# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 126: Joseph 16

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/126 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**126:1** Now the Memphian woman pointed me out to her husband, that he should buy me; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him.

**126:2** And she sent a eunuch to the Ishmaelites, and asked them to sell me; and since he was not willing to traffic with them, he returned.

**126:3** So when the eunuch had made trial of them, he made known to his mistress that they asked a large price for their slave.

**126:4** And she sent another eunuch, saying, Even though they demand two minæ of gold, take heed not to spare the gold; only buy the boy, and bring him hither.

**126:5** And he gave them eighty pieces of gold for me, and told his mistress that a hundred had been given for me.

**126:6** And when I saw it I held my peace, that the eunuch should not be punished.

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