The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 52
Judah 17
Judah warns his children against loving money and gazing upon women's beauty, recalling how both led him astray to Bathshua the Canaanite. Themes: Obedience and Testing
1 charge you, therefore, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.
2 For I know that because of these two things shall ye who are my race fall into wickedness; for even wise men among my sons shall they mar, and shall cause the kingdom of Judah to be diminished, which the Lord gave me because of my obedience to my father.
3 For I never disobeyed a word of Jacob my father, for all things whatsoever he commanded I did.
4 And Abraham, the father of my father, blessed me that I should be king in Israel, and Isaac further blessed me in like manner.
5 And I know that from me shall the kingdom be established.
Did You Know?
Judah warns his children against loving money and gazing upon women's beauty, recalling how both led him astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.
He foretells that money and beauty will mar even wise men among his sons and diminish the kingdom of Judah.
Judah claims he never disobeyed a single word of his father Jacob and fulfilled every command given him.
Abraham, the father of Judah's father, blessed him to be king in Israel, and Isaac blessed him likewise.
Judah knows that from him the kingdom shall be established, though he predicts its later diminution among his race.
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