Also ye know how the Lord restored to me my former state, and gave me the double of all that I had possessed before; and how I married your mother, and she bare me you:  seven sons and three daughters, as it is this day.

And now behold, my sons, I die; and as for you, forget not ye the Lord, do good to the poor, pass not by the helpless, take not to yourselves wives from among the heathen.

Moreover, Job said, “I will divide my substance among you, and each of you shall possess his portion in peace.”

Then Job divided his substance among his seven sons, but to his daughters he gave none of it; and they were grieved, and said, “Father, are we not also thy children?” And he answered, “Trouble not yourselves, for I have prepared for you an inheritance better than that of your brethren.”  And he called to him his eldest daughter, and gave her his signet-ring, saying, “Go into the treasure-chamber and bring me the three golden caskets which you will find there.”  And when she had brought them, he opened them, and took from them three cords, and gave one to each of his daughters.  Now these cords were exceeding beautiful, of many colours, and sending forth sparks of light as it had been rays of the sun; and he said to his daughters, “Gird them about you, and keep them all the days of your life.”

But Keziah, the second of the daughters, said, “Father, is this that excellent inheritance which you promised to us?  What is the use of these cords?  Shall we be able to live by means of them?” And he answered, “Not only so, but they will bring you even into the better life.  Know ye not, my children, what is the worth of these cords?  These are they which the Lord gave me on the day when He had mercy on me and healed me of my sickness; for He gave them to me, and said to me, ’Rise up, gird thy loins like a man, and I will inquire of thee and thou shalt answer Me.’  And I put them about me, and straightway all my sores and plagues fell away from me, and my body was strengthened as if I had never been sick; and, moreover, I forgot all my pain and sorrow of heart.  Now therefore, my children, so long as ye have these about you, the enemy can do nothing against you; no, not even to put into your minds evil thoughts.  Arise, then, and gird yourselves with them before I die.”

Then they did so, and their hearts were changed and renewed within them, so that they forgot the things of this world, and began to speak in the language of the angels, singing praises to the Lord of the heavens, and telling of the glory of that place and of the mighty works of the Father.  And I, Nahor, the brother of Job, who wrote this testament, sat by and heard them; and that which I could I wrote down in a book, to be for them that come after, that they might know somewhat of the wonders of the Lord.