Kebra Nagast

He was crucified without sin, and He rose [again] without corruption. And for the sake of this He went down to you into Sheol, and tore down its walls, that He might deliver you and bring you out, and show mercy upon all of you. Ye in whose bellies thePearlshall be carried shall be saved with your wives, and none of you shall be destroyed, from your father Adam unto him that shall come, thy kinsman 'lyakem (Joachim), and from Eve thy mother, the wife of Adam, to Noah and his wife Tarmiza, to Tara (Terah) and his wife 'Aminya, and to Abraham and his wife Sara (Sarah), and to Isaac and his wife Rebka (Rebecca), and to Jacob and his wife Leya (Leah), and to Yahuda and his bride Te'emar (Tamar), and to thy father and his wife Bersabeh (Bathsheba), and to thyself and Tarbana thy wife, and to Rehoboam thy son and his wife 'Amis a, and to lyo'akem (Joachim) thy kinsman, who is to come, and his wife Hanna. " None of you who shall have carried the Pearl shall be destroyed, and whether it be your men or your women, those who shall have carried the Pearl shall not be destroyed. For the Pearl shall be carried by the men who shall be righteous, and the women who have carried the Pearl shall not be destroyed, for they shall become pure through that Pearl, for it is holy and and pure ; pure, and by it they shall be made holy and for its sake and for the sake of Zion He hath Zion hath taken up her created the whole world. abode with thy firstborn and she shall be the salvation and the Pearl shall of the people of Ethiopia for ever of in the be carried 'Ayorbe'am (Rehoboam) thy belly And son, and shall be the saviour of all the world. shall be Pearl this come hath time the when appointed times seven is for it born of thy seed, exceedingly pure, shall come purer than the sun. And the Redeemer dwell shall and His of from the seat Godhead, upon her, and shall put on her flesh, and straightway thou ; 112