Kebra Nagast

The Chariot and the Vanquisher my father and by my God, Who is the renewer of that thou bury me not in this country, but in my the tomb of my fathers, so that my death may be with Know them and my life subsequently with them." then by this similitude of the word. And Joseph his son life of life, 1 carried Israel and buried him by the grave of his fathers, for he reverenced the oath which Jacob had made him to swear. And again, when Jacob fell sick in Egypt he called his brethren and his children, and made them to swear that they would not leave his bones in the land of Egypt, and said, " When God maketh you to return take ye my bones with you and mingle them in the grave of my fathers." 113. 2 CONCERNING THE CHARIOT AND THE VANQUISHER OF THE ENEMY And the Archbishops (or, Patriarchs) answered and unto Gregory, the Worker of Wonders, " Behold now, we know well, and thou hast made us to understand that the Kings of Ethiopia have become glorious and great through Zion. And the Kings of Rome also have become great because of the nails [of the Cross] that Helena made into a bridle, which hath said become the vanquisher of the enemy for the King of Rome. And the chariot belongeth to the King of Ethiopia, and it hath vanquished his enemy. And tell us also how long the vanquisher of the enemy shall remain with the King of Rome, and the chariot containing Zion with the King of Ethiopia. Tell us, for God hath revealed unto thee what hath been, and what shall be, vision and prophecy, like Moses and Elijah." And Gregory answered and said unto them, " I will reveal unto you concerning the King of Rome when he shall transgress and shall provoke God to wrath in the faith. This faith which we have ordered and laid down 1 Genesis xlvii, 29. 2 Genesis 1, 25. 221