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 brethren. (T12) 23 And lo! my children, I have shown unto you the last times, how everything shall come to pass in Israel. (T12)
Testament of Naphtali 2:21–23
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