“It would be a good idea if you went and did some more copying of the fifth book of Moses. Bucolus specifically asked for a copy, and I want to take it with us.”
Looking first at John, then his mother, he surmised that they wanted to talk, and went to the scribes’ room to leave them in peace.
Waiting until Benjamin was gone, John said to his grand-daughter, “You know as well as I do that Benjamin has led a very sheltered life, Naomi. It is time for him to gain experience with people beyond his own small circle.”
“I understand that Saba, but why now?” And why him? Her heart cried out to God, ‘He is my only child.’
“I have been selfish keeping him at home and using him to copy scriptures for the other fellowships,” John admitted.
Straightening her back, she looked steadily at John and s
