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THE GODS OF EGYPT.
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"God loveth the obedient and hateth the disobedient."
A good son is spoken of as "the gift of God."
2. A papyrus of Leyden.[1]
"Happy is the man who eateth his own bread. Possess what thou hast in the joy of thy heart. What thou hast not, obtain it by work. It is profitable for a man to eat his own bread; God grants this to whosoever honours Him."
3. A papyrus at St. Petersburg.[2]
"Praised be God for all His gifts."
"God knows the wicked; He smites the wicked, even to blood."
4. The Maxims of Ani.[3]
"Whoso acts, God will raise his name above the sensual man."
"The sanctuary of God abhors [noisy manifesta-
- ↑ Published in Leemans's Monuments Egyptiens du Musée de Leide, Pap. i. p. 344, i.—vi. An account of it is given in Dr. Lauth's "Altägyptische Lehrsprüche," in the Transactions of the Academy of Munich, July, 1872.
- ↑ This is described by Dr. Golenischeff in Lepsius' Zeitschrift, 1876, p. 107.
- ↑ This very interesting book, published with the other papyri of Bulaq by M. Mariette, has been described by Brugsch-Bey in the Zeitschrift, 1872, and has been translated by M. E. de Rougé and M. Chabas. The version of the latter scholar is the most careful and exact, all the difficulties of the text being minutely considered and discussed. It occupies the greater part of the scientific journal l'Egyptologie, entirely written by M. Chabas.
