66 And she said unto me: Lo, then thou lovest me; let this suffice me: only strive for my life and my children, and I expect that I shall enjoy my desire also. (T12) 67 But she knew not that because of my lord I spake thus, and not because of her. (T12) 68 For if a man hath fallen before the passion of a wicked desire and become enslaved by it, even as she, whatever good thing he may hear with regard to that passion, he receiveth it with a view to his wicked desire. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 1:66–68
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