hearts.8 And in blessing his grandson Jacob, he voiced the assurance: “The spirits of Mastema shall not rule over thee or over thy seed, to turn thee from the Lord” (19.28). Mastema made desperate efforts to prevent the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. The Bible (Ex. 4:24 ff.) tells that on his way from Midian to Egypt, Moses was attacked by God for failing to circumcise his son, and was saved only by the prompt action of his wife Zipporah. As Jubilees retells the story, it was Mastema who tried
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