The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 127
Joseph 17
He endured great things so he would not put his brethren to shame, and urged children to hide one another’s faults with long-suffering.
1e see, my children, what great things I endured that I should not put my brethren to shame.
2 Do ye also love one another, and with long-suffering hide ye one another’s faults.
3 For God delighteth in the unity of brethren, and in the purpose of a heart approved unto love.
4 And when my brethren came into Egypt, and learnt that I returned their money unto them, and upbraided them not, yea, that I even comforted them, and after the death of Jacob I loved them more abundantly, and all things whatsoever he commanded I did very abundantly, then they marvelled.
5 For I suffered them not to be afflicted even unto the smallest matter; and all that was in my hand I gave unto them.
6 Their children were my children, and my children were as their servants; their life was my life, and all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity.
7 My land was their land, my counsel their counsel, and I exalted not myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly glory, but I was among them as one of the least.
Did You Know?
He endured great things so he would not put his brethren to shame, and urged children to hide one another’s faults with long-suffering.
When his brethren came into Egypt and learned he returned their money and comforted them without upbraiding, they marvelled.
After the death of Jacob he loved his brethren more abundantly and fulfilled all Jacob commanded very abundantly.
He treated their children as his own, made his children as their servants, and shared every suffering and sickness.
Despite worldly glory he exalted not himself in arrogance but remained among his brethren as one of the least.
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