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The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy

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Section 3

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3. For in the price of Joseph, my

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children

,

I

had

no

share

;

but

Simeon

and

Gad

and

six

other

of

our

brethren

took

the

price

of

Joseph

,

and

bought

sandals

for

themselves

,

their

wives

,

and

their

children

,

saying

,

We

will

not

eat

of

it

,

for

it

is

the

price

of

our

brother’s

blood

,

but

will

tread

it

down

under

foot

,

because

he

said

that

he

was

king

over

us

,

and

so

let

us

see

what

his

dreams

mean

.

Therefore

is

it

written

in

the

writing

of

the

law

of

Enoch

,

that

whosoever

will

not

raise

up

seed

to

his

brother

,

his

sandal

shall

be

unloosed

,

and

they

shall

spit

into

his

face

.

And

the

brethren

of

Joseph

wished

not

that

their

brother

should

live

,

and

the

Lord

loosed

unto

them

the

sandal

of

Joseph

.

For

when

they

came

into

Egypt

they

were

unloosed

by

the

servants

of

Joseph

before

the

gate

,

and

so

made

obeisance

to

Joseph

after

the

fashion

of

Pharaoh

.

And

not

only

did

they

make

obeisance

to

him

,

but

were

spit

upon

also

,

falling

down

before

him

forthwith

,

and

so

they

were

put

to

shame

before

the

Egyptians

;

for

after

this

the

Egyptians

heard

all

the

evils

which

we

had

done

to

Joseph

.

Notes

3
Cf. the Targum Ps. Jon. on Gen. xxxvii. 28.
4
[Deut. xxv. 7, 8, 9. See Lardner on the animus of these quotations from Enoch, as it strikes him, vol. ii. p. 350.]