7 And the wine turned aside my eyes, and pleasure blinded my heart. (T12) 8 And I became enamoured of and I lay with her, and transgressed the commandment of the Lord and the commandment of my fathers, and I took her to wife. (T12) 9 And the Lord rewarded me according to the imagination of my heart, inasmuch as I had no joy in her children. (T12)
Testament of Judah 3:7–9
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