Joseph and Asenath 25

1Then Pharaoh's son rose up that night and came to Pharaoh his father, wishing to slay his own father. But the guards of his father suffered him not to come in to his father, and they said to him: "What is thy bidding, lord?" And Pharaoh's son said: "I will see my father, because I am going to gather the vintage of my newly-planted vineyard." And the guards said: "Thy father is in pain, and was awake all the night, and now is resting, and he said to us: 'Let no man come in to me, even if it be mine own firstborn son.'" And he, having heard, departed in wrath and took with him fifty horsemen, and went before them. Then Naphtali and Asher his brethren spake to Dan and Gad, saying: "Wherefore do ye again act wickedly against your father Israel and against your brother Joseph? But God guardeth him as the pupil of an eye. Did ye not aforetime sell him? and he is today king of all the land of Egypt and provider of corn. Now, therefore, if ye wish to act wickedly against him, lo! he will cry to God Most High, and will send fire from heaven, and the fire shall consume you, and the angels of God shall fight against you." Then Dan and Gad were wroth against their younger brethren, saying: "Shall we then die as women? Far be it from us!" And they went out to meet Pharaoh's son.