The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

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On their deathbeds, the twelve sons of Jacob — Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, Benjamin — gather their children and speak their final words: confessions of their sins, ethical instructions for their descendants, prophecies about the coming of the Messiah, and visions of the heavens and hells they have been shown. Genesis gives none of this. This t

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01 / Historical context

2nd century BC. Deathbed testaments of Jacob’s twelve sons containing ethical teachings, prophecies, and heavenly visions absent from Genesis. Excluded from all canons.

02 / Why it matters

The patriarchs’ last words. Genesis stayed silent. This text did not.

From / associated with the text

““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.””

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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Context without the mythology.

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