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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 20

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20. I know that after my death the Egyptians will

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afflict

you

,

but

God

will

undertake

your

cause

,

and

will

bring

you

into

that

which

He

promised

to

your

fathers

.

But

carry

ye

up

my

bones

with

you

;

for

when

my

bones

are

taken

up

,

the

Lord

will

be

with

you

in

light

,

and

Beliar

shall

be

in

darkness

with

the

Egyptians

.

And

carry

ye

up

Zilpah

your

mother

,

and

lay

her

near

Bilhah

,

by

the

hippodrome

,

by

the

side

of

Rachel

.

And

when

he

had

said

these

things

,

he

stretched

out

his

feet

,

and

slept

the

long

sleep

.

And

all

Israel

bewailed

him

,

and

all

Egypt

,

with

a

great

lamentation

.

For

he

felt

even

for

the

Egyptians

even

as

his

own

members

,

and

showed

them

kindness

,

aiding

them

in

every

work

,

and

counsel

,

and

matter

.

Notes

10
Cf. Test. Simeon 8, and Jubilees 46. The account of Joseph’s burial in the Targ. Ps. Jon. on Gen. l. 26 is: “And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and placed him in a coffin, and sank him in the middle of the Nile of Egypt.“
11
Cf. Gen. xlviii. 7, LXX.