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    1) There were two brothers, Anpu the elder and Bata the younger. When their parents died, Anpu took Bata in and treated him like a son. Bata was a hard worker who helped Anpu with farming. 2) Anpu's wife became jealous of the close relationship between the brothers and sought to destroy Bata. She tricked Anpu into believing Bata had beaten her. 3) Confronting Bata, Anpu tried to kill him but Bata escaped across a river filled with crocodiles. He fled to the Valley of the Acacia and lived alone, hunting for food.

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    1) There were two brothers, Anpu the elder and Bata the younger. When their parents died, Anpu took Bata in and treated him like a son. Bata was a hard worker who helped Anpu with farming. 2) Anpu's wife became jealous of the close relationship between the brothers and sought to destroy Bata. She tricked Anpu into believing Bata had beaten her. 3) Confronting Bata, Anpu tried to kill him but Bata escaped across a river filled with crocodiles. He fled to the Valley of the Acacia and lived alone, hunting for food.

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    1) There were two brothers, Anpu the elder and Bata the younger. When their parents died, Anpu took Bata in and treated him like a son. Bata was a hard worker who helped Anpu with farming. 2) Anpu's wife became jealous of the close relationship between the brothers and sought to destroy Bata. She tricked Anpu into believing Bata had beaten her. 3) Confronting Bata, Anpu tried to kill him but Bata escaped across a river filled with crocodiles. He fled to the Valley of the Acacia and lived alone, hunting for food.

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    SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

    The Two Brothers


    1Once there were two brothers. Anpu was the elder, and Bata was the younger. When their parents
    died, Anpu was already married and had a house of his own, and so he took his little brother with him
    and treated him like his son. When the little brother grew to be a young man, he was an excellent
    worker; he did the plowing; he harvested the corn; there was not his equal in the whole land. Behold,
    the spirit of a god was within him!
    2Every morning, the younger brother followed his oxen and worked all day in the fields, and every

    evening, he returned to the house with vegetables, milk, and wood. He laid all these before his elder
    brother and at dawn, he took with him which he had baked and laid it before his elder brother; and he
    tookwith him his bread and he drove the cattle into the field.
    3Because Anpu loved his younger brother very much, his wife became very jealous and she wanted

    to destroy Bata.
    One day, when Anpu and Bata were in the fields, they needed some corn, so Anpu sent Bata home
    to get some. The younger brother found the wife combing her hair and said to her, “Get up and give
    me some corn that I may run to the field for my elder brother is in a hurry. Do not delay.”
    4At eventide, Anpu returned home earlier than his brother because Bata had much work to do in the

    fields. Anpu was met by his wife who was crying bitterly. She showed him her arms and legs, which
    she had painted black and blue and accused Bata of having beaten her up. She pretended to be in
    great pain. She did not give him water to wash his hands with; she did not light the fire for him; she
    pretended that she was very sick.
    5And Anpu became very angry; he sharpened his knife and waited for Bata in the stable.

    When the sun went down, Bata came home as usual loaded with herbs, milk, and wood. As he
    entered the door he saw the feet of his brother and the sharp knife hanging by his side. The brother
    sprang at him and Bata fled praying to the god Ra. “My good Lord! Save me from death, thou who
    divines the evil from the good.” And Ra heard his cry; he made a river flow between one brother and
    the other and filled it with crocodiles.
    6And Bata said to his elder brother, “Why do you seek to kill me? Am I not your brother and have

    you not always treated me as if you were my father? And has not your wife been as a mother to me?
    Now, since you want to kill me, I shall go to the Valley of the Acacia.”
    7Anpu answered, “Why did you beat up my wife and almost kill her?”
    8Bata answered, “I did no such thing. Have I not told you that I have always looked upon her as my

    mother?”
    9So, Anpu went home. He found his wife near the river washing off the black and blue dye with

    which she had painted herself. Filled with great anger, Anpu killed his wife and cast her to the dogs.
    Then, he sat down, poured ashes on his head and mourned for his younger brother.
    10Bata reached the Valley of the Acacia. There was no one with him; he slew wild beasts for food;

    he built himself a house under the Acacia tree, which is sacred to the gods.

    One day as he walked out of his house, he met the Nine Gods who knew of his innocence and
    goodness. Ra said to the god Khunumu, “Behold, frame a woman for Bata that he may not remain
    alone.” And Khunumu made for Bata a wife to dwell with him. She was indeed more beautiful than any
    other woman in the whole land. She was like a goddess, and Bata loved her very much.

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