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 Ishmaelites, and asked them to sell me. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:51–53
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Testament of Joseph 2:12–14
12 But I said that I was their slave. (T12) 13 Now when we came into Egypt they strove concerning me, which of them should buy me and take me. (T12) 14 Therefore it seemed good to all that I should remain in Egypt with the merchant of their trade, until they should return bringing… (T12)
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)
Testament of Joseph 2:46–48
46 And I said unto them, I know not, I am a slave. (T12) 47 Then, therefore, they took counsel to sell me, that I should not be found in their hands. (T12) 48 For they feared my father, lest he should come and execute upon them a grievous vengeance. (T12)
Sirach 51:24–26
24 Why therefore are you all lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty? (WEB) 25 I opened my mouth and spoke, “Get her for yourselves without money.” (WEB) 26 Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction. She is near to find. (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 2:18–20
18 And about that time the Memphian woman, the wife of Pentephris came down in a chariot, with great pomp, because she had heard from her eunuchs concerning me. (T12) 19 And she told her husband that the merchant had become rich by means of a young Hebrew, and they say th… (T12)
Genesis 42:9–11
9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
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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