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1 2   |       of) the Rule among (his) sons, whom he generated for himself
2 2   |        These very ones are the sons, who by the teaching of
3 2(9)|      49:1-27. Jacob had twelve sons; St. Francis had twelve
4 2(9)|      St. Francis blessed their sons at death; like Jacob, St.
5 2(9)|    called a "patriarch" by his sons. As Jacob prophesiesed the
6 2(9)|       of the Virgin, among the sons of Judah (Gen 49:8-10),
7 2(9)|       St. Francis exhorted his sons to the imitation of Christ
8 4   | provided, 29 after Our beloved sons (the minister) general and