# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 125: Joseph 15

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/125 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**125:1** Now, after four and twenty days came the Ishmaelites; and having heard that Jacob my father was mourning because of me, they said unto me, How is it that thou saidst that thou wert a slave? and lo, we have learnt that thou art the son of a mighty man in the land of Canaan, and thy father grieveth for thee in sackcloth.

**125:2** And again I would have wept, but I restrained myself, that I should not put my brethren to shame.

**125:3** And I said, I know not, I am a slave. Then they take counsel to sell me, that I should not be found in their hands.

**125:4** For they feared Jacob, lest he should work upon them a deadly vengeance.

**125:5** For it had been heard that he was mighty with the Lord and with men.

**125:6** Then said the merchant unto them, Release me from the judgment of Potiphar.

**125:7** They therefore came and asked for me, saying, He was bought by us with money. And he sent us away.

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