Testament of Jacob

Testament of Jacob, Gaselee1927 Bohairic translation, printedpage 76

II. THE TESTAMENT OF JACOB (Cod. Copt, Vat. 61, f. 178a.) Tms again also is the coming forth from the body (awµ.a) of our father the Patriarch (1TaTptapX7Js-) Jacob, who is called Israel, on the twenty-eighth day of the month Mesore, in the peace (elp11VTJ) of God. Amen. Now (oe) it came to pass when the days of our beloved father Jacob the Patriarch, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, drew nigh that he should come forth from the body (awµ.a), and (oe) the God-loving Jacob was advanced in days, the Lord sent unto him Michael the archangel (dpxayye.\os-); and he said unto him : Israel, my beloved and thou good root, write thy words of instruction for thy sons, and establish for them thy testament (oia011K1J), and take care for thine household ; for the time is come that thou shalt go unto thy fathers and have joy with them for ever. But (oe) the God-loving Jacob, when (f. 178b) he heard these words from the angel (dyye.\os), answered and spake unto him on this wise: My lord (now _it was his custom (avVTJBna) daily to speak with angels (dyye.\os)); he spake unto him on this wise : May the will of the Lord be done. And God blessed our father Jacob. He put him in a solitary place whither he could retire (avaxwpetv), making his prayers (evx71) unto God day and night : 76