1 The copy of the words of Zeḇulun, which he enjoined on his sons before he died in the hundred and fourteenth year of his life, two years after the death of Yosĕph. 2 And he said to them: Hearken to me, you sons of Zeḇulun attend to the words Read more
1 And now children, I urge you to keep the Commands of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and to show mercy to your neighbors, and to have compassion towards all, not towards men only, but also towards beasts. 2 For all this thing’s sake 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 baraḵ me, and when all my brethren were sick, Read more
1 A copy of the testament of Yosĕph. When he was about to die, he called his sons and his brothers and said to them: 2 My brothers and my children. Listen to Yosĕph, the one beloved of Yisra’ĕl. Give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 In my Read more
1 And this chief officer of Pharaoh entrusted to me his household. 2 I struggled with a shameless woman who kept prodding me to transgress with her, but the Elohim of my father rescued me from the burning flame. 3 I was jailed, I was whipped, I was sneered at, Read more
1 How often the Mitsrite woman threatened me with death! How often, after turning me over to the tormentors she would call me back and threaten me! But since I was unwilling to have intercourse with her, she kept saying to me, 2 You will be master over me and Read more
1 How often, then, did she flatter me with words as a qodesh man, deceitfully praising my self-control through her words in the presence of her husband, but when we were alone she sought to seduce me. 2 Publicly she honored me for my self-control, while privately she said to Read more
1 Again on another occasion she said to me, If you do not want to commit adultery, I shall kill my husband by a drug and take you as my husband. 2 When I heard this, I tore my clothing and said to her, Woman, show reverence to Elohim; do Read more
1 Later she sent me food mixed with enchantments. 2 When the eunuch who was carrying it arrived, I looked up and saw a frightening man who offered me a sword along with the bowl. So I perceived it was a trick to lead me astray. 3 When he departed, Read more
1 But her heart was still inclined to evil and she turned over in her mind how she might entrap me. Shortly she was sighing deeply and depressed, even though she was not sick. 2 When her husband saw her, he said to her, Why are you so downcast? She Read more
1 I tell you, my children, it was about the sixth hour when she left me. Bending my knees before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, I prayed a whole day and a whole night. Toward dawn I arose, crying and begging deliverance from her. 2 Finally, she grasped my clothing, determined to force me Read more