Testament of Judah

Chapter 2

  1. 1 And the Lord showed me favour in all my works both in the field and in the house. I know that
  2. 3 I raced a hind, and caught it, and prepared the meat for my father, and he did eat. And the roes I used to master in the chase, and overtake all that was in the plains. A wild mare I overtook, and
  3. 4 caught it and tamed it. I slew a lion and plucked a kid out of its mouth. I took a bear by its paw
  4. 5 and hurled it down the cliff, and it was crushed. I outran the wild boar, and seizing it as I ran,
  5. 6 I tore it in sunder. A leopard in Hebron leaped upon my dog, and I caught it by the tail, and
  6. 7 hurled it on the rocks, and it was broken in twain. I found a wild ox feeding in the fields, and seizing it by the horns, and whirling it round and stunning it, I cast it from me and slew it.