The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 126
Joseph 16
A Memphian woman urged her husband to buy Joseph after hearing that the Ishmaelites were selling him.
1ow the Memphian woman pointed me out to her husband, that he should buy me; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him.
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.
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.
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.
5 And he gave them eighty pieces of gold for me, and told his mistress that a hundred had been given for me.
6 And when I saw it I held my peace, that the eunuch should not be punished.
Did You Know?
A Memphian woman urged her husband to buy Joseph after hearing that the Ishmaelites were selling him.
The Memphian woman's first eunuch returned without buying Joseph because he refused to traffic with the Ishmaelites.
She instructed a second eunuch to pay even two minæ of gold rather than fail to purchase the boy.
The eunuch paid eighty pieces of gold for Joseph but reported to his mistress that a hundred had been spent.
Joseph stayed silent about the eunuch's lie over the price so the servant would not be punished.
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