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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 14

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14. Now the Memphian woman was looking through a window

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while

I

was

being

beaten

,

and

she

sent

unto

her

husband

,

saying

,

Thy

judgment

is

unjust

;

for

thou

dost

even

punish

a

free

man

who

hath

been

stolen

,

as

though

he

were

a

transgressor

.

And

when

I

gave

no

other

answer

though

I

was

beaten

,

he

commanded

that

we

should

be

kept

in

guard

,

until

,

said

he

,

the

owners

of

the

boy

shall

come

.

And

his

wife

said

unto

him

,

Wherefore

dost

thou

detain

in

captivity

this

noble

child

,

who

ought

rather

to

be

set

at

liberty

,

and

wait

upon

thee

?

For

she

wished

to

see

me

in

desire

of

sin

,

and

I

was

ignorant

concerning

all

these

things

.

Then

said

he

to

his

wife

,

It

is

not

the

custom

of

the

Egyptians

to

take

away

that

which

belongeth

to

others

before

proof

is

given

.

This

he

said

concerning

the

merchant

,

and

concerning

me

,

that

I

must

be

imprisoned

.