"Now behold,the wholefamilyhas risenagainstyour maidservant,and they say,'Handoverthe one who struckhis brother,that we may puthim to deathfor the lifeof his brotherwhomhe killed,and destroythe heiralso.'Thus they will extinguishmy coalwhichis left,so as to leavemy husbandneithernamenorremnanton the faceof the earth."
untilyour brother'sangeragainstyou subsidesand he forgetswhatyou didto him. Then I will sendand getyou from there.Whyshould I be bereavedof you bothin oneday?"
"Behold,You have drivenme this dayfrom the faceof the ground;and from Your faceI will be hidden,and I will be a vagrantand a wandereron the earth,and whoeverfindsme will killme."
The eldersof his householdstoodbesidehim in order to raisehim up from the ground,but he was unwillingand would not eatfoodwith them.
"Your maidservanthad twosons,but the twoof them struggledtogetherin the field,and therewas nooneto separatethem, so onestruckthe otherand killedhim.
Then the kingsaidto the woman,"Goto your house,and I will giveordersconcerningyou."
The bloodavengerhimselfshall putthe murdererto death;he shall puthim to deathwhen he meetshim.
"But when the vine-growerssawthe son,they saidamongthemselves,'Thisis the heir;come,let us killhim and seizehis inheritance.'
"It shall be that the firstbornwhomshe bearsshall assumethe nameof his deadbrother,so that his namewill not be blottedout from Israel.
