The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

"The apocryphal work known as the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs professes to be, as its name implies, the utterances of the dying patriarchs, the sons of Jacob. In these they give some account of their lives, embodying particulars not found in the scriptural account, and build thereupon various moral precepts for the guidance of their descendants.  The book partakes also of the nature of an Apocalypse:  the patriarchs see in the future their children doing wickedly, stained