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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 12, 2020, 9:42 pm
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 11
1 And Nimrod son of Cush was still in the land of Shinar, and he
reigned over it and dwelt there, and he built cities in the land
of Shinar.
2 And these are the names of the four cities which he built, and
he called their names after the occurrences that happened to
them in the building of the tower.
3 And he called the first Babel, saying, Because the Lord there
confounded the language of the whole earth; and the name of the
second he called Erech, because from there God dispersed them.
4 And the third he called Eched, saying there was a great battle
at that place; and the fourth he called Calnah, because his
princes and mighty men were consumed there, and they vexed the
Lord, they rebelled and transgressed against him.
5 And when Nimrod had built these cities in the land of Shinar,
he placed in them the remainder of his people, his princes and
his mighty men that were left in his kingdom.
6 And Nimrod dwelt in Babel, and he there renewed his reign over
the rest of his subjects, and he reigned securely, and the
subjects and princes of Nimrod called his name Amraphel, saying
that at the tower his princes and men fell through his means.
7 And notwithstanding this, Nimrod did not return to the Lord,
and he continued in wickedness and teaching wickedness to the
sons of men; and Mardon, his son, was worse than his father, and
continued to add to the abominations of his father.
8 And he caused the sons of men to sin, therefore it is said,
From the wicked goeth forth wickedness.
9 At that time there was war between the families of the
children of Ham, as they were dwelling in the cities which they
had built.
10 And Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, went away from the families
of the children of Ham, and he fought with them and he subdued
them, and he went to the five cities of the plain and he fought
against them and he subdued them, and they were under his
control.
11 And they served him twelve years, and they gave him a yearly
tax.
12 At that time died Nahor, son of Serug, in the forty-ninth
year of the life of Abram son of Terah.
13 And in the fiftieth year of the life of Abram son of Terah,
Abram came forth from the house of Noah, and went to his
father's house.
14 And Abram knew the Lord, and he went in his ways and
instructions, and the Lord his God was with him.
15 And Terah his father was in those days, still captain of the
host of king Nimrod, and he still followed strange gods.
16 And Abram came to his father's house and saw twelve gods
standing there in their temples, and the anger of Abram was
kindled when he saw these images in his father's house.
17 And Abram said, As the Lord liveth these images shall not
remain in my father's house; so shall the Lord who created me do
unto me if in three days' time I do not break them all.
18 And Abram went from them, and his anger burned within him.
And Abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's
outer court, and he found his father sitting in the court, and
all his servants with him, and Abram came and sat before him.
19 And Abram asked his father, saying, Father, tell me where is
God who created heaven and earth, and all the sons of men upon
earth, and who created thee and me. And Terah answered his son
Abram and said, Behold those who created us are all with us in
the house.
20 And Abram said to his father, My lord, shew them to me I pray
thee; and Terah brought Abram into the chamber of the inner
court, and Abram saw, and behold the whole room was full of gods
of wood and stone, twelve great images and others less than they
without number.
21 And Terah said to his son, Behold these are they which made
all thou seest upon earth, and which created me and thee, and
all mankind.
22 And Terah bowed down to his gods, and he then went away from
them, and Abram, his son, went away with him.
23 And when Abram had gone from them he went to his mother and
sat before her, and he said to his mother, Behold, my father has
shown me those who made heaven and earth, and all the sons of
men.
24 Now, therefore, hasten and fetch a kid from the flock, and
make of it savory meat, that I may bring it to my father's gods
as an offering for them to eat; perhaps I may thereby become
acceptable to them.
25 And his mother did so, and she fetched a kid, and made savory
meat thereof, and brought it to Abram, and Abram took the savory
meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods,
and he drew nigh to them that they might eat; and Terah his
father, did not know of it.
26 And Abram saw on the day when he was sitting amongst them,
that they had no voice, no hearing, no motion, and not one of
them could stretch forth his hand to eat.
27 And Abram mocked them, and said, Surely the savory meat that
I prepared has not pleased them, or perhaps it was too little
for them, and for that reason they would not eat; therefore
tomorrow I will prepare fresh savory meat, better and more
plentiful than this, in order that I may see the result.
28 And it was on the next day that Abram directed his mother
concerning the savory meat, and his mother rose and fetched
three fine kids from the flock, and she made of them some
excellent savory meat, such as her son was fond of, and she gave
it to her son Abram; and Terah his father did not know of it.
29 And Abram took the savory meat from his mother, and brought
it before his father's gods into the chamber; and he came nigh
unto them that they might eat, and he placed it before them, and
Abram sat before them all day, thinking perhaps they might eat.
30 And Abram viewed them, and behold they had neither voice nor
hearing, nor did one of them stretch forth his hand to the meat
to eat.
31 And in the evening of that day in that house Abram was
clothed with the spirit of God.
32 And he called out and said, Wo unto my father and this wicked
generation, whose hearts are all inclined to vanity, who serve
these idols of wood and stone which can neither eat, smell, hear
nor speak, who have mouths without speech, eyes without sight,
ears without hearing, hands without feeling, and legs which
cannot move; like them are those that made them and that trust
in them.
33 And when Abram saw all these things his anger was kindled
against his father, and he hastened and took a hatchet in his
hand, and came unto the chamber of the gods, and he broke all
his father's gods.
34 And when he had done breaking the images, he placed the
hatchet in the hand of the great god which was there before
them, and he went out; and Terah his father came home, for he
had heard at the door the sound of the striking of the hatchet;
so Terah came into the house to know what this was about.
35 And Terah, having heard the noise of the hatchet in the room
of images, ran to the room to the images, and he met Abram going
out.
36 And Terah entered the room and found all the idols fallen
down and broken, and the hatchet in the hand of the largest,
which was not broken, and the savory meat which Abram his son
had made was still before them.
37 And when Terah saw this his anger was greatly kindled, and he
hastened and went from the room to Abram.
38 And he found Abram his son still sitting in the house; and he
said to him, What is this work thou hast done to my gods?
39 And Abram answered Terah his father and he said, Not so my
lord, for I brought savory meat before them, and when I came
nigh to them with the meat that they might eat, they all at once
stretched forth their hands to eat before the great one had put
forth his hand to eat.
40 And the large one saw their works that they did before him,
and his anger was violently kindled against them, and he went
and took the hatchet that was in the house and came to them and
broke them all, and behold the hatchet is yet in his hand as
thou seest.
41 And Terah's anger was kindled against his son Abram, when he
spoke this; and Terah said to Abram his son in his anger, What
is this tale that thou hast told? Thou speakest lies to me.
42 Is there in these gods spirit, soul or power to do all thou
hast told me? Are they not wood and stone, and have I not myself
made them, and canst thou speak such lies, saying that the large
god that was with them smote them? It is thou that didst place
the hatchet in his hands, and then sayest he smote them all.
43 And Abram answered his father and said to him, And how canst
thou then serve these idols in whom there is no power to do any
thing? Can those idols in which thou trustest deliver thee? can
they hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them? can they
deliver thee from the hands of thy enemies, or will they fight
thy battles for thee against thy enemies, that thou shouldst
serve wood and stone which can neither speak nor hear?
44 And now surely it is not good for thee nor for the sons of
men that are connected with thee, to do these things; are you so
silly, so foolish or so short of understanding that you will
serve wood and stone, and do after this manner?
45 And forget the Lord God who made heaven and earth, and who
created you in the earth, and thereby bring a great evil upon
your souls in this matter by serving stone and wood?
46 Did not our fathers in days of old sin in this matter, and
the Lord God of the universe brought the waters of the flood
upon them and destroyed the whole earth?
47 And how can you continue to do this and serve gods of wood
and stone, who cannot hear, or speak, or deliver you from
oppression, thereby bringing down the anger of the God of the
universe upon you?
48 Now therefore my father refrain from this, and bring not evil
upon thy soul and the souls of thy household.
49 And Abram hastened and sprang from before his father, and
took the hatchet from his father's largest idol, with which
Abram broke it and ran away.
50 And Terah, seeing all that Abram had done, hastened to go
from his house, and he went to the king and he came before
Nimrod and stood before him, and he bowed down to the king; and
the king said, What dost thou want?
51 And he said, I beseech thee my lord, to hear me--Now fifty
years back a child was born to me, and thus has he done to my
gods and thus has he spoken; and now therefore, my lord and
king, send for him that he may come before thee, and judge him
according to the law, that we may be delivered from his evil.
52 And the king sent three men of his servants, and they went
and brought Abram before the king. And Nimrod and all his
princes and servants were that day sitting before him, and Terah
sat also before them.
53 And the king said to Abram, What is this that thou hast done
to thy father and to his gods? And Abram answered the king in
the words that he spoke to his father, and he said, The large
god that was with them in the house did to them what thou hast
heard.
54 And the king said to Abram, Had they power to speak and eat
and do as thou hast said? And Abram answered the king, saying,
And if there be no power in them why dost thou serve them and
cause the sons of men to err through thy follies?
55 Dost thou imagine that they can deliver thee or do anything
small or great, that thou shouldst serve them? And why wilt thou
not sense the God of the whole universe, who created thee and in
whose power it is to kill and keep alive?
56 0 foolish, simple, and ignorant king, woe unto thee forever.
57 I thought thou wouldst teach thy servants the upright way,
but thou hast not done this, but hast filled the whole earth
with thy sins and the sins of thy people who have followed thy
ways.
58 Dost thou not know, or hast thou not heard, that this evil
which thou doest, our ancestors sinned therein in days of old,
and the eternal God brought the waters of the flood upon them
and destroyed them all, and also destroyed the whole earth on
their account? And wilt thou and thy people rise up now and do
like unto this work, in order to bring down the anger of the
Lord God of the universe, and to bring evil upon thee and the
whole earth?
59 Now therefore put away this evil deed which thou doest, and
serve the God of the universe, as thy soul is in his hands, and
then it will be well with thee.
60 And if thy wicked heart will not hearken to my words to cause
thee to forsake thy evil ways, and to serve the eternal God,
then wilt thou die in shame in the latter days, thou, thy people
and all who are connected with thee, hearing thy words or
walking in thy evil ways.
61 And when Abram had ceased speaking before the king and
princes, Abram lifted up his eyes to the heavens, and he said,
The Lord seeth all the wicked, and he will judge them.
#Post#: 16118--------------------------------------------------
Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: guest8 Date: August 12, 2020, 9:59 pm
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[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=1017.msg16117#msg16117
date=1597286572]
Book of Jasher, Chapter 11
1 And Nimrod son of Cush was still in the land of Shinar, and he
reigned over it and dwelt there, and he built cities in the land
of Shinar.
2 And these are the names of the four cities which he built, and
he called their names after the occurrences that happened to
them in the building of the tower.
3 And he called the first Babel, saying, Because the Lord there
confounded the language of the whole earth; and the name of the
second he called Erech, because from there God dispersed them.
4 And the third he called Eched, saying there was a great battle
at that place; and the fourth he called Calnah, because his
princes and mighty men were consumed there, and they vexed the
Lord, they rebelled and transgressed against him.
5 And when Nimrod had built these cities in the land of Shinar,
he placed in them the remainder of his people, his princes and
his mighty men that were left in his kingdom.
6 And Nimrod dwelt in Babel, and he there renewed his reign over
the rest of his subjects, and he reigned securely, and the
subjects and princes of Nimrod called his name Amraphel, saying
that at the tower his princes and men fell through his means.
7 And notwithstanding this, Nimrod did not return to the Lord,
and he continued in wickedness and teaching wickedness to the
sons of men; and Mardon, his son, was worse than his father, and
continued to add to the abominations of his father.
8 And he caused the sons of men to sin, therefore it is said,
From the wicked goeth forth wickedness.
9 At that time there was war between the families of the
children of Ham, as they were dwelling in the cities which they
had built.
10 And Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, went away from the families
of the children of Ham, and he fought with them and he subdued
them, and he went to the five cities of the plain and he fought
against them and he subdued them, and they were under his
control.
11 And they served him twelve years, and they gave him a yearly
tax.
12 At that time died Nahor, son of Serug, in the forty-ninth
year of the life of Abram son of Terah.
13 And in the fiftieth year of the life of Abram son of Terah,
Abram came forth from the house of Noah, and went to his
father's house.
14 And Abram knew the Lord, and he went in his ways and
instructions, and the Lord his God was with him.
15 And Terah his father was in those days, still captain of the
host of king Nimrod, and he still followed strange gods.
16 And Abram came to his father's house and saw twelve gods
standing there in their temples, and the anger of Abram was
kindled when he saw these images in his father's house.
17 And Abram said, As the Lord liveth these images shall not
remain in my father's house; so shall the Lord who created me do
unto me if in three days' time I do not break them all.
18 And Abram went from them, and his anger burned within him.
And Abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's
outer court, and he found his father sitting in the court, and
all his servants with him, and Abram came and sat before him.
19 And Abram asked his father, saying, Father, tell me where is
God who created heaven and earth, and all the sons of men upon
earth, and who created thee and me. And Terah answered his son
Abram and said, Behold those who created us are all with us in
the house.
20 And Abram said to his father, My lord, shew them to me I pray
thee; and Terah brought Abram into the chamber of the inner
court, and Abram saw, and behold the whole room was full of gods
of wood and stone, twelve great images and others less than they
without number.
21 And Terah said to his son, Behold these are they which made
all thou seest upon earth, and which created me and thee, and
all mankind.
22 And Terah bowed down to his gods, and he then went away from
them, and Abram, his son, went away with him.
23 And when Abram had gone from them he went to his mother and
sat before her, and he said to his mother, Behold, my father has
shown me those who made heaven and earth, and all the sons of
men.
24 Now, therefore, hasten and fetch a kid from the flock, and
make of it savory meat, that I may bring it to my father's gods
as an offering for them to eat; perhaps I may thereby become
acceptable to them.
25 And his mother did so, and she fetched a kid, and made savory
meat thereof, and brought it to Abram, and Abram took the savory
meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods,
and he drew nigh to them that they might eat; and Terah his
father, did not know of it.
26 And Abram saw on the day when he was sitting amongst them,
that they had no voice, no hearing, no motion, and not one of
them could stretch forth his hand to eat.
27 And Abram mocked them, and said, Surely the savory meat that
I prepared has not pleased them, or perhaps it was too little
for them, and for that reason they would not eat; therefore
tomorrow I will prepare fresh savory meat, better and more
plentiful than this, in order that I may see the result.
28 And it was on the next day that Abram directed his mother
concerning the savory meat, and his mother rose and fetched
three fine kids from the flock, and she made of them some
excellent savory meat, such as her son was fond of, and she gave
it to her son Abram; and Terah his father did not know of it.
29 And Abram took the savory meat from his mother, and brought
it before his father's gods into the chamber; and he came nigh
unto them that they might eat, and he placed it before them, and
Abram sat before them all day, thinking perhaps they might eat.
30 And Abram viewed them, and behold they had neither voice nor
hearing, nor did one of them stretch forth his hand to the meat
to eat.
31 And in the evening of that day in that house Abram was
clothed with the spirit of God.
32 And he called out and said, Wo unto my father and this wicked
generation, whose hearts are all inclined to vanity, who serve
these idols of wood and stone which can neither eat, smell, hear
nor speak, who have mouths without speech, eyes without sight,
ears without hearing, hands without feeling, and legs which
cannot move; like them are those that made them and that trust
in them.
33 And when Abram saw all these things his anger was kindled
against his father, and he hastened and took a hatchet in his
hand, and came unto the chamber of the gods, and he broke all
his father's gods.
34 And when he had done breaking the images, he placed the
hatchet in the hand of the great god which was there before
them, and he went out; and Terah his father came home, for he
had heard at the door the sound of the striking of the hatchet;
so Terah came into the house to know what this was about.
35 And Terah, having heard the noise of the hatchet in the room
of images, ran to the room to the images, and he met Abram going
out.
36 And Terah entered the room and found all the idols fallen
down and broken, and the hatchet in the hand of the largest,
which was not broken, and the savory meat which Abram his son
had made was still before them.
37 And when Terah saw this his anger was greatly kindled, and he
hastened and went from the room to Abram.
38 And he found Abram his son still sitting in the house; and he
said to him, What is this work thou hast done to my gods?
39 And Abram answered Terah his father and he said, Not so my
lord, for I brought savory meat before them, and when I came
nigh to them with the meat that they might eat, they all at once
stretched forth their hands to eat before the great one had put
forth his hand to eat.
40 And the large one saw their works that they did before him,
and his anger was violently kindled against them, and he went
and took the hatchet that was in the house and came to them and
broke them all, and behold the hatchet is yet in his hand as
thou seest.
41 And Terah's anger was kindled against his son Abram, when he
spoke this; and Terah said to Abram his son in his anger, What
is this tale that thou hast told? Thou speakest lies to me.
42 Is there in these gods spirit, soul or power to do all thou
hast told me? Are they not wood and stone, and have I not myself
made them, and canst thou speak such lies, saying that the large
god that was with them smote them? It is thou that didst place
the hatchet in his hands, and then sayest he smote them all.
43 And Abram answered his father and said to him, And how canst
thou then serve these idols in whom there is no power to do any
thing? Can those idols in which thou trustest deliver thee? can
they hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them? can they
deliver thee from the hands of thy enemies, or will they fight
thy battles for thee against thy enemies, that thou shouldst
serve wood and stone which can neither speak nor hear?
44 And now surely it is not good for thee nor for the sons of
men that are connected with thee, to do these things; are you so
silly, so foolish or so short of understanding that you will
serve wood and stone, and do after this manner?
45 And forget the Lord God who made heaven and earth, and who
created you in the earth, and thereby bring a great evil upon
your souls in this matter by serving stone and wood?
46 Did not our fathers in days of old sin in this matter, and
the Lord God of the universe brought the waters of the flood
upon them and destroyed the whole earth?
47 And how can you continue to do this and serve gods of wood
and stone, who cannot hear, or speak, or deliver you from
oppression, thereby bringing down the anger of the God of the
universe upon you?
48 Now therefore my father refrain from this, and bring not evil
upon thy soul and the souls of thy household.
49 And Abram hastened and sprang from before his father, and
took the hatchet from his father's largest idol, with which
Abram broke it and ran away.
50 And Terah, seeing all that Abram had done, hastened to go
from his house, and he went to the king and he came before
Nimrod and stood before him, and he bowed down to the king; and
the king said, What dost thou want?
51 And he said, I beseech thee my lord, to hear me--Now fifty
years back a child was born to me, and thus has he done to my
gods and thus has he spoken; and now therefore, my lord and
king, send for him that he may come before thee, and judge him
according to the law, that we may be delivered from his evil.
52 And the king sent three men of his servants, and they went
and brought Abram before the king. And Nimrod and all his
princes and servants were that day sitting before him, and Terah
sat also before them.
53 And the king said to Abram, What is this that thou hast done
to thy father and to his gods? And Abram answered the king in
the words that he spoke to his father, and he said, The large
god that was with them in the house did to them what thou hast
heard.
54 And the king said to Abram, Had they power to speak and eat
and do as thou hast said? And Abram answered the king, saying,
And if there be no power in them why dost thou serve them and
cause the sons of men to err through thy follies?
55 Dost thou imagine that they can deliver thee or do anything
small or great, that thou shouldst serve them? And why wilt thou
not sense the God of the whole universe, who created thee and in
whose power it is to kill and keep alive?
56 0 foolish, simple, and ignorant king, woe unto thee forever.
57 I thought thou wouldst teach thy servants the upright way,
but thou hast not done this, but hast filled the whole earth
with thy sins and the sins of thy people who have followed thy
ways.
58 Dost thou not know, or hast thou not heard, that this evil
which thou doest, our ancestors sinned therein in days of old,
and the eternal God brought the waters of the flood upon them
and destroyed them all, and also destroyed the whole earth on
their account? And wilt thou and thy people rise up now and do
like unto this work, in order to bring down the anger of the
Lord God of the universe, and to bring evil upon thee and the
whole earth?
59 Now therefore put away this evil deed which thou doest, and
serve the God of the universe, as thy soul is in his hands, and
then it will be well with thee.
60 And if thy wicked heart will not hearken to my words to cause
thee to forsake thy evil ways, and to serve the eternal God,
then wilt thou die in shame in the latter days, thou, thy people
and all who are connected with thee, hearing thy words or
walking in thy evil ways.
61 And when Abram had ceased speaking before the king and
princes, Abram lifted up his eyes to the heavens, and he said,
The Lord seeth all the wicked, and he will judge them.
[/quote]
Nimrod the first emperor of Earth....and Nimrod II will be the
last human Emperor of Earth.
Blade
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: guest116 Date: August 13, 2020, 12:32 am
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Can I ask why this book was removed as conical and the present
KJV? It is still in the Tanakh and in the academic Catholic
Bibles. I am very curious on this.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 6:18 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 12
1 And when the king heard the words of Abram he ordered him to
be put into prison; and Abram was ten days in prison.
2 And at the end of those days the king ordered that all the
kings, princes and governors of different provinces and the
sages should come before him, and they sat before him, and Abram
was still in the house of confinement.
3 And the king said to the princes and sages, Have you heard
what Abram, the son of Terah, has done to his father? Thus has
he done to him, and I ordered him to be brought before me, and
thus has he spoken; his heart did not misgive him, neither did
he stir in my presence, and behold now he is confined in the
prison.
4 And therefore decide what judgment is due to this man who
reviled the king; who spoke and did all the things that you
heard.
5 And they all answered the king saying, The man who revileth
the king should be hanged upon a tree; but having done all the
things that he said, and having despised our gods, he must
therefore be burned to death, for this is the law in this
matter.
6 If it pleaseth the king to do this, let him order his servants
to kindle a fire both night and day in thy brick furnace, and
then we will cast this man into it. And the king did so, and he
commanded his servants that they should prepare a fire for three
days and three nights in the king's furnace, that is in Casdim;
and the king ordered them to take Abram from prison and bring
him out to be burned.
7 And all the king's servants, princes, lords, governors, and
judges, and all the inhabitants of the land, about nine hundred
thousand men, stood opposite the furnace to see Abram.
8 And all the women and little ones crowded upon the roofs and
towers to see what was doing with Abram, and they all stood
together at a distance; and there was not a man left that did
not come on that day to behold the scene.
9 And when Abram was come, the conjurors of the king and the
sages saw Abram, and they cried out to the king, saying, Our
sovereign lord, surely this is the man whom we know to have been
the child at whose birth the great star swallowed the four
stars, which we declared to the king now fifty years since.
10 And behold now his father has also transgressed thy commands,
and mocked thee by bringing thee another child, which thou didst
kill.
11 And when the king heard their words, he was exceedingly
wroth, and he ordered Terah to be brought before him.
12 And the king said, Hast thou heard what the conjurors have
spoken? Now tell me truly, how didst thou; and if thou shalt
speak truth thou shalt be acquitted.
13 And seeing that the king's anger was so much kindled, Terah
said to the king, My lord and king, thou hast heard the truth,
and what the sages have spoken is right. And the king said, How
couldst thou do this thing, to transgress my orders and to give
me a child that thou didst not beget, and to take value for him?
14 And Terah answered the king, Because my tender feelings were
excited for my son, at that time, and I took a son of my
handmaid, and I brought him to the king.
15 And the king said Who advised thee to this? Tell me, do not
hide aught from me, and then thou shalt not die.
16 And Terah was greatly terrified in the king's presence, and
he said to the king, It was Haran my eldest son who advised me
to this; and Haran was in those days that Abram was born, two
and thirty years old.
17 But Haran did not advise his father to anything, for Terah
said this to the king in order to deliver his soul from the
king, for he feared greatly; and the king said to Terah, Haran
thy son who advised thee to this shall die through fire with
Abram; for the sentence of death is upon him for having rebelled
against the king's desire in doing this thing.
18 And Haran at that time felt inclined to follow the ways of
Abram, but he kept it within himself.
19 And Haran said in his heart, Behold now the king has seized
Abram on account of these things which Abram did, and it shall
come to pass, that if Abram prevail over the king I will follow
him, but if the king prevail I will go after the king.
20 And when Terah had spoken this to the king concerning Haran
his son, the king ordered Haran to be seized with Abram.
21 And they brought them both, Abram and Haran his brother, to
cast them into the fire; and all the inhabitants of the land and
the king's servants and princes and all the women and little
ones were there, standing that day over them.
22 And the king's servants took Abram and his brother, and they
stripped them of all their clothes excepting their lower
garments which were upon them.
23 And they bound their hands and feet with linen cords, and the
servants of the king lifted them up and cast them both into the
furnace.
24 And the Lord loved Abram and he had compassion over him, and
the Lord came down and delivered Abram from the fire and he was
not burned.
25 But all the cords with which they bound him were burned,
while Abram remained and walked about in the fire.
26 And Haran died when they had cast him into the fire, and he
was burned to ashes, for his heart was not perfect with the
Lord; and those men who cast him into the fire, the flame of the
fire spread over them, and they were burned, and twelve men of
them died.
27 And Abram walked in the midst of the fire three days and
three nights, and all the servants of the king saw him walking
in the fire, and they came and told the king, saying, Behold we
have seen Abram walking about in the midst of the fire, and even
the lower garments which are upon him are not burned, but the
cord with which he was bound is burned.
28 And when the king heard their words his heart fainted and he
would not believe them; so he sent other faithful princes to see
this matter, and they went and saw it and told it to the king;
and the king rose to go and see it, and he saw Abram walking to
and fro in the midst of the fire, and he saw Haran's body
burned, and the king wondered greatly.
29 And the king ordered Abram to be taken out from the fire; and
his servants approached to take him out and they could not, for
the fire was round about and the flame ascending toward them
from the furnace.
30 And the king's servants fled from it, and the king rebuked
them, saying, Make haste and bring Abram out of the fire that
you shall not die.
31 And the servants of the king again approached to bring Abram
out, and the flames came upon them and burned their faces so
that eight of them died.
32 And when the king saw that his servants could not approach
the fire lest they should be burned, the king called to Abram, O
servant of the God who is in heaven, go forth from amidst the
fire and come hither before me; and Abram hearkened to the voice
of the king, and he went forth from the fire and came and stood
before the king.
33 And when Abram came out the king and all his servants saw
Abram coming before the king, with his lower garments upon him,
for they were not burned, but the cord with which he was bound
was burned.
34 And the king said to Abram, How is it that thou wast not
burned in the fire?
35 And Abram said to the king, The God of heaven and earth in
whom I trust and who has all in his power, he delivered me from
the fire into which thou didst cast me.
36 And Haran the brother of Abram was burned to ashes, and they
sought for his body, and they found it consumed.
37 And Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in the fire
of Casdim. And the king, princes, and inhabitants of the land,
seeing that Abram was delivered from the fire, they came and
bowed down to Abram.
38 And Abram said to them, Do not bow down to me, but bow down
to the God of the world who made you, and serve him, and go in
his ways for it is he who delivered me from out of this fire,
and it is he who created the souls and spirits of all men, and
formed man in his mother's womb, and brought him forth into the
world, and it is he who will deliver those who trust in him from
all pain.
39 And this thing seemed very wonderful in the eyes of the king
and princes, that Abram was saved from the fire and that Haran
was burned; and the king gave Abram many presents and he gave
him his two head servants from the king's house; the name of one
was Oni and the name of the other was Eliezer.
40 And all the kings, princes and servants gave Abram many gifts
of silver and gold and pearl, and the king and his princes sent
him away, and he went in peace.
41 And Abram went forth from the king in peace, and many of the
king's servants followed him, and about three hundred men joined
him.
42 And Abram returned on that day and went to his father's
house, he and the men that followed him, and Abram served the
Lord his God all the days of his life, and he walked in his ways
and followed his law.
43 And from that day forward Abram inclined the hearts of the
sons of men to serve the Lord.
44 And at that time Nahor and Abram took unto themselves wives,
the daughters of their brother Haran; the wife of Nahor was
Milca and the name of Abram's wife was Sarai. And Sarai, wife of
Abram, was barren; she had no offspring in those days.
45 And at the expiration of two years from Abram's going out of
the fire, that is in the fifty-second year of his life, behold
king Nimrod sat in Babel upon the throne, and the king fell
asleep and dreamed that he was standing with his troops and
hosts in a valley opposite the king's furnace.
46 And he lifted up his eyes and saw a man in the likeness of
Abram coming forth from the furnace, and that he came and stood
before the king with his drawn sword, and then sprang to the
king with his sword, when the king fled from the man, for he was
afraid; and while he was running, the man threw an egg upon the
king's head, and the egg became a great river.
47 And the king dreamed that all his troops sank in that river
and died, and the king took flight with three men who were
before him and he escaped.
48 And the king looked at these men and they were clothed in
princely dresses as the garments of kings, and had the
appearance and majesty of kings.
49 And while they were running, the river again turned to an egg
before the king, and there came forth from the egg a young bird
which came before the king, and flew at his head and plucked out
the king's eye.
50 And the king was grieved at the sight, and he awoke out of
his sleep and his spirit was agitated; and he felt a great
terror.
51 And in the morning the king rose from his couch in fear, and
he ordered all the wise men and magicians to come before him,
when the king related his dream to them.
52 And a wise servant of the king, whose name was Anuki,
answered the king, saying, This is nothing else but the evil of
Abram and his seed which will spring up against my Lord and king
in the latter days.
53 And behold the day will come when Abram and his seed and the
children of his household will war with my king, and they will
smite all the king's hosts and his troops.
54 And as to what thou hast said concerning three men which thou
didst see like unto thyself, and which did escape, this means
that only thou wilt escape with three kings from the kings of
the earth who will be with thee in battle.
55 And that which thou sawest of the river which turned to an
egg as at first, and the young bird plucking out thine eye, this
means nothing else but the seed of Abram which will slay the
king in latter days.
56 This is my king's dream, and this is its interpretation, and
the dream is true, and the interpretation which thy servant has
given thee is right.
57 Now therefore my king, surely thou knowest that it is now
fifty-two years since thy sages saw this at the birth of Abram,
and if my king will suffer Abram to live in the earth it will be
to the injury of my lord and king, for all the days that Abram
liveth neither thou nor thy kingdom will be established, for
this was known formerly at his birth; and why will not my king
slay him, that his evil may be kept from thee in latter days?
58 And Nimrod hearkened to the voice of Anuki, and he sent some
of his servants in secret to go and seize Abram, and bring him
before the king to suffer death.
59 And Eliezer, Abram's servant whom the king had given him, was
at that time in the presence of the king, and he heard what
Anuki had advised the king, and what the king had said to cause
Abram's death.
60 And Eliezer said to Abram, Hasten, rise up and save thy soul,
that thou mayest not die through the hands of the king, for thus
did he see in a dream concerning thee, and thus did Anuki
interpret it, and thus also did Anuki advise the king concerning
thee.
61 And Abram hearkened to the voice of Eliezer, and Abram
hastened and ran for safety to the house of Noah and his son
Shem, and he concealed himself there and found a place of
safety; and the king's servants came to Abram's house to seek
him, but they could not find him, and they searched through out
the country and he was not to be found, and they went and
searched in every direction and he was not to be met with.
62 And when the king's servants could not find Abram they
returned to the king, but the king's anger against Abram was
stilled, as they did not find him, and the king drove from his
mind this matter concerning Abram.
63 And Abram was concealed in Noah's house for one month, until
the king had forgotten this matter, but Abram was still afraid
of the king; and Terah came to see Abram his son secretly in the
house of Noah, and Terah was very great in the eyes of the king.
64 And Abram said to his father, Dost thou not know that the
king thinketh to slay me, and to annihilate my name from the
earth by the advice of his wicked counsellors?
65 Now whom hast thou here and what hast thou in this land?
Arise, let us go together to the land of Canaan, that we may be
delivered from his hand, lest thou perish also through him in
the latter days.
66 Dost thou not know or hast thou not heard, that it is not
through love that Nimrod giveth thee all this honor, but it is
only for his benefit that he bestoweth all this good upon thee?
67 And if he do unto thee greater good than this, surely these
are only vanities of the world, for wealth and riches cannot
avail in the day of wrath and anger.
68 Now therefore hearken to my voice, and let us arise and go to
the land of Canaan, out of the reach of injury from Nimrod; and
serve thou the Lord who created thee in the earth and it will be
well with thee; and cast away all the vain things which thou
pursuest.
69 And Abram ceased to speak, when Noah and his son Shem
answered Terah, saying, True is the word which Abram hath said
unto thee.
70 And Terah hearkened to the voice of his son Abram, and Terah
did all that Abram said, for this was from the Lord, that the
king should not cause Abram's death.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 6:18 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 13
1 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of
Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram,
and all the souls of his household and went with them from Ur
Casdim to go to the land of Canaan. And when they came as far as
the land of Haran they remained there, for it was exceedingly
good land for pasture, and of sufficient extent for those who
accompanied them.
2 And the people of the land of Haran saw that Abram was good
and upright with God and men, and that the Lord his God was with
him, and some of the people of the land of Haran came and joined
Abram, and he taught them the instruction of the Lord and his
ways; and these men remained with Abram in his house and they
adhered to him.
3 And Abram remained in the land three years, and at the
expiration of three years the Lord appeared to Abram and said to
him; I am the Lord who brought thee forth from Ur Casdim, and
delivered thee from the hands of all thine enemies.
4 And now therefore if thou wilt hearken to my voice and keep my
commandments, my statutes and my laws, then will I cause thy
enemies to fall before thee, and I will multiply thy seed like
the stars of heaven, and I will send my blessing upon all the
works of thy hands, and thou shalt lack nothing.
5 Arise now, take thy wife and all belonging to thee and go to
the land of Canaan and remain there, and I will there be unto
thee for a God, and I will bless thee. And Abram rose and took
his wife and all belonging to him, and he went to the land of
Canaan as the Lord had told him; and Abram was fifty years old
when he went from Haran.
6 And Abram came to the land of Canaan and dwelt in the midst of
the city, and he there pitched his tent amongst the children of
Canaan, inhabitants of the land.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram when he came to the land of
Canaan, and said to him, This is the land which I gave unto thee
and to thy seed after thee forever, and I will make thy seed
like the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed for an
inheritance all the lands which thou seest.
8 And Abram built an altar in the place where God had spoken to
him, and Abram there called upon the name of the Lord.
9 At that time, at the end of three years of Abram's dwelling in
the land of Canaan, in that year Noah died, which was the
fifty-eighth year of the life of Abram; and all the days that
Noah lived were nine hundred and fifty years and he died.
10 And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, he, his wife, and all
belonging to him, and all those that accompanied him, together
with those that joined him from the people of the land; but
Nahor, Abram's brother, and Terah his father, and Lot the son of
Haran and all belonging to them dwelt in Haran.
11 In the fifth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan
the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the cities of the plain
revolted from the power of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; for all
the kings of the cities of the plain had served Chedorlaomer for
twelve years, and given him a yearly tax, but in those days in
the thirteenth year, they rebelled against him.
12 And in the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of
Canaan there was war between Nimrod king of Shinar and
Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Nimrod came to fight with
Chedorlaomer and to subdue him.
13 For Chedorlaomer was at that time one of the princes of the
hosts of Nimrod, and when all the people at the tower were
dispersed and those that remained were also scattered upon the
face of the earth, Chedorlaomer went to the land of Elam and
reigned over it and rebelled against his lord.
14 And in those days when Nimrod saw that the cities of the
plain had rebelled, he came with pride and anger to war with
Chedorlaomer, and Nimrod assembled all his princes and subjects,
about seven hundred thousand men, and went against Chedorlaomer,
and Chedorlaomer went out to meet him with five thousand men,
and they prepared for battle in the valley of Babel which is
between Elam and Shinar.
15 And all those kings fought there, and Nimrod and his people
were smitten before the people of Chedorlaomer, and there fell
from Nimrod's men about six hundred thousand, and Mardon the
king's son fell amongst them.
16 And Nimrod fled and returned in shame and disgrace to his
land, and he was under subjection to Chedorlaomer for a long
time, and Chedorlaomer returned to his land and sent princes of
his host to the kings that dwelt around him, to Arioch king of
Elasar, and to Tidal king of Goyim, and made a covenant with
them, and they were all obedient to his commands.
17 And it was in the fifteenth year of Abram's dwelling in the
land of Canaan, which is the seventieth year of the life of
Abram, and the Lord appeared to Abram in that year and he said
to him, I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur Casdim to
give thee this land for an inheritance.
18 Now therefore walk before me and be perfect and keep my
commands, for to thee and to thy seed I will give this land for
an inheritance, from the river Mitzraim unto the great river
Euphrates.
19 And thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace and in good age,
and the fourth generation shall return here in this land and
shall inherit it forever; and Abram built an altar, and he
called upon the name of the Lord who appeared to him, and he
brought up sacrifices upon the altar to the Lord.
20 At that time Abram returned and went to Haran to see his
father and mother, and his father's household, and Abram and his
wife and all belonging to him returned to Haran, and Abram dwelt
in Haran five years.
21 And many of the people of Haran, about seventy-two men,
followed Abram and Abram taught them the instruction of the Lord
and his ways, and he taught them to know the Lord.
22 In those days the Lord appeared to Abram in Haran, and he
said to him, Behold, I spoke unto thee these twenty years back
saying,
23 Go forth from thy land, from thy birth-place and from thy
father's house, to the land which I have shown thee to give it
to thee and to thy children, for there in that land will I bless
thee, and make thee a great nation, and make thy name great, and
in thee shall the families of the earth be blessed.
24 Now therefore arise, go forth from this place, thou, thy
wife, and all belonging to thee, also every one born in thy
house and all the souls thou hast made in Haran, and bring them
out with thee from here, and rise to return to the land of
Canaan.
25 And Abram arose and took his wife Sarai and all belonging to
him and all that were born to him in his house and the souls
which they had made in Haran, and they came out to go to the
land of Canaan.
26 And Abram went and returned to the land of Canaan, according
to the word of the Lord. And Lot the son of his brother Haran
went with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old when he went
forth from Haran to return to the land of Canaan.
27 And he came to the land of Canaan according to the word of
the Lord to Abram, and he pitched his tent and he dwelt in the
plain of Mamre, and with him was Lot his brother's son, and all
belonging to him.
28 And the Lord again appeared to Abram and said, To thy seed
will I give this land; and he there built an altar to the Lord
who appeared to him, which is still to this day in the plains of
Mamre.
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By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 6:19 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 14
1 In those days there was in the land of Shinar a wise man who
had understanding in all wisdom, and of a beautiful appearance,
but he was poor and indigent; his name was Rikayon and he was
hard set to support himself.
2 And he resolved to go to Egypt, to Oswiris the son of Anom
king of Egypt, to show the king his wisdom; for perhaps he might
find grace in his sight, to raise him up and give him
maintenance; and Rikayon did so.
3 And when Rikayon came to Egypt he asked the inhabitants of
Egypt concerning the king, and the inhabitants of Egypt told him
the custom of the king of Egypt, for it was then the custom of
the king of Egypt that he went from his royal palace and was
seen abroad only one day in the year, and after that the king
would return to his palace to remain there.
4 And on the day when the king went forth he passed judgment in
the land, and every one having a suit came before the king that
day to obtain his request.
5 And when Rikayon heard of the custom in Egypt and that he
could not come into the presence of the king, he grieved greatly
and was very sorrowful.
6 And in the evening Rikayon went out and found a house in
ruins, formerly a bake house in Egypt, and he abode there all
night in bitterness of soul and pinched with hunger, and sleep
was removed from his eyes.
7 And Rikayon considered within himself what he should do in the
town until the king made his appearance, and how he might
maintain himself there.
8 And he rose in the morning and walked about, and met in his
way those who sold vegetables and various sorts of seed with
which they supplied the inhabitants.
9 And Rikayon wished to do the same in order to get a
maintenance in the city, but he was unacquainted with the custom
of the people, and he was like a blind man among them.
10 And he went and obtained vegetables to sell them for his
support, and the rabble assembled about him and ridiculed him,
and took his vegetables from him and left him nothing.
11 And he rose up from there in bitterness of soul, and went
sighing to the bake house in which he had remained all the night
before, and he slept there the second night.
12 And on that night again he reasoned within himself how he
could save himself from starvation, and he devised a scheme how
to act.
13 And he rose up in the morning and acted ingeniously, and went
and hired thirty strong men of the rabble, carrying their war
instruments in their hands, and he led them to the top of the
Egyptian sepulchre, and he placed them there.
14 And he commanded them, saying, Thus saith the king,
Strengthen yourselves and be valiant men, and let no man be
buried here until two hundred pieces of silver be given, and
then he may be buried; and those men did according to the order
of Rikayon to the people of Egypt the whole of that year.
15 And in eight months time Rikayon and his men gathered great
riches of silver and gold, and Rikayon took a great quantity of
horses and other animals, and he hired more men, and he gave
them horses and they remained with him.
16 And when the year came round, at the time the king went forth
into the town, all the inhabitants of Egypt assembled together
to speak to him concerning the work of Rikayon and his men.
17 And the king went forth on the appointed day, and all the
Egyptians came before him and cried unto him, saying,
18 May the king live forever. What is this thing thou doest in
the town to thy servants, not to suffer a dead body to be buried
until so much silver and gold be given? Was there ever the like
unto this done in the whole earth, from the days of former kings
yea even from the days of Adam, unto this day, that the dead
should not be buried only for a set price?
19 We know it to be the custom of kings to take a yearly tax
from the living, but thou dost not only do this, but from the
dead also thou exactest a tax day by day.
20 Now, O king, we can no more bear this, for the whole city is
ruined on this account, and dost thou not know it?
21 And when the king heard all that they had spoken he was very
wroth, and his anger burned within him at this affair, for he
had known nothing of it.
22 And the king said, Who and where is he that dares to do this
wicked thing in my land without my command? Surely you will tell
me.
23 And they told him all the works of Rikayon and his men, and
the king's anger was aroused, and he ordered Rikayon and his men
to be brought before him.
24 And Rikayon took about a thousand children, sons and
daughters, and clothed them in silk and embroidery, and he set
them upon horses and sent them to the king by means of his men,
and he also took a great quantity of silver and gold and
precious stones, and a strong and beautiful horse, as a present
for the king, with which he came before the king and bowed down
to the earth before him; and the king, his servants and all the
inhabitants of Egypt wondered at the work of Rikayon, and they
saw his riches and the present that he had brought to the king.
25 And it greatly pleased the king and he wondered at it; and
when Rikayon sat before him the king asked him concerning all
his works, and Rikayon spoke all his words wisely before the
king, his servants and all the inhabitants of Egypt.
26 And when the king heard the words of Rikayon and his wisdom,
Rikayon found grace in his sight, and he met with grace and
kindness from all the servants of the king and from all the
inhabitants of Egypt, on account of his wisdom and excellent
speeches, and from that time they loved him exceedingly.
27 And the king answered and said to Rikayon, Thy name shall no
more be called Rikayon but Pharaoh shall be thy name, since thou
didst exact a tax from the dead; and he called his name Pharaoh.
28 And the king and his subjects loved Rikayon for his wisdom,
and they consulted with all the inhabitants of Egypt to make him
prefect under the king.
29 And all the inhabitants of Egypt and its wise men did so, and
it was made a law in Egypt.
30 And they made Rikayon Pharaoh prefect under Oswiris king of
Egypt, and Rikayon Pharaoh governed over Egypt, daily
administering justice to the whole city, but Oswiris the king
would judge the people of the land one day in the year, when he
went out to make his appearance.
31 And Rikayon Pharaoh cunningly usurped the government of
Egypt, and he exacted a tax from all the inhabitants of Egypt.
32 And all the inhabitants of Egypt greatly loved Rikayon
Pharaoh, and they made a decree to call every king that should
reign over them and their seed in Egypt, Pharaoh.
33 Therefore all the kings that reigned in Egypt from that time
forward were called Pharaoh unto this day.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 15
1 And in that year there was a heavy famine throughout the land
of Canaan, and the inhabitants of the land could not remain on
account of the famine for it was very grievous.
2 And Abram and all belonging to him rose and went down to Egypt
on account of the famine, and when they were at the brook
Mitzraim they remained there some time to rest from the fatigue
of the road.
3 And Abram and Sarai were walking at the border of the brook
Mitzraim, and Abram beheld his wife Sarai that she was very
beautiful.
4 And Abram said to his wife Sarai, Since God has created thee
with such a beautiful countenance, I am afraid of the Egyptians
lest they should slay me and take thee away, for the fear of God
is not in these places.
5 Surely then thou shalt do this, Say thou art my sister to all
that may ask thee, in order that it may be well with me, and
that we may live and not be put to death.
6 And Abram commanded the same to all those that came with him
to Egypt on account of the famine; also his nephew Lot he
commanded, saying, If the Egyptians ask thee concerning Sarai
say she is the sister of Abram.
7 And yet with all these orders Abram did not put confidence in
them, but he took Sarai and placed her in a chest and concealed
it amongst their vessels, for Abram was greatly concerned about
Sarai on account of the wickedness of the Egyptians.
8 And Abram and all belonging to him rose up from the brook
Mitzraim and came to Egypt; and they had scarcely entered the
gates of the city when the guards stood up to them saying, Give
tithe to the king from what you have, and then you may come into
the town; and Abram and those that were with him did so.
9 And Abram with the people that were with him came to Egypt,
and when they came they brought the chest in which Sarai was
concealed and the Egyptians saw the chest.
10 And the king's servants approached Abram, saying, What hast
thou here in this chest which we have not seen? Now open thou
the chest and give tithe to the king of all that it contains.
11 And Abram said, This chest I will not open, but all you
demand upon it I will give. And Pharaoh's officers answered
Abram, saying, It is a chest of precious stones, give us the
tenth thereof.
12 Abram said, All that you desire I will give, but you must not
open the chest.
13 And the king's officers pressed Abram, and they reached the
chest and opened it with force, and they saw, and behold a
beautiful woman was in the chest.
14 And when the officers of the king beheld Sarai they were
struck with admiration at her beauty, and all the princes and
servants of Pharaoh assembled to see Sarai, for she was very
beautiful. And the king's officers ran and told Pharaoh all that
they had seen, and they praised Sarai to the king; and Pharaoh
ordered her to be brought, and the woman came before the king.
15 And Pharaoh beheld Sarai and she pleased him exceedingly, and
he was struck with her beauty, and the king rejoiced greatly on
her account, and made presents to those who brought him the
tidings concerning her.
16 And the woman was then brought to Pharaoh's house, and Abram
grieved on account of his wife, and he prayed to the Lord to
deliver her from the hands of Pharaoh.
17 And Sarai also prayed at that time and said, O Lord God thou
didst tell my Lord Abram to go from his land and from his
father's house to the land of Canaan, and thou didst promise to
do well with him if he would perform thy commands; now behold we
have done that which thou didst command us, and we left our land
and our families, and we went to a strange land and to a people
whom we have not known before.
18 And we came to this land to avoid the famine, and this evil
accident has befallen me; now therefore, O Lord God, deliver us
and save us from the hand of this oppressor, and do well with me
for the sake of thy mercy.
19 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Sarai, and the Lord
sent an angel to deliver Sarai from the power of Pharaoh.
20 And the king came and sat before Sarai and behold an angel of
the Lord was standing over them, and he appeared to Sarai and
said to her, Do not fear, for the Lord has heard thy prayer.
21 And the king approached Sarai and said to her, What is that
man to thee who brought thee hither? and she said, He is my
brother.
22 And the king said, It is incumbent upon us to make him great,
to elevate him and to do unto him all the good which thou shalt
command us; and at that time the king sent to Abram silver and
gold and precious stones in abundance, together with cattle, men
servants and maid servants; and the king ordered Abram to be
brought, and he sat in the court of the king's house, and the
king greatly exalted Abram on that night.
23 And the king approached to speak to Sarai, and he reached out
his hand to touch her, when the angel smote him heavily, and he
was terrified and he refrained from reaching to her.
24 And when the king came near to Sarai, the angel smote him to
the ground, and acted thus to him the whole night, and the king
was terrified.
25 And the angel on that night smote heavily all the servants of
the king, and his whole household, on account of Sarai, and
there was a great lamentation that night amongst the people of
Pharaoh's house.
26 And Pharaoh, seeing the evil that befell him, said, Surely on
account of this woman has this thing happened to me, and he
removed himself at some distance from her and spoke pleasing
words to her.
27 And the king said to Sarai, Tell me I pray thee concerning
the man with whom thou camest here; and Sarai said, This man is
my husband, and I said to thee that he was my brother for I was
afraid, lest thou shouldst put him to death through wickedness.
28 And the king kept away from Sarai, and the plagues of the
angel of the Lord ceased from him and his household; and Pharaoh
knew that he was smitten on account of Sarai, and the king was
greatly astonished at this.
29 And in the morning the king called for Abram and said to him,
What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou say, She is my
sister, owing to which I took her unto me for a wife, and this
heavy plague has therefore come upon me and my household.
30 Now therefore here is thy wife, take her and go from our land
lest we all die on her account. And Pharaoh took more cattle,
men servants and maid servants, and silver and gold, to give to
Abram, and he returned unto him Sarai his wife.
31 And the king took a maiden whom he begat by his concubines,
and he gave her to Sarai for a handmaid.
32 And the king said to his daughter, It is better for thee my
daughter to be a handmaid in this man's house than to be
mistress in my house, after we have beheld the evil that befell
us on account of this woman.
33 And Abram arose, and he and all belonging to him went away
from Egypt; and Pharaoh ordered some of his men to accompany him
and all that went with him.
34 And Abram returned to the land of Canaan, to the place where
he had made the altar, where he at first had pitched his tent.
35 And Lot the son of Haran, Abram's brother, had a heavy stock
of cattle, flocks and herds and tents, for the Lord was
bountiful to them on account of Abram.
36 And when Abram was dwelling in the land the herdsmen of Lot
quarrelled with the herdsmen of Abram, for their property was
too great for them to remain together in the land, and the land
could not bear them on account of their cattle.
37 And when Abram's herdsmen went to feed their flock they would
not go into the fields of the people of the land, but the cattle
of Lot's herdsmen did otherwise, for they were suffered to feed
in the fields of the people of the land.
38 And the people of the land saw this occurrence daily, and
they came to Abram and quarrelled with him on account of Lot's
herdsmen.
39 And Abram said to Lot, What is this thou art doing to me, to
make me despicable to the inhabitants of the land, that thou
orderest thy herdsman to feed thy cattle in the fields of other
people? Dost thou not know that I am a stranger in this land
amongst the children of Canaan, and why wilt thou do this unto
me?
40 And Abram quarrelled daily with Lot on account of this, but
Lot would not listen to Abram, and he continued to do the same
and the inhabitants of the land came and told Abram.
41 And Abram said unto Lot, How long wilt thou be to me for a
stumbling block with the inhabitants of the land? Now I beseech
thee let there be no more quarrelling between us, for we are
kinsmen.
42 But I pray thee separate from me, go and choose a place where
thou mayest dwell with thy cattle and all belonging to thee, but
Keep thyself at a distance from me, thou and thy household.
43 And be not afraid in going from me, for if any one do an
injury to thee, let me know and I will avenge thy cause from
him, only remove from me.
44 And when Abram had spoken all these words to Lot, then Lot
arose and lifted up his eyes toward the plain of Jordan.
45 And he saw that the whole of this place was well watered, and
good for man as well as affording pasture for the cattle.
46 And Lot went from Abram to that place, and he there pitched
his tent and he dwelt in Sodom, and they were separated from
each other.
47 And Abram dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron,
and he pitched his tent there, and Abram remained in that place
many years.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 16
1 At that time Chedorlaomer king of Elam sent to all the
neighboring kings, to Nimrod, king of Shinar who was then under
his power, and to Tidal, king of Goyim, and to Arioch, king of
Elasar, with whom he made a covenant, saying, Come up to me and
assist me, that we may smite all the towns of Sodom and its
inhabitants, for they have rebelled against me these thirteen
years.
2 And these four kings went up with all their camps, about eight
hundred thousand men, and they went as they were, and smote
every man they found in their road.
3 And the five kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, Shinab king of
Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, Bera king of Sodom, Bersha king
of Gomorrah, and Bela king of Zoar, went out to meet them, and
they all joined together in the valley of Siddim.
4 And these nine kings made war in the valley of Siddim; and the
kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were smitten before the kings of
Elam.
5 And the valley of Siddim was full of lime pits and the kings
of Elam pursued the kings of Sodom, and the kings of Sodom with
their camps fled and fell into the lime pits, and all that
remained went to the mountain for safety, and the five kings of
Elam came after them and pursued them to the gates of Sodom, and
they took all that there was in Sodom.
6 And they plundered all the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and
they also took Lot, Abram's brother's son, and his property, and
they seized all the goods of the cities of Sodom, and they went
away; and Unic, Abram's servant, who was in the battle, saw
this, and told Abram all that the kings had done to the cities
of Sodom, and that Lot was taken captive by them.
7 And Abram heard this, and he rose up with about three hundred
and eighteen men that were with him, and he that night pursued
these kings and smote them, and they all fell before Abram and
his men, and there was none remaining but the four kings who
fled, and they went each his own road.
8 And Abram recovered all the property of Sodom, and he also
recovered Lot and his property, his wives and little ones and
all belonging to him, so that Lot lacked nothing.
9 And when he returned from smiting these kings, he and his men
passed the valley of Siddim where the kings had made war
together.
10 And Bera king of Sodom, and the rest of his men that were
with him, went out from the lime pits into which they had
fallen, to meet Abram and his men.
11 And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem, went out
with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine,
and they remained together in the valley of Melech.
12 And Adonizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from
all that he had brought from the spoil of his enemies, for
Adonizedek was a priest before God.
13 And all the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah who were there, with
their servants, approached Abram and begged of him to return
them their servants whom he had made captive, and to take unto
himself all the property.
14 And Abram answered the kings of Sodom, saying, As the Lord
liveth who created heaven and earth, and who redeemed my soul
from all affliction, and who delivered me this day from my
enemies, and gave them into my hand, I will not take anything
belonging to you, that you may not boast tomorrow, saying, Abram
became rich from our property that he saved.
15 For the Lord my God in whom I trust said unto me, Thou shalt
lack nothing, for I will bless thee in all the works of thy
hands.
16 And now therefore behold, here is all belonging to you, take
it and go; as the Lord liveth I will not take from you from a
living soul down to a shoetie or thread, excepting the expense
of the food of those who went out with me to battle, as also the
portions of the men who went with me, Anar, Ashcol, and Mamre,
they and their men, as well as those also who had remained to
watch the baggage, they shall take their portion of the spoil.
17 And the kings of Sodom gave Abram according to all that he
had said, and they pressed him to take of whatever he chose, but
he would not.
18 And he sent away the kings of Sodom and the remainder of
their men, and he gave them orders about Lot, and they went to
their respective places.
19 And Lot, his brother's son, he also sent away with his
property, and he went with them, and Lot returned to his home,
to Sodom, and Abram and his people returned to their home to the
plains of Mamre, which is in Hebron.
20 At that time the Lord again appeared to Abram in Hebron, and
he said to him, Do not fear, thy reward is very great before me,
for I will not leave thee, until I shall have multiplied thee,
and blessed thee and made thy seed like the stars in heaven,
which cannot be measured nor numbered.
21 And I will give unto thy seed all these lands that thou seest
with thine eyes, to them will I give them for an inheritance
forever, only be strong and do not fear, walk before me and be
perfect.
22 And in the seventy-eighth year of the life of Abram, in that
year died Reu, the son of Peleg, and all the days of Reu were
two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
23 And Sarai, the daughter of Haran, Abram's wife, was still
barren in those days; she did not bear to Abram either son or
daughter.
24 And when she saw that she bare no children she took her
handmaid Hagar, whom Pharaoh had given her, and she gave her to
Abram her husband for a wife.
25 For Hagar learned all the ways of Sarai as Sarai taught her,
she was not in any way deficient in following her good ways.
26 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold here is my handmaid Hagar, go
to her that she may bring forth upon my knees, that I may also
obtain children through her.
27 And at the end of ten years of Abram's dwelling in the land
of Canaan, which is the eighty-fifth year of Abram's life, Sarai
gave Hagar unto him.
28 And Abram hearkened to the voice of his wife Sarai, and he
took his handmaid Hagar and Abram came to her and she conceived.
29 And when Hagar saw that she had conceived she rejoiced
greatly, and her mistress was despised in her eyes, and she said
within herself, This can only be that I am better before God
than Sarai my mistress, for all the days that my mistress has
been with my lord, she did not conceive, but me the Lord has
caused in so short a time to conceive by him.
30 And when Sarai saw that Hagar had conceived by Abram, Sarai
was jealous of her handmaid, and Sarai said within herself, This
is surely nothing else but that she must be better than I am.
31 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee, for at the
time when thou didst pray before the Lord for children why didst
thou not pray on my account, that the Lord should give me seed
from thee?
32 And when I speak to Hagar in thy presence, she despiseth my
words, because she has conceived, and thou wilt say nothing to
her; may the Lord judge between me and thee for what thou hast
done to me.
33 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hand,
do unto her as it may seem good in thy eyes; and Sarai afflicted
her, and Hagar fled from her to the wilderness.
34 And an angel of the Lord found her in the place where she had
fled, by a well, and he said to her, Do not fear, for I will
multiply thy seed, for thou shalt bear a son and thou shalt call
his name Ishmael; now then return to Sarai thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
35 And Hagar called the place of that well Beer-lahai-roi, it is
between Kadesh and the wilderness of Bered.
36 And Hagar at that time returned to her master's house, and at
the end of days Hagar bare a son to Abram, and Abram called his
name Ishmael; and Abram was eighty-six years old when he begat
him.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 17
1 And in those days, in the ninety-first year of the life of
Abram, the children of Chittim made war with the children of
Tubal, for when the Lord had scattered the sons of men upon the
face of the earth, the children of Chittim went and embodied
themselves in the plain of Canopia, and they built themselves
cities there and dwelt by the river Tibreu.
2 And the children of Tubal dwelt in Tuscanah, and their
boundaries reached the river Tibreu, and the children of Tubal
built a city in Tuscanan, and they called the name Sabinah,
after the name of Sabinah son of Tubal their father, and they
dwelt there unto this day.
3 And it was at that time the children of Chittim made war with
the children of Tubal, and the children of Tubal were smitten
before the children of Chittim, and the children of Chittim
caused three hundred and seventy men to fall from the children
of Tubal.
4 And at that time the children of Tubal swore to the children
of Chittim, saying, You shall not intermarry amongst us, and no
man shall give his daughter to any of the sons of Chittim.
5 For all the daughters of Tubal were in those days fair, for no
women were then found in the whole earth so fair as the
daughters of Tubal.
6 And all who delighted in the beauty of women went to the
daughters of Tubal and took wives from them, and the sons of
men, kings and princes, who greatly delighted in the beauty of
women, took wives in those days from the daughters of Tubal.
7 And at the end of three years after the children of Tubal had
sworn to the children of Chittim not to give them their
daughters for wives, about twenty men of the children of Chittim
went to take some of the daughters of Tubal, but they found
none.
8 For the children of Tubal kept their oaths not to intermarry
with them, and they would not break their oaths.
9 And in the days of harvest the children of Tubal went into
their fields to get in their harvest, when the young men of
Chittim assembled and went to the city of Sabinah, and each man
took a young woman from the daughters of Tubal, and they came to
their cities.
10 And the children of Tubal heard of it and they went to make
war with them, and they could not prevail over them, for the
mountain was exceedingly high from them, and when they saw they
could not prevail over them they returned to their land.
11 And at the revolution of the year the children of Tubal went
and hired about ten thousand men from those cities that were
near them, and they went to war with the children of Chittim.
12 And the children of Tubal went to war with the children of
Chittim, to destroy their land and to distress them, and in this
engagement the children of Tubal prevailed over the children of
Chittim, and the children of Chittim, seeing that they were
greatly distressed, lifted up the children which they had had by
the daughters of Tubal, upon the wall which had been built, to
be before the eyes of the children of Tubal.
13 And the children of Chittim said to them, Have you come to
make war with your own sons and daughters, and have we not been
considered your flesh and bones from that time till now?
14 And when the children of Tubal heard this they ceased to make
war with the children of Chittim, and they went away.
15 And they returned to their cities, and the children of
Chittim at that time assembled and built two cities by the sea,
and they called one Purtu and the other Ariza.
16 And Abram the son of Terah was then ninety-nine years old.
17 At that time the Lord appeared to him and he said to him, I
will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will greatly
multiply thy seed, and this is the covenant which I make between
me and thee, that every male child be circumcised, thou and thy
seed after thee.
18 At eight days old shall it be circumcised, and this covenant
shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
19 And now therefore thy name shall no more be called Abram but
Abraham, and thy wife shall no more be called Sarai but Sarah.
20 For I will bless you both, and I will multiply your seed
after you that you shall become a great nation, and kings shall
come forth from you.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 18
1 And Abraham rose and did all that God had ordered him, and he
took the men of his household and those bought with his money,
and he circumcised them as the Lord had commanded him.
2 And there was not one left whom he did not circumcise, and
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised in the flesh of
their foreskin; thirteen years old was Ishmael when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
3 And in the third day Abraham went out of his tent and sat at
the door to enjoy the heat of the sun, during the pain of his
flesh.
4 And the Lord appeared to him in the plain of Mamre, and sent
three of his ministering angels to visit him, and he was sitting
at the door of the tent, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and lo
three men were coming from a distance, and he rose up and ran to
meet them, and he bowed down to them and brought them into his
house.
5 And he said to them, If now I have found favor in your sight,
turn in and eat a morsel of bread; and he pressed them, and they
turned in and he gave them water and they washed their feet, and
he placed them under a tree at the door of the tent.
6 And Abraham ran and took a calf, tender and good, and he
hastened to kill it, and gave it to his servant Eliezer to
dress.
7 And Abraham came to Sarah into the tent, and he said to her,
Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it and
make cakes to cover the pot containing the meat, and she did so.
8 And Abraham hastened and brought before them butter and milk,
beef and mutton, and gave it before them to eat before the flesh
of the calf was sufficiently done, and they did eat.
9 And when they had done eating one of them said to him, I will
return to thee according to the time of life, and Sarah thy wife
shall have a son.
10 And the men afterward departed and went their ways, to the
places to which they were sent.
11 In those days all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and of
the whole five cities, were exceedingly wicked and sinful
against the Lord and they provoked the Lord with their
abominations, and they strengthened in aging abominably and
scornfully before the Lord, and their wickedness and crimes were
in those days great before the Lord.
12 And they had in their land a very extensive valley, about
half a day's walk, and in it there were fountains of water and a
great deal of herbage surrounding the water.
13 And all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah went there four
times in the year, with their wives and children and all
belonging to them, and they rejoiced there with timbrels and
dances.
14 And in the time of rejoicing they would all rise and lay hold
of their neighbor's wives, and some, the virgin daughters of
their neighbors, and they enjoyed them, and each man saw his
wife and daughter in the hands of his neighbor and did not say a
word.
15 And they did so from morning to night, and they afterward
returned home each man to his house and each woman to her tent;
so they always did four times in the year.
16 Also when a stranger came into their cities and brought goods
which he had purchased with a view to dispose of there, the
people of these cities would assemble, men, women and children,
young and old, and go to the man and take his goods by force,
giving a little to each man until there was an end to all the
goods of the owner which he had brought into the land.
17 And if the owner of the goods quarreled with them, saying,
What is this work which you have done to me, then they would
approach to him one by one, and each would show him the little
which he took and taunt him, saying, I only took that little
which thou didst give me; and when he heard this from them all,
he would arise and go from them in sorrow and bitterness of
soul, when they would all arise and go after him, and drive him
out of the city with great noise and tumult.
18 And there was a man from the country of Elam who was
leisurely going on the road, seated upon his ass, which carried
a fine mantle of divers colors, and the mantle was bound with a
cord upon the ass.
19 And the man was on his journey passing through the street of
Sodom when the sun set in the evening, and he remained there in
order to abide during the night, but no one would let him into
his house; and at that time there was in Sodom a wicked and
mischievous man, one skillful to do evil, and his name was
Hedad.
20 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the street
of the city, and he came to him and said, Whence comest thou and
whither dost thou go?
21 And the man said to him, I am traveling from Hebron to Elam
where I belong, and as I passed the sun set and no one would
suffer me to enter his house, though I had bread and water and
also straw and provender for my ass, and am short of nothing.
22 And Hedad answered and said to him, All that thou shalt want
shall be supplied by me, but in the street thou shalt not abide
all night.
23 And Hedad brought him to his house, and he took off the
mantle from the ass with the cord, and brought them to his
house, and he gave the ass straw and provender whilst the
traveler ate and drank in Hedad's house, and he abode there that
night.
24 And in the morning the traveler rose up early to continue his
journey, when Hedad said to him, Wait, comfort thy heart with a
morsel of bread and then go, and the man did so; and he remained
with him, and they both ate and drank together during the day,
when the man rose up to go.
25 And Hedad said to him, Behold now the day is declining, thou
hadst better remain all night that thy heart may be comforted;
and he pressed him so that he tarried there all night, and on
the second day he rose up early to go away, when Hedad pressed
him, saying, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread and then
go, and he remained and ate with him also the second day, and
then the man rose up to continue his journey.
26 And Hedad said to him, Behold now the day is declining,
remain with me to comfort thy heart and in the morning rise up
early and go thy way.
27 And the man would not remain, but rose and saddled his ass,
and whilst he was saddling his ass the wife of Hedad said to her
husband, Behold this man has remained with us for two days
eating and drinking and he has given us nothing, and now shall
he go away from us without giving anything? and Hedad said to
her, Be silent.
28 And the man saddled his ass to go, and he asked Hedad to give
him the cord and mantle to tie it upon the ass.
29 And Hedad said to him, What sayest thou? And he said to him,
That thou my lord shalt give me the cord and the mantle made
with divers colors which thou didst conceal with thee in thy
house to take care of it.
30 And Hedad answered the man, saying, This is the
interpretation of thy dream, the cord which thou didst see,
means that thy life will be lengthened out like a cord, and
having seen the mantle colored with all sorts of colors, means
that thou shalt have a vineyard in which thou wilt plant trees
of all fruits.
31 And the traveler answered, saying, Not so my lord, for I was
awake when I gave thee the cord and also a mantle woven with
different colors, which thou didst take off the ass to put them
by for me; and Hedad answered and said, Surely I have told thee
the interpretation of thy dream and it is a good dream, and this
is the interpretation thereof.
32 Now the sons of men give me four pieces of silver, which is
my charge for interpreting dreams, and of thee only I require
three pieces of silver.
33 And the man was provoked at the words of Hedad, and he cried
bitterly, and he brought Hedad to Serak judge of Sodom.
34 And the man laid his cause before Serak the judge, when Hedad
replied, saying, It is not so, but thus the matter stands; and
the judge said to the traveler, This man Hedad telleth thee
truth, for he is famed in the cities for the accurate
interpretation of dreams.
35 And the man cried at the word of the judge, and he said, Not
so my Lord, for it was in the day that I gave him the cord and
mantle which was upon the ass, in order to put them by in his
house; and they both disputed before the judge, the one saying,
Thus the matter was, and the other declaring otherwise.
36 And Hedad said to the man, Give me four pieces of silver that
I charge for my interpretations of dreams; I will not make any
allowance; and give me the expense of the four meals that thou
didst eat in my house.
37 And the man said to Hedad, Truly I will pay thee for what I
ate in thy house, only give me the cord and mantle which thou
didst conceal in thy house.
38 And Hedad replied before the judge and said to the man, Did I
not tell thee the interpretation of thy dream? the cord means
that thy days shall be prolonged like a cord, and the mantle,
that thou wilt have a vineyard in which thou wilt plant all
kinds of fruit trees.
39 This is the proper interpretation of thy dream, now give me
the four pieces of silver that I require as a compensation, for
I will make thee no allowance.
40 And the man cried at the words of Hedad and they both
quarreled before the judge, and the judge gave orders to his
servants, who drove them rashly from the house.
41 And they went away quarreling from the judge, when the people
of Sodom heard them, and they gathered about them and they
exclaimed against the stranger, and they drove him rashly from
the city.
42 And the man continued his journey upon his ass with
bitterness of soul, lamenting and weeping.
43 And whilst he was going along he wept at what had happened to
him in the corrupt city of Sodom.
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