11 And when Reuben heard these things he was grieved, for he wished to restore him to his father. (T12) 12 But on hearing this I was exceedingly wroth against Judah in that he let him go away alive, and for five months I continued wrathful against him. (T12) 13 But the Lord restrained me, and withheld from me the power of my hands; for my right hand was half withered for seven days. (T12) 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 an evil thing before the Lord and Jacob my father, on account of Joseph my brother, in that I envied him. (T12) 16 And now, my children, hearken unto me and beware of the spirit of deceit and envy. (T12) 17 For envy ruleth over the whole mind of a man, and suffereth him neither to eat nor to drink, nor to do any good thing. But it ever suggesteth to him to destroy him that he envieth; and so long as he that is envied flourisheth, he that envieth fadeth away. (T12) 18 Two years therefore I afflicted my soul with fasting in the fear of the Lord, and I learnt that deliverance from envy cometh by the fear of God. (T12)
Testament of Simeon 1:11–18
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