The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 92
Naphtali 7
After hearing two dreams, the father said they must be fulfilled after Israel had endured many things.
1hese two dreams I told to my father; and he said to me, These things must be fulfilled in their season, after that Israel hath endured many things.
2 Then my father saith unto me, I believe that Joseph liveth, for I see always that the Lord numbereth him with you.
3 And he said, weeping, Thou livest, Joseph, my child, and I behold thee not, and thou seest not Jacob that begat thee.
4 And he caused us also to weep at these words of his, and I burned in my heart to declare that he had been sold, but I feared my brethren.
Did You Know?
After hearing two dreams, the father said they must be fulfilled after Israel had endured many things.
The father believed Joseph still lived because he always saw the Lord numbering him with the brothers.
Weeping, the father cried that Joseph lived yet he could not behold his child who could not see Jacob.
His emotional words about the absent Joseph moved the listening brothers to weep as well.
One brother burned in his heart to reveal Joseph had been sold but stayed silent from fear of his brethren.
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