had a wife. But his little brother was to him as it
were a son; he it was who made for him his clothes; he it was who followed
behind his oxen to the fields; he it was who did the ploughing; he it was
who harvested the corn; he it was who did for him all the matters that
were in the field. Behold, his younger brother grew to be an excellent
worker, there was not his equal in the whole land; behold, the spirit of a
god was in him.

Now after this the younger brother followed his oxen in his daily manner;
and every evening he turned again to the house, laden with all the herbs
of the field, with milk and with wood, and with all things of the field.
And he put them down before his elder brother, who was sitting with his
wife; and he drank and ate, and he lay down in his stable with the cattle.
And at the dawn of day he took bread which he had baked, and laid it
before his elder brother; and he took with him his bread to the field, and
he drave his cattle to pasture in the fields. And as he walked behind his
cattle, they said to him, "Good is the herbage which is in that place";
and he listened to all that they said, and he took them to the good place
which they desired. And the cattle which were before him became exceeding
excellent, and they multiplied greatly.

Now at the time of ploughing his elder brother said unto him: "Let us make
ready for ourselves a goodly yoke of oxen for ploughing, for the land has
come out from the water, it is fit for ploughing. Moreover, do thou come
to the field with corn, for we will begin the ploughing in the morrow
morning." Thus said he to him; and his younger brother did all things as
his elder brother had spoken unto him to do them.

And when the morn was come, they went to the fields with their things; and
their hearts were pleased exceedingly with their task in the beginning of
their work. And it came to pass after this that as they were in the field
they stopped for corn, and he sent his younger brother, saying, "Haste
thou, bring to us corn from the farm." And the younger brother found the
wife of his elder brother, as she was sitting tying her hair. He said to
her: "Get up, and give to me corn, that I may run to the field, for my
elder brother hastened me; do not delay." She said to him: "Go, open the
bin, and thou shalt take to thyself according to thy will, that I may not
drop my locks of hair while I dress them."

The youth went into the stable; he took a large measure, for