The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 116
Joseph 6
A eunuch brought food sprinkled with enchantments, but a terrible man appeared giving a sword with the dish.
1nd she sendeth to me food sprinkled with enchantments.
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.
3 And when he had gone out I wept, nor did I taste that or any other of her food.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Did You Know?
A eunuch brought food sprinkled with enchantments, but a terrible man appeared giving a sword with the dish.
Perceiving her scheme for the deception of his soul, he wept and tasted neither that food nor any other.
He rebuked her for filling the food with death after she claimed she approached the Lord alone, not idols.
The God of his father revealed her wickedness by an angel, which he kept to convict her if she might repent.
He ate the food before her, invoking the God of his fathers and the Angel of Abraham as his protection.
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