7 For he saw that I had delivered a lamb out of the mouth of a bear, and put the bear to death; but had slain the lamb, being grieved concerning it that it could not live, and that we had eaten it. (T12)
Testament of Gad 1:7
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Book of Enoch 89:56–58
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