Chapter 13

1Joseph seeks a Hebrew midwife, 2 perceives the fowls stopping in their flight, 3 the working people at their food not moving, 8 the sheep standing still, 9 the shepherd fixed and immoveable, 10 and kids with their mouths touching the water but not drinking . AND leaving her and his sons in the cave, Joseph went forth to seek a Hebrew midwife in the village of Bethlehem.
2But as I was going (said Joseph) I looked up into the air, and I saw the clouds astonished, and the fowls of the air stopping in the midst of their flight.
3And I looked down towards the earth, and saw a table spread, and working people sitting around it, but their hands were upon the table, and they did not move to eat.
4They who had meat in their mouths did not eat.
5They who lifted their hands up to their heads did not draw them back:
6And they who lifted them up to their mouths did not put anything in;
7But all their faces were fixed upwards.
8And I beheld the sheep dispersed, and yet the sheep stood still.
9And the shepherd lifted up his hand to smite them, and his hand continued up.
10And I looked unto a river, and saw the kids with their mouths close to the water, and touching it, but they did not drink.