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The Testament of Simeon Concerning Envy

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Section 4

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4. And my father asked concerning me, because he

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saw

that

I

was

sad

;

and

I

said

,

I

am

pained

in

my

liver

.

For

I

mourned

more

than

they

all

,

because

I

was

guilty

of

the

selling

of

Joseph

.

And

when

we

went

down

into

Egypt

,

and

he

bound

me

as

a

spy

,

I

knew

that

I

was

suffering

justly

,

and

I

grieved

not

.

Now

Joseph

was

a

good

man

,

and

had

the

Spirit

of

God

within

him

:

compassionate

and

pitiful

,

he

bore

not

malice

against

me

;

nay

,

he

loved

me

even

as

the

rest

of

his

brothers

.

Take

heed

,

therefore

,

my

children

,

of

all

jealousy

and

envy

,

and

walk

in

singleness

of

soul

and

with

good

heart

,

keeping

in

mind

the

brother

of

your

father

,

that

God

may

give

to

you

also

grace

and

glory

,

and

blessing

upon

your

heads

,

even

as

ye

saw

in

him

.

All

his

days

he

reproached

us

not

concerning

this

thing

,

but

loved

us

as

his

own

soul

,

and

beyond

his

own

sons

;

and

he

glorified

us

,

and

gave

riches

,

and

cattle

,

and

fruits

freely

to

us

all

.

Do

ye

then

also

,

my

beloved

children

,

love

each

one

his

brother

with

a

good

heart

,

and

remove

from

you

the

spirit

of

envy

,

for

this

maketh

savage

the

soul

and

destroyeth

the

body

;

it

turneth

his

purposes

into

anger

and

war

,

and

stirreth

up

unto

blood

,

and

leadeth

the

mind

into

frenzy

,

and

suffereth

not

prudence

to

act

in

men

:

moreover

,

it

taketh

away

sleep

,

and

causeth

tumult

to

the

soul

and

trembling

to

the

body

.

For

even

in

sleep

some

malicious

jealousy

,

deluding

him

,

gnaweth

at

his

soul

,

and

with

wicked

spirits

disturbeth

it

,

and

causeth

the

body

to

be

troubled

,

and

the

mind

to

awake

from

sleep

in

confusion

;

and

as

though

having

a

wicked

and

poisonous

spirit

,

so

appeareth

it

to

men

.