Testament of Judah

Chapter 17

  1. 1 And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.
  2. 2 [For I know that because of these two things shall my race fall into wickedness. For even wise men among my sons shall they mar, and shall cause the kingdom of Judah to be diminished, which
  3. 4 the Lord gave me because of my obedience to my father. For I never caused grief to Jacob, my
  4. 5 father: for all things whatsoever he commanded I did. And Isaac, the father of my father, blessed
  5. 6 me to be king in Israel, and Jacob further blessed me in like manner. And I know that from me shall the kingdom be established.