34 For God brought upon me a disease of the liver; and had not the prayers of Jacob my father succoured me, it had hardly failed but my spirit had departed. (T12) 35 For by what things a man transgresseth by the same also is he punished . (T12) 36 Since, therefore, my liver was set mercilessly against Joseph, in my liver too I suffered mercilessly, and was judged for eleven months, for so long a time as I had been angry against Joseph. Footnotes ^254:1 Even our present day slang is centuries old. (T12)
Testament of Gad 1:34–36
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