Kebra Nagast

15. CONCERNING ISAAC AND JACOB And Isaac his son became king, and he did not transand he was pure in gress the commandment of God And his soul and in his body, and he died in honour. ; his son Jacob reigned, and he also did not transgress the commandment of God, and his possessions became numerous, and his children were many and God blessed him and he died in honour. ; CONCERNING ROB^L (REUBEN) 16. And after him, Jacob's firstborn son transgressed the commandment of God, and the kingdom departed from him and from his seed, because he had defiled his father's wife 1 ; now it is not right to transgress the law which God hath commanded. And his father cursed him, and God was wroth with him, and he became the least among his brethren, and his children became leprous and although he was the firstborn son [of ; 2 And his the kingdom was rent from him. Jacob] called and he was brother Judah bereigned, younger 3 his kingand his seed was of And cause this. blessed, and scabby dom flourished, and his sons were blessed. And after him Fares (Pharez) his son reigned. And he died and 'Isarom (Hezron) his son reigned. And after him his son 'Orni (Oren ?) reigned, and after him Aram (Aram 5 ) 4 his son reigned, and after him Aminadab his son reigned, and after him Nason (Naasson) his son reigned, and after him Sala (Salmon ?) his son reigned, and after him Ba c os (Boaz) his son reigned, and after him 'lyubed (Obed) his son reigned, and after him E'sey (Jesse) his son reigned. And this is what I say [concerning] the kingdom The blessing of the father [was] on the son, : 2 I Chronicles v, I. Genesis xxxv, 22 xlix, 4. 3 Here the name Judah is considered to be derived from the " to carry off by force." Ethiopic root Md, 6 4 Matthew i, 4 ; Luke iii, 33. See I Chronicles ii, 25. 1 ; 12