The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1And when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila.
2And I kept these words in my heart. And after this I counselled my father, and Reuben my brother, to bid the sons of Hamor not to be circumcised; for I was jealous because of the abomination which they had wrought on my sister.
3And I slew Shechem first, and Simeon slew Hamor.
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