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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 17

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17. Ye see, my children, what great things

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I

endured

that

I

should

not

put

my

brethren

to

shame

.

Do

ye

also

love

one

another

,

and

with

long

-

suffering

hide

ye

one

another’s

faults

.

For

God

delighteth

in

the

unity

of

brethren

,

and

in

the

purpose

of

a

heart

approved

unto

love

.

And

when

my

brethren

came

into

Egypt

,

and

learnt

that

I

returned

their

money

unto

them

,

and

upbraided

them

not

,

yea

,

that

I

even

comforted

them

,

and

after

the

death

of

Jacob

I

loved

them

more

abundantly

,

and

all

things

whatsoever

he

commanded

I

did

very

abundantly

,

then

they

marvelled

.

For

I

suffered

them

not

to

be

afflicted

even

unto

the

smallest

matter

;

and

all

that

was

in

my

hand

I

gave

unto

them

.

Their

children

were

my

children

,

and

my

children

were

as

their

servants

;

their

life

was

my

life

,

and

all

their

suffering

was

my

suffering

,

and

all

their

sickness

was

my

infirmity

.

My

land

was

their

land

,

my

counsel

their

counsel

,

and

I

exalted

not

myself

among

them

in

arrogance

because

of

my

worldly

glory

,

but

I

was

among

them

as

one

of

the

least

.