17 For there is no inclination or thought which the Lord knoweth not, for He created every man after His own image. (T12) 18 For as a man's strength, so also in his work; as his eye, so also in his sleep; as his soul, so also in his word either in the law of the Lord or in the law of Beliar. (T12) 19 And as there is a division between light and darkness, between seeing and hearing, so also is there a division between man and man, and between woman and woman; and it is not to be said that the one is like the other either in face or in mind. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 1:17–19
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