Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

CHAPTER XIII.

1 Joseph seeks a He­brew mid­wife, 2 per­ceives the owls stop­ping in their flight, 3 the work­ing peo­ple at their food not mov­ing, 8 the sheep stand­ing still, 9 the shep­herd fixed and im­move­able, 10 and kids with their mouths touch­ing the wa­ter but not drink­ing.

AND leav­ing her and his sons in the cave, Joseph went forth to seek a He­brew mid­wife in the vil­lage of Beth­le­hem.

2 But as I was go­ing (said Joseph), I looked up in­to the air, and I saw the clouds as­ton­ished, and the fowls of the air stop­ping in the midst of their flight.

3 And I looked down to­wards the earth, and saw a ta­ble spread, and work­ing peo­ple sit­ting around it, but their hands were up­on the ta­ble and they did not move to eat.

4 They who had meat in their mouths did not eat.

5 They who lift­ed their hands up to their heads did not draw them back,

6 And they who lift­ed them up to their mouths did not put any thing in;

7 But all their faces were fixed up­wards.

8 And I be­held the sheep dis­persed, and yet the sheep stood still.

9 And the shep­herd lift­ed up his hand to smite them, and his hand con­tin­ued up.

10 And I looked un­to a riv­er, and saw the kids with their mouths close to the wa­ter, and touch­ing it, but they did not drink.