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THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:33 pm
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[center]The Book of Jasher
Referred to in
Joshua and Second Samuel
Faithfully Translated
FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW INTO ENGLISH
"Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?"--Joshua, x. 13.
"Behold it is written in the Book of Jasher."--II. Samuel, i. 18
SALT LAKE CITY:
PUBLISHED BY J.H. PARRY & COMPANY
1887.[/center]
Book of Jasher, Chapter 1
1 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness, and God created man in his own image.
2 And God formed man from the ground, and he blew into his
nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul
endowed with speech.
3 And the Lord said, It is not good for man to be alone; I will
make unto him a helpmeet.
4 And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
slept, and he took away one of his ribs, and he built flesh upon
it, and formed it and brought it to Adam, and Adam awoke from
his sleep, and behold a woman was standing before him.
5 And he said, This is a bone of my bones and it shall be called
woman, for this has been taken from man; and Adam called her
name Eve, for she was the mother of all living.
6 And God blessed them and called their names Adam and Eve in
the day that he created them, and the Lord God said, Be fruitful
and multiply and fill the earth.
7 And the Lord God took Adam and his wife, and he placed them in
the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it; and he commanded
them and said unto them, From every tree of the garden you may
eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you
shall not eat, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall
surely die.
8 And when God had blessed and commanded them, he went from
them, and Adam and his wife dwelt in the garden according to the
command which the Lord had commanded them.
9 And the serpent, which God had created with them in the earth,
came to them to incite them to transgress the command of God
which he had commanded them.
10 And the serpent enticed and persuaded the woman to eat from
the tree of knowledge, and the woman hearkened to the voice of
the serpent, and she transgressed the word of God, and took from
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and she ate, and she
took from it and gave also to her husband and he ate.
11 And Adam and his wife transgressed the command of God which
he commanded them, and God knew it, and his anger was kindled
against them and he cursed them.
12 And the Lord God drove them that day from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from which they were taken, and they went and
dwelt at the east of the garden of Eden; and Adam knew his wife
Eve and she bore two sons and three daughters.
13 And she called the name of the first born Cain, saying, I
have obtained a man from the Lord, and the name of the other she
called Abel, for she said, In vanity we came into the earth, and
in vanity we shall be taken from it.
14 And the boys grew up and their father gave them a possession
in the land; and Cain was a tiller of the ground, and Abel a
keeper of sheep.
15 And it was at the expiration of a few years, that they
brought an approximating offering to the Lord, and Cain brought
from the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought from the
firstlings of his flock from the fat thereof, and God turned and
inclined to Abel and his offering, and a fire came down from the
Lord from heaven and consumed it.
16 And unto Cain and his offering the Lord did not turn, and he
did not incline to it, for he had brought from the inferior
fruit of the ground before the Lord, and Cain was jealous
against his brother Abel on account of this, and he sought a
pretext to slay him.
17 And in some time after, Cain and Abel his brother, went one
day into the field to do their work; and they were both in the
field, Cain tilling and ploughing his ground, and Abel feeding
his flock; and the flock passed that part which Cain had
ploughed in the ground, and it sorely grieved Cain on this
account.
18 And Cain approached his brother Abel in anger, and he said
unto him, What is there between me and thee, that thou comest to
dwell and bring thy flock to feed in my land?
19 And Abel answered his brother Cain and said unto him, What is
there between me and thee, that thou shalt eat the flesh of my
flock and clothe thyself with their wool?
20 And now therefore, put off the wool of my sheep with which
thou hast clothed thyself, and recompense me for their fruit and
flesh which thou hast eaten, and when thou shalt have done this,
I will then go from thy land as thou hast said?
21 And Cain said to his brother Abel, Surely if I slay thee this
day, who will require thy blood from me?
22 And Abel answered Cain, saying, Surely God who has made us in
the earth, he will avenge my cause, and he will require my blood
from thee shouldst thou slay me, for the Lord is the judge and
arbiter, and it is he who will requite man according to his
evil, and the wicked man according to the wickedness that he may
do upon earth.
23 And now, if thou shouldst slay me here, surely God knoweth
thy secret views, and will judge thee for the evil which thou
didst declare to do unto me this day.
24 And when Cain heard the words which Abel his brother had
spoken, behold the anger of Cain was kindled against his brother
Abel for declaring this thing.
25 And Cain hastened and rose up, and took the iron part of his
ploughing instrument, with which he suddenly smote his brother
and he slew him, and Cain spilt the blood of his brother Abel
upon the earth, and the blood of Abel streamed upon the earth
before the flock.
26 And after this Cain repented having slain his brother, and he
was sadly grieved, and he wept over him and it vexed him
exceedingly.
27 And Cain rose up and dug a hole in the field, wherein he put
his brother's body, and he turned the dust over it.
28 And the Lord knew what Cain had done to his brother, and the
Lord appeared to Cain and said unto him, Where is Abel thy
brother that was with thee?
29 And Cain dissembled, and said, I do not know, am I my
brother's keeper? And the Lord said unto him, What hast thou
done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the
ground where thou hast slain him.
30 For thou hast slain thy brother and hast dissembled before
me, and didst imagine in thy heart that I saw thee not, nor knew
all thy actions.
31 But thou didst this thing and didst slay thy brother for
naught and because he spoke rightly to thee, and now, therefore,
cursed be thou from the ground which opened its mouth to receive
thy brother's blood from thy hand, and wherein thou didst bury
him.
32 And it shall be when thou shalt till it, it shall no more
give thee its strength as in the beginning, for thorns and
thistles shall the ground produce, and thou shalt be moving and
wandering in the earth until the day of thy death.
33 And at that time Cain went out from the presence of the Lord,
from the place where he was, and he went moving and wandering in
the land toward the east of Eden, he and all belonging to him.
34 And Cain knew his wife in those days, and she conceived and
bare a son, and he called his name Enoch, saying, In that time
the Lord began to give him rest and quiet in the earth.
35 And at that time Cain also began to build a city: and he
built the city and he called the name of the city Enoch,
according to the name of his son; for in those days the Lord had
given him rest upon the earth, and he did not move about and
wander as in the beginning.
36 And Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad begat Mechuyael and
Mechuyael begat Methusael.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:34 pm
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 2
1 And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of
Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and she
conceived and bare a son in his likeness and in his image, and
she called his name Seth, saying, Because God has appointed me
another seed in the place of Abel, for Cain has slain him.
2 And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and he begat a son;
and Seth called the name of his son Enosh, saying, Because in
that time the sons of men began to multiply, and to afflict
their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against
God.
3 And it was in the days of Enosh that the sons of men continued
to rebel and transgress against God, to increase the anger of
the Lord against the sons of men.
4 And the sons of men went and they served other gods, and they
forgot the Lord who had created them in the earth: and in those
days the sons of men made images of brass and iron, wood and
stone, and they bowed down and served them.
5 And every man made his god and they bowed down to them, and
the sons of men forsook the Lord all the days of Enosh and his
children; and the anger of the Lord was kindled on account of
their works and abominations which they did in the earth.
6 And the Lord caused the waters of the river Gihon to overwhelm
them, and he destroyed and consumed them, and he destroyed the
third part of the earth, and notwithstanding this, the sons of
men did not turn from their evil ways, and their hands were yet
extended to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
7 And in those days there was neither sowing nor reaping in the
earth; and there was no food for the sons of men and the famine
was very great in those days.
8 And the seed which they sowed in those days in the ground
became thorns, thistles and briers; for from the days of Adam
was this declaration concerning the earth, of the curse of God,
which he cursed the earth, on account of the sin which Adam
sinned before the Lord.
9 And it was when men continued to rebel and transgress against
God, and to corrupt their ways, that the earth also became
corrupt.
10 And Enosh lived ninety years and he begat Cainan;
11 And Cainan grew up and he was forty years old, and he became
wise and had knowledge and skill in all wisdom, and he reigned
over all the sons of men, and he led the sons of men to wisdom
and knowledge; for Cainan was a very wise man and had
understanding in all wisdom, and with his wisdom he ruled over
spirits and demons;
12 And Cainan knew by his wisdom that God would destroy the sons
of men for having sinned upon earth, and that the Lord would in
the latter days bring upon them the waters of the flood.
13 And in those days Cainan wrote upon tablets of stone, what
was to take place in time to come, and he put them in his
treasures.
14 And Cainan reigned over the whole earth, and he turned some
of the sons of men to the service of God.
15 And when Cainan was seventy years old, he begat three sons
and two daughters.
16 And these are the names of the children of Cainan; the name
of the first born Mahlallel, the second Enan, and the third
Mered, and their sisters were Adah and Zillah; these are the
five children of Cainan that were born to him.
17 And Lamech, the son of Methusael, became related to Cainan by
marriage, and he took his two daughters for his wives, and Adah
conceived and bare a son to Lamech, and she called his name
Jabal.
18 And she again conceived and bare a son, and called his name
Jubal; and Zillah, her sister, was barren in those days and had
no offspring.
19 For in those days the sons of men began to trespass against
God, and to transgress the commandments which he had commanded
to Adam, to be fruitful and multiply in the earth.
20 And some of the sons of men caused their wives to drink a
draught that would render them barren, in order that they might
retain their figures and whereby their beautiful appearance
might not fade.
21 And when the sons of men caused some of their wives to drink,
Zillah drank with them.
22 And the child-bearing women appeared abominable in the sight
of their husbands as widows, whilst their husbands lived, for to
the barren ones only they were attached.
23 And in the end of days and years, when Zillah became old, the
Lord opened her womb.
24 And she conceived and bare a son and she called his name
Tubal Cain, saying, After I had withered away have I obtained
him from the Almighty God.
25 And she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called
her name Naamah, for she said, After I had withered away have I
obtained pleasure and delight.
26 And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were
dim that he could not see, and Tubal Cain, his son, was leading
him and it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tubal
Cain his son was with him, and whilst they were walking in the
field, Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech
was very old and could not see much, and Tubal Cain his son was
very young.
27 And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the
arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for
he appeared to them to be an animal.
28 And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was distant
from them, and he fell to the ground and died.
29 And the Lord requited Cain's evil according to his
wickedness, which he had done to his brother Abel, according to
the word of the Lord which he had spoken.
30 And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal
went to see the animal which they had slain, and they saw, and
behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth.
31 And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this, and in
clapping his hands together he struck his son and caused his
death.
32 And the wives of Lamech heard what Lamech had done, and they
sought to kill him.
33 And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because he
slew Cain and Tubal Cain, and the wives of Lamech separated from
him, and would not hearken to him in those days.
34 And Lamech came to his wives, and he pressed them to listen
to him about this matter.
35 And he said to his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice O
wives of Lamech, attend to my words, for now you have imagined
and said that I slew a man with my wounds, and a child with my
stripes for their having done no violence, but surely know that
I am old and grey-headed, and that my eyes are heavy through
age, and I did this thing unknowingly.
36 And the wives of Lamech listened to him in this matter, and
they returned to him with the advice of their father Adam, but
they bore no children to him from that time, knowing that God's
anger was increasing in those days against the sons of men, to
destroy them with the waters of the flood for their evil doings.
37 And Mahlallel the son of Cainan lived sixty-five years and he
begat Jared; and Jared lived sixty-two years and he begat Enoch.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:35 pm
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 3
1 And Enoch lived sixty-five years and he begat Methuselah; and
Enoch walked with God after having begot Methuselah, and he
served the Lord, and despised the evil ways of men.
2 And the soul of Enoch was wrapped up in the instruction of the
Lord, in knowledge and in understanding; and he wisely retired
from the sons of men, and secreted himself from them for many
days.
3 And it was at the expiration of many years, whilst he was
serving the Lord, and praying before him in his house, that an
angel of the Lord called to him from Heaven, and he said, Here
am I.
4 And he said, Rise, go forth from thy house and from the place
where thou dost hide thyself, and appear to the sons of men, in
order that thou mayest teach them the way in which they should
go and the work which they must accomplish to enter in the ways
of God.
5 And Enoch rose up according to the word of the Lord, and went
forth from his house, from his place and from the chamber in
which he was concealed; and he went to the sons of men and
taught them the ways of the Lord, and at that time assembled the
sons of men and acquainted them with the instruction of the
Lord.
6 And he ordered it to be proclaimed in all places where the
sons of men dwelt, saying, Where is the man who wishes to know
the ways of the Lord and good works? let him come to Enoch.
7 And all the sons of men then assembled to him, for all who
desired this thing went to Enoch, and Enoch reigned over the
sons of men according to the word of the Lord, and they came and
bowed to him and they heard his word.
8 And the spirit of God was upon Enoch, and he taught all his
men the wisdom of God and his ways, and the sons of men served
the Lord all the days of Enoch, and they came to hear his
wisdom.
9 And all the kings of the sons of men, both first and last,
together with their princes and judges, came to Enoch when they
heard of his wisdom, and they bowed down to him, and they also
required of Enoch to reign over them, to which he consented.
10 And they assembled in all, one hundred and thirty kings and
princes, and they made Enoch king over them and they were all
under his power and command.
11 And Enoch taught them wisdom, knowledge, and the ways of the
Lord; and he made peace amongst them, and peace was throughout
the earth during the life of Enoch.
12 And Enoch reigned over the sons of men two hundred and
forty-three years, and he did justice and righteousness with all
his people, and he led them in the ways of the Lord.
13 And these are the generations of Enoch, Methuselah, Elisha,
and Elimelech, three sons; and their sisters were Melca and
Nahmah, and Methuselah lived eighty-seven years and he begat
Lamech.
14 And it was in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Lamech when
Adam died; nine hundred and thirty years old was he at his
death, and his two sons, with Enoch and Methuselah his son,
buried him with great pomp, as at the burial of kings, in the
cave which God had told him.
15 And in that place all the sons of men made a great mourning
and weeping on account of Adam; it has therefore become a custom
among the sons of men to this day.
16 And Adam died because he ate of the tree of knowledge; he and
his children after him, as the Lord God had spoken.
17 And it was in the year of Adam's death which was the two
hundred and forty-third year of the reign of Enoch, in that time
Enoch resolved to separate himself from the sons of men and to
secret himself as at first in order to serve the Lord.
18 And Enoch did so, but did not entirely secret himself from
them, but kept away from the sons of men three days and then
went to them for one day.
19 And during the three days that he was in his chamber, he
prayed to, and praised the Lord his God, and the day on which he
went and appeared to his subjects he taught them the ways of the
Lord, and all they asked him about the Lord he told them.
20 And he did in this manner for many years, and he afterward
concealed himself for six days, and appeared to his people one
day in seven; and after that once in a month, and then once in a
year, until all the kings, princes and sons of men sought for
him, and desired again to see the face of Enoch, and to hear his
word; but they could not, as all the sons of men were greatly
afraid of Enoch, and they feared to approach him on account of
the Godlike awe that was seated upon his countenance; therefore
no man could look at him, fearing he might be punished and die.
21 And all the kings and princes resolved to assemble the sons
of men, and to come to Enoch, thinking that they might all speak
to him at the time when he should come forth amongst them, and
they did so.
22 And the day came when Enoch went forth and they all assembled
and came to him, and Enoch spoke to them the words of the Lord
and he taught them wisdom and knowledge, and they bowed down
before him and they said, May the king live! May the king live!
23 And in some time after, when the kings and princes and the
sons of men were speaking to Enoch, and Enoch was teaching them
the ways of God, behold an angel of the Lord then called unto
Enoch from heaven, and wished to bring him up to heaven to make
him reign there over the sons of God, as he had reigned over the
sons of men upon earth.
24 When at that time Enoch heard this he went and assembled all
the inhabitants of the earth, and taught them wisdom and
knowledge and gave them divine instructions, and he said to
them, I have been required to ascend into heaven, I therefore do
not know the day of my going.
25 And now therefore I will teach you wisdom and knowledge and
will give you instruction before I leave you, how to act upon
earth whereby you may live; and he did so.
26 And he taught them wisdom and knowledge, and gave them
instruction, and he reproved them, and he placed before them
statutes and judgments to do upon earth, and he made peace
amongst them, and he taught them everlasting life, and dwelt
with them some time teaching them all these things.
27 And at that time the sons of men were with Enoch, and Enoch
was speaking to them, and they lifted up their eyes and the
likeness of a great horse descended from heaven, and the horse
paced in the air;
28 And they told Enoch what they had seen, and Enoch said to
them, On my account does this horse descend upon earth; the time
is come when I must go from you and I shall no more be seen by
you.
29 And the horse descended at that time and stood before Enoch,
and all the sons of men that were with Enoch saw him.
30 And Enoch then again ordered a voice to be proclaimed,
saying, Where is the man who delighteth to know the ways of the
Lord his God, let him come this day to Enoch before he is taken
from us.
31 And all the sons of men assembled and came to Enoch that day;
and all the kings of the earth with their princes and
counsellors remained with him that day; and Enoch then taught
the sons of men wisdom and knowledge, and gave them divine
instruction; and he bade them serve the Lord and walk in his
ways all the days of their lives, and he continued to make peace
amongst them.
32 And it was after this that he rose up and rode upon the
horse; and he went forth and all the sons of men went after him,
about eight hundred thousand men; and they went with him one
day's journey.
33 And the second day he said to them, Return home to your
tents, why will you go? perhaps you may die; and some of them
went from him, and those that remained went with him six day's
journey; and Enoch said to them every day, Return to your tents,
lest you may die; but they were not willing to return, and they
went with him.
34 And on the sixth day some of the men remained and clung to
him, and they said to him, We will go with thee to the place
where thou goest; as the Lord liveth, death only shall separate
us.
35 And they urged so much to go with him, that he ceased
speaking to them; and they went after him and would not return;
36 And when the kings returned they caused a census to be taken,
in order to know the number of remaining men that went with
Enoch; and it was upon the seventh day that Enoch ascended into
heaven in a whirlwind, with horses and chariots of fire.
37 And on the eighth day all the kings that had been with Enoch
sent to bring back the number of men that were with Enoch, in
that place from which he ascended into heaven.
38 And all those kings went to the place and they found the
earth there filled with snow, and upon the snow were large
stones of snow, and one said to the other, Come, let us break
through the snow and see, perhaps the men that remained with
Enoch are dead, and are now under the stones of snow, and they
searched but could not find him, for he had ascended into
heaven.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:36 pm
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 4
1 And all the days that Enoch lived upon earth, were three
hundred and sixty-five years.
2 And when Enoch had ascended into heaven, all the kings of the
earth rose and took Methuselah his son and anointed him, and
they caused him to reign over them in the place of his father.
3 And Methuselah acted uprightly in the sight of God, as his
father Enoch had taught him, and he likewise during the whole of
his life taught the sons of men wisdom, knowledge and the fear
of God, and he did not turn from the good way either to the
right or to the left.
4 But in the latter days of Methuselah, the sons of men turned
from the Lord, they corrupted the earth, they robbed and
plundered each other, and they rebelled against God and they
transgressed, and they corrupted their ways, and would not
hearken to the voice of Methuselah, but rebelled against him.
5 And the Lord was exceedingly wroth against them, and the Lord
continued to destroy the seed in those days, so that there was
neither sowing nor reaping in the earth.
6 For when they sowed the ground in order that they might obtain
food for their support, behold, thorns and thistles were
produced which they did not sow.
7 And still the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways,
and their hands were still extended to do evil in the sight of
God, and they provoked the Lord with their evil ways, and the
Lord was very wroth, and repented that he had made man.
8 And he thought to destroy and annihilate them and he did so.
9 In those days when Lamech the son of Methuselah was one
hundred and sixty years old, Seth the son of Adam died.
10 And all the days that Seth lived, were nine hundred and
twelve years, and he died.
11 And Lamech was one hundred and eighty years old when he took
Ashmua, the daughter of Elishaa the son of Enoch his uncle, and
she conceived.
12 And at that time the sons of men sowed the ground, and a
little food was produced, yet the sons of men did not turn from
their evil ways, and they trespassed and rebelled against God.
13 And the wife of Lamech conceived and bare him a son at that
time, at the revolution of the year.
14 And Methuselah called his name Noah, saying, The earth was in
his days at rest and free from corruption, and Lamech his father
called his name Menachem, saying, This one shall comfort us in
our works and miserable toil in the earth, which God had cursed.
15 And the child grew up and was weaned, and he went in the ways
of his father Methuselah, perfect and upright with God.
16 And all the sons of men departed from the ways of the Lord in
those days as they multiplied upon the face of the earth with
sons and daughters, and they taught one another their evil
practices and they continued sinning against the Lord.
17 And every man made unto himself a god, and they robbed and
plundered every man his neighbor as well as his relative, and
they corrupted the earth, and the earth was filled with
violence.
18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and
took their wives by force from their husbands according to their
choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle
of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air,
and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other,
in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole
earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways
upon earth, all men and all animals.
19 And the Lord said, I will blot out man that I created from
the face of the earth, yea from man to the birds of the air,
together with cattle and beasts that are in the field for I
repent that I made them.
20 And all men who walked in the ways of the Lord, died in those
days, before the Lord brought the evil upon man which he had
declared, for this was from the Lord, that they should not see
the evil which the Lord spoke of concerning the sons of men.
21 And Noah found grace in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord
chose him and his children to raise up seed from them upon the
face of the whole earth.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 5
1 And it was in the eighty-fourth year of the life of Noah, that
Enoch the son of Seth died, he was nine hundred and five years
old at his death.
2 And in the one hundred and seventy ninth year of the life of
Noah, Cainan the son of Enosh died, and all the days of Cainan
were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
3 And in the two hundred and thirty fourth year of the life of
Noah, Mahlallel the son of Cainan died, and the days of
Mahlallel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
4 And Jared the son of Mahlallel died in those days, in the
three hundred and thirty-sixth year of the life of Noah; and all
the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he
died.
5 And all who followed the Lord died in those days, before they
saw the evil which God declared to do upon earth.
6 And after the lapse of many years, in the four hundred and
eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who
followed the Lord had died away from amongst the sons of men,
and only Methuselah was then left, God said unto Noah and
Methuselah, saying,
7 Speak ye, and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, Thus saith
the Lord, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and
the Lord will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you,
so that it shall not come to pass.
8 For thus saith the Lord, Behold I give you a period of one
hundred and twenty years; if you will turn to me and forsake
your evil ways, then will I also turn away from the evil which I
told you, and it shall not exist, saith the Lord.
9 And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of the Lord to the
sons of men, day after day, constantly speaking to them.
10 But the sons of men would not hearken to them, nor incline
their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked.
11 And the Lord granted them a period of one hundred and twenty
years, saying, If they will return, then will God repent of the
evil, so as not to destroy the earth.
12 Noah the son of Lamech refrained from taking a wife in those
days, to beget children, for he said, Surely now God will
destroy the earth, wherefore then shall I beget children?
13 And Noah was a just man, he was perfect in his generation,
and the Lord chose him to raise up seed from his seed upon the
face of the earth.
14 And the Lord said unto Noah, Take unto thee a wife, and beget
children, for I have seen thee righteous before me in this
generation.
15 And thou shalt raise up seed, and thy children with thee, in
the midst of the earth; and Noah went and took a wife, and he
chose Naamah the daughter of Enoch, and she was five hundred and
eighty years old.
16 And Noah was four hundred and ninety-eight years old, when he
took Naamah for a wife.
17 And Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name
Japheth, saying, God has enlarged me in the earth; and she
conceived again and bare a son, and he called his name Shem,
saying, God has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst
of the earth.
18 And Noah was five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare
Shem, and the boys grew up and went in the ways of the Lord, in
all that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them.
19 And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily
he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and
he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of
Noah.
20 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy
years, and he died.
21 And all the sons of men who knew the Lord, died in that year
before the Lord brought evil upon them; for the Lord willed them
to die, so as not to behold the evil that God would bring upon
their brothers and relatives, as he had so declared to do.
22 In that time, the Lord said to Noah and Methuselah, Stand
forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that I spoke
to you in those days, peradventure they may turn from their evil
ways, and I will then repent of the evil and will not bring it.
23 And Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of
the sons of men, all that God had spoken concerning them.
24 But the sons of men would not hearken, neither would they
incline their ears to all their declarations.
25 And it was after this that the Lord said to Noah, The end of
all flesh is come before me, on account of their evil deeds, and
behold I will destroy the earth.
26 And do thou take unto thee gopher wood, and go to a certain
place and make a large ark, and place it in that spot.
27 And thus shalt thou make it; three hundred cubits its length,
fifty cubits broad and thirty cubits high.
28 And thou shalt make unto thee a door, open at its side, and
to a cubit thou shalt finish above, and cover it within and
without with pitch.
29 And behold I will bring the flood of waters upon the earth,
and all flesh be destroyed, from under the heavens all that is
upon earth shall perish.
30 And thou and thy household shall go and gather two couple of
all living things, male and female, and shall bring them to the
ark, to raise up seed from them upon earth.
31 And gather unto thee all food that is eaten by all the
animals, that there may be food for thee and for them.
32 And thou shalt choose for thy sons three maidens, from the
daughters of men, and they shall be wives to thy sons.
33 And Noah rose up, and he made the ark, in the place where God
had commanded him, and Noah did as God had ordered him.
34 In his five hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to
make the ark, and he made the ark in five years, as the Lord had
commanded.
35 Then Noah took the three daughters of Eliakim, son of
Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as the Lord had commanded
Noah.
36 And it was at that time Methuselah the son of Enoch died,
nine hundred and sixty years old was he, at his death.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 6
1 At that time, after the death of Methuselah, the Lord said to
Noah, Go thou with thy household into the ark; behold I will
gather to thee all the animals of the earth, the beasts of the
field and the fowls of the air, and they shall all come and
surround the ark.
2 And thou shalt go and seat thyself by the doors of the ark,
and all the beasts, the animals, and the fowls, shall assemble
and place themselves before thee, and such of them as shall come
and crouch before thee, shalt thou take and deliver into the
hands of thy sons, who shall bring them to the ark, and all that
will stand before thee thou shalt leave.
3 And the Lord brought this about on the next day, and animals,
beasts and fowls came in great multitudes and surrounded the
ark.
4 And Noah went and seated himself by the door of the ark, and
of all flesh that crouched before him, he brought into the ark,
and all that stood before him he left upon earth.
5 And a lioness came, with her two whelps, male and female, and
the three crouched before Noah, and the two whelps rose up
against the lioness and smote her, and made her flee from her
place, and she went away, and they returned to their places, and
crouched upon the earth before Noah.
6 And the lioness ran away, and stood in the place of the lions.
7 And Noah saw this, and wondered greatly, and he rose and took
the two whelps, and brought them into the ark.
8 And Noah brought into the ark from all living creatures that
were upon earth, so that there was none left but which Noah
brought into the ark.
9 Two and two came to Noah into the ark, but from the clean
animals, and clean fowls, he brought seven couples, as God had
commanded him.
10 And all the animals, and beasts, and fowls, were still there,
and they surrounded the ark at every place, and the rain had not
descended till seven days after.
11 And on that day, the Lord caused the whole earth to shake,
and the sun darkened, and the foundations of the world raged,
and the whole earth was moved violently, and the lightning
flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the fountains in the
earth were broken up, such as was not known to the inhabitants
before; and God did this mighty act, in order to terrify the
sons of men, that there might be no more evil upon earth.
12 And still the sons of men would not return from their evil
ways, and they increased the anger of the Lord at that time, and
did not even direct their hearts to all this.
13 And at the end of seven days, in the six hundredth year of
the life of Noah, the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
14 And all the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the
windows of heaven were opened, and the rain was upon the earth
forty days and forty nights.
15 And Noah and his household, and all the living creatures that
were with him, came into the ark on account of the waters of the
flood, and the Lord shut him in.
16 And all the sons of men that were left upon the earth, became
exhausted through evil on account of the rain, for the waters
were coming more violently upon the earth, and the animals and
beasts were still surrounding the ark.
17 And the sons of men assembled together, about seven hundred
thousand men and women, and they came unto Noah to the ark.
18 And they called to Noah, saying, Open for us that we may come
to thee in the ark--and wherefore shall we die?
19 And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark,
saying, Have you not all rebelled against the Lord, and said
that he does not exist? and therefore the Lord brought upon you
this evil, to destroy and cut you off from the face of the
earth.
20 Is not this the thing that I spoke to you of one hundred and
twenty years back, and you would not hearken to the voice of the
Lord, and now do you desire to live upon earth?
21 And they said to Noah, We are ready to return to the Lord;
only open for us that we may live and not die.
22 And Noah answered them, saying, Behold now that you see the
trouble of your souls, you wish to return to the Lord; why did
you not return during these hundred and twenty years, which the
Lord granted you as the determined period?
23 But now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles
of your souls, now also the Lord will not listen to you, neither
will he give ear to you on this day, so that you will not now
succeed in your wishes.
24 And the sons of men approached in order to break into the
ark, to come in on account of the rain, for they could not bear
the rain upon them.
25 And the Lord sent all the beasts and animals that stood round
the ark. And the beasts overpowered them and drove them from
that place, and every man went his way and they again scattered
themselves upon the face of the earth.
26 And the rain was still descending upon the earth, and it
descended forty days and forty nights, and the waters prevailed
greatly upon the earth; and all flesh that was upon the earth or
in the waters died, whether men, animals, beasts, creeping
things or birds of the air, and there only remained Noah and
those that were with him in the ark.
27 And the waters prevailed and they greatly increased upon the
earth, and they lifted up the ark and it was raised from the
earth.
28 And the ark floated upon the face of the waters, and it was
tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within
were turned about like pottage in a cauldron.
29 And great anxiety seized all the living creatures that were
in the ark, and the ark was like to be broken.
30 And all the living creatures that were in the ark were
terrified, and the lions roared, and the oxen lowed, and the
wolves howled, and every living creature in the ark spoke and
lamented in its own language, so that their voices reached to a
great distance, and Noah and his sons cried and wept in their
troubles; they were greatly afraid that they had reached the
gates of death.
31 And Noah prayed unto the Lord, and cried unto him on account
of this, and he said, O Lord help us, for we have no strength to
bear this evil that has encompassed us, for the waves of the
waters have surrounded us, mischievous torrents have terrified
us, the snares of death have come before us; answer us, O Lord,
answer us, light up thy countenance toward us and be gracious to
us, redeem us and deliver us.
32 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and the Lord
remembered him.
33 And a wind passed over the earth, and the waters were still
and the ark rested.
34 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
35 And the waters decreased in those days, and the ark rested
upon the mountains of Ararat.
36 And Noah then opened the windows of the ark, and Noah still
called out to the Lord at that time and he said, O Lord, who
didst form the earth and the heavens and all that are therein,
bring forth our souls from this confinement, and from the prison
wherein thou hast placed us, for I am much wearied with sighing.
37 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Noah, and said to him,
When though shalt have completed a full year thou shalt then go
forth.
38 And at the revolution of the year, when a full year was
completed to Noah's dwelling in the ark, the waters were dried
from off the earth, and Noah put off the covering of the ark.
39 At that time, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month,
the earth was dry, but Noah and his sons, and those that were
with him, did not go out from the ark until the Lord told them.
40 And the day came that the Lord told them to go out, and they
all went out from the ark.
41 And they went and returned every one to his way and to his
place, and Noah and his sons dwelt in the land that God had told
them, and they served the Lord all their days, and the Lord
blessed Noah and his sons on their going out from the ark.
42 And he said to them, Be fruitful and fill all the earth;
become strong and increase abundantly in the earth and multiply
therein.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 7
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham and
Shem; and children were born to them after the flood, for they
had taken wives before the flood.
2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.
3 And the sons of Gomer were Askinaz, Rephath and Tegarmah.
4 And the sons of Magog were Elichanaf and Lubal.
5 And the children of Madai were Achon, Zeelo, Chazoni and Lot.
6 And the sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshish, Chittim and
Dudonim.
7 And the sons of Tubal were Ariphi, Kesed and Taari.
8 And the sons of Meshech were Dedon, Zaron and Shebashni.
9 And the sons of Tiras were Benib, Gera, Lupirion and Gilak;
these are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and
their numbers in those days were about four hundred and sixty
men.
10 And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and
Canaan, four sons; and the sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah,
Sabta, Raama and Satecha, and the sons of Raama were Sheba and
Dedan.
11 And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, Anom and Pathros, Chasloth
and Chaphtor.
12 And the sons of Phut were Gebul, Hadan, Benah and Adan.
13 And the sons of Canaan were Zidon, Heth, Amori, Gergashi,
Hivi, Arkee, Seni, Arodi, Zimodi and Chamothi.
14 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, and
their numbers in those days were about seven hundred and thirty
men.
15 And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud
and Aram, five sons; and the sons of Elam were Shushan, Machul
and Harmon.
16 And the sons of Ashar were Mirus and Mokil, and the sons of
Arpachshad were Shelach, Anar and Ashcol.
17 And the sons of Lud were Pethor and Bizayon, and the sons of
Aram were Uz, Chul, Gather and Mash.
18 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families; and
their numbers in those days were about three hundred men.
15
19 These are the generations of Shem; Shem begat Arpachshad and
Arpachshad begat Shelach, and Shelach begat Eber and to Eber
were born two children, the name of one was Peleg, for in his
days the sons of men were divided, and in the latter days, the
earth was divided.
20 And the name of the second was Yoktan, meaning that in his
day the lives of the sons of men were diminished and lessened.
21 These are the sons of Yoktan; Almodad, Shelaf, Chazarmoveth,
Yerach, Hadurom, Ozel, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir,
Havilah and Jobab; all these are the sons of Yoktan.
22 And Peleg his brother begat Yen, and Yen begat Serug, and
Serug begat Nahor and Nahor begat Terah, and Terah was
thirty-eight years old, and he begat Haran and Nahor.
23 And Cush the son of Ham, the son of Noah, took a wife in
those days in his old age, and she bare a son, and they called
his name Nimrod, saying, At that time the sons of men again
began to rebel and transgress against God, and the child grew
up, and his father loved him exceedingly, for he was the son of
his old age.
24 And the garments of skin which God made for Adam and his
wife, when they went out of the garden, were given to Cush.
25 For after the death of Adam and his wife, the garments were
given to Enoch, the son of Jared, and when Enoch was taken up to
God, he gave them to Methuselah, his son.
26 And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought
them to the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the
ark.
27 And in their going out, Ham stole those garments from Noah
his father, and he took them and hid them from his brothers.
28 And when Ham begat his first born Cush, he gave him the
garments in secret, and they were with Cush many days.
29 And Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers, and
when Cush had begotten Nimrod, he gave him those garments
through his love for him, and Nimrod grew up, and when he was
twenty years old he put on those garments.
30 And Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments, and God
gave him might and strength, and he was a mighty hunter in the
earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted
the animals and he built altars, and he offered upon them the
animals before the Lord.
31 And Nimrod strengthened himself, and he rose up from amongst
his brethren, and he fought the battles of his brethren against
all their enemies round about.
32 And the Lord delivered all the enemies of his brethren in his
hands, and God prospered him from time to time in his battles,
and he reigned upon earth.
33 Therefore it became current in those days, when a man ushered
forth those that he had trained up for battle, he would say to
them, Like God did to Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter in the
earth, and who succeeded in the battles that prevailed against
his brethren, that he delivered them from the hands of their
enemies, so may God strengthen us and deliver us this day.
34 And when Nimrod was forty years old, at that time there was a
war between his brethren and the children of Japheth, so that
they were in the power of their enemies.
35 And Nimrod went forth at that time, and he assembled all the
sons of Cush and their families, about four hundred and sixty
men, and he hired also from some of his friends and
acquaintances about eighty men, and be gave them their hire, and
he went with them to battle, and when he was on the road, Nimrod
strengthened the hearts of the people that went with him.
36 And he said to them, Do not fear, neither be alarmed, for all
our enemies will be delivered into our hands, and you may do
with them as you please.
37 And all the men that went were about five hundred, and they
fought against their enemies, and they destroyed them, and
subdued them, and Nimrod placed standing officers over them in
their respective places.
38 And he took some of their children as security, and they were
all servants to Nimrod and to his brethren, and Nimrod and all
the people that were with him turned homeward.
39 And when Nimrod had joyfully returned from battle, after
having conquered his enemies, all his brethren, together with
those who knew him before, assembled to make him king over them,
and they placed the regal crown upon his head.
40 And he set over his subjects and people, princes, judges, and
rulers, as is the custom amongst kings.
41 And he placed Terah the son of Nahor the prince of his host,
and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes.
42 And whilst he was reigning according to his heart's desire,
after having conquered all his enemies around, he advised with
his counselors to build a city for his palace, and they did so.
43 And they found a large valley opposite to the east, and they
built him a large and extensive city, and Nimrod called the name
of the city that he built Shinar, for the Lord had vehemently
shaken his enemies and destroyed them.
44 And Nimrod dwelt in Shinar, and he reigned securely, and he
fought with his enemies and he subdued them, and he prospered in
all his battles, and his kingdom became very great.
45 And all nations and tongues heard of his fame, and they
gathered themselves to him, and they bowed down to the earth,
and they brought him offerings, and he became their lord and
king, and they all dwelt with him in the city at Shinar, and
Nimrod reigned in the earth over all the sons of Noah, and they
were all under his power and counsel.
46 And all the earth was of one tongue and words of union, but
Nimrod did not go in the ways of the Lord, and he was more
wicked than all the men that were before him, from the days of
the flood until those days.
47 And he made gods of wood and stone, and he bowed down to
them, and he rebelled against the Lord, and taught all his
subjects and the people of the earth his wicked ways; and Mardon
his son was more wicked than his father.
48 And every one that heard of the acts of Mardon the son of
Nimrod would say, concerning him, From the wicked goeth forth
wickedness; therefore it became a proverb in the whole earth,
saying, From the wicked goeth forth wickedness, and it was
current in the words of men from that time to this.
49 And Terah the son of Nahor, prince of Nimrod's host, was in
those days very great in the sight of the king and his subjects,
and the king and princes loved him, and they elevated him very
high.
50 And Terah took a wife and her name was Amthelo the daughter
of Cornebo; and the wife of Terah conceived and bare him a son
in those days.
51 Terah was seventy years old when he begat him, and Terah
called the name of his son that was born to him Abram, because
the king had raised him in those days, and dignified him above
all his princes that were with him.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 8
1 And it was in the night that Abram was born, that all the
servants of Terah, and all the wise men of Nimrod, and his
conjurors came and ate and drank in the house of Terah, and they
rejoiced with him on that night.
2 And when all the wise men and conjurors went out from the
house of Terah, they lifted up their eyes toward heaven that
night to look at the stars, and they saw, and behold one very
large star came from the east and ran in the heavens, and he
swallowed up the four stars from the four sides of the heavens.
3 And all the wise men of the king and his conjurors were
astonished at the sight, and the sages understood this matter,
and they knew its import.
4 And they said to each other, This only betokens the child that
has been born to Terah this night, who will grow up and be
fruitful, and multiply, and possess all the earth, he and his
children for ever, and he and his seed will slay great kings,
and inherit their lands.
5 And the wise men and conjurors went home that night, and in
the morning all these wise men and conjurors rose up early, and
assembled in an appointed house.
6 And they spoke and said to each other, Behold the sight that
we saw last night is hidden from the king, it has not been made
known to him.
7 And should this thing get known to the king in the latter
days, he will say to us, Why have you concealed this matter from
me, and then we shall all suffer death; therefore, now let us go
and tell the king the sight which we saw, and the interpretation
thereof, and we shall then remain clear.
8 And they did so, and they all went to the king and bowed down
to him to the ground, and they said, May the king live, may the
king live.
9 We heard that a son was born to Terah the son of Nahor, the
prince of thy host, and we yesternight came to his house, and we
ate and drank and rejoiced with him that night.
10 And when thy servants went out from the house of Terah, to go
to our respective homes to abide there for the night, we lifted
up our eyes to heaven, and we saw a great star coming from the
east, and the same star ran with great speed, and swallowed up
four great stars, from the four sides of the heavens.
11 And thy servants were astonished at the sight which we saw,
and were greatly terrified, and we made our judgment upon the
sight, and knew by our wisdom the proper interpretation thereof,
that this thing applies to the child that is born to Terah, who
will grow up and multiply greatly, and become powerful, and kill
all the kings of the earth, and inherit all their lands, he and
his seed forever.
12 And now our lord and king, behold we have truly acquainted
thee with what we have seen concerning this child.
13 If it seemeth good to the king to give his father value for
this child, we will slay him before he shall grow up and
increase in the land, and his evil increase against us, that we
and our children perish through his evil.
14 And the king heard their words and they seemed good in his
sight, and he sent and called for Terah, and Terah came before
the king.
15 And the king said to Terah, I have been told that a son was
yesternight born to thee, and after this manner was observed in
the heavens at his birth.
16 And now therefore give me the child, that we may slay him
before his evil springs up against us, and I will give thee for
his value, thy house full of silver and gold.
17 And Terah answered the king and said to him: My Lord and
king, I have heard thy words, and thy servant shall do all that
his king desireth.
18 But my lord and king, I will tell thee what happened to me
yesternight, that I may see what advice the king will give his
servant, and then I will answer the king upon what he has just
spoken; and the king said, Speak.
19 And Terah said to the king, Ayon, son of Mored, came to me
yesternight, saying,
20 Give unto me the great and beautiful horse that the king gave
thee, and I will give thee silver and gold, and straw and
provender for its value; and I said to him, Wait till I see the
king concerning thy words, and behold whatever the king saith,
that will I do.
21 And now my lord and king, behold I have made this thing known
to thee, and the advice which my king will give unto his
servant, that will I follow.
22 And the king heard the words of Terah, and his anger was
kindled and he considered him in the light of a fool.
23 And the king answered Terah, and he said to him, Art thou so
silly, ignorant, or deficient in understanding, to do this
thing, to give thy beautiful horse for silver and gold or even
for straw and provender?
24 Art thou so short of silver and gold, that thou shouldst do
this thing, because thou canst not obtain straw and provender to
feed thy horse? and what is silver and gold to thee, or straw
and provender, that thou shouldst give away that fine horse
which I gave thee, like which there is none to be had on the
whole earth?
25 And the king left off speaking, and Terah answered the king,
saying, Like unto this has the king spoken to his servant;
26 I beseech thee, my lord and king, what is this which thou
didst say unto me, saying, Give thy son that we may slay him,
and I will give thee silver and gold for his value; what shall I
do with silver and gold after the death of my son? who shall
inherit me? surely then at my death, the silver and gold will
return to my king who gave it.
27 And when the king heard the words of Terah, and the parable
which he brought concerning the king, it grieved him greatly and
he was vexed at this thing, and his anger burned within him.
28 And Terah saw that the anger of the king was kindled against
him, and he answered the king, saying, All that I have is in the
king's power; whatever the king desireth to do to his servant,
that let him do, yea, even my son, he is in the king's power,
without value in exchange, he and his two brothers that are
older than he.
29 And the king said to Terah, No, but I will purchase thy
younger son for a price.
30 And Terah answered the king, saying, I beseech thee my lord
and king to let thy servant speak a word before thee, and let
the king hear the word of his servant, and Terah said, Let my
king give me three days' time till I consider this matter within
myself, and consult with my family concerning the words of my
king; and he pressed the king greatly to agree to this.
31 And the king hearkened to Terah, and he did so and he gave
him three days' time, and Terah went out from the king's
presence, and he came home to his family and spoke to them all
the words of the king; and the people were greatly afraid.
32 And it was in the third day that the king sent to Terah,
saying, Send me thy son for a price as I spoke to thee; and
shouldst thou not do this, I will send and slay all thou hast in
thy house, so that thou shalt not even have a dog remaining.
33 And Terah hastened, (as the thing was urgent from the king),
and he took a child from one of his servants, which his handmaid
had born to him that day, and Terah brought the child to the
king and received value for him.
34 And the Lord was with Terah in this matter, that Nimrod might
not cause Abram's death, and the king took the child from Terah
and with all his might dashed his head to the ground, for he
thought it had been Abram; and this was concealed from him from
that day, and it was forgotten by the king, as it was the will
of Providence not to suffer Abram's death.
35 And Terah took Abram his son secretly, together with his
mother and nurse, and he concealed them in a cave, and he
brought them their provisions monthly.
36 And the Lord was with Abram in the cave and he grew up, and
Abram was in the cave ten years, and the king and his princes,
soothsayers and sages, thought that the king had killed Abram.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 9
1 And Haran, the son of Terah, Abram's oldest brother, took a
wife in those days.
2 Haran was thirty-nine years old when he took her; and the wife
of Haran conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Lot.
3 And she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called
her name Milca; and she again conceived and bare a daughter, and
she called her name Sarai.
4 Haran was forty-two years old when he begat Sarai, which was
in the tenth year of the life of Abram; and in those days Abram
and his mother and nurse went out from the cave, as the king and
his subjects had forgotten the affair of Abram.
5 And when Abram came out from the cave, he went to Noah and his
son Shem, and he remained with them to learn the instruction of
the Lord and his ways, and no man knew where Abram was, and
Abram served Noah and Shem his son for a long time.
6 And Abram was in Noah's house thirty-nine years, and Abram
knew the Lord from three years old, and he went in the ways of
the Lord until the day of his death, as Noah and his son Shem
had taught him; and all the sons of the earth in those days
greatly transgressed against the Lord, and they rebelled against
him and they served other gods, and they forgot the Lord who had
created them in the earth; and the inhabitants of the earth made
unto themselves, at that time, every man his god; gods of wood
and stone which could neither speak, hear, nor deliver, and the
sons of men served them and they became their gods.
7 And the king and all his servants, and Terah with all his
household were then the first of those that served gods of wood
and stone.
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8 And Terah had twelve gods of large size, made of wood and
stone, after the twelve months of the year, and he served each
one monthly, and every month Terah would bring his meat offering
and drink offering to his gods; thus did Terah all the days.
9 And all that generation were wicked in the sight of the Lord,
and they thus made every man his god, but they forsook the Lord
who had created them.
10 And there was not a man found in those days in the whole
earth, who knew the Lord (for they served each man his own God)
except Noah and his household, and all those who were under his
counsel knew the Lord in those days.
11 And Abram the son of Terah was waxing great in those days in
the house of Noah, and no man knew it, and the Lord was with
him.
12 And the Lord gave Abram an understanding heart, and he knew
all the works of that generation were vain, and that all their
gods were vain and were of no avail.
13 And Abram saw the sun shining upon the earth, and Abram said
unto himself Surely now this sun that shines upon the earth is
God, and him will I serve.
14 And Abram served the sun in that day and he prayed to him,
and when evening came the sun set as usual, and Abram said
within himself, Surely this cannot be God?
15 And Abram still continued to speak within himself, Who is he
who made the heavens and the earth? who created upon earth?
where is he?
16 And night darkened over him, and he lifted up his eyes toward
the west, north, south, and east, and he saw that the sun had
vanished from the earth, and the day became dark.
17 And Abram saw the stars and moon before him, and he said,
Surely this is the God who created the whole earth as well as
man, and behold these his servants are gods around him: and
Abram served the moon and prayed to it all that night.
18 And in the morning when it was light and the sun shone upon
the earth as usual, Abram saw all the things that the Lord God
had made upon earth.
19 And Abram said unto himself Surely these are not gods that
made the earth and all mankind, but these are the servants of
God, and Abram remained in the house of Noah and there knew the
Lord and his ways' and he served the Lord all the days of his
life, and all that generation forgot the Lord, and served other
gods of wood and stone, and rebelled all their days.
20 And king Nimrod reigned securely, and all the earth was under
his control, and all the earth was of one tongue and words of
union.
21 And all the princes of Nimrod and his great men took counsel
together; Phut, Mitzraim, Cush and Canaan with their families,
and they said to each other, Come let us build ourselves a city
and in it a strong tower, and its top reaching heaven, and we
will make ourselves famed, so that we may reign upon the whole
world, in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us,
that we may reign mightily over them, and that we may not become
scattered over the earth on account of their wars.
22 And they all went before the king, and they told the king
these words, and the king agreed with them in this affair, and
he did so.
23 And all the families assembled consisting of about six
hundred thousand men, and they went to seek an extensive piece
of ground to build the city and the tower, and they sought in
the whole earth and they found none like one valley at the east
of the land of Shinar, about two days' walk, and they journeyed
there and they dwelt there.
24 And they began to make bricks and burn fires to build the
city and the tower that they had imagined to complete.
25 And the building of the tower was unto them a transgression
and a sin, and they began to build it, and whilst they were
building against the Lord God of heaven, they imagined in their
hearts to war against him and to ascend into heaven.
26 And all these people and all the families divided themselves
in three parts; the first said We will ascend into heaven and
fight against him; the second said, We will ascend to heaven and
place our own gods there and serve them; and the third part
said, We will ascend to heaven and smite him with bows and
spears; and God knew all their works and all their evil
thoughts, and he saw the city and the tower which they were
building.
27 And when they were building they built themselves a great
city and a very high and strong tower; and on account of its
height the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their
ascent to it, until those who went up had completed a full year,
and after that, they reached to the builders and gave them the
mortar and the bricks; thus was it done daily.
28 And behold these ascended and others descended the whole day;
and if a brick should fall from their hands and get broken, they
would all weep over it, and if a man fell and died, none of them
would look at him.
29 And the Lord knew their thoughts, and it came to pass when
they were building they cast the arrows toward the heavens, and
all the arrows fell upon them filled with blood, and when they
saw them they said to each other, Surely we have slain all those
that are in heaven.
30 For this was from the Lord in order to cause them to err, and
in order; to destroy them from off the face of the ground.
31 And they built the tower and the city, and they did this
thing daily until many days and years were elapsed.
32 And God said to the seventy angels who stood foremost before
him, to those who were near to him, saying, Come let us descend
and confuse their tongues, that one man shall not understand the
language of his neighbor, and they did so unto them.
33 And from that day following, they forgot each man his
neighbor's tongue, and they could not understand to speak in one
tongue, and when the builder took from the hands of his neighbor
lime or stone which he did not order, the builder would cast it
away and throw it upon his neighbor, that he would die.
34 And they did so many days, and they killed many of them in
this manner.
35 And the Lord smote the three divisions that were there, and
he punished them according to their works and designs; those who
said, We will ascend to heaven and serve our gods, became like
apes and elephants; and those who said, We will smite the heaven
with arrows, the Lord killed them, one man through the hand of
his neighbor; and the third division of those who said, We will
ascend to heaven and fight against him, the Lord scattered them
throughout the earth.
36 And those who were left amongst them, when they knew and
understood the evil which was coming upon them, they forsook the
building, and they also became scattered upon the face of the
whole earth.
37 And they ceased building the city and the tower; therefore he
called that place Babel, for there the Lord confounded the
Language of the whole earth; behold it was at the east of the
land of Shinar.
38 And as to the tower which the sons of men built, the earth
opened its mouth and swallowed up one third part thereof, and a
fire also descended from heaven and burned another third, and
the other third is left to this day, and it is of that part
which was aloft, and its circumference is three days' walk.
39 And many of the sons of men died in that tower, a people
without number.
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By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:41 pm
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 10
1 And Peleg the son of Eber died in those days, in the
forty-eighth year of the life of Abram son of Terah, and all the
days of Peleg were two hundred and thirty-nine years.
2 And when the Lord had scattered the sons of men on account of
their sin at the tower, behold they spread forth into many
divisions, and all the sons of men were dispersed into the four
corners of the earth.
3 And all the families became each according to its language,
its land, or its city.
4 And the sons of men built many cities according to their
families, in all the places where they went, and throughout the
earth where the Lord had scattered them.
5 And some of them built cities in places from which they were
afterward extirpated, and they called these cities after their
own names, or the names of their children, or after their
particular occurrences.
6 And the sons of Japheth the son of Noah went and built
themselves cities in the places where they were scattered, and
they called all their cities after their names, and the sons of
Japheth were divided upon the face of the earth into many
divisions and languages.
7 And these are the sons of Japheth according to their families,
Gomer, Magog, Medai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras; these are
the children of Japheth according to their generations.
8 And the children of Gomer, according to their cities, were the
Francum, who dwell in the land of Franza, by the river Franza,
by the river Senah.
9 And the children of Rephath are the Bartonim, who dwell in the
land of Bartonia by the river Ledah, which empties its waters in
the great sea Gihon, that is, oceanus.
10 And the children of Tugarma are ten families, and these are
their names: Buzar, Parzunac, Balgar, Elicanum, Ragbib, Tarki,
Bid, Zebuc, Ongal and Tilmaz; all these spread and rested in the
north and built themselves cities.
11 And they called their cities after their own names, those are
they who abide by the rivers Hithlah and Italac unto this day.
12 But the families of Angoli, Balgar and Parzunac, they dwell
by the great river Dubnee; and the names of their cities are
also according to their own names.
13 And the children of Javan are the Javanim who dwell in the
land of Makdonia, and the children of Medaiare are the Orelum
that dwell in the land of Curson, and the children of Tubal are
those that dwell in the land of Tuskanah by the river Pashiah.
14 And the children of Meshech are the Shibashni and the
children of Tiras are Rushash, Cushni, and Ongolis; all these
went and built themselves cities; those are the cities that are
situate by the sea Jabus by the river Cura, which empties itself
in the river Tragan.
15 And the children of Elishah are the Almanim, and they also
went and built themselves cities; those are the cities situate
between the mountains of Job and Shibathmo; and of them were the
people of Lumbardi who dwell opposite the mountains of Job and
Shibathmo, and they conquered the land of Italia and remained
there unto this day.
16 And the children of Chittim are the Romim who dwell in the
valley of Canopia by the river Tibreu.
17 And the children of Dudonim are those who dwell in the cities
of the sea Gihon, in the land of Bordna.
18 These are the families of the children of Japheth according
to their cities and languages, when they were scattered after
the tower, and they called their cities after their names and
occurrences; and these are the names of all their cities
according to their families, which they built in those days
after the tower.
19 And the children of Ham were Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan
according to their generation and cities.
20 All these went and built themselves cities as they found fit
places for them, and they called their cities after the names of
their fathers Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan.
21 And the children of Mitzraim are the Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim,
Naphtuchim, Pathrusim, Casluchim and Caphturim, seven families.
22 All these dwell by the river Sihor, that is the brook of
Egypt, and they built themselves cities and called them after
their own names.
23 And the children of Pathros and Casloch intermarried
together, and from them went forth the Pelishtim, the Azathim,
and the Gerarim, the Githim and the Ekronim, in all five
families; these also built themselves cities, and they called
their cities after the names of their fathers unto this day.
24 And the children of Canaan also built themselves cities, and
they called their cities after their names, eleven cities and
others without number.
25 And four men from the family of Ham went to the land of the
plain; these are the names of the four men, Sodom, Gomorrah,
Admah and Zeboyim.
26 And these men built themselves four cities in the land of the
plain, and they called the names of their cities after their own
names.
27 And they and their children and all belonging to them dwelt
in those cities, and they were fruitful and multiplied greatly
and dwelt peaceably.
28 And Seir the son of Hur, son of Hivi, son of Canaan, went and
found a valley opposite to Mount Paran, and he built a city
there, and he and his seven sons and his household dwelt there,
and he called the city which he built Seir, according to his
name; that is the land of Seir unto this day.
29 These are the families of the children of Ham, according to
their languages and cities, when they were scattered to their
countries after the tower.
30 And some of the children of Shem son of Noah, father of all
the children of Eber, also went and built themselves cities in
the places wherein they were scattered, and they called their
cities after their names.
31 And the sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud and
Aram, and they built themselves cities and called the names of
all their cities after their names.
32 And Ashur son of Shem and his children and household went
forth at that time, a very large body of them, and they went to
a distant land that they found, and they met with a very
extensive valley in the land that they went to, and they built
themselves four cities, and they called them after their own
names and occurrences.
33 And these are the names of the cities which the children of
Ashur built, Ninevah, Resen, Calach and Rehobother; and the
children of Ashur dwell there unto this day.
34 And the children of Aram also went and built themselves a
city, and they called the name of the city Uz after their eldest
brother, and they dwell therein; that is the land of Uz to this
day.
35 And in the second year after the tower a man from the house
of Ashur, whose name was Bela, went from the land of Ninevah to
sojourn with his household wherever he could find a place; and
they came until opposite the cities of the plain against Sodom,
and they dwelt there.
36 And the man rose up and built there a small city, and called
its name Bela, after his name; that is the land of Zoar unto
this day.
37 And these are the families of the children of Shem according
to their language and cities, after they were scattered upon the
earth after the tower.
38 And every kingdom, city, and family of the families of the
children of Noah built themselves many cities after this.
39 And they established governments in all their cities, in
order to be regulated by their orders; so did all the families
of the children of Noah forever.
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