Testament of Dan 1

¹The copy of the words of Dan, which he spake to his sons in his last days, in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life. ²For he called together his family, and said: Hearken to my words, ye sons of Dan; and give heed to the words of your father. ³I have proved in my heart, and in my whole life, that truth with just dealing is good and well pleasing to God, and that lying and anger are evil, because they teach man all wickedness. ⁴I confess, therefore, this day to you, my children, that in my heart I resolved on the death of Joseph my brother, the true and good man. ⁵[And I rejoiced that he was sold, because his father loved him more than us.] ⁶For the spirit of jealousy and vainglory said to me: Thou thyself also art his son. ⁷And one of the spirits of Beliar stirred me up, saying: Take this sword, and with it slay Joseph: so shall thy father love thee when he is dead. ⁸Now this is the spirit of anger that persuaded me to crush Joseph as a leopard crusheth a kid. ⁹But the God of my fathers did not suffer him to fall into my hands, so that I should find him alone and slay him, and cause a second tribe to be destroyed in Israel.