The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 130
Joseph 20
The speaker knew that after his death the Egyptians would afflict them but God would bring them into the promised land.
1 know that after my death the Egyptians will afflict you, but God will undertake your cause, and will bring you into that which He promised to your fathers.
2 But carry ye up my bones with you; for when my bones are taken up, the Lord will be with you in light, and Beliar shall be in darkness with the Egyptians.
3 And carry ye up Zilpah your mother, and lay her near Bilhah, by the hippodrome, by the side of Rachel.
4 And when he had said these things, he stretched out his feet, and slept the long sleep.
5 And all Israel bewailed him, and all Egypt, with a great lamentation.
6 For he felt even for the Egyptians even as his own members, and showed them kindness, aiding them in every work, and counsel, and matter.
Did You Know?
The speaker knew that after his death the Egyptians would afflict them but God would bring them into the promised land.
He ordered his bones carried up so the Lord would be with them in light while Beliar remained in darkness with the Egyptians.
He told them to carry up Zilpah their mother and lay her near Bilhah by the hippodrome by the side of Rachel.
When he had said these things he stretched out his feet and slept the long sleep.
All Israel and all Egypt bewailed him with a great lamentation because he felt for the Egyptians as his own members.
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