17 will not forsake my kindred. (WEB) 18 I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race. (WEB) 19 But you, both living and dead, he will punish.” (WEB)
4 Maccabees 12:17–19
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Book of Jubilees 36:10–12
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