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And they did so, until they sold him to the Ishmaelites.

And after he was sold my brothers sat down to eat and drink.

But when they saw that I did not eat, they set me to watch him, till he was sold to the Ishmaelites.

And when Reuben came and heard that while he was away Joseph had been sold, he rent his garments, and mourning, said:

And I rejoiced that he was sold, because his father loved him more than us.

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.

And regarding this matter I was wroth with Joseph until the day that he was sold.

And Judah sold him secretly to the Ishmaelites.

I was sold into slavery, and the Lord of all made me free:

And I did not raise myself against them with evil intent, but I honoured my brethren; and out of respect for them, even when I was being sold, I refrained from telling the Ishmaelites that I was a son of Jacob, a great man and a mighty.

And when I went into Egypt, to Joseph, and my brother recognized me, he said unto me: What did they tell my father when they sold me?

The decree of the king ran as follows: 'All who served in the army of our father in the campaign against Syria and Phoenicia and in the attack upon the country of the Jews and became possessed of Jewish captives and brought them back to the city of Alexandria and the land of Egypt or sold them to others--and in the same way any captives who were in our land before that time or were brought hither afterwards--all who possess such captives are required to set them at liberty at once, receiving twenty drachmae per head as ransom money.