The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1And now, my children, 'I exhort you,' love ye each one his brother, and put away hatred from your hearts, love one another in deed, and in word, and in the inclination of the soul.
2For in the presence of my father I spake peaceably to Joseph; and when I had gone out, the spirit of hatred darkened my mind, and stirred up my soul to slay him.
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