Havah by Lee Tosca

Author:Lee, Tosca [Lee, Tosca]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2010-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

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As Hevel succeeded on the hills, Kayin succeeded in the fields; within two years we had our greatest yield ever. Adam attributed it to the sacrifice of a lamb that we made soon after my dream. Hevel had been particularly attached to the animal. In tears he helped to bind it tight, but he turned his head away when Adam showed Kayin how to slit its throat. At some point Hevel slipped away from the altar, no doubt to take solace in the hills. Even when he brought back the flock that night, he kept away from the house.

On the second night I found him behind the pen, eyes red rimmed and puffy. He surprised me, though, when he said, “It is good that the One that Is should have Leetom with him.” I don’t know why I was surprised to hear that he had named the creatures individually—had not his father done the same an age, a lifetime, ago?

“Is it?” I drew him into my arms. He would never have permitted it had I not found him alone.

“Yes,” he said, sniffling, wiping his nose on his arm. “Because now he will be with the One, and perhaps he will be happy there.”

My heart swelled and tears filled my eyes. “You are good and noble, my love, my young ram. Surely the One will love you all the days of your life and protect you because you have done so well. Blessed be your eyes and your heart and your hands and the work of them,” I said, kissing him.

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