መጽሐፈ ኩፋሌ 35:8
ያዕቆብ አላት፦ እናቴ፣ ዕድሜዬ እንደ ዕድሜሽ ቢቀርብልኝ እና ኃይሌ እንደ ኃይልሽ ቢኖርብኝ ብፁዕ እሆናለሁ። አትሞችም፤ ስለ ሞትሽ ከእኔ ጋር ተቀልይተሽ ከንቱ ነገር ብቻ ተናገርሽ።
ያዕቆብ አላት፦ እናቴ፣ ዕድሜዬ እንደ ዕድሜሽ ቢቀርብልኝ እና ኃይሌ እንደ ኃይልሽ ቢኖርብኝ ብፁዕ እሆናለሁ። አትሞችም፤ ስለ ሞትሽ ከእኔ ጋር ተቀልይተሽ ከንቱ ነገር ብቻ ተናገርሽ።
Jacob said to her: 'Mother, I would be fortunate if my lifetime approached your lifetime and (if) my strength would remain with me in the way your strength has. You are not going to die but rather have jokingly spoken idle nonsense with me about your death'.
Jacob said to her: ‘Mother, I would be fortunate if my lifetime approached your lifetime and (if) my strength would remain with me in the way your strength has. You are not going to die but rather have jokingly spoken idle nonsense with me about your death’.