Part 66

and all the ravens turn back, and his name became great in all the land of the Chaldees. 21. And there came to him this year all those that wished to sow, and he went with them until the time of sowing ceased: and they sowed their land, and that year they brought enough grain home and eat and were satisfied. 22. And in the first year of the fifth week [1891 A.M.] Abram taught those who made implements for oxen, the artificers in wood, and they made a vessel above the ground, facing the frame of the plough, in order to put the seed thereon, and the seed fell down therefrom upon the share of the plough, and was hidden in the earth, and they no longer feared the ravens. 23. And after this manner they made (vessels) above the ground on all the frames of the ploughs, and they sowed and tilled all the land, according as Abram commanded them, and they no longer feared the birds. 1. And it came to pass in the sixth week, in the seventh year thereof, [1904 A.M.] that Abram said to Terah his father, saying, 'Father!' 2. And he said, 'Behold, here am I, my son.' And he said,

'What help and profit have we from those idols which thou dost worship,

And before which thou dost bow thyself?

3. For there is no spirit in them,

For they are dumb forms, and a misleading of the heart.

Worship them not:

4. Worship the God of heaven,

Who causes the rain and the dew to descend on the earth

And does everything upon the earth,

And has created everything by His word,

And all life is from before His face.

5. Why do ye worship things that have no spirit in them?

For they are the work of (men's) hands,

And on your shoulders do ye bear them,

And ye have no help from them,

But they are a great cause of shame to those who make them,

And a misleading of