8 For every one who doeth the law of the Lord shall be loved by Him. (T12) 9 And when I came to the Indocolpitae with the Ishmaelites, they asked me, saying: (T12) 10 Art thou a slave? And I said that I was a home-born slave, that I might not put my brethren to shame. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:8–10
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