Apocalypse of Abraham 5
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Work: Apocalypse of Abraham
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1918 corrected reading derivative
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V. I, however, having thought over my father's anger, went out; [and after I had gone out] my father cried, saying: " Abraham! " And I said: " Here am I." And he said: " Take and collect the splinters of the wood out of which I made gods of pine-wood before thou camest; and make ready for me the food of the mid-day meal." And it came to pass, when I collected the splinters of wood, I found under them a little god which had been lying among the brush-wood on my left, and on his forehead was written: God Barisat. And I did not inform my father that I had found the wooden god Barisat under the ch…
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- 1918 corrected reading derivative
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