5. I saw ‹the spirit of› =a dead man= making suit,
and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. 6.
And I asked Raphael the angel who was with me, and I
said unto him: ‘This spirit which maketh suit, whose
is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit to
heaven?’
7. And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went forth from
Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till
his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is
annihilated from amongst the seed of men.’
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8. Then I asked regarding it, and regarding all the
_hollow places_: ‘Why is one separated from the other?’