Chapter 22

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AND it came to pass after these things that lo! the heavens were opened, and I saw, and power was given to me, and a voice was heard from on high, and it said unto me:

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Baruk, Baruk, why are you troubled?

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He who travels by a road but does not complete it, or who departs by sea but does not arrive at the port, can he be comforted?

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Or he who promises to give a present to another, but does not fulfil it, is it not robbery?

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Or he who sows the earth, but does not reap its fruit in its season, does he not lose everything?

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Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?

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Or a woman who has conceived, if she bring forth untimely, does she not assuredly slay her infant? Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell me that first.



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