port to thee, and if thou lettest him live I shall die.
Now behold he is coming in the evening; and I complain of these wicked
words, for he would have done this even in daylight."

And the elder brother became as a panther of the south; he sharpened his
knife; he took it in his hand; he stood behind the door of his stable to
slay his younger brother as he came in the evening to bring his cattle
into the stable.

Now the sun went down, and he loaded himself with herbs in his daily
manner. He came, and his foremost cow entered the stable, and she said to
her keeper, "Behold thou thy elder brother standing before thee with his
knife to slay thee; flee from before him." He heard what his first cow had
said; and the next entering, she also said likewise. He looked beneath the
door of the stable; he saw the feet of his elder brother; he was standing
behind the door, and his knife was in his hand. He cast down his load to
the ground, and betook himself to flee swiftly; and his elder brother
pursued after him with his knife. Then the younger brother cried out unto
Ra Harakhti, saying, "My good Lord! Thou art he who divides the evil from
the good." And Ra stood and heard all his cry; and Ra made a wide water
between him and his elder brother, and it was full of crocodiles; and the
one brother was on one bank, and the other on the other bank; and the
elder brother smote twice on his hands at not slaying him. Thus did he.
And the younger brother called to the elder on the bank, saying: "Stand
still until the dawn of day; and when Ra ariseth, I shall judge with thee
before him, and he discerneth between the good and the evil. For I shall
not be with thee any more forever; I shall not be in the place in which
thou art; I shall go to the valley of the acacia."

Now when the land was lightened, and the next day appeared, Ra Harakhti
arose, and one looked unto the other. And the youth spake with his elder
brother, saying: "Wherefore earnest thou after me to slay me in
craftiness, when thou didst not hear the words of my mouth? For I am thy
brother in truth, and thou art to me as a father, and thy wife even as a
mother: is it not so? Verily, when I was sent to bring for us corn, thy
wife said to me, 'Come, stay with me'; for behold this has been turned
over unto thee into another wise." And he caused him to understand of all
that happened with him and his wife. And he swore an oath by Ra Harakhti,
saying, "Thy coming to slay me by dec