1
After the burial, Yambres went beneath the apple tree where the wise ishim had once gathered.
2
He opened the magical books belonging to Yannes and performed necromancy, seeking to summon the shade of his brother from the realm of the dead.
3
The act itself showed that Yambres had not yet abandoned the path that had destroyed his house.
4
Then the voice of Yannes answered from below.
5
But the dead brother did not praise the art that had summoned him.
6
He was angered that Yambres had disturbed him and spoke not as a triumphant master of hidden knowledge but as one who had learned by judgment what his books had concealed.