[beginning missing in digitization, p. 245] ...daily, speaking with the angel; and he said unto him in this manner: 'Let that which is pleasing unto the Lord come to pass.'
2And God blessed our father Jacob, and appointed for him a place apart that he might withdraw into it, offering his prayers unto God by day and by night; and the angel was visiting him, keeping watch over him, preserving him, and strengthening him in all things.
3And God blessed him, and his people multiplied exceedingly in the land of Egypt; for at the time when he came down to Egypt unto Joseph his son, his eyes had grown heavy by reason of much weeping and sorrow of heart for Joseph his son.
4But when he came down to Egypt, he recovered his sight when he beheld the face of Joseph his son; and Jacob Israel fell upon his face, upon the neck of Joseph his son, and embraced him, weeping and saying: 'Let me die now, since I have seen thy face once more while thou art yet alive, O my beloved!'
5And Joseph was ruler over all Egypt; and Jacob dwelt in the land of Goshen seventeen years, and grew very old, being full of days, and kept all the commandments and the fear of the Lord; and his eyes were heavy that he could not see any man, through the greatness of old age.
6And he lifted up his eyes unto the light of the angel who talked with him, who bore the likeness and the countenance of his father Isaac; and he was afraid, and was troubled.
7The angel said unto him: 'Fear not, Jacob. I am the angel that hath walked with thee from thy youth; I chose thee that thou mightest receive the blessing of Isaac thy father and Rebekah thy mother; I am he that is with thee, O Israel, in all things that thou hast done and in all things that thou hast seen.'
8'I am he that delivered thee out of the hand of Laban when he pursued after thee; I gave thee all his possessions, and I blessed thee, and all thy wives, and thy children, and all thy cattle.'
9'I also am he that delivered thee out of the hands of Esau; I also am he that guided thy way down into the land of Egypt, O Israel, and caused thee to spread abroad exceedingly.'
10'Blessed is thy father Abraham, for he became the friend of the Most High God by reason of his love for strangers; blessed is thy father Isaac who begat thee, for his sacrifice became perfect, being well-pleasing unto God.'
11'Blessed art thou also, O Jacob, for thou didst see God face to face, and didst behold the host of the angels of the Most High God; thou sawest the ladder set fast upon the earth, whose top reached unto heaven; thou sawest also the Lord established above the top thereof in unutterable power, and criedst out, saying: This is the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!'
12'Blessed art thou, for thou didst prevail with God, and wast mighty among men; now therefore be not troubled, O beloved of God; blessed art thou, O Israel, and blessed is all thy seed, for ye shall be called patriarchs until the consummation of this age; for verily ye are My people, and ye are the foundation of the servants of God.'
13'Blessed is every nation that shall speak of thy purity, and thy virtue, and thy righteousness, and thy good deeds; blessed is the man that shall make remembrance of you in your honored feast.'
14'Blessed is he that shall perform an act of charity in your name, or shall give a cup of water unto a man, or shall bring an offering complete unto your sanctuary or unto any sanctuary in your name, or shall welcome a stranger, or shall visit the sick, or shall comfort an orphan, or shall clothe the naked in your name: he shall lack no good thing in this world, and in the world to come he shall inherit everlasting life.'
15'And furthermore, whosoever shall write your life by his labor, or acquire it with his hands, or read it with understanding, and whosoever shall hear it in faith and in steadfastness of heart, and whosoever shall proclaim your deeds: all their sins shall be forgiven them, and they shall be bestowed upon you in the kingdom of the heavens.'
16'Now therefore arise, for they are about to transfer thee from toil and grief of heart unto rest everlasting; and they shall conduct thee unto an unfading refreshment, and a rest without end, and a light that never setteth, and joy, and gladness, and spiritual rejoicing.'
17'Now therefore commit thy words into the hands of thy children; and peace be with thee, for I must go unto Him that sent me.' And when he had spoken these things unto him, the angel departed from him up into the heavens in peace, while Jacob looked after him.