The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 115
Joseph 5
When refused adultery, a woman vowed to kill her own husband so she might lawfully take the speaker as spouse.
1nd again at another time she said unto me, If thou wilt not commit adultery, I will kill my husband, and so will I lawfully take thee to be my husband.
2 I therefore, when I heard this, rent my garment, and said, Woman, reverence the Lord, and do not this evil deed, lest thou be utterly destroyed; for I will declare thy ungodly thought unto all men.
3 She therefore, being afraid, besought that I would declare to no one her wickedness.
4 And she departed, soothing me with gifts, and sending to me every delight of the sons of men.
Did You Know?
When refused adultery, a woman vowed to kill her own husband so she might lawfully take the speaker as spouse.
The speaker tore his garment and warned the woman to reverence the Lord rather than pursue her destructive plot.
He threatened to declare her ungodly thought unto all men unless she abandoned the evil deed.
Afraid of exposure, the woman begged that her wickedness remain hidden from everyone.
She tried to soothe him afterward with gifts and every delight known to the sons of men.
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