# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 50: Judah 15

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/50 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**50:1** He that committeth fornication, and uncovereth his nakedness, hath become the servant of fornication, and escapeth not from the power thereof, even as I also was uncovered.

**50:2** For I gave my staff, that is, the stay of my tribe; and my girdle, that is, my power; and my diadem, that is, the glory of my kingdom.

**50:3** Then I repented for these things, and took no wine or flesh until my old age, nor did I behold any joy.

**50:4** And the angel of God showed me that for ever do women bear rule over king and beggar alike; and from the king they take away his glory, and from the valiant man his strength, and from the beggar even that little which is the stay of his poverty.

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