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The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety

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Section 8

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Author: Unknown

8. I declare unto you, my children, that

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it

was

about

the

sixth

hour

when

she

departed

from

me

;

and

I

knelt

before

the

Lord

all

that

day

,

and

continued

all

the

night

;

and

about

dawn

I

rose

up

weeping

,

and

praying

for

a

release

from

the

Egyptian

.

At

last

,

then

,

she

laid

hold

of

my

garments

,

forcibly

dragging

me

to

have

connection

with

her

.

When

,

therefore

,

I

saw

that

in

her

madness

she

was

forcibly

holding

my

garments

,

I

fled

away

naked

.

And

she

falsely

accused

me

to

her

husband

,

and

the

Egyptian

cast

me

into

the

prison

in

his

house

;

and

on

the

morrow

,

having

scourged

me

,

the

Egyptian

sent

me

into

the

prison

in

his

house

.

When

,

therefore

,

I

was

in

fetters

,

the

Egyptian

woman

fell

sick

from

her

vexation

,

and

listened

to

me

how

I

sang

praises

unto

the

Lord

while

I

was

in

the

abode

of

darkness

,

and

with

glad

voice

rejoiced

and

glorified

my

God

only

because

by

a

pretext

I

had

been

rid

of

the

Egyptian

woman

.

Notes

5
This repetition of a clause seems like the slip of a copyist. The Ox. ms. reads, εἰς τὴν εἱρκτὴν τοῦ Φαραώ