12 And I wept with Joseph and my heart sounded, and the joints of my body trembled, and I was not able to stand. (T12) 13 And when Joseph saw me weeping with him, and them coming against him to slay him, he fled behind me, beseeching them. (T12) 14 But meanwhile Reuben arose and said: Come, my brethren, let us not slay him, but let us cast him into one of these dry pits, which our fathers digged and found no water. (T12)
Testament of Zebulun 1:12–14
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