3 I have proved in my heart, and in my whole life, that truth with just dealing is good and well pleasing to God, and that lying and anger are evil, because they teach man all wickedness. (T12) 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) 5 And I rejoiced that he was sold, because his father loved him more than us. (T12)
Testament of Dan 1:3–5
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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 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 1:7–9
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)
Testament of Simeon 2:3–5
3 And when we went down into Egypt, and he bound me as a spy, I knew that I was suffering justly, and I grieved not. (T12) 4 Now Joseph was a good man, and had the Spirit of God within him: being compassionate and pitiful, he bore no malice against me; but loved me even… (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 Gad 1:7–9
7 For he saw that I had delivered a lamb out of the mouth of a bear, and put the bear to death; but had slain the lamb, being grieved concerning it that it could not live, and that we had eaten it. (T12) 8 And regarding this matter I was wroth with Joseph until the day… (T12) 9 … (T12)
Book of Jubilees 36:10–12
10 But on the day of turbulence and execration and indignation and anger, with flaming devouring fire as He burnt Sodom, so likewise will He burn his land and his city and all that is his, and he shall be blotted out of the book of the discipline of the children… (JUB)
Testament of Zebulun 1:9–11
9 For Simeon and Gad came against Joseph to kill him, and he said unto them with tears: Pity me, my brethren, have mercy upon the bowels of Jacob our father: lay not upon me your hands to shed innocent blood, for I have not sinned against you. (T12) 10 And if indeed I ha… (T12)
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