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For in the time of my youth I was jealous in many things of Joseph, because my father loved him beyond all.

For when I went to Shechem to bring ointment for the flocks, and Reuben to Dothan, where were our necessaries and all our stores, Judah my brother sold him to the Ishmaelites.

For when I went to Shechem to bring ointment for the flocks, and Reuben to Dothan, where were our necessaries and all our stores, Judah my brother sold him to the Ishmaelites.

And when Reuben heard these things he was grieved, for he wished to restore him to his father.

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.

But the Lord restrained me, and withheld from me the power of my hands; for my right hand was half withered for seven days.

But the Lord restrained me, and withheld from me the power of my hands; for my right hand was half withered for seven days.

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.

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.

For if a man flee to the Lord, the evil spirit runneth away from him and his mind is lightened.

For I mourned more than they all, because I was guilty of the selling of Joseph.

For this maketh savage the soul and destroyeth the body; it causeth anger and war in the mind, and stirreth up unto deeds of blood, and leadeth the mind into frenzy, and causeth tumult to the soul and trembling to the body.

For even in sleep malicious jealousy gnaweth, and with wicked spirits disturbeth the soul, and causeth the body to be troubled, and waketh the mind from sleep in confusion; and as a wicked and poisonous spirit, so appeareth it to men.

Therefore was Joseph comely in appearance, and goodly to look upon, because no wickedness dwelt in him; for some of the trouble of the spirit the face manifesteth.

Beware, therefore, of fornication, for fornication is mother of all evils, separating from God, and bringing near to Beliar.

For I have seen it inscribed in the writing of Enoch that your sons shall be corrupted in fornication, and shall do harm to the sons of Levi with the sword.

But they shall not be able to withstand Levi; for he shall wage the war of the Lord, and shall conquer all your hosts.

And they shall be few in number, divided in Levi and Judah, and there shall be none of you for sovereignty, even as also our father prophesied in his blessings.

Now, if ye remove from you your envy and all stiff-neckedness, is a rose shall my bones flourish in Israel, and as a lily my flesh in Jacob, and my odour shall be as the odour of Libanus; and as cedars shall holy ones be multiplied from me for ever, and their branches shall stretch afar off.

For the Lord God shall appear on earth, and Himself save men,

And now, my children,, and Judah, and obey Levi and Judah, and be not lifted up against these two tribes, for from them shall arise unto you the salvation of God.

For the Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a High Priest, and from Judah as it were a King, God and man, He shall save all the Gentiles and the race of Israel.

And they laid him in a wooden coffin, to take up his bones to Hebron. And they took them up secretly during a war of the Egyptians. For the bones of Joseph the Egyptians guarded in the tombs of the kings.

For the sorcerers told them, that on the departure of the bones of Joseph there should be throughout all the land darkness and gloom, and an exceeding great plague to the Egyptians, so that even with a lamp a man should not recognize his brother.

He was sound in health when he called them to him; for it had been revealed to him that he should die.

And I was young, about twenty years of age, when, with Simeon, I wrought vengeance on Hamor for our sister Dinah.

And when I was feeding the flocks in Abel-Maul, the spirit of understand of the Lord came upon me, and I saw all men corrupting their way, and that unrighteousness had built for itself walls, and lawlessness sat upon towers.

And I was grieving for the race of the sons of men, and I prayed to the Lord that I might be saved.

And further I saw a second heaven far brighter and more brilliant, for there was a boundless light also therein,

And I said to the angel, Why is this so? And the angel said to me, Marvel not at this, for thou shalt see another heaven more brilliant and incomparable.

The lowest is for this cause gloomy unto thee, in that it beholds all the unrighteous deeds of men.

And it has fire, snow, and ice made ready for the day of judgement, in the righteous judgement of God; for in it are all the spirits of the retributions for vengeance on men.

And it has fire, snow, and ice made ready for the day of judgement, in the righteous judgement of God; for in it are all the spirits of the retributions for vengeance on men.

And it has fire, snow, and ice made ready for the day of judgement, in the righteous judgement of God; for in it are all the spirits of the retributions for vengeance on men.

And in the second are the hosts Of the armies which are ordained for the day of judgement, to work vengeance on the spirits of deceit and of Beliar.

In the heaven next to it are the archangels, who minister and make propitiation to the Lord for all the sins of ignorance of the righteous;

And there shall be given to thee a blessing, and to all thy seed until the Lord shall visit all the Gentiles in His tender mercies for ever.

And he said: I am the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel that they may not be smitten utterly, for every evil spirit attacketh it.

And he said: I am the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel that they may not be smitten utterly, for every evil spirit attacketh it.

And after these things I awaked, and blessed the Most High, and the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel and for all the righteous.

And after these things I awaked, and blessed the Most High, and the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel and for all the righteous.

And I kept these words in my heart. And after this I counselled my father, and Reuben my brother, to bid the sons of Hamor not to be circumcised; for I was zealous because of the abomination which they had wrought on my sister.

For we sinned because we had done this thing against his will, and he was sick on that day.

But I saw that the sentence of God was for evil upon Shechem; for they sought to do to Sarah and Rebecca as they had done to Dinah our sister, but the Lord prevented them.

But I saw that the sentence of God was for evil upon Shechem; for they sought to do to Sarah and Rebecca as they had done to Dinah our sister, but the Lord prevented them.

For from this day forward shall Shechem be called a city of imbeciles; for as a man mocketh a fool, so did we mock them.

For from this day forward shall Shechem be called a city of imbeciles; for as a man mocketh a fool, so did we mock them.

And they severally carried these things and put them on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever.

And they said to me: Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come.

Therefore, every desirable thing in Israel shall be for thee and for thy seed, and ye shall eat everything fair to look upon, and the table of the Lord shall thy seed apportion.

Therefore, every desirable thing in Israel shall be for thee and for thy seed, and ye shall eat everything fair to look upon, and the table of the Lord shall thy seed apportion.

And some of them shall be high priests, and judges, and scribes; for by their mouth shall the holy place be guarded.

And each day he was instructing me, and was busied on my behalf before the Lord, and said to me: Beware of the spirit of fornication; for this shall continue and shall by thy seed pollute the holy place.

Now, therefore, observe whatsoever I command you, children; for whatsoever things I have heard from my fathers I have declared unto you.

And ye shall be scattered as captives among the Gentiles, and shall be for a reproach and for a curse there.

And ye shall be scattered as captives among the Gentiles, and shall be for a reproach and for a curse there.

For the house which the Lord shall choose shall be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the book of Enoch the righteous.

And she conceived and bare a son, and I called his name Gersam, for we were sojourners in our land.

And Jochebed was born. in Egypt, in my sixty-fourth year, for I was renowned then in the midst of my brethren.

And in the ninety-fourth year Ambram took Jochebed my daughter to him to wife, for they were born in one day, he and my daughter.

For every one that knoweth the law of the Lord shall be honoured, and shall not be a stranger whithersoever he goeth.

Get wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be a leading into captivity, and cities and lands be destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, the wisdom of the wise nought can take away, save the blindness of ungodliness, and the callousness that comes of sin.

For if one keep oneself from these evil things, then even among his enemies shall wisdom be a glory to him, and in a strange country a fatherland, and in the midst of foes shall prove a friend.

For our father Israel is pure from the transgressions of the chief priests [who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world].

For as the heaven is purer in the Lord's sight than the earth, so also be ye, the lights of Israel, purer than all the Gentiles.

Yea, ye shall bring a curse upon our race, because the light of the law which was given for to lighten every man this ye desire to destroy by teaching commandments contrary to the ordinances of God.

For ye shall contemn the holy things with jests and laughter.

And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks ye shall go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the sacrifices.

AND whereas ye have heard concerning the seventy weeks, hear also concerning the priesthood. For in each jubilee there shall be a priesthood.

And his priesthood shall be perfect with the Lord, and in the day of his gladness shall he arise for the salvation of the world.

And in the seventh shall, be such pollution as I cannot express before men, for they shall know it who do these things.

And to him all the words of the Lord shall be revealed; and he shall execute a righteous judgement upon the earth for a multitude of days.

For he shall give the majesty of the Lord to His sons in truth for evermore;

For he shall give the majesty of the Lord to His sons in truth for evermore;

And there shall none succeed him for all generations for ever.

And there shall none succeed him for all generations for ever.

And the Lord shall rejoice in His children, and be well pleased in His beloved ones for ever.

And now, my children, ye have heard all; choose, therefore, for yourselves either the light or the darkness, either the law of the Lord or the works of Beliar.

I know that I raced a hind, and caught it, and prepared the meat for my father, and he did eat.

And I fought with this other for two hours; and I clave his shield in twain, and I chopped off his feet, and killed him.

For he saw in a vision concerning me that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome.

And as for those who had taken refuge in the tower, we set fire to the tower and took both it and, them.

And the men of Makir came upon us the fifth day, to seize our spoil; and we attacked them and overcame them in fierce battle: for there was a host of mighty men amongst them, and we slew them before they had gone up the ascent.

And in the depth of night our brethren came and we opened to them the gates; and we destroyed all the men and their substance, and we took for a prey all that was theirs, and their three walls we cast down.

And I had much cattle, and I had for chief herdsman Iram the Adullamite.

She bare me Er, and Onan and Shelah; and two of them the Lord smote: for Shelah lived, and his children are ye.

And he had not known her according to the evil craftiness of his mother, for he did not wish to have children by her.

And I wished to give Shelah also to her, but his mother did not permit it; for she wrought evil against Tamar, because she was not the daughters of Canaan, as she also herself was.

And while I was away she went and took for Shelah a wife from Canaan.

For it was a law of the Amorites, that she who was about to marry should sit in fornication seven days by the gate.

For I said, Lest haply she did it in subtlety, having received the pledge from another woman.

Moreover, they who were in the city said there was no harlot in the gate, because she came from another place, and sat for a while in the gate.

And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds and strength of your youth, for this also is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter.

And he was unwilling but he showed me a boundless store of gold in his daughter's behalf; for be was a king.

And he adorned her with gold and pearls, and caused her to pour out wine for us at the feast with the beauty of women.

And now, my children, I say unto you, be not drunk with wine; for wine turneth the mind away from, the truth, and inspires the passion of lust, and leadeth the eyes into error.

For the spirit of fornication hath wine as a minister to give pleasure to the mind; for these two also take away the mind of man.

For the spirit of fornication hath wine as a minister to give pleasure to the mind; for these two also take away the mind of man.

For if a man drink wine to drunkenness, it disturbeth the mind with filthy thoughts leading to fornication, and heateth the body to carnal union; and if the occasion of the lust be present, he worketh the sin, and is not ashamed.