4 I confess, therefore, this day to you, my children, that in my heart I resolved on the death of Joseph my brother, the true and good man. . (T12)
Testament of Dan 1:4
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Testament of Gad 2:1–3
1 AND 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. (T12) 2 For in the presence of my father I spake peaceably to Joseph; and when I had gone… (T12)
Testament of Simeon 1:14–16
14 And I knew, my children, that because of Joseph this had befallen me, and I repented and wept; and I besought the Lord God that my hand might be restored and that I might hold aloof from all pollution and envy and from all folly. (T12) 15 For I knew that I had devised… (T12) 16 … (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 2:21–23
21 And he said, weeping: Ah me, my son Joseph, thou livest, though I behold thee not, and thou seest not Jacob that begat thee. (T12) 22 He caused me also, therefore, to weep by these words, and I burned in my heart to declare that Joseph had been sold, but I feared my br… (T12)
Testament of Zebulun 1:6–8
6 Nor yet do I remember that I have done any iniquity, except the sin of ignorance which I committed against Joseph; for I covenanted with my brethren not to tell my father what had been done. (T12) 7 But I wept in secret many days on account of Joseph, for I feared my… (T12) 8 … (T12)
Testament of Gad 1:10–12
10 For whatsoever things he told our father, he believed him. (T12) 11 I confess now my gin, my children, that oftentimes I wished to kill him, because I hated him from my heart. (T12) 12 Moreover, I hated him yet more for his dreams; and I wished to lick [*1] him out of the land o… (T12)
Testament of Simeon 1:7–9
7 For in the time of my youth I was jealous in many things of Joseph, because my father loved him beyond all. (T12) 8 And I set my mind against him to destroy him because the prince of deceit sent forth the spirit of jealousy and blinded my mind, so that I regarded him… (T12) 9 … (T12)
Book of Jubilees 36:10–12
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Testament of Gad 1:30–32
30 For fearing lest he should offend the Lord, he will not do wrong to any man, even in thought. (T12) 31 These things I learnt at last, after I had repented concerning Joseph. (T12) 32 For true repentance after a godly sort destroyeth ignorance, and driveth away the darkness, and… (T12)
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