¹⁶ So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions^(A) before he died:

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

Get Wisdom at Any Cost

⁴ Fathers,^[a] do not exasperate your children;^(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.^(B)

⁹ for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned^(A) to God from idols^(B) to serve the living and true God,^(C)