# The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, chapter 79: Dan 1

Source: https://enocharchive.com/books/the-testaments-of-the-twelve-patriarchs/79 (Enoch Archive, public-domain translation).

**79:1** The record of the words of Dan, which he spake to his sons in his last days.

**79:2** In the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life he called together his family, and said: Hearken to my words, ye sons of Dan; give heed to the words of the mouth of your father.

**79:3** I have proved in my heart, and in my whole life, that truth with just dealing is good and well-pleasing to God, and that lying and anger are evil, because they teach man all wickedness.

**79:4** I confess this day to you, my children, that in my heart I rejoiced concerning the death of Joseph, a true and good man; and I rejoiced at the selling of Joseph, because his father loved him more than us.

**79:5** For the spirit of jealousy and of vainglory said to me, Thou also art his son.

**79:6** And one of the spirits of Beliar wrought with me, saying, Take this sword, and with it slay Joseph; so shall thy father love thee when he is slain.

**79:7** This is the spirit of anger that counselled me, that even as a leopard devoureth a kid, so should I devour Joseph.

**79:8** But the God of Jacob our father gave him not over into my hands that I should find him alone, nor suffered me to work this iniquity, that two tribes should be destroyed in Israel.

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