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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 15

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15. Now, after four and twenty days came the

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Ishmaelites

;

and

having

heard

that

Jacob

my

father

was

mourning

because

of

me

,

they

said

unto

me

,

How

is

it

that

thou

saidst

that

thou

wert

a

slave

?

and

lo

,

we

have

learnt

that

thou

art

the

son

of

a

mighty

man

in

the

land

of

Canaan

,

and

thy

father

grieveth

for

thee

in

sackcloth

.

And

again

I

would

have

wept

,

but

I

restrained

myself

,

that

I

should

not

put

my

brethren

to

shame

.

And

I

said

,

I

know

not

,

I

am

a

slave

.

Then

they

take

counsel

to

sell

me

,

that

I

should

not

be

found

in

their

hands

.

For

they

feared

Jacob

,

lest

he

should

work

upon

them

a

deadly

vengeance

.

For

it

had

been

heard

that

he

was

mighty

with

the

Lord

and

with

men

.

Then

said

the

merchant

unto

them

,

Release

me

from

the

judgment

of

Potiphar

.

They

therefore

came

and

asked

for

me

,

saying

,

He

was

bought

by

us

with

money

.

And

he

sent

us

away

.