Testament

 1 Reuben  |   together to visit him. And 4 he said to them: My children, behold
 2 Reuben  |           Asher, his brethren, he said to them: Raise me up, that
 3 Reuben  |        arose and kissed them, and said unto them: Hear, my brethren,
 4 Simeon  |           up and kissed them, and said:-- ~2 1 Hearken, my children,
 5 Simeon  |         saw that I was sad; and I said unto him, I am 2 pained
 6 Levi    |         were gathered together he said to them: ~2 1, 2 I, Levi,
 7 Levi    |        opened and an angel of God said to me, Levi enter 7 And
 8 Levi    |       light also therein. 9 And I said to the angel, Why Is this
 9 Levi    |         Is this so? And the angel said to me, Marvel not at this,
10 Levi    |       glory the Most High. And He said to me: Levi, I have given
11 Levi    |           shield and a sword, and said to me: Execute vengeance
12 Levi    |        the heavenly tables. And I said to him: I pray 6 thee, O
13 Levi    |        day of tribulation. And he said: I am the angel who intercedeth
14 Levi    |         the uttermost. ~7 1 And I said to my father Jacob: By thee
15 Levi    |        and put (them,) on me, and said unto me: From henceforth
16 Levi    |         to the Lord God. And they said to me: Levi, thy 12 seed
17 Levi    |       behalf before the Lord, and said to me: Beware of the spirit
18 Levi    |         His law. And their father said unto them, The Lord is witness,
19 Levi    |          your mouth. And his sons said unto him: We are witnesses.
20 Judah   |           and came to him, and he said to them: Hearken, my children,
21 Judah   |          turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee.
22 Judah   |          go in unto thee. And she said: What wilt thou give me?
23 Judah   |          was from the Lord. For I said, Lest haply she did it in
24 Judah   |         they who were in the city said there was no harlot in the
25 Judah   |        espoused to my sons. For I said to my father-in-law: I will
26 Judah   |         For the angel of the Lord said unto me: The Lord chose
27 Judah   |        fast unto His ways. And he said to them: Behold, I die before
28 Judah   |            And Judah, when he had said these things, fell asleep;
29 Issachar|        For he called his sons and said to them: Hearken, my children,
30 Issachar|       ravine of water. And Rachel said: I will not give them to
31 Issachar|         were two apples; and Leah said to Rachel: 8 Let it suffice
32 Issachar|       take these also? And Rachel said 9 to her: Thou shalt have
33 Issachar|    mandrakes of thy son. And Leah said to her: 10 Jacob is mine,
34 Issachar|          of his youth. But Rachel said: Boast not, and vaunt not
35 Issachar| singleness of heart. 8 And having said these things, he commanded
36 Zebulun |           death of Joseph. And he said to them: 3 Hearken to me,
37 Zebulun |        Joseph to kill him, and he said unto them with tears: Pity
38 Zebulun |        meanwhile Reuben arose and said: Come, my brethren, let
39 Zebulun |         it under foot, because he said that he would be king over
40 Zebulun |         garments, (and) mourning, said: How shall I look on the
41 Zebulun |         therefore came to him and said: 8, 9 Weep not, neither
42 Zebulun |           Then we all rose up and said unto him: If thou givest
43 Zebulun |          they did even as Dan had said. ~5 I And now, my children,
44 Zebulun |           life. And when he had 7 said these things he fell asleep,
45 Dan     |          together his family, and said: Hearken to my words, ye
46 Dan     |          jealousy 7 and vainglory said to me: Thou thyself also
47 Dan     |            7 1, 2 And when he had said these things he kissed them,
48 Naphtali|          awake in the morning, he said to them, I am dying; and
49 Naphtali|          Lord, he grew strong and said that after yesterday's feast
50 Naphtali|        woman; and it is not to be said that the 8 one is like the
51 Naphtali|          the father of my father, said to us; Run and lay hold
52 Naphtali|          of Jacob. And our father said to us: Come, let us embark
53 Naphtali|         told to my father; and he said to me: These things must
54 Naphtali|  numbereth him with you, 3 And he said, weeping: Ah me, my son
55 Gad     |     rested for a little while, he said again; My children, obey
56 Asher   |           was still in health, he said to them: Hearken, ye children
57 Asher   |     awaiteth death. Nor may it be said that truth is a lie, nor
58 Asher   |      Jacob.] ~8 1 And when he had said these things unto them he
59 Joseph  |        his brethren together, and said to them:-- 2 My brethren
60 Joseph  |           company with 2 her, she said to me: Thou shalt be lord
61 Joseph  |         chaste, and in secret she said unto me: Fear not my husband;
62 Joseph  |          the word of God. And she said unto me: If thou willest
63 Joseph  |        the law of thy Lord. And I said unto her: The Lord willeth
64 Joseph  |        again, at another time she said unto me: If thou wilt not
65 Joseph  |       this, rent my garments, and said unto her: Woman, reverence
66 Joseph  |          observed the food, 5 and said unto me: Why is it that
67 Joseph  |          eaten of the food? And I said unto her: It is because
68 Joseph  |        before thee. And having so said, I prayed thus: The God
69 Joseph  |           her husband saw her, he said unto her: Why is thy countenance
70 Joseph  |       countenance fallen? And she said unto him: I have a pain
71 Joseph  |      husband was yet without, and said unto me: I will hang myself,
72 Joseph  |       prayed unto 5 the Lord, and said unto her: Why, wretched