20 Behold, Potiphar's Hill was in the land of Ur, of Chaldea. And the Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and utterly destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died; and there was great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the court of Pharaoh; which Pharaoh signifies king by royal blood.

21 Now this king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth.

22 From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land.

23 The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden;

20 A Sabedoria grita nas ruas;

nas praças, levanta a sua voz.

21 Do alto das muralhas clama,

à entrada dos portões

e nas cidades

profere as suas palavras:

22 "Até quando vocês, ingênuos,

amarão a ingenuidade?

E vocês, zombadores, até quando

terão prazer na zombaria?

E vocês, tolos, até quando

odiarão o conhecimento?

23 Deem ouvidos

à minha repreensão;

eis que derramarei

o meu espírito sobre vocês

e lhes darei a conhecer

as minhas palavras.