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The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs 70 — Zebulun Chapter 2

The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph

1For Simeon and Gad came against Joseph 'to kill him', and he said unto them with tears:

2Pity me, my brethren, have mercy upon the bowels of Jacob our father: lay not upon me your hands 'to shed innocent blood', for I have not sinned against you.

3And if indeed I have sinned, with chastening chastise me, 'my brethren,' but lay not upon me your hand, for the sake of Jacob our father.

4And as he spoke these words, 'wailing as he did so', I was unable to bear his lamentations, and 'began' to weep, and my liver was poured out, and all the substance of my bowels was 'loosened'.

5And I wept with Joseph, and my heart sounded, 'and the joints of my body trembled', and I was not able to stand.

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