1
Yannes's sickness worsened, and the family withdrew again toward the estate.
2
Yambres complained bitterly concerning oaths and agreements by which he believed unseen powers had been bound to assist their house.
3
He spoke as an ish who had trusted bargains with powers he could not govern and now discovered that the bargain did not protect him from judgment.
4
Yannes rebuked the emptiness of such confidence.
5
The elder brother who had once trusted his books now stood at the edge of death knowing that knowledge without righteousness had become accusation.