19 And she told her husband that the merchant had become rich by means of a young Hebrew, and they say that he had assuredly been stolen out of the land of Canaan. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:19
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Testament of Joseph 2:51–53
51 And they came and requested me, saying: Say that thou wast bought by us with money, and he will set us free. (T12) 52 Now the Memphian woman said to her husband: Buy the youth; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him. (T12) 53 And straightway she sent a eunuch to the Ish… (T12)
2 Kings 5:3–5
3 She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said. 5 “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you…
Genesis 39:16–18
16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me, 18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Book of Jubilees 39:9–11
9 But she embraced him and held him fast in the house in order to force him to lie with her, and closed the doors of the house and held him fast; but he left his garment in her hands and broke through the door and fled without from her presence. (JUB) 10 And the woman sa… (JUB)
Testament of Joseph 2:33–35
33 And he said: How didst thou become their slave? (T12) 34 And I said: They bought me out of the land of Canaan. (T12) 35 And he said unto me: Truly thou liest; and straightway he commanded me to be stripped and beaten. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:38–40
38 And when I made no change in my statement, though I was beaten, he ordered me to be imprisoned, until, he said, the owners of the boy should come. (T12) 39 And the woman said unto her husband: Wherefore dost thou detain the captive and wellborn lad in bonds, who ought… (T12) 40 … (T12)
Genesis 40:14–16
14 But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison. 15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me…
Testament of Zebulun 1:15–17
15 For for this cause the Lord forbade that water should rise up in them in order that Joseph should be preserved. (T12) 16 And they did so, until they sold him to the Ishmaelites. (T12) 17 For in his price I had no share, my children. (T12)
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