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Lael went with his wife Sariah. Elam his eldest son came also with him, and he with his wife Serach. But Lael's second son Jemuel found he a wife named Iscah from among the tribe of Judah, and his third son Rosh married a young woman Sela from the tribe of Benjamin.

From the tribe of Judah Lael made followers of Abner and his wife Tabitha, as well as Abner's son Asa and Asa's wife Jemima.

Of the tribe of Simeon a man named Josiah and his wife Keturah joined Lael, together with Josiah's son Tobiah and his wife Susanna.

Of the tribe of Benjamin there also joined Lael and his group one Zethan with his wife Atara, Jabez and his wife Keziah, as well as Rimon the elder son of Jabez with his wife Dinah, and also Asher the younger son of Jabez with his wife Leah.

And Lael led his followers into Jerusalem one evening until he stood in the place built by Hezekiah that was called the Pool of Siloam. Then Lael descended the underwater stairs until he was completely immersed, and he came not again out of the water.

One by one, Lael's followers overcame their fear and entered the water. When they emerged from the pool again, things had changed. They were surrounded by trees rather than stone. Strangers attended to them with dry linen and new clothing to replace their soaked rags. For they were in Nyduly Wood in the land of Haaretz in Kemen, far from Earth, and the pool was guarded by the B'nei Elohim who dwelt in the Wood.

Jashen, who had frequently had dealings with the kings of Samaria and Judah, told Lael that God himself had ordained a reflowering of the House of Israel in that place, as Elyon's counsel that humans could not remain faithful to the elohim had prevailed on Earth.

On the second day a delegation from the tribe of Zebulun joined Lael's group after a trek down the vale of the river Nanki from their settlement named Alnitar. The Zebulunites provided shields for the men among the new colonists crafted from the otherworldly trees that grew in the south.

The shields of the Zebulunites were hard enough to withstand the strokes of any axe or blade and to turn away all arrows, since the trees that had been used to make them could be cut only by fire. Yet the gifts were lighter than ones of comparable size made of bronze or iron.