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Genesis 49 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.

The Book of Lazarus

Lazarus and Martha were sick with the horror they felt. There sister could not see the extreme danger. She was in shock and the death and bloody violence all around her. She wanted to make it go all away. She wanted to put the instensines back in the young woman she taughts torah too. She was a salmon trying to run a stream of blood. The…..he spotted her! He was Greek. He ran in the Olympics in Athens two years prior. He was recruited by Pontius Pilate to be his bodyguard. He recalled the instruction he shoulted to Lazarus.

“You and Martha go to my boat. I will try to find Maritma!”

Mary heard a quiet voice amongs the screams of agony.

“Run Maritima! Run very fast!” She recognised her brothters voice. She looked around for him. Them there he was. Standing with his beloved sister. They were giving arm signaks toward the fleeing Jews. That’s when she felt him. He was working his way through the mob. He was ten feet away. Mary bolted like a wolf who a good shepherd had thrown a stown at. She ran five steps and he threw away his heavey shied an helmut.

As part of the ritual of becoming a woman, Mary was sent to tend to her uncles’ flock of sheep in the grassy hills belonginf to the Tribe of Benjamin. There were still patches of sacred pine trees that could not be cut down. Many wanted this done because an occasional wolf would find shelter in them, and prey on the innocent lambs, and elderly sheep who could not longer run. They could be purchased cheaply for the temple sacrafice.

On the third day, a lone wolf tested her. He came boldly close to flock, and gave her a look. She retured the look. And when he took three steps towar a lamb – Mary was up put of her crouch and after him

“Run Mary – Very Fast!”

The wolf was startled when she threw down her cross so she could run – faster! The wolf rand thirty yeards, and thought that was it. Mary was ten feet away, when he shot back up, and started running as fast as he could. Those who saw Mary run that day, and following days, were amazed.

Then one day she came on duty with a package containt the raw mutton of an old lamb. She cut off a piece of it, put it in her mouth, chews on it for awhile. Then, she spit the piece in her hand and tossed it to the wolf. who did not sneak up on it, or, look afraid of Mary in any way.

Posted: June 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM