Testament

 1 Reuben  |       And 4 he said to them: My children, behold I am dying, and
 2 Reuben  |        to my brethren and to my children what things I have hidden
 3 Reuben  |       brethren, and 6 do ye, my children, give ear to Reuben your
 4 Reuben  |         2 1 And now hear me, my children, what things I saw concerning
 5 Reuben  |        in my youth. And now, my children, love the truth, and it
 6 Reuben  |      Pay no heed, therefore, my children, to the beauty of women,
 7 Reuben  |       sinned not. Therefore, my children, I say unto you, observe
 8 Reuben  |        1 For evil are women, my children; and since they have no
 9 Reuben  |      therefore, fornication, my children, and command your wives
10 Simeon  |        said:-- ~2 1 Hearken, my children, to Simeon your father,
11 Simeon  |      seven days. And I knew, my children, that because of Joseph
12 Simeon  |         him. ~3 1 2 And now, my children, hearken unto me and beware
13 Simeon  | brethren. Beware, therefore, my children, of all jealousy and envy,
14 Simeon  |      and fruits. Do ye also, my children, love each one his brother
15 Simeon  |        manifesteth. And now, my children, Make your hearts good before
16 Simeon  |    saved men]. ~7 1 And now, my children, obey Levi and Judah, and
17 Simeon  |        ye also may command your children that they may observe them
18 Levi    |       whatsoever I command you, children: for whatsoever things I
19 Levi    |      into Egypt. And behold, my children, ye are a third generation.
20 Levi    |         died. ~13 1 And now, my children, I command you: Fear the
21 Levi    |       And do ye also teach your children letters, That they may have
22 Levi    |    righteousness, therefore, my children, upon the earth, That ye
23 Levi    |    brother. ~14 1 Therefore, my children, I have learnt that at the
24 Levi    |          lascivious, abusers of children and beasts. ~18 1 And after
25 Levi    |         shall give power to His children to tread upon the evil spirits.
26 Levi    |       Lord shall rejoice in His children, And be well pleased in
27 Levi    |     with joy. ~19 1 And now, my children, ye have heard all; choose,
28 Judah   |       said to them: Hearken, my children, to Judah your father. I
29 Judah   |       for Shelah lived, and his children are ye. ~9 1 And eighteen
30 Judah   |         he did not wish to have children by her. In the days of the
31 Judah   |       And now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father,
32 Judah   | inasmuch as I had no joy in her children. ~14 1 And now, my children,
33 Judah   |     children. ~14 1 And now, my children, I say unto you, be not
34 Judah   |       is the inebriated man, my children; for he 5 who is drunken
35 Judah   |       man who drinketh wine, my children; and herein is discretion
36 Judah   |        1 Observe, therefore, my children, the (rights limit in wine;
37 Judah   |      And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor
38 Judah   |         2 Beware, therefore, my children, of fornication, and the
39 Judah   |       as in the night. ~19 1 My children, the love of money leadeth
40 Judah   |         sake of money I lost my children, and had not my repentance,
41 Judah   |        20 1 Know, therefore, my children, that two spirits wait upon
42 Judah   |        judge. ~21 1 And now, my children, I command you, love Levi,
43 Judah   |       Now I have much grief, my children, because of your lewdness
44 Judah   |       friends, the slaughter of children, the rape of wives, the
45 Judah   |        1 Observe, therefore, my children, all the law of the Lord,
46 Issachar|       said to them: Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father;
47 Issachar|       shall be to me instead of children. For the Lord hath despised
48 Issachar|          7 and I have not borne children to Jacob. Now there were
49 Issachar|        of the Lord, saying: Two children shall Rachel bear, inasmuch
50 Issachar|       knew that for the sake of children she wished to company with
51 Issachar|        therefore, I grew up, my children, I walked in uprightness
52 Issachar|      And now, hearken to me, my children, And walk in singleness
53 Issachar|         5 1 Keep, therefore, my children, the law of God, And get
54 Issachar|         1 Know ye therefore, my children, that in the last times
55 Issachar|     give these commands to your children, that, if they sin, they
56 Issachar|       you also these things, my children, And every spirit of Beliar
57 Zebulun |        price I had no share, my children. But Simeon and Gad and
58 Zebulun |      and their wives, and their children, 3 saying: We will not eat
59 Zebulun |      had said. ~5 I And now, my children, I bid you to keep the commands
60 Zebulun |   compassion in your hearts, my children, because even as a man doeth
61 Zebulun | distress. Do you, therefore, my children, from that which God bestoweth
62 Zebulun |  therefore, yourselves also, my children, compassion towards every
63 Zebulun |     taking heed, do ye also, my children, approve yourselves without
64 Zebulun | consummation. ~10 1 And now, my children, grieve not that I am dying,
65 Dan     |  therefore, this day to you, my children, 5 that in my heart I resolved
66 Dan     |        Israel. ~2 1 And now, my children, behold I am dying, and
67 Dan     |      anger is an evil thing, my children, for it troubleth even the
68 Dan     |       into any loss or ruin, my children, be not afflicted; for this
69 Dan     |        1 Observe, therefore, my children, the commandments of the
70 Dan     |      And now, fear the Lord, my children, and beware of Satan and
71 Dan     |       therefore, yourselves, my children, from every evil work, And
72 Dan     |       do ye also impart to your children [that the Saviour of the
73 Naphtali|         6 then to say: Hear, my children, ye sons of Naphtali, hear
74 Naphtali|       and so forth. So then, my children, let all your works be done
75 Naphtali|      But ye shall not be so, my children, recognizing in the firmament,
76 Naphtali|       things I say unto you, my children, for I have read in the
77 Naphtali|       brethren. ~8 1 And lo! my children, I have shown unto you the
78 Naphtali|          therefore, charge your children that they be united to Levi
79 Naphtali|     work that which is good, my children, Both men and angels shall
80 Naphtali|       therefore wise in God, my Children, and prudent, understanding
81 Gad     |   saying unto them: Hearken, my children, I was the ninth son born
82 Gad     |        I confess now my sin, my children, that oftentimes I wished
83 Gad     |        Israel. ~3 1 And now, my children, hearken to the words of
84 Gad     |         I Beware, therefore, my children of hatred; for it worketh
85 Gad     |         you from experience, my children, that ye may drive forth
86 Gad     |        Joseph. ~6 1 And now, my children, I exhort you, love ye each
87 Gad     |       tell these things to your children, that they honour Judah
88 Gad     |      know that at the last your children shall depart from Him, and
89 Gad     |        while, he said again; My children, obey your father, and bury
90 Asher   |       said to them: Hearken, ye children of Asher, to your father,
91 Asher   |           3 1 But do not ye, my children, wear two faces like unto
92 Asher   |       the good. ~5 1 Ye see, my children, how that there are two
93 Asher   |          therefore, ye also, my children, to the commandments of
94 Asher   |   mankind. Do ye, therefore, my children, keep the law of the Lord,
95 Asher   |       life. ~7 1 Become not, my children, as Sodom, which sinned
96 Asher   |        Therefore do ye also, my children, tell these things to your
97 Asher   |       tell these things to your children, that they 5 disobey Him
98 Joseph  |            2 My brethren and my children, Hearken to Joseph the beloved
99 Joseph  |      thy rival, 6 will beat thy children~ ~