The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1Now when Joseph was in Egypt, I longed to see his figure and the form of his countenance'; and through the prayers of Jacob my father I saw him, while awake in the day-time, even his entire figure exactly as he was.
2'And when he had said these things, he said unto them:' Know ye, therefore, my children, that I am dying.
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