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And having said these things, he commanded his sons that they should carry him up to Hebron, and bury him there in the cave with his fathers.

But I wept in secret many days on account of Joseph, for I feared my brethren, because they had all agreed that if any one should declare the secret, he should be slain.

But when they wished to kill him, I adjured them much with tears not to be guilty of this sin.

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

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

Therefore it is written in the writing of the law of Moses, that whosoever will not raise up seed to his brother, his sandal should be unloosed, and they should spit in his face.

And the brethren of Joseph wished not that their brother should live, and the Lord loosed from them the sandal which they wore against Joseph their brother.

For when they came into Egypt they were unloosed by the servants of Joseph outside the gate, and so they made obeisance to Joseph after the fashion of King Pharaoh.

For when they came into Egypt they were unloosed by the servants of Joseph outside the gate, and so they made obeisance to Joseph after the fashion of King Pharaoh.

For when they came into Egypt they were unloosed by the servants of Joseph outside the gate, and so they made obeisance to Joseph after the fashion of King Pharaoh.

And not only did they make obeisance to him, but were spit upon also, falling down before him forthwith, and so they were put to shame before. the Egyptians.

And not only did they make obeisance to him, but were spit upon also, falling down before him forthwith, and so they were put to shame before. the Egyptians.

For after this the Egyptians heard all the evils that they had done to Joseph.

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

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

And they did so. For they stripped off from Joseph his coat when they were selling him, and put upon him the garment of a slave.

And they did so. For they stripped off from Joseph his coat when they were selling him, and put upon him the garment of a slave.

And they did so. For they stripped off from Joseph his coat when they were selling him, and put upon him the garment of a slave.

And so he gave it unto them, and they did even as Dan had said.

For the sons of my brethren were sickening and were dying on account of Joseph, because they showed not mercy in their hearts; but my sons were preserved without sickness, as ye know.

Observe, therefore, the waters, and know when they flow together, they sweep along stones, trees, earth, and other things.

Observe, therefore, the waters, and know when they flow together, they sweep along stones, trees, earth, and other things.

But if they are divided into many streams, the earth swalloweth them up, and they vanish away.

But if they are divided into many streams, the earth swalloweth them up, and they vanish away.

And He setteth not down in account evil against the sons of men, because they are flesh, and are deceived through their own wicked deeds.

And his sons laid him in a wooden coffin. And afterwards they carried him up and buried him in Hebron, with his fathers.

Moreover, a twofold mischief is wrath with lying; and they assist one another in order to disturb the heart; and when the soul is continually disturbed, the Lord departeth from it, and Beliar ruleth over it.

And his sons buried him, and after that they carried up his bones, and placed them near Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.

Nevertheless, Dan prophesied unto them that they should forget their God, and should be alienated from the land of their inheritance and from the race of Israel, and from the family of their seed.

And after he was awake in the morning, he said to them, I am dying; and they believed him not.

And it shall be, that after that they come into the land of their fathers, they shall again forget the Lord and become ungodly.

And it shall be, that after that they come into the land of their fathers, they shall again forget the Lord and become ungodly.

And we all of us ran together, and Levi laid hold of the sun, and Judah outstripped the others and seized the moon, and they were both of them lifted up with them.

Do ye also, therefore, charge your children that they be united to Levi and to Judah; for through them shall salvation arise unto Israel, and in them shall Jacob be blessed.

For the commandments of the law are twofold, and through prudence must they be fulfilled.

So, then, there are two commandments; and, unless they be done in due order, they bring very great sin upon men.

So, then, there are two commandments; and, unless they be done in due order, they bring very great sin upon men.

And when he had charged them with many such words, he exhorted them that they should remove his bones to Hebron, and that they should bury him with his fathers.

And when he had charged them with many such words, he exhorted them that they should remove his bones to Hebron, and that they should bury him with his fathers.

Do ye also therefore tell these things to your children, that they honour Judah and Levi, for from them shall the Lord raise up salvation to Israel.

And after five years they carried him up to Hebron, and laid him with his fathers.

But from wickedness flee away, destroying the evil inclination by your good works; for they that are double-faced serve not God, but their own lusts, so that they may please Beliar and men like unto themselves.

But from wickedness flee away, destroying the evil inclination by your good works; for they that are double-faced serve not God, but their own lusts, so that they may please Beliar and men like unto themselves.

For good men, even they that are of single face, though they be thought by them that are double-faced to sin, are just before God.

For good men, even they that are of single face, though they be thought by them that are double-faced to sin, are just before God.

For such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in the manner of wild animals they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in zeal for the Lord and abstain from what God also hateth and forbiddeth by His commandments, warding off the evil from the good.

For such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in the manner of wild animals they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in zeal for the Lord and abstain from what God also hateth and forbiddeth by His commandments, warding off the evil from the good.

For such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in the manner of wild animals they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in zeal for the Lord and abstain from what God also hateth and forbiddeth by His commandments, warding off the evil from the good.

For they that are double-faced are guilty of a twofold sin; for they both do the evil thing and they have pleasure in them that do it, following the example of the spirits of deceit, and striving against mankind.

For they that are double-faced are guilty of a twofold sin; for they both do the evil thing and they have pleasure in them that do it, following the example of the spirits of deceit, and striving against mankind.

For they that are double-faced are guilty of a twofold sin; for they both do the evil thing and they have pleasure in them that do it, following the example of the spirits of deceit, and striving against mankind.

For the latter ends of men do show their righteousness or unrighteousness, when they meet the angels of the Lord and of Satan.

Therefore do ye also, my children, tell these things to your children, that they disobey Him not.

And his sons did as he had commanded them, and they carried him up to Hebron, and buried him with his fathers.

They wished to slay me, but the God of my fathers guarded me:

They let me down into a pit, and the Most High brought me up again.

And I fasted in those seven years, and I appeared to the Egyptians as one living delicately, for they that fast for God's sake receive beauty of face.

And when I came to the Indocolpitae with the Ishmaelites, they asked me, saying:

Now when we came into Egypt they strove concerning me, which of them should buy me and take me.

Therefore it seemed good to all that I should remain in Egypt with the merchant of their trade, until they should return bringing merchandise.

And she told her husband that the merchant had become rich by means of a young Hebrew, and they say that he had assuredly been stolen out of the land of Canaan.

And he said: The Ishmaelites entrusted him unto me until they should return.

And I said: They bought me out of the land of Canaan.

Now after four and twenty days came the Ishmaelites; for they had heard that Jacob my father was mourning much concerning me.

And they came and said unto me: How is it that thou saidst that thou wast a slave? and lo, we have learnt that thou art the son of a mighty man in the land of Canaan, and thy father still mourneth for thee in sackcloth and ashes.

Then, therefore, they took counsel to sell me, that I should not be found in their hands.

For they feared my father, lest he should come and execute upon them a grievous vengeance.

For they had heard that he was mighty with God and with men.

And they came and requested me, saying: Say that thou wast bought by us with money, and he will set us free.

Now the Memphian woman said to her husband: Buy the youth; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him.

But since the eunuch would not agree to buy me at their price he returned, having made trial of them, and he made known to his mistress that they asked a large price for their slave.

And she sent another eunuch, saying: Even though they demand two minas, give them, do not spare the gold; only buy the boy, and bring him to me.

And when my brethren came into Egypt they learnt that I had returned their money unto them, and upbraided them not, and comforted them.

And when the children of Israel went out of Egypt, they took with them the bones of Joseph, and they buried him in Hebron with his fathers, and the years of his life were one hundred and ten years.

And when the children of Israel went out of Egypt, they took with them the bones of Joseph, and they buried him in Hebron with his fathers, and the years of his life were one hundred and ten years.

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?

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?

And I said unto him, They dabbled thy coat with blood and sent it, and said: Know whether this be thy son's coat.

And he said unto me: Even so, brother, when they had stripped me of my coat they gave me to the Ishmaelites, and they gave me a loin cloth, and scourged me, and bade me run.

And he said unto me: Even so, brother, when they had stripped me of my coat they gave me to the Ishmaelites, and they gave me a loin cloth, and scourged me, and bade me run.

And he said unto me: Even so, brother, when they had stripped me of my coat they gave me to the Ishmaelites, and they gave me a loin cloth, and scourged me, and bade me run.

Fear ye the Lord, and love your neighbour; and even though the spirits of Beliar claim you to afflict you with every evil, yet shall they not have dominion over you, even as they had not over Joseph my brother.,

Fear ye the Lord, and love your neighbour; and even though the spirits of Beliar claim you to afflict you with every evil, yet shall they not have dominion over you, even as they had not over Joseph my brother.,

For Joseph also besought our father that he would pray for his brethren, that the Lord would not impute to them as sin whatever evil they had done unto him.

For the good man hath not a dark eye; for he showeth mercy to all men, even though they be sinners.

And though they devise with evil intent. concerning him, by doing good he overcometh evil, being shielded by God; and he loveth the righteous as his own soul.

For all these things they gave us for an inheritance, saying: Keep the commandments of God, until the Lord shall reveal His salvation to all Gentiles.

And the Lord shall judge Israel first, for their unrighteousness; for when He appeared as God in the flesh to deliver them they believed Him not.

And He shall convict Israel through the chosen ones of the Gentiles, even as He reproved Esau through the Midianites, who deceived their brethren, so that they fell into fornication, and idolatry; and they were alienated from God, becoming therefore children in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

And He shall convict Israel through the chosen ones of the Gentiles, even as He reproved Esau through the Midianites, who deceived their brethren, so that they fell into fornication, and idolatry; and they were alienated from God, becoming therefore children in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

And his sons did as he had enjoined them, and they took up his body and buried it in Hebron with his fathers.

And they said to him, 'Go, sacrifice to the gods and beseech them that perchance they may provide thee with a boy.'

And they said to him, 'Go, sacrifice to the gods and beseech them that perchance they may provide thee with a boy.'

And he did as they told him and offered sacrifices to the idols, and besought them and implored them with request, and entreaty.

And they answered him not one word. And he went away sorrowful and dejected, departing with a pain at his heart.

Thereupon he took Nadan his sister's son, who was a little suckling. And he handed him over to eight wet-nurses, that they might suckle him and bring him up.

And they brought him up with good food and gentle training and silken clothing, and purple and crimson. And he was seated upon couches of silk.

O my son! if the rich man eat a snake, they say,--"It is by his wisdom," and if a poor man eat it, the people say, "From his hunger."

O my son! get thee a fat ox with a foreskin, and an ass great with its hoofs, and get not an ox with large horns, nor make friends with a tricky man, nor get a quarrelsome slave, nor a thievish handmaid, for everything which thou committest to them they will ruin.

O my son! be not one of those servants, to whom their lords say, "Get away from us," but be one of those to whom they say, "Approach and come near to us."