Wisdom of Solomon 10:12
“This passage, although it may seem to pertain specifically to the patriarch Jacob according to the historical account, who, fleeing his brother Esau, went to his uncle Laban in Mesopotamia, where on the journey he saw in a dream a ladder set up, and the angels of God descending and ascending on it, and the Lord leanin…”
12She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that goodness is stronger than all.
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10When the righteous fled from his brother’s wrath she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.
11In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich.
— Wisdom of Solomon 10:12 —
13When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but delivered him from sin: she went down with him into the pit,
14And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.