Testament of Isaac

Testament of Isaac, Gaselee1927 Bohairic translation, printedpage 71

APPENDIX 71 covenant (3ta0711e71) for ever. My father Abraham said: Thine is the power (ltovma), 0 Lord the Almighty (1rav-ro,cparwp). (f. 175a) The Lord said unto my father from the holy place : Every man that shall give the name of my beloved Isaac unto his son, or write his testament (o,a071K7J) and lay it in his hand for a blessing, My blessing shall not fail in that house for ever and ever. Or if he give to eat to a beggar that is an-hungered on the day of the commemoration of my beloved Isaac, it shall make him acceptable (-xapi~Ea8ai) unto you in My kingdom. My father Abraham said: Lord God Almighty (1ravro,cparwp), if it be impossible for him to write his testament, let Thy mercy take hold upon him, for Thou art merciful and compassionate. The Lord said unto Abraham : Let him give bread unto them that are an-hungered and the poor, and I will give him unto you in My kingdom, and he shall come with you unto the first hour of the thousand years. Our father Abraham said: If he be poor and cannot find bread ? The Lord said : Let him pass the night of My beloved Isaac without slumber, and I will give him unto you as an inheritor in My kingdom. (f. 175b) My father Abraham said: If he be weak (aa0EJ/7/s) and this be impossible for him, let Thy mercy take hold upon him in love (dya7TTJ). The Lord said unto him : Let him offer up a little incense in My name and on the day of the com- memoration· of My beloved Isaac, and I will give him to you as a son in My kingdom. And again, if he cannot find incense, let him busy himself about his testament and meditate (-p.E~Hav) upon it on