1THE children of Jared were in the habit of visiting him hour after hour, to receive his blessing and to ask his advice for every thing they did; and when he had a work to do, they did it for him.
2But this time when they went into the cave they found not Jared, but they found the lamp put out, and the bodies of the fathers thrown about, and voices came from them by the power of Elohim (God), that said, "Satan in an apparition has deceived our son, wishing to destroy him, as he destroyed our son Cain."
3They said also, "Yahuah Elohim (LORD God) of heaven and earth, deliver our son from the hand of Satan, who wrought a great and false apparition before him." They also spake of other matters, by the power of Elohim (God).
4But when the children of Jared heard these voices they feared, and stood weeping for their father; for they knew not what had befallen him.
5And they wept for him that day until the setting of the sun.