# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 121: Joseph 11

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/121 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**121:1** Do ye also, therefore, have the fear of God in your works, and honour your brethren.

**121:2** For every one who worketh the law of the Lord shall be loved by Him.

**121:3** And when I came to the Indocolpitæ with the Ishmaelites, they asked me, and I said that I was a slave from their house, that I might not put my brethren to shame.

**121:4** And the eldest of them said unto me, Thou art not a slave, for even thy appearance doth make it manifest concerning thee.

**121:5** And he threatened me even unto death. But I said that I was their slave.

**121:6** Now when we came into Egypt, they strove concerning me, which of them should buy me and take me.

**121:7** Therefore it seemed good to all that I should remain in Egypt with a merchant of their trade, until they should return bringing merchandise.

**121:8** And the Lord gave me favour in the eyes of the merchant, and he entrusted unto me his house.

**121:9** And the Lord blessed him by my means, and increased him in silver and gold, and I was with him three months and five days.

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