Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs 9
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The copy of the testament of Gad, what things he spake unto his sons in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life, saying unto them:
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Hearken, my children, I was the seventh son born to Jacob, and I was valiant in keeping the flocks. Accordingly I guarded at night the flock.
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And whenever the lion came, or the wolf, or any wild beast against the fold, I pursued it and overtaking it I seized its foot with my hand and hurled it about a stone's throw, and so killed it.
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Now Joseph my brother was feeding the flock with us for upwards of thirty days, and being young, he fell sick by reason of the heat. And he returned to Hebron to our father, who made him lie down near him, because he loved him greatly.
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And Joseph told our father that the sons of Zilpah and Bilhah were slaying the best of the flock and eating them against the judgment of Reuben and Judah. Wherefore also I was angry with Joseph until the day that he was sold.
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And now, my children, hearken to the words of truth to work righteousness, and all the law of the Most High, and go not astray through the spirit of hatred, for it is evil in all the doings of men.
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Whatsoever a man doeth, the hater abhoreth him: and though a man worketh the law of the Lord, he praiseth him not; though a man feareth the Lord and taketh pleasure in that which is righteous, he loveth him not.
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He despiseth the truth, he envieth him that prospereth, he welcometh evil-speaking, he loveth arrogance, for hatred blindeth his soul.
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Love ye one another from the heart; and if a man sin against thee, speak peaceably to him, and in thy soul hold not guile; and if he repent and confess, forgive him.
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