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The Testament of Simeon Concerning Envy

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Section 5

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5. Therefore was Joseph fair in appearance, and goodly

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to

look

upon

,

because

there

dwelt

not

in

him

any

wickedness

;

for

in

trouble

of

the

spirit

the

face

declareth

it

.

And

now

,

my

children

,

make

your

hearts

good

before

the

Lord

,

and

your

ways

straight

before

men

,

and

ye

shall

find

grace

before

God

and

men

.

And

take

heed

not

to

commit

fornication

,

for

fornication

is

mother

of

all

evils

,

separating

from

God

,

and

bringing

near

to

Beliar

.

For

I

have

seen

it

inscribed

in

the

writing

of

Enoch

that

your

sons

shall

with

you

be

corrupted

in

fornication

,

and

shall

do

wrong

against

Levi

with

the

sword

.

But

they

shall

not

prevail

against

Levi

,

for

he

shall

wage

the

war

of

the

Lord

,

and

shall

conquer

all

your

hosts

;

and

there

shall

be

a

few

divided

in

Levi

and

Judah

,

and

there

shall

be

none

of

you

for

sovereignty

,

even

as

also

my

father

Jacob

prophesied

in

his

blessings

.

Notes

4
[See Speaker’s Com., N.T., vol. iv. p. 387, ed. Scribners.]
5
The Cam. ms. seems wrongly to omit the negative here. The reference is doubtless to Gen. xlix. 7.