4 And how should I not do this thing which thou hast commanded me, that I should honour my father and my brother! (JUB) 5 Tell me, mother, what perversity hast thou seen in me and I shall turn away from it, and mercy will be upon me.' (JUB) 6 And she said unto him: 'My son, I have not seen in thee all my days any perverse but (only) upright deeds. And yet I will tell thee the truth, my son: I shall die this year, and I shall not survive this year in my life; for I have seen in a dream the day of my death, that I should not live beyond a hundred and fifty-five years: and behold I have completed all the days of my life which I am to live.' (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 35:4–6
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