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The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy

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Section 4

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4. After these things they brought forth food;

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for

I

through

two

days

and

two

nights

tasted

nothing

,

through

pity

for

Joseph

.

And

Judah

ate

not

with

them

,

but

watched

the

pit

;

for

he

feared

lest

Simeon

and

Gad

should

run

back

and

slay

him

.

And

when

they

saw

that

I

also

ate

not

,

they

set

me

to

watch

him

until

he

was

sold

.

And

he

remained

in

the

pit

three

days

and

three

nights

,

and

so

was

sold

famishing

.

And

when

Reuben

heard

that

while

he

was

away

Joseph

had

been

sold

,

he

rent

his

clothes

about

him

,

and

mourned

,

saying

,

How

shall

I

look

in

the

face

of

Jacob

my

father

?

And

he

took

the

money

,

and

ran

after

the

merchants

,

and

found

no

one

;

for

they

had

left

the

main

road

,

and

journeyed

hastily

through

rugged

byways

.

And

Reuben

ate

no

food

on

that

day

.

Dan

therefore

came

to

him

,

and

said

,

Weep

not

,

neither

grieve

;

for

I

have

found

what

we

can

say

to

our

father

Jacob

.

Let

us

slay

a

kid

of

the

goats

,

and

dip

in

it

the

coat

of

Joseph

;

and

we

will

say

,

Look

,

if

this

is

the

coat

of

thy

son

:

for

they

stripped

off

from

Joseph

the

coat

of

our

father

when

they

were

about

to

sell

him

,

and

put

upon

him

an

old

garment

of

a

slave

.

Now

Simeon

had

the

coat

,

and

would

not

give

it

up

,

wishing

to

rend

it

with

his

sword

;

for

he

was

angry

that

Joseph

lived

,

and

that

he

had

not

slain

him

.

Then

we

all

rose

up

together

against

him

,

and

said

,

If

thou

give

it

not

up

,

we

will

say

that

thou

alone

didst

this

wickedness

in

Israel

;

and

so

he

gave

it

up

,

and

they

did

even

as

Dan

had

said

.

Notes

5
Cam. ms. διὰ τραγλοκολπητῶν Ox. ms. διὰ τρωγλοδυτῶν.