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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 110

1 min 2 verses Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (translated by Rev. Dr. Sinker, 1870), public domain. Chapters are numbered in order from Reuben 1 to Benjamin 12, and verse numbers are this archive's own sentence divisions.

Asher 8

When he had said these things he charged his sons to bury him in Hebron.

A1🔗nd when he had said these things unto them, he charged them, saying: Bury me in Hebron.

2🔗 And he fell into a peaceful sleep, and died; and after this his sons did as he had charged them, and they carried him up and buried him with his fathers.

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When he had said these things he charged his sons to bury him in Hebron.

2

He fell into a peaceful sleep and died after giving that final burial charge.

3

His sons did as he had charged them once he had died peacefully.

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They carried him up and buried him with his fathers as instructed.

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His chosen resting place was Hebron where he was laid with his fathers.

Continue Reading The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 111 Joseph 1

With Asher buried in Hebron, the book turns to Joseph himself, who tells in his own words what he suffered from his brothers and in Egypt.

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