1These are the words of that epistle which Baruch the son of Neriah sent to the nine and a half tribes, which were across the river Euphrates, in which these things were written.
2Thus saith Baruch the son of Neriah to the brethren carried into captivity: 'Mercy and peace. I bear in mind, my brethren, the love of Him who created us, who loved us from of old, and never hated us, but above all educated us.
3And truly I know that behold all we the twelve tribes are bound by one bond, inasmuch as we are born from one father.