Dec.5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1893." I further tell you that my lot will be in the best of the middle
of the land, and ye shall eat and be satisfied withthe choice of its
products. But I warn you not to kick in your fatnessand not to
rebeland not to oppose the will of God, who satisfies you with the
bestof His earth ; and not to forget the Lord yourGod, the God
of your fathers; who was chosen by our father Abrahamwhenthe
nationsof the earth weredividedin the time of Phaleg.
" At that time,the Lord, blessedbe He, came downfromHis
high heavens, and brought down withHim seventyministering
angels,Michael the first among them. He commanded them to
teachthe seventy descendantsof Noah seventylanguages.
" The angels descendedimmediatelyand fulfilled the command
of their Creator.
" The holy language, the Hebrew, remainedonly in the house of
Semand Eber, and in the house of our father Abraham,who is one
of their descendants.
" On that day the angel Michaeltooka message fromthe Lord,
and said to the seventy nations, to each nation separately: ' You
knowthe rebellion you undertook and the treacherous confederacy
into which you entered againstthe Lord of heaven and earth, now
chooseto-daywhomyou will worship and who shall be yourProtector
in heaven.'
" Nimrod the wicked answered: ' I do not know any one greater
thanthat (these) whotaughtme and my nation the languages of
Kush!' In like manner answeredalso Put, and Mizraim, and Tubal,
and Javan, and Meseh, and Tiras ; and every nationchoseits own
angel,and none of them mentionedthe name of the Lord, blessed
be He.
" But when Michael saiduntoour father Abraham: ' Abram,
whomdostthouchoose and whomwilt thou worship?' Abram
answered: ' I choose and I will worship onlyHim whosaid,and
the world was created, Whohas created me in the womb of my
mother,bodywithinbody,Whohas given untome spirit and soul,
HimI choose and to Him will I cling, I and my seed afterme, all
the days of the world.'
" Then He divided the nationsand apportionedto every nationits
lot and share ; and from thattimeall the nations separated them
selvesfromthe Lord, blessedbe He; onlyAbraham and his house
remainedwithhis Creator to worship Him; and after him Isaac and
Jacoband myself.
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