17 1Ye see, therefore, my children, what great things I endured that I should not put my brethren to shame. 2Do ye also, therefore love one another, and with long-suffering hide ye one another's faults. 3For God delighteth in the unity of brethren, and in the purpose of a heart that takes pleasure in love. 4And when my brethren came into Egypt they learnt that I had returned their money unto them, and upbraided them not, and comforted them. 5And after the death of Jacob my father I loved them more abundantly, and all things whatsoever he commanded I did very abundantly for them, 6And I suffered them not to be afflicted in the smallest matter; 7and all that was in my hand I gave unto them. And their children were my children, and my children as their servants; and their life was my life, and all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity. My land was their land, and their counsel my counsel. 8And I exalted not myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly glory, but I was among them as one of the least.