2 For while he was still in health, he said to them: Hearken, ye children of Asher, to your father, and I will declare to you all that is upright in the sight of the Lord. (T12) 3 Two ways hath God given to the sons of men, and two inclinations, and two kinds of action, and two modes of action, and two issues. (T12) 4 Therefore all things are by twos, one over against the other. (T12)
Testament of Asher 1:2–4
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