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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 16

1 min 1 verses Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (translated by Rev. Dr. Sinker, 1870), public domain. Chapters are numbered in order from Reuben 1 to Benjamin 12, and verse numbers are this archive's own sentence divisions.

Simeon 9

The sons of Simeon bewailed their father according to the law of mourning in this brief testament.

A1🔗nd the sons of Simeon bewailed their father according to the law of mourning, and they were in Egypt until the day of their departure from Egypt by the hand of Moses.

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The sons of Simeon bewailed their father according to the law of mourning in this brief testament.

2

Those same sons were in Egypt until the day of their departure from Egypt arrived.

3

Their exit from Egypt took place by the hand of Moses according to the narrative.

4

Bewailing followed the law of mourning as the sons of Simeon grieved their father.

5

Moses by his hand effected the departure from Egypt of the sons of Simeon.

Continue Reading The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 17 Levi 1

After Simeon's warning to obey Levi, Levi himself speaks next and tells how he was shown the heavens and made a priest.

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