Testament of Isaac

Testament of Isaac, Gaselee1927 Bohairic translation, printedpage 61

APPENDIX 61 there be, 0 my beloved: therefore do thou thyself instruct thy sons after thy way and all the things which thy father did command thee. Hide nothing from Jacob, so that (tva) be may write them down unto all the generations (yEvrn) that come after him, that all they that love God may work according to them, and obtain for themselves everlasting life. But (d,\,\a) do thou by all means (77aVTw,) take thought,1 because I come unto thee in joy, without delay. The peace (Elprivr,) which the Lord gave unto us, I give it unto thee : for I must depart with all speed unto Hirn that sent me. Now (oE) when the angel (dyyEAo,) had said this, he arose above the bed (f. 167b) of our father Isaac; he departed (d.vaxwpHv) while our father Isaac watched after him. And he was astonished at the revelation which he had seen, and he said: I shall not see the light until I shall be sought. Now (8€) while he was saying this, behold Jacob arose: he came nigh unto the door of the bed-chamber (KoiTwv) of his father: now the angel (ayyEAo,) had cast a slumber upon him, so that be should not hear them speaking. And (81:) when he had come nigh unto the place wherein his father slept, he said unto him : My father, with whom speakest thou? His father said : Unto Isaac : Dost thou hear me, 0 my son? Thine aged father hath been sent for to be taken from thee, 0 my beloved son. He cast his arms about his father; he wept, saying unto him : My strength hath gone and hath left me; thou hast 1 The meaning here, as of the same expression in f. 165a fin., is something between" meditate" and" set thy affairs in order."