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The Testament of Gad Concerning Hatred

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1. The record of the testament of Gad, what

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things

he

spake

unto

his

sons

,

in

the

hundred

and

twenty

-

seventh

year

of

his

life

,

saying

:

I

was

the

seventh

son

born

to

Jacob

,

and

I

was

valiant

in

keeping

the

flocks

.

I

guarded

at

night

the

flock

;

and

whenever

the

lion

came

,

or

wolf

,

or

leopard

,

or

bear

,

or

any

wild

beast

against

the

fold

,

I

pursued

it

,

and

with

my

hand

seizing

its

foot

,

and

whirling

it

round

,

I

stunned

it

,

and

hurled

it

over

two

furlongs

,

and

so

killed

it

.

Now

Joseph

was

feeding

the

flock

with

us

for

about

thirty

days

,

and

being

tender

,

he

fell

sick

by

reason

of

the

heat

.

And

he

returned

to

Hebron

to

his

father

,

who

made

him

lie

down

near

him

,

because

he

loved

him

.

And

Joseph

told

our

father

that

the

sons

of

Zilpah

and

Bilhah

were

slaying

the

best

of

the

beasts

,

and

devouring

them

without

the

knowledge

of

Judah

and

Reuben

.

For

he

saw

that

I

delivered

a

lamb

out

of

the

mouth

of

the

bear

,

and

I

put

the

bear

to

death

;

and

the

lamb

I

slew

,

being

grieved

concerning

it

that

it

could

not

live

,

and

we

ate

it

,

and

he

told

our

father

.

And

I

was

wroth

with

Joseph

for

that

thing

until

the

day

that

he

was

sold

into

Egypt

.

And

the

spirit

of

hatred

was

in

me

,

and

I

wished

not

either

to

see

Joseph

or

to

hear

him

.

And

he

rebuked

us

to

our

faces

for

having

eaten

of

the

flock

without

Judah

.

And

whatsoever

things

he

told

our

father

,

he

believed

him

.

Notes

1
Cf. Targum Ps. Jon. of Gen. xxxvii. 2.