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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 29

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29. Having thus spoken, I embraced the body of

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my

father

Joseph

,

and

wept

over

it

;

and

they

opened

the

door

of

the

tomb

,

and

placed

his

body

in

it

,

near

the

body

of

his

father

Jacob

.

And

at

the

time

when

he

fell

asleep

he

had

fulfilled

a

hundred

and

eleven

years

.

Never

did

a

tooth

in

his

mouth

hurt

him

,

nor

was

his

eyesight

rendered

less

sharp

,

nor

his

body

bent

,

nor

his

strength

impaired

;

but

he

worked

at

his

trade

of

a

carpenter

to

the

very

last

day

of

his

life

;

and

that

was

the

six

-

and

-

twentieth

of

the

month

Abib

.