# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 116: Joseph 6

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/116 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**116:1** And she sendeth to me food sprinkled with enchantments.

**116:2** And when the eunuch who brought it came, I looked up and beheld a terrible man giving me with the dish a sword, and I perceived that her scheme was for the deception of my soul.

**116:3** And when he had gone out I wept, nor did I taste that or any other of her food.

**116:4** So then after one day she came to me and observed the food, and said unto me, What is this, that thou hast not eaten of the food?

**116:5** And I said unto her, It is because thou filledst it with death; and how saidst thou, I come not near to idols but to the Lord alone?

**116:6** Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by an angel thy wickedness, and I have kept it to convict thee, if haply thou mayest see it and repent.

**116:7** But that thou mayest learn that the wickedness of the ungodly hath no power over them that reverence God in chastity, I took it and ate it before her, saying, The God of my fathers and the Angel of Abraham shall be with me.

**116:8** And she fell upon her face at my feet, and wept; and I raised her up and admonished her, and she promised to do this iniquity no more.

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