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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 13

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13. And Potiphar was persuaded by her words, and

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commanded

the

merchant

to

be

brought

,

and

said

unto

him

,

What

is

this

that

I

hear

,

that

thou

stealest

souls

out

of

the

land

of

the

Hebrews

,

and

sellest

them

for

slaves

?

The

merchant

therefore

fell

upon

his

face

,

and

besought

him

,

saying

,

I

beseech

thee

,

my

lord

,

I

know

not

what

thou

sayest

.

And

he

said

,

Whence

then

is

thy

Hebrew

servant

?

And

he

said

,

The

Ishmaelites

entrusted

him

to

me

until

they

should

return

.

And

he

believed

him

not

,

but

commanded

him

to

be

stripped

and

beaten

.

And

when

he

persisted

,

Potiphar

said

,

Let

the

youth

be

brought

.

And

when

I

was

brought

in

,

I

did

obeisance

to

the

chief

of

the

eunuchs

—

for

he

was

third

in

rank

with

Pharaoh

,

being

chief

of

all

the

eunuchs

,

and

having

wives

and

children

and

concubines

.

And

he

took

me

apart

from

him

,

and

said

unto

me

,

Art

thou

a

slave

or

free

?

And

I

said

,

A

slave

.

And

he

said

unto

me

,

Whose

slave

art

thou

?

And

I

said

unto

him

,

The

Ishmaelites

’

.

And

again

he

said

unto

me

,

How

becamest

thou

their

slave

?

And

I

said

,

They

bought

me

out

of

the

land

of

Canaan

.

And

he

believed

me

not

,

and

said

,

Thou

liest

:

and

he

commanded

me

to

be

stripped

and

beaten

.