“In the dream of El the Kind, the Compassionate, in the vision of the Creator of Creatures, the heavens rained down oil, the wadis ran with honey. El the Kind, the Compassionate, was glad: he put his feet on a stool, his brow relaxed and he laughed. He raised his voice and declared: “Now I can sit back and relax; my heart inside me can relax; for Baal …
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