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And they came and requested me, saying: Say that thou wast bought by us with money, and he will set us free.
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Now the Memphian woman said to her husband: Buy the youth; for I hear, said she, that they are selling him.
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And straightway she sent a eunuch to the Ishmaelites, and asked them to sell me.
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But since the eunuch would not agree to buy me at their price he returned, having made trial of them, and he made known to his mistress that they asked a large price for their slave.
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And she sent another eunuch, saying: Even though they demand two minas, give them, do not spare the gold; only buy the boy, and bring him to me.
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The eunuch therefore went and gave them eighty pieces of gold, and he received me; but to the Egyptian woman he said I have given a hundred.
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And though I knew this I held my peace, lest the eunuch should be put to shame.
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Ye see, therefore, my children, what great things I endured that I should not put my brethren to shame.
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Do ye also, therefore, love one another, and with long-suffering hide ye one another's faults.
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For God delighteth in the unity of brethren, and in the purpose of a heart that takes pleasure in love.
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And when my brethren came into Egypt they learnt that I had returned their money unto them, and upbraided them not, and comforted them.
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And after the death of Jacob my father I loved them more abundantly, and all things whatsoever he commanded I did very abundantly for them.
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And I suffered them not to be afflicted in the smallest matter; and all that was in my hand I gave unto them.
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And their children were my children, and my children as their servants; and their life was my life, and all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity.
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My land was their land, and their counsel my counsel.
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And I exalted not myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly glory, but I was among them as one of the least.
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If ye also, therefore, walk in the commandments of the Lord, my children, He will exalt you there, and will bless you with good things for ever and ever.
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And if any one seeketh to do evil unto you, do well unto him, and pray for him, and ye shall be redeemed of the Lord from all evil.
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For, behold, ye see that out of my humility and longsuffering I took unto wife the daughter of the priest of Heliopolis.
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And a hundred talents of gold were given me with her, and the Lord made them to serve me.
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And He gave me also beauty as a flower beyond the beautiful ones of Israel; and He preserved me unto old age in strength and in beauty, because I was like in all things to Jacob.
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And hear ye, my children, also the vision which I saw.
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There were twelve harts feeding: and the nine were first dispersed over all the earth, and likewise also the three.
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And I saw that from Judah was born a virgin wearing a linen garment, and from her, was born a lamb, without spot; and on his left hand there was as it were a lion; and all the beasts rushed against him, and the lamb overcame them, and destroyed them and trod them under foot.
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And because of him the angels and men rejoiced, and all the land.
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And these things shall come to pass in their season, in the last days.
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Do ye therefore, my children, observe the commandments of the Lord, and honour Levi and Judah; for from them shall arise unto you the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world, one who saveth all the Gentiles and Israel.
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For His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, which shall not pass away; but my kingdom among you shall come to an end as a watcher's hammock, which after the summer disappeareth.
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For I know that after my death the Egyptians will afflict you, but God will avenge you, and will bring you into that which He promised to your fathers.
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But ye shall carry up my bones with you; for when my bones are being taken up thither, the Lord shall be with you in light, and Beliar shall be in darkness with the Egyptians.
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And carry ye up Asenath your mother to the Hippodrome, and near Rachel your mother bury her.
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And when he had said these things he stretched out his feet, and died at a good old age.
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And all Israel mourned for him, and all Egypt, with a great mourning.
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And when the children of Israel went out of Egypt, they took with them the bones of Joseph, and they buried him in Hebron with his fathers, and the years of his life were one hundred and ten years.
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