And when the Angel said this he arose from the bed of our Father Isaac and departed from him; and he looked upon him and was filled with wonder at what he had heard and seen and began to say, I shall not see the light until they ask for me.
2And while he was thinking, Jacob had come to the door of the sleeping-place of his father: and the angel had cast slumber upon him that he should not hear them.
3And when he entered the sleeping-place of his father he said, Father, with whom wast thou talking?
4And his father Isaac said to him, You seem to hear me, O my son; they have sent to thy aged father to take him from thee, O my son Jacob.
5Then he fell on his father's neck and wept and said to him, My strength is departed from me, wilt thou make me an orphan, O father, and today I shall be of no account?
6And he fell on the neck of our Father Isaac and kissed him and they both wept until they were outworn and weary, while Jacob said, Father, I will go with thee and I will not part from thee.
7And he said to him, O my son, this is not in my power, O my son and my beloved Jacob.
8Nevertheless I thank God that thou also art become a father, and thou shalt remain until they ask for thee, because I know the day on which they came forth into the world that vanisheth.
9(A gap.) As my father Abraham told me, I cannot turn aside anything of the decree which is determined for every man, and so it shall be, because that which is written shall not be shaken.
10Howbeit God knoweth, O my son, that my heart is grieved for thy sake, though I myself am glad because I go to the Lord.
11And now thou shalt be established in the Spirit; and put from thee this weeping and lamenting.
12Hearken, O my son, that I may tell thee and give thee understanding concerning the first man, I mean our Father Adam, who was created, whom God created with His hand, and our mother Eve.
13Verily Abel and Seth and our Father Enoch, and Mahalaleel the father of Methuselah, and Lamech the father of Jared, and Enosh the father of our father Noah, and his sons Shem and Ham and Japheth, and after them Phinehas and Cainan and Noah and Eber and Reu and Terah and Nahor and my Father Abraham and Lot’, these all death took away except our Father Enoch the only perfect one, who ascended to heaven.
14And hereafter twelve mighty ones shall come forth, and Jesus the Messiah shall come of thy seed of a virgin whose name is Miriam, and God shall abide upon him till a hundred years be fulfilled.
15And Isaac used to fast all the day, not breaking his fast until the evening.
16And he used to offer sacrifices for himself and for all the people of his household, for the salvation of their souls, and they used to rise up for prayer in the middle of the night, and in the day time he would pray to God.
17And he did this for many years, and he fasted for three periods of forty days, every time the forty days’ fast came round, and he ate no flesh and drank no wine for the length of the days of his life, and he never touched fruit nor slept upon a couch, because he was occupied with prayer every day and with supplication before God for the length of his life.