NAPHTALI'S DREAMS OF THE DIVISION OF THE TRIBES

In the hundred and thirty-second year of his life, Naphtali
invited all his children to a banquet. The next morning
when he awoke, he told them that he was dying, but they
would not believe him. He, however, praised the Lord, and
assured them again that his death was due after the banquet
of the day before. Then he addressed his last words to his
children:

"I was born of Bilhah, and because Rachel had acted with
cunning, and had given Jacob Bilhah instead of herself, I
was called Naphtali. Rachel loved me, for I was born upon
her knees, and while I was still very young, she was in the
habit of kissing me and saying, 'O that I had a brother unto

 
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