48 Therefore when I took a wife I was twenty-eight years old, and her name was Melcha. (T12) 49 And she conceived and bare a son, and I called his name Gersam, for we were sojourners in our land. (T12) 50 And I saw concerning him, that he would not be in the first rank. (T12)
Testament of Levi 3:48–50
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