dead, and you shall speak unto Pharaoh to send forth the children of Yisrael from his land.
6 And YAHWEH showed him to do signs and wonders in Egypt before the eyes of Pharaoh and the eyes of his subjects, in order that they might believe that YAHWEH had sent him.
7 And Mosheh hearkened to all that YAHWEH had commanded him, and he returned to his father-in-law and told him the thing, and Reuel said to him, Go in peace.
8 And Mosheh rose up to go to Egypt, and he took his wife and sons with him, and he was at an inn in the road, and an heavenly messenger of YAHWEH came down, and sought an occasion against him.
9 And he wished to kill him on account of his first born son, because he had not circumcised him, and had transgressed the covenant which YAHWEH had made with Abraham.
10 For Mosheh had hearkened to the words of his father-in-law which he had spoken to him, not to circumcise his first born son, therefore he circumcised him not.
11 And Zipporah saw the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH seeking an occasion against Mosheh, and she knew that this thing was owing to his not having circumcised her son Gershom.
12 And Zipporah hastened and took of the sharp rock stones that were there, and she circumcised her son, and delivered her husband and her son from the hand of the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH.
13 And Aaron the son of Amram, the brother of Mosheh, was in Egypt walking at the river side on that day.
14 And YAHWEH appeared to him in that place, and he said to him, Go now toward Mosheh in the wilderness, and he went and met him in the mountain of YAHWEH, and he kissed him.
15 And Aaron lifted up his eyes, and saw Zipporah the wife of Mosheh and her children, and he said unto Mosheh, Who are these unto you?
16 And Mosheh said unto him, They are my wife and sons, which YAHWEH gave to me in Midian; and the thing grieved Aaron on account of the woman and her children.
17 And Aaron said to Mosheh, Send away the woman and her children that they may go to her father's house, and Mosheh hearkened to the words of Aaron, and did so.
18 And Zipporah returned with her children, and they went to the house of Reuel, and remained there until the time arrived when YAHWEH had visited his people, and brought them forth from Egypt from the hand at Pharaoh.
19 And Mosheh and Aaron came to Egypt to the community of the children of Yisrael, and they spoke to them all the words of YAHWEH, and the people rejoiced an exceeding great rejoicing.
20 And Mosheh and Aaron rose up early on the next day, and they went to the house of Pharaoh, and they took in their hands the stick of YAHWEH.
21 And when they came to the king's gate, two young lions were confined there with iron instruments, and no person went out or came in from before them, unless those whom the king ordered to come, when the conjurors came and withdrew the lions by their incantations, and this brought them to the king.
22 And Mosheh hastened and lifted up the stick upon the lions, and he loosed them, and Mosheh and Aaron came into the king's house.
23 The lions also came with them in joy, and they followed them and rejoiced as a dog rejoices over his master when he comes from the field.
24 And when Pharaoh saw this thing he was astonished at it, and he was greatly terrified at the report, for their appearance was like the appearance of the children of Elohim.
25 And Pharaoh said to Mosheh, What do you require? and they answered him, saying, YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of the Hebrews has sent us to you, to say, Send forth my people that they may serve me.
26 And when Pharaoh heard their words he was greatly terrified before them, and he said to them, Go today and come back to me tomorrow, and they did according to the word of the king.
27 And when they had gone Pharaoh sent for Balaam the magician and to Jannes and Jambres his sons, and to all the magicians and conjurors and counsellors which belonged to the king, and they all came and sat before the king.
28 And the king told them all the words which Mosheh and his brother Aaron had spoken to him, and the magicians said to the king, But how came the men to you, on account of the lions which were confined at the gate?
29 And the king said, Because they lifted up their rod against the lions and loosed them, and came to me, and the lions also rejoiced at them as a dog rejoices to meet his master.
30 And Balaam the son of Beor the magician answered the king, saying, These are none else than magicians like ourselves.
31 Now therefore send for them, and let them come and we will try them, and the king did so.
32 And in the morning Pharaoh sent for Mosheh and Aaron to come before the king, and they took the rod of YAHWEH, and came to the king and spoke to him, saying,
33 Thus said YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of the Hebrews, Send my people that they may serve me.
34 And the king said to them, But who will believe you that you are the messengers of YAHWEH and that you come to me by his order?
35 Now therefore give a wonder or sign in this matter, and then the words which you speak will be believed.
36 And Aaron hastened and threw the rod out of his hand before Pharaoh and before his servants, and the rod turned into a serpent.
37 And the sorcerers saw this and they cast each man his rod upon the ground and they became serpents.
38 And the serpent of Aaron's rod lifted up its head and opened its mouth to swallow the rods of the magicians.
39 And Balaam the magician answered and said, This thing has been from the days of old, that a serpent should swallow its fellow, and that living things devour each other.
40 Now therefore restore it to a rod as it was at first, and we will also restore our rods as they were at first, and if your rod shall swallow our rods, then shall we know that the spirit of YAHWEH is in you, and if not, you are only an artificer like unto ourselves.
41 And Aaron hastened and stretched forth his hand and caught hold of the serpent's tail and it became a rod in his hand, and the sorcerers did the like with their rods, and they got hold, each man of the tail of his serpent, and they became rods as at first.
42 And when they were restored to rods, the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.
43 And when the king saw this thing, he ordered the book of records that related to the kings of Egypt, to be brought, and they brought the book of records, the chronicles of the kings of Egypt, in which all the idols of Egypt were inscribed, for they thought of finding therein the name of YAHWEH, but they found it not.
44 And Pharaoh said to Mosheh and Aaron, Behold I have not found the name of your ALMIGHTY written in this book, and his name I know not.
45 And the counsellors and wise men answered the king, We have heard that the ALMIGHTY of the Hebrews is a son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.
46 And Pharaoh turned to Mosheh and Aaron and said to them, I know not YAHWEH whom you have declared, neither will I send his people.
47 And they answered and said to the king, YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of gods is his name, and he proclaimed his name over us from the days of our ancestors, and sent us, saying, Go to Pharaoh and say unto him, Send my people that they may serve me.
48 Now therefore send us, that we may take a journey for three days in the wilderness, and there may sacrifice to him, for from the days of our going down to Egypt, he has not taken from our hands either burnt offering, oblation or sacrifice, and if you wilt not send us, his anger will be kindled against you, and he will smite Egypt either with the plague or with the sword.
49 And Pharaoh said to them, Tell me now his power and his might; and they said to him, He created the heaven and the earth, the seas and all their fishes, he formed the light, created the darkness, caused rain upon the earth and watered it, and made the herbage and grass to sprout, he created man and beast and the animals of the forest, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and by his mouth they live and die.
50 Surely he created you in your mother's womb, and put into you the breath of life, and reared you and placed you upon the royal throne of Egypt, and he will take your breath and soul from you, and return you to the ground whence you wast taken.
51 And the anger of the king was kindled at their words, and he said to them, But who amongst all the Gods of nations can do this? my river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
52 And he drove them from him, and he ordered the labor upon Yisrael to be more severe than it was yesterday and before.
53 And Mosheh and Aaron went out from the king's presence, and they saw the children of Yisrael in an evil condition for the task-masters had made their labor exceedingly heavy.
54 And Mosheh returned to YAHWEH and said, Why hast you ill treated your people? for since I came to speak to Pharaoh what you didst send me for, he has exceedingly ill used the children of Yisrael.
55 And YAHWEH said to Mosheh, Behold you wilt see that with an outstretched hand and heavy plagues, Pharaoh will send the children of Yisrael from his land.
56 And Mosheh and Aaron dwelt amongst their brethren the children of Yisrael in Egypt.
57 And as for the children of Yisrael the Egyptians embittered their lives, with the heavy work which they imposed upon them.

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Jasher, Chapter 77

1 Adikam was twenty years old when he reigned over Egypt, he reigned four years.
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2 In the two hundred and sixth year of Yisrael's going down to Egypt did Adikam reign over Egypt, but he continued not so long in his reign over Egypt as his fathers had continued their reigns.
3 For Melol his father reigned ninety-four years in Egypt, but he was ten years sick and died, for he had been wicked before YAHWEH.
4 And all the Egyptians called the name of Adikam Pharaoh like the name of his fathers, as was their custom to do in Egypt.
5 And all the wise men of Pharaoh called the name of Adikam Ahuz, for short is called Ahuz in the Egyptian language.
6 And Adikam was exceedingly ugly, and he was a cubit and a span and he had a great beard which reached to the soles of his feet.
7 And Pharaoh sat upon his father's throne to reign over Egypt, and he conducted the government of Egypt in his wisdom.
8 And while he reigned he exceeded his father and all the preceding kings in wickedness, and he increased his yoke over the children of Yisrael.
9 And he went with his servants to Goshen to the children of Yisrael, and he strengthened the labor over them and he said unto them, Complete your work, each day's task, and let not your hands slacken from our work from this day forward as you did in the days of my father.
10 And he placed officers over them from amongst the children of Yisrael, and over these officers he placed taskmasters from amongst his servants.
11 And he placed over them a measure of bricks for them to do according to that number, day by day, and he turned back and went to Egypt.
12 At that time the task-masters of Pharaoh ordered the officers of the children of Yisrael according to the command of Pharaoh, saying,
13 Thus says Pharaoh, Do your work each day, and finish your task, and observe the daily measure of bricks; diminish not anything.
14 And it shall come to pass that if you are deficient in your daily bricks, I will put your young children in their stead.
15 And the task-masters of Egypt did so in those days as Pharaoh had ordered them.
16 And whenever any deficiency was found in the children of Yisrael's measure of their daily bricks, the task-masters of Pharaoh would go to the wives of the children of Yisrael and take infants of the children of Yisrael to the number of bricks deficient, they would take them by force from their mother's laps, and put them in the building instead of the bricks;
17 Whilst their fathers and mothers were crying over them and weeping when they heard the weeping voices of their infants in the wall of the building.
18 And the task-masters prevailed over Yisrael, that the Yisraelites should place their children in the building, so that a man placed his son in the wall and put mortar over him, while his eyes wept over him, and his tears ran down upon his child.
19 And the task-masters of Egypt did so to the babes of Yisrael for many days, and no one pitied or had compassion over the babes of the children of Yisrael.
20 And the number of all the children killed in the building was two hundred and seventy, some whom they had built upon instead of the bricks which had been left deficient by their fathers, and some whom they had drawn out dead from the building.
21 And the labor imposed upon the children of Yisrael in the days of Adikam exceeded in hardship that which they performed in the days of his father.
22 And the children of Yisrael sighed every day on account of their heavy work, for they had said to themselves, Behold when Pharaoh shall die, his son will rise up and lighten our work!
23 But they increased the latter work more than the former, and the children of Yisrael sighed at this and their cry ascended to YAHWEH on account of their labor.
24 And YAHWEH heard the voice of the children of Yisrael and their cry, in those days, and YAHWEH remembered to them his covenant which he had made with Abraham, Yitschaq and Yacob.
25 And YAHWEH saw the burden of the children of Yisrael, and their heavy work in those days, and he determined to deliver them.
26 And Mosheh (Moses) the son of Amram was still confined in the dungeon in those days, in the house of Reuel the Midianite, and Zipporah the daughter of Reuel did support him with food secretly day by day.
27 And Mosheh was confined in the dungeon in the house of Reuel for ten years.
28 And at the end of ten years which was the first year of the reign of Pharaoh over Egypt, in the place of his father,
29 Zipporah said to her father Reuel, No person inquires or seeks after the Hebrew man, whom you didst bind in prison now ten years.
30 Now therefore, if it seem good in your sight, let us send and see whether he is living or dead, but her father knew not that she had supported him.
31 And Reuel her father answered and said to her, Has ever such a thing happened that a man should be shut up in a prison without food for ten years, and that he should live?
32 And Zipporah answered her father, saying, Surely you hast heard that the ALMIGHTY of the Hebrews is great and awful, and does wonders for them at all times.
33 He it was who delivered Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans, and Yitschaq from the sword of his father, and Yacob from the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH who wrestled with him at the ford of Jabbuk.
34 Also with this man has he done many things, he delivered him from the river in Egypt and from the sword of Pharaoh, and from the children of Cush, so also can he deliver him from famine and make him live.
35 And the thing seemed good in the sight of Reuel, and he did according to the word of his daughter, and sent to the dungeon to ascertain what became of Mosheh.
36 And he saw, and behold the man Mosheh was living in the dungeon, standing upon his feet, praising and praying to YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of his ancestors.
37 And Reuel commanded Mosheh to be brought out of the dungeon, so they shaved him and he changed his prison garments and ate bread.
38 And afterward Mosheh went into the garden of Reuel which was behind the house, and he there prayed to YAHWEH his ALMIGHTY, who had done mighty wonders for him.
39 And it was that while he prayed he looked opposite to him, and behold a sapphire stick was placed in the ground, which was planted in the midst of the garden.
40 And he approached the stick and he looked, and behold the name of YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of hosts was engraved thereon, written and developed upon the stick.
41 And he read it and stretched forth his hand and he plucked it like a forest tree from the thicket, and the stick was in his hand.
42 And this is the stick with which all the works of our YAHWEH were performed, after he had created heaven and earth, and all the host of them, seas, rivers and all their fishes.
43 And when YAHWEH had driven Adam from the garden of Eden, he took the stick in his hand and went and tilled the ground from which he was taken.
44 And the stick came down to Noah and was given to Shem and his descendants, until it came into the hand of Abraham the Hebrew.
45 And when Abraham had given all he had to his son Yitschaq, he also gave to him this stick.
46 And when Yacob had fled to Padan-aram, he took it into his hand, and when he returned to his father he had not left it behind him.
47 Also when he went down to Egypt he took it into his hand and gave it to Yoseph, one portion above his brethren, for Yacob had taken it by force from his brother Esau.
48 And after the death of Yoseph, the nobles of Egypt came into the house of Yoseph, and the stick came into the hand of Reuel the Midianite, and when he went out of Egypt, he took it in his hand and planted it in his garden.
49 And all the mighty men of the Kinites tried to pluck it when they endeavored to get Zipporah his daughter, but they were unsuccessful.
50 So that stick remained planted in the garden of Reuel, until he came who had a right to it and took it.
51 And when Reuel saw the stick in the hand of Mosheh, he wondered at it, and he gave him his daughter Zipporah for a wife.

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Jasher, Chapter 76

1 And Mosheh (Moses) the son of Amram was still king in the land of Cush in those days, and he prospered in his kingdom, and he conducted the government of the children of Cush in justice, in righteousness, and integrity.
2 And all the children of Cush loved Mosheh all the days that he reigned over them, and all the inhabitants of the land of Cush were greatly afraid of him.
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3 And in the fortieth year of the reign of Mosheh over Cush, Mosheh was sitting on the royal throne while Adoniah the queen was before him, and all the nobles were sitting around him.
4 And Adoniah the queen said before the king and the princes, What is this thing which you, the children of Cush, have done for this long time?
5 Surely you know that for forty years that this man has reigned over Cush he has not approached me, nor has he served the gods of the children of Cush.
6 Now therefore hear, O ye children of Cush, and let this man no more reign over you as he is not of our flesh.
7 Behold Menacrus my son is grown up, let him reign over you, for it is better for you to serve the son of your lord, than to serve a stranger, slave of the king of Egypt.
8 And all the people and nobles of the children of Cush heard the words which Adoniah the queen had spoken in their ears.
9 And all the people were preparing until the evening, and in the morning they rose up early and made Menacrus, son of Kikianus, king over them.
10 And all the children of Cush were afraid to stretch forth their hand against Mosheh, for YAHWEH was with Mosheh, and the children of Cush remembered the oath which they swore unto Mosheh, therefore they did no harm to him.
11 But the children of Cush gave many presents to Mosheh, and sent him from them with great honor.
12 So Mosheh went forth from the land of Cush, and went home and ceased to reign over Cush, and Mosheh was sixty-six years old when he went out of the land of Cush, for the thing was from YAHWEH, for the period had arrived which he had appointed in the days of old, to bring forth Yisrael from the affliction of the children of Ham.
13 So Mosheh went to Midian, for he was afraid to return to Egypt on account of Pharaoh, and he went and sat at a well of water in Midian.
14 And the seven daughters of Reuel the Midianite went out to feed their father's flock.
15 And they came to the well and drew water to water their father's flock.
16 So the shepherds of Midian came and drove them away, and Mosheh rose up and helped them and watered the flock.
17 And they came home to their father Reuel, and told him what Mosheh did for them.
18 And they said, An Egyptian man has delivered us from the hands of the shepherds, he drew up water for us and watered the flock.
19 And Reuel said to his daughters, And where is he? wherefore have you left the man?
20 And Reuel sent for him and fetched him and brought him home, and he ate bread with him.
21 And Mosheh related to Reuel that he had fled from Egypt and that he reigned forty years over Cush, and that they afterward had taken the government from him, and had sent him away in peace with honor and with presents.
22 And when Reuel had heard the words of Mosheh, Reuel said within himself, I will put this man into the prison house, whereby I shall conciliate the children of Cush, for he has fled from them.
23 And they took and put him into the prison house, and Mosheh was in prison ten years, and while Mosheh was in the prison house, Zipporah the daughter of Reuel took pity over him, and supported him with bread and water all the time.
24 And all the children of Yisrael were yet in the land of Egypt serving the Egyptians in all manner of hard work, and the hand of Egypt continued in severity over the children of Yisrael in those days.
25 At that time YAHWEH smote Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he afflicted with the plague of leprosy from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head; owing to the cruel treatment of the children of Yisrael was this plague at that time from YAHWEH upon Pharaoh king of Egypt.
26 For YAHWEH had hearkened to the prayer of his people the children of Yisrael, and their cry reached him on account of their hard work.
27 Still his anger did not turn from them, and the hand of Pharaoh was still stretched out against the children of Yisrael, and Pharaoh hardened his neck before YAHWEH, and he increased his yoke over the children of Yisrael, and embittered their lives with all manner of hard work.
28 And when YAHWEH had inflicted the plague upon Pharaoh king of Egypt, he asked his wise men and sorcerers to cure him.
29 And his wise men and sorcerers said unto him, That if the blood of little children were put into the wounds he would be healed.
30 And Pharaoh hearkened to them, and sent his ministers to Goshen to the children of Yisrael to take their little children.
31 And Pharaoh's ministers went and took the infants of the children of Yisrael from the bosoms of their mothers by force, and they brought them to Pharaoh daily, a child each day, and the physicians killed them and applied them to the plague; thus did they all the days.
32 And the number of the children which Pharaoh slew was three hundred and seventy-five.
33 But YAHWEH hearkened not to the physicians of the king of Egypt, and the plague went on increasing mightily.
34 And Pharaoh was ten years afflicted with that plague, still the heart of Pharaoh was more hardened against the children of Yisrael.
35 And at the end of ten years YAHWEH continued to afflict Pharaoh with destructive plagues.
36 And YAHWEH smote him with a bad tumor and sickness at the stomach, and that plague turned to a severe boil.
37 At that time the two ministers of Pharaoh came from the land of Goshen where all the children of Yisrael were, and went to the house of Pharaoh and said to him, We have seen the children of Yisrael slacken in their work and negligent in their labor.
38 And when Pharaoh heard the words of his ministers, his anger was kindled against the children of Yisrael exceedingly, for he was greatly grieved at his bodily pain.
39 And he answered and said, Now that the children of Yisrael know that I am ill, they turn and scoff at us, now therefore harness my chariot for me, and I will betake myself to Goshen and will see the scoff of the children of Yisrael with which they are deriding me; so his servants harnessed the chariot for him.
40 And they took and made him ride upon a horse, for he was not able to ride of himself;
41 And he took with him ten horsemen and ten footmen, and went to the children of Yisrael to Goshen.
42 And when they had come to the border of Egypt, the king's horse passed into a narrow place, elevated in the hollow part of the vineyard, fenced on both sides, the low, plain country being on the other side.
43 And the horses ran rapidly in that place and pressed each other, and the other horses pressed the king's horse.
44 And the king's horse fell into the low plain while the king was riding upon it, and when he fell the chariot turned over the king's face and the horse lay upon the king, and the king cried out, for his flesh was very sore.
45 And the flesh of the king was torn from him, and his bones were broken and he could not ride, for this thing was from YAHWEH to him, for YAHWEH had heard the cries of his people the children of Yisrael and their affliction.
46 And his servants carried him upon their shoulders, a little at a time, and they brought him back to Egypt, and the horsemen who were with him came also back to Egypt.
47 And they placed him in his bed, and the king knew that his end was come to die, so Aparanith the queen his wife came and cried before the king, and the king wept a great weeping with her.
48 And all his nobles and servants came on that day and saw the king in that affliction, and wept a great weeping with him.
49 And the princes of the king and all his counselors advised the king to cause one to reign in his stead in the land, whomsoever he should choose from his sons.
50 And the king had three sons and two daughters which Aparanith the queen his wife had borne to him, besides the king's children of concubines.
51 And these were their names, the firstborn Othri, the second Adikam, and the third Morion, and their sisters, the name of the elder Bathia and of the other Acuzi.
52 And Othri the first born of the king was an idiot, precipitate and hurried in his words.
53 But Adikam was a cunning and wise man and knowing in all the wisdom of Egypt, but of unseemly aspect, thick in flesh, and very short in stature; his height was one cubit.
54 And when the king saw Adikam his son intelligent and wise in all things, the king resolved that he should be king in his stead after his death.
55 And he took for him a wife Gedudah daughter of Abilot, and he was ten years old, and she bare unto him four sons.
56 And he afterward went and took three wives and begat eight sons and three daughters.
57 And the disorder greatly prevailed over the king, and his flesh stank like the flesh of a carcass cast upon the field in summer time, during the heat of the sun.
58 And when the king saw that his sickness had greatly strengthened itself over him, he ordered his son Adikam to be brought to him, and they made him king over the land in his place.
59 And at the end of three years, the king died, in shame, disgrace, and disgust, and his servants carried him and buried him in the sepulcher of the kings of Egypt in Zoan Mizraim.
60 But they embalmed him not as was usual with kings, for his flesh was putrid, and they could not approach to embalm him on account of the stench, so they buried him in haste.
61 For this evil was from YAHWEH to him, for YAHWEH had requited him evil for the evil which in his days he had done to Yisrael.
62 And he died with terror and with shame, and his son Adikam reigned in his place.

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