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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: guest8 Date: August 13, 2020, 8:57 am
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[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=1017.msg16150#msg16150
date=1597318700]
Book of Jasher, Chapter 28
1 And in those days, after the death of Abraham, in that year
the Lord brought a heavy famine in the land, and whilst the
famine was raging in the land of Canaan, Isaac rose up to go
down to Egypt on account of the famine, as his father Abraham
had done.
2 And the Lord appeared that night to Isaac and he said to him,
Do not go down to Egypt but rise and go to Gerar, to Abimelech
king of the Philistines, and remain there till the famine shall
cease.
3 And Isaac rose up and went to Gerar, as the Lord commanded
him, and he remained there a full year.
4 And when Isaac came to Gerar, the people of the land saw that
Rebecca his wife was of a beautiful appearance, and the people
of Gerar asked Isaac concerning his wife, and he said, She is my
sister, for he was afraid to say she was his wife lest the
people of the land should slay him on account of her.
5 And the princes of Abimelech went and praised the woman to the
king, but he answered them not, neither did he attend to their
words.
6 But he heard them say that Isaac declared her to be his
sister, so the king reserved this within himself.
7 And when Isaac had remained three months in the land,
Abimelech looked out at the window, and he saw, and behold Isaac
was sporting with Rebecca his wife, for Isaac dwelt in the outer
house belonging to the king, so that the house of Isaac was
opposite the house of the king.
8 And the king said unto Isaac, What is this thou hast done to
us in saying of thy wife, She is my sister? how easily might one
of the great men of the people have lain with her, and thou
wouldst then have brought guilt upon us.
9 And Isaac said unto Abimelech, Because I was afraid lest I die
on account of my wife, therefore I said, She is my sister.
10 At that time Abimelech gave orders to all his princes and
great men, and they took Isaac and Rebecca his wife and brought
them before the king.
11 And the king commanded that they should dress them in
princely garments, and make them ride through the streets of the
city, and proclaim before them throughout the land, saying, This
is the man and this is his wife; whoever toucheth this man or
his wife shall surely die. And Isaac returned with his wife to
the king's house, and the Lord was with Isaac and he continued
to wax great and lacked nothing.
12 And the Lord caused Isaac to find favor in the sight of
Abimelech, and in the sight of all his subjects, and Abimelech
acted well with Isaac, for Abimelech remembered the oath and the
covenant that existed between his father and Abraham.
13 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Behold the whole earth is
before thee; dwell wherever it may seem good in thy sight until
thou shalt return to thy land; and Abimelech gave Isaac fields
and vineyards and the best part of the land of Gerar, to sow and
reap and eat the fruits of the ground until the days of the
famine should have passed by.
14 And Isaac sowed in that land, and received a hundred-fold in
the same year, and the Lord blessed him.
15 And the man waxed great, and he had possession of flocks and
possession of herds and great store of servants.
16 And when the days of the famine had passed away the Lord
appeared to Isaac and said unto him, Rise up, go forth from this
place and return to thy land, to the land of Canaan; and Isaac
rose up and returned to Hebron which is in the land of Canaan,
he and all belonging to him as the Lord commanded him.
17 And after this Shelach the son at Arpachshad died in that
year, which is the eighteenth year of the lives of Jacob and
Esau; and all the days that Shelach lived were four hundred and
thirty-three years and he died.
18 At that time Isaac sent his younger son Jacob to the house of
Shem and Eber, and he learned the instructions of the Lord, and
Jacob remained in the house of Shem and Eber for thirty-two
years, and Esau his brother did not go, for he was not willing
to go, and he remained in his father's house in the land of
Canaan.
19 And Esau was continually hunting in the fields to bring home
what he could get, so did Esau all the days.
20 And Esau was a designing and deceitful man, one who hunted
after the hearts of men and inveigled them, and Esau was a
valiant man in the field, and in the course of time went as
usual to hunt; and he came as far as the field of Seir, the same
is Edom.
21 And he remained in the land of Seir hunting in the field a
year and four months.
22 And Esau there saw in the land of Seir the daughter of a man
of Canaan, and her name was Jehudith, the daughter of Beeri, son
of Epher, from the families of Heth the son of Canaan.
23 And Esau took her for a wife, and he came unto her; forty
years old was Esau when he took her, and he brought her to
Hebron, the land of his father's dwelling place, and he dwelt
there.
24 And it came to pass in those days, in the hundred and tenth
year of the life of Isaac, that is in the fiftieth year of the
life of Jacob, in that year died Shem the son of Noah; Shem was
six hundred years old at his death.
25 And when Shem died Jacob returned to his father to Hebron
which is in the land of Canaan.
26 And in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Jacob, people came
from Haran, and Rebecca was told concerning her brother Laban
the son of Bethuel.
27 For the wife of Laban was barren in those days, and bare no
children, and also all his handmaids bare none to him.
28 And the Lord afterward remembered Adinah the wife of Laban,
and she conceived and bare twin daughters, and Laban called the
names of his daughters, the name of the elder Leah, and the name
of the younger Rachel.
29 And those people came and told these things to Rebecca, and
Rebecca rejoiced greatly that the Lord had visited her brother
and that he had got children.
[/quote]
The Book of Jasher is a good non-cononical book. It is one of
the Books that is written about (twice) within the pages of the
Bible. (Jos 10:13; 2Sa 1:18).
It gives a good account of what appears to be the time period
that Enoch and His children (Methuselah). This period of time is
also spoken about in Gen 6.
Good one PJ.
Keep it going
Blade
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:31 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 29
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham became old and advanced in days,
and his eyes became heavy through age; they were dim and could
not see.
2 At that time Isaac called unto Esau his son, saying, Get I
pray thee thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, rise up and go
forth into the field and get me some venison, and make me savory
meat and bring it to me, that I may eat in order that I may
bless thee before my death, as I have now become old and
gray-headed.
3 And Esau did so; and he took his weapon and went forth into
the field to hunt for venison, as usual, to bring to his father
as he had ordered him, so that he might bless him.
4 And Rebecca heard all the words that Isaac had spoken unto
Esau, and she hastened and called her son Jacob, saying, Thus
did thy father speak unto thy brother Esau, and thus did I hear,
now therefore hasten thou and make that which I shall tell thee.
5 Rise up and go, I pray thee, to the flock and fetch me two
fine kids of the goats, and I will get the savory meat for thy
father, and thou shalt bring the savory meat that he may eat
before thy brother shall have come from the chase, in order that
thy father may bless thee.
6 And Jacob hastened and did as his mother had commanded him,
and he made the savory meat and brought it before his father
before Esau had come from his chase.
7 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Who art thou, my son? And he said,
I am thy first born Esau, I have done as thou didst order me,
now therefore rise up I pray thee, and eat of my hunt, in order
that thy soul may bless me as thou didst speak unto me.
8 And Isaac rose up and he ate and he drank, and his heart was
comforted, and he blessed Jacob and Jacob went away from his
father; and as soon as Isaac had blessed Jacob and he had gone
away from him, behold Esau came from his hunt from the field,
and he also made savory meat and brought it to his father to eat
thereof and to bless him.
9 And Isaac said unto Esau, And who was he that has taken
venison and brought it me before thou camest and whom I did
bless? And Esau knew that his brother Jacob had done this, and
the anger of Esau was kindled against his brother Jacob that he
had acted thus toward him.
10 And Esau said, Is he not rightly called Jacob? for he has
supplanted me twice, he took away my birthright and now he has
taken away my blessing; and Esau wept greatly; and when Isaac
heard the voice of his son Esau weeping, Isaac said unto Esau,
What can I do, my son, thy brother came with subtlety and took
away thy blessing; and Esau hated his brother Jacob on account
of the blessing that his father had given him, and his anger was
greatly roused against him.
11 And Jacob was very much afraid of his brother Esau, and he
rose up and fled to the house of Eber the son of Shem, and he
concealed himself there on account of his brother, and Jacob was
sixty-three years old when he went forth from the land of Canaan
from Hebron, and Jacob was concealed in Eber's house fourteen
years on account of his brother Esau, and he there continued to
learn the ways of the Lord and his commandments.
12 And when Esau saw that Jacob had fled and escaped from him,
and that Jacob had cunningly obtained the blessing, then Esau
grieved exceedingly, and he was also vexed at his father and
mother; and he also rose up and took his wife and went away from
his father and mother to the land of Seir, and he dwelt there;
and Esau saw there a woman from amongst the daughters of Heth
whose name was Bosmath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and he
took her for a wife in addition to his first wife, and Esau
called her name Adah, saying the blessing had in that time
passed from him.
13 And Esau dwelt in the land of Seir six months without seeing
his father and mother, and afterward Esau took his wives and
rose up and returned to the land of Canaan, and Esau placed his
two wives in his father's house in Hebron.
14 And the wives of Esau vexed and provoked Isaac and Rebecca
with their works, for they walked not in the ways of the Lord,
but served their father's gods of wood and stone as their father
had taught them, and they were more wicked than their father.
15 And they went according to the evil desires of their hearts,
and they sacrificed and burnt incense to the Baalim, and Isaac
and Rebecca became weary of them.
16 And Rebecca said, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of
Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what
good then is life unto me?
17 And in those days Adah the wife of Esau conceived and bare
him a son, and Esau called the name of the son that was born
unto him Eliphaz, and Esau was sixty-five years old when she
bare him.
18 And Ishmael the son of Abraham died in those days, in the
sixty-forth year of the life of Jacob, and all the days that
Ishmael lived were one hundred and thirty-seven years and he
died.
19 And when Isaac heard that Ishmael was dead he mourned for
him, and Isaac lamented over him many days.
20 And at the end of fourteen years of Jacob's residing in the
house of Eber, Jacob desired to see his father and mother, and
Jacob came to the house of his father and mother to Hebron, and
Esau had in those days forgotten what Jacob had done to him in
having taken the blessing from him in those days.
21 And when Esau saw Jacob coming to his father and mother he
remembered what Jacob had done to him, and he was greatly
incensed against him and he sought to slay him.
22 And Isaac the son of Abraham was old and advanced in days,
and Esau said, Now my father's time is drawing nigh that he must
die, and when he shall die I will slay my brother Jacob.
23 And this was told to Rebecca, and she hastened and sent and
called for Jacob her son, and she said unto him, Arise, go and
flee to Haran to my brother Laban, and remain there for some
time, until thy brother's anger be turned from thee and then
shalt thou come back.
24 And Isaac called unto Jacob and said unto him, Take not a
wife from the daughters of Canaan, for thus did our father
Abraham command us according to the word of the Lord which he
had commanded him, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land;
if thy children keep my covenant that I have made with thee,
then will I also perform to thy children that which I have
spoken unto thee and I will not forsake them.
25 Now therefore my son hearken to my voice, to all that I shall
command thee, and refrain from taking a wife from amongst the
daughters of Canaan; arise, go to Haran to the house of Bethuel
thy mother's father, and take unto thee a wife from there from
the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
26 Therefore take heed lest thou shouldst forget the Lord thy
God and all his ways in the land to which thou goest, and
shouldst get connected with the people of the land and pursue
vanity and forsake the Lord thy God.
27 But when thou comest to the land serve there the Lord, do not
turn to the right or to the left from the way which I commanded
thee and which thou didst learn.
28 And may the Almighty God grant thee favor in the sight of the
people of the earth, that thou mayest take there a wife
according to thy choice; one who is good and upright in the ways
of the Lord.
29 And may God give unto thee and thy seed the blessing of thy
father Abraham, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and
mayest thou become a multitude of people in the land whither
thou goest, and may God cause thee to return to this land, the
land of thy father's dwelling, with children and with great
riches, with joy and with pleasure.
30 And Isaac finished commanding Jacob and blessing him, and he
gave him many gifts, together with silver and gold, and he sent
him away; and Jacob hearkened to his father and mother; he
kissed them and arose and went to Padan-aram; and Jacob was
seventy-seven years old when he went out from the land of Canaan
from Beersheba.
31 And when Jacob went away to go to Haran Esau called unto his
son Eliphaz, and secretly spoke unto him, saying, Now hasten,
take thy sword in thy hand and pursue Jacob and pass before him
in the road, and lurk for him, and slay him with thy sword in
one of the mountains, and take all belonging to him and come
back.
32 And Eliphaz the son of Esau was an active man and expert with
the bow as his father had taught him, and he was a noted hunter
in the field and a valiant man.
33 And Eliphaz did as his father had commanded him, and Eliphaz
was at that time thirteen years old, and Eliphaz rose up and
went and took ten of his mother's brothers with him and pursued
Jacob.
34 And he closely followed Jacob, and he lurked for him in the
border of the land of Canaan opposite to the city of Shechem.
35 And Jacob saw Eliphaz and his men pursuing him, and Jacob
stood still in the place in which he was going, in order to know
what this was, for he did not know the thing; and Eliphaz drew
his sword and he went on advancing, he and his men, toward
Jacob; and Jacob said unto them, What is to do with you that you
have come hither, and what meaneth it that you pursue with your
swords.
36 And Eliphaz came near to Jacob and he answered and said unto
him, Thus did my father command me, and now therefore I will not
deviate from the orders which my father gave me; and when Jacob
saw that Esau had spoken to Eliphaz to employ force, Jacob then
approached and supplicated Eliphaz and his men, saying to him,
37 Behold all that I have and which my father and mother gave
unto me, that take unto thee and go from me, and do not slay me,
and may this thing be accounted unto thee a righteousness.
38 And the Lord caused Jacob to find favor in the sight of
Eliphaz the son of Esau, and his men, and they hearkened to the
voice of Jacob, and they did not put him to death, and Eliphaz
and his men took all belonging to Jacob together with the silver
and gold that he had brought with him from Beersheba; they left
him nothing.
39 And Eliphaz and his men went away from him and they returned
to Esau to Beersheba, and they told him all that had occurred to
them with Jacob, and they gave him all that they had taken from
Jacob.
40 And Esau was indignant at Eliphaz his son, and at his men
that were with him, because they had not put Jacob to death.
41 And they answered and said unto Esau, Because Jacob
supplicated us in this matter not to slay him, our pity was
excited toward him, and we took all belonging to him and brought
it unto thee; and Esau took all the silver and gold which
Eliphaz had taken from Jacob and he put them by in his house.
42 At that time when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and
had commanded him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife from
amongst the daughters of Canaan, and that the daughters of
Canaan were bad in the sight of Isaac and Rebecca,
43 Then he went to the house of Ishmael his uncle, and in
addition to his older wives he took Machlath the daughter of
Ishmael, the sister of Nebayoth, for a wife.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:32 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 30
1 And Jacob went forth continuing his road to Haran, and he came
as far as mount Moriah, and he tarried there all night near the
city of Luz; and the Lord appeared there unto Jacob on that
night, and he said unto him, I am the Lord God of Abraham and
the God of Isaac thy father; the land upon which thou liest I
will give unto thee and thy seed.
2 And behold I am with thee and will keep thee wherever thou
goest, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of Heaven, and
I will cause all thine enemies to fall before thee; and when
they shall make war with thee they shall not prevail over thee,
and I will bring thee again unto this land with joy, with
children, and with great riches.
3 And Jacob awoke from his sleep and he rejoiced greatly at the
vision which he had seen; and he called the name of that place
Bethel.
4 And Jacob rose up from that place quite rejoiced, and when he
walked his feet felt light to him for joy, and he went from
there to the land of the children of the East, and he returned
to Haran and he set by the shepherd's well.
5 And he there found some men; going from Haran to feed their
flocks, and Jacob made inquiries of them, and they said, We are
from Haran.
6 And he said unto them, Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?
and they said, We know him, and behold his daughter Rachel is
coming along to feed her father's flock.
7 Whilst he was yet speaking with them, Rachel the daughter of
Laban came to feed her father's sheep, for she was a
shepherdess.
8 And when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's
brother, he ran and kissed her, and lifted up his voice and
wept.
9 And Jacob told Rachel that he was the son of Rebecca, her
father's sister, and Rachel ran and told her father, and Jacob
continued to cry because he had nothing with him to bring to the
house of Laban.
10 And when Laban heard that his sister's son Jacob had come, he
ran and kissed him and embraced him and brought him into the
house and gave him bread, and he ate.
11 And Jacob related to Laban what his brother Esau had done to
him, and what his son Eliphaz had done to him in the road.
12 And Jacob resided in Laban's house for one month, and Jacob
ate and drank in the house of Laban, and afterward Laban said
unto Jacob, Tell me what shall be thy wages, for how canst thou
serve me for nought?
13 And Laban had no sons but only daughters, and his other wives
and handmaids were still barren in those days; and these are the
names of Laban's daughters which his wife Adinah had borne unto
him; the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger
was Rachel; and Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful
and well favored, and Jacob loved her.
14 And Jacob said unto Laban, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter; and Laban consented to this and
Jacob served Laban seven years for his daughter Rachel.
15 And in the second year of Jacob's dwelling in Haran, that is
in the seventy ninth year of the life of Jacob, in that year
died Eber the son of Shem, he was four hundred and sixty-four
years old at his death.
16 And when Jacob heard that Eber was dead he grieved
exceedingly, and he lamented and mourned over him many days.
17 And in the third year of Jacob's dwelling in Haran, Bosmath,
the daughter of Ishmael, the wife of Esau, bare unto him a son,
and Esau called his name Reuel.
18 And in the fourth year of Jacob's residence in the house of
Laban, the Lord visited Laban and remembered him on account of
Jacob, and sons were born unto him, and his first born was Beor,
his second was Alib, and the third was Chorash.
19 And the Lord gave Laban riches and honor, sons and daughters,
and the man increased greatly on account of Jacob.
20 And Jacob in those days served Laban in all manner of work,
in the house and in the field, and the blessing of the Lord was
in all that belonged to Laban in the house and in the field.
21 And in the fifth year died Jehudith, the daughter of Beeri,
the wife of Esau, in the land of Canaan, and she had no sons but
daughters only.
22 And these are the names of her daughters which she bare to
Esau, the name of the elder was Marzith, and the name of the
younger was Puith.
23 And when Jehudith died, Esau rose up and went to Seir to hunt
in the field, as usual, and Esau dwelt in the land of Seir for a
long time.
24 And in the sixth year Esau took for a wife, in addition to
his other wives, Ahlibamah, the daughter of Zebeon the Hivite,
and Esau brought her to the land of Canaan.
25 And Ahlibamah conceived and bare unto Esau three sons, Yeush,
Yaalan, and Korah.
26 And in those days, in the land of Canaan, there was a quarrel
between the herdsmen of Esau and the herdsmen of the inhabitants
of the land of Canaan, for Esau's cattle and goods were too
abundant for him to remain in the land of Canaan, in his
father's house, and the land of Canaan could not bear him on
account of his cattle.
27 And when Esau saw that his quarreling increased with the
inhabitants of the land of Canaan, he rose up and took his wives
and his sons and his daughters, and all belonging to him, and
the cattle which he possessed, and all his property that he had
acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went away from the
inhabitants of the land to the land of Seir, and Esau and all
belonging to him dwelt in the land of Seir.
28 But from time to time Esau would go and see his father and
mother in the land of Canaan, and Esau intermarried with the
Horites, and he gave his daughters to the sons of Seir, the
Horite.
29 And he gave his elder daughter Marzith to Anah, the son of
Zebeon, his wife's brother, and Puith he gave to Azar, the son
of Bilhan the Horite; and Esau dwelt in the mountain, he and his
children, and they were fruitful and multiplied.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:33 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 31
1 And in the seventh year, Jacob's service which he served Laban
was completed, and Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for
the days of my service are fulfilled; and Laban did so, and
Laban and Jacob assembled all the people of that place and they
made a feast.
2 And in the evening Laban came to the house, and afterward
Jacob came there with the people of the feast, and Laban
extinguished all the lights that were there in the house.
3 And Jacob said unto Laban, Wherefore dost thou do this thing
unto us? and Laban answered, Such is our custom to act in this
land.
4 And afterward Laban took his daughter Leah, and he brought her
to Jacob, and he came to her and Jacob did not know that she was
Leah.
5 And Laban gave his daughter Leah his maid Zilpah for a
handmaid.
6 And all the people at the feast knew what Laban had done to
Jacob, but they did not tell the thing to Jacob.
7 And all the neighbors came that night to Jacob's house, and
they ate and drank and rejoiced, and played before Leah upon
timbrels, and with dances, and they responded before Jacob,
Heleah, Heleah.
8 And Jacob heard their words but did not understand their
meaning, but he thought such might be their custom in this land.
9 And the neighbors spoke these words before Jacob during the
night, and all the lights that were in the house Laban had that
night extinguished.
10 And in the morning, when daylight appeared, Jacob turned to
his wife and he saw, and behold it was Leah that had been lying
in his bosom, and Jacob said, Behold now I know what the
neighbors said last night, Heleah, they said, and I knew it not.
11 And Jacob called unto Laban, and said unto him, What is this
that thou didst unto me? Surely I served thee for Rachel, and
why didst thou deceive me and didst give me Leah?
12 And Laban answered Jacob, saying, Not so is it done in our
place to give the younger before the elder now therefore if thou
desirest to take her sister likewise, take her unto thee for the
service which thou wilt serve me for another seven years.
13 And Jacob did so, and he also took Rachel for a wife, and he
served Laban seven years more, and Jacob also came to Rachel,
and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and Laban gave her his maid
Bilhah for a handmaid.
14 And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, the Lord opened
her womb, and she conceived and bare Jacob four sons in those
days.
15 And these are their names, Reuben Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
and she afterward left bearing.
16 And at that time Rachel was barren, and she had no offspring,
and Rachel envied her sister Leah, and when Rachel saw that she
bare no children to Jacob, she took her handmaid Bilhah, and she
bare Jacob two sons, Dan and Naphtali.
17 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she also took
her handmaid Zilpah, and she gave her to Jacob for a wife, and
Jacob also came to Zilpah, and she also bare Jacob two sons, Gad
and Asher.
18 And Leah again conceived and bare Jacob in those days two
sons and one daughter, and these are their names, Issachar,
Zebulon, and their sister Dinah.
19 And Rachel was still barren in those days, and Rachel prayed
unto the Lord at that time, and she said, O Lord God remember me
and visit me, I beseech thee, for now my husband will cast me
off, for I have borne him no children.
20 Now O Lord God, hear my supplication before thee, and see my
affliction, and give me children like one of the handmaids, that
I may no more bear my reproach.
21 And God heard her and opened her womb, and Rachel conceived
and bare a son, and she said, The Lord has taken away my
reproach, and she called his name Joseph, saying, May the Lord
add to me another son; and Jacob was ninety-one years old when
she bare him.
22 At that time Jacob's mother, Rebecca, sent her nurse Deborah
the daughter of Uz, and two of Isaac's servants unto Jacob.
23 And they came to Jacob to Haran and they said unto him,
Rebecca has sent us to thee that thou shalt return to thy
father's house to the land of Canaan; and Jacob hearkened unto
them in this which his mother had spoken.
24 At that time, the other seven years which Jacob served Laban
for Rachel were completed, and it was at the end of fourteen
years that he had dwelt in Haran that Jacob said unto Laban,
give me my wives and send me away, that I may go to my land, for
behold my mother did send unto me from the land at Canaan that I
should return to my father's house.
25 And Laban said unto him, Not so I pray thee; if I have found
favor in thy sight do not leave me; appoint me thy wages and I
will give them, and remain with me.
26 And Jacob said unto him, This is what thou shalt give me for
wages, that I shall this day pass through all thy flock and take
away from them every lamb that is speckled and spotted and such
as are brown amongst the sheep, and amongst the goats, and if
thou wilt do this thing for me I will return and feed thy flock
and keep them as at first.
27 And Laban did so, and Laban removed from his flock all that
Jacob had said and gave them to him.
28 And Jacob placed all that he had removed from Laban's flock
in the hands of his sons, and Jacob was feeding the remainder of
Laban's flock.
29 And when the servants of Isaac which he had sent unto Jacob
saw that Jacob would not then return with them to the land of
Canaan to his father, they then went away from him, and they
returned home to the land of Canaan.
30 And Deborah remained with Jacob in Haran, and she did not
return with the servants of Isaac to the land of Canaan, and
Deborah resided with Jacob's wives and children in Haran.
31 And Jacob served Laban six years longer, and when the sheep
brought forth, Jacob removed from them such as were speckled and
spotted, as he had determined with Laban, and Jacob did so at
Laban's for six years, and the man increased abundantly and he
had cattle and maid servants and men servants, camels, and
asses.
32 And Jacob had two hundred drove of cattle, and his cattle
were of large size and of beautiful appearance and were very
productive, and all the families of the sons of men desired to
get some of the cattle of Jacob, for they were exceedingly
prosperous.
33 And many of the sons of men came to procure some of Jacob's
flock, and Jacob gave them a sheep for a man servant or a maid
servant or for an ass or a camel, or whatever Jacob desired from
them they gave him.
34 And Jacob obtained riches and honor and possessions by means
of these transactions with the sons of men, and the children of
Laban envied him of this honor.
35 And in the course of time he heard the words of Laban's sons,
saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of
that which was our father's has he acquired all this glory.
36 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban and of his
children, and behold it was not toward him in those days as it
had been before.
37 And the Lord appeared to Jacob at the expiration of the six
years, and said unto him, Arise, go forth out of this land, and
return to the land of thy birthplace and I will be with thee.
38 And Jacob rose up at that time and he mounted his children
and wives and all belonging to him upon camels, and he went
forth to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
39 And Laban did not know that Jacob had gone from him, for
Laban had been that day sheep-shearing.
40 And Rachel stole her father's images, and she took them and
she concealed them upon the camel upon which she sat, and she
went on.
41 And this is the manner of the images; in taking a man who is
the first born and slaying him and taking the hair off his head,
and taking salt and salting the head and anointing it in oil,
then taking a small tablet of copper or a tablet of gold and
writing the name upon it, and placing the tablet under his
tongue, and taking the head with the tablet under the tongue and
putting it in the house, and lighting up lights before it and
bowing down to it.
42 And at the time when they bow down to it, it speaketh to them
in all matters that they ask of it, through the power of the
name which is written in it.
43 And some make them in the figures of men, of gold and silver,
and go to them in times known to them, and the figures receive
the influence of the stars, and tell them future things, and in
this manner were the images which Rachel stole from her father.
44 And Rachel stole these images which were her father's, in
order that Laban might not know through them where Jacob had
gone.
45 And Laban came home and he asked concerning Jacob and his
household, and he was not to be found, and Laban sought his
images to know where Jacob had gone, and could not find them,
and he went to some other images, and he inquired of them and
they told him that Jacob had fled from him to his father's, to
the land of Canaan.
46 And Laban then rose up and he took his brothers and all his
servants, and he went forth and pursued Jacob, and he overtook
him in mount Gilead.
47 And Laban said unto Jacob, What is this thou hast done to me
to flee and deceive me, and lead my daughters and their children
as captives taken by the sword?
48 And thou didst not suffer me to kiss them and send them away
with joy, and thou didst steal my gods and didst go away.
49 And Jacob answered Laban, saying, Because I was afraid lest
thou wouldst take thy daughters by force from me; and now with
whomsoever thou findest thy gods he shall die.
50 And Laban searched for the images and he examined in all
Jacob's tents and furniture, but could not find them.
51 And Laban said unto Jacob, We will make a covenant together
and it shall be a testimony between me and thee; if thou shalt
afflict my daughters, or shalt take other wives besides my
daughters, even God shall be a witness between me and thee in
this matter.
52 And they took stones and made a heap, and Laban said, This
heap is a witness between me and thee, therefore he called the
name thereof Gilead.
53 And Jacob and Laban offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
they ate there by the heap, and they tarried in the mount all
night, and Laban rose up early in the morning, and he wept with
his daughters and he kissed them, and he returned unto his
place.
54 And he hastened and sent off his son Beor, who was seventeen
years old, with Abichorof the son of Uz, the son of Nahor, and
with them were ten men.
55 And they hastened and went and passed on the road before
Jacob, and they came by another road to the land of Seir.
56 And they came unto Esau and said unto him, Thus saith thy
brother and relative, thy mother's brother Laban, the son of
Bethuel, saying,
57 Hast thou heard what Jacob thy brother has done unto me, who
first came to me naked and bare, and I went to meet him, and
brought him to my house with honor, and I made him great, and I
gave him my two daughters for wives and also two of my maids.
58 And God blessed him on my account, and he increased
abundantly, and had sons, daughters and maid servants.
59 He has also an immense stock of flocks and herds, camels and
asses, also silver and gold in abundance; and when he saw that
his wealth increased, he left me whilst I went to shear my
sheep, and he rose up and fled in secrecy.
60 And he lifted his wives and children upon camels, and he led
away all his cattle and property which he acquired in my land,
and he lifted up his countenance to go to his father Isaac, to
the land of Canaan.
61 And he did not suffer me to kiss my daughters and their
children, and he led my daughters as captives taken by the
sword, and he also stole my gods and he fled.
62 And now I have left him in the mountain of the brook of
Jabuk, him and all belonging to him; he lacketh nothing.
63 If it be thy wish to go to him, go then and there wilt thou
find him, and thou canst do unto him as thy soul desireth; and
Laban's messengers came and told Esau all these things.
64 And Esau heard all the words of Laban's messengers, and his
anger was greatly kindled against Jacob, and he remembered his
hatred, and his anger burned within him.
65 And Esau hastened and took his children and servants and the
souls of his household, being sixty men, and he went and
assembled all the children of Seir the Horite and their people,
being three hundred and forty men, and took all this number of
four hundred men with drawn swords, and he went unto Jacob to
smite him.
66 And Esau divided this number into several parts, and he took
the sixty men of his children and servants and the souls of his
household as one head, and gave them in care of Eliphaz his
eldest son.
67 And the remaining heads he gave to the care of the six sons
of Seir the Horite, and he placed every man over his generations
and children.
68 And the whole of this camp went as it was, and Esau went
amongst them toward Jacob, and he conducted them with speed.
69 And Laban's messengers departed from Esau and went to the
land of Canaan, and they came to the house of Rebecca the mother
of Jacob and Esau.
70 And they told her saying, Behold thy son Esau has gone
against his brother Jacob with four hundred men, for he heard
that he was coming, and he is gone to make war with him, and to
smite him and to take all that he has.
71 And Rebecca hastened and sent seventy two men from the
servants of Isaac to meet Jacob on the road; for she said,
Peradventure, Esau may make war in the road when he meets him.
72 And these messengers went on the road to meet Jacob, and they
met him in the road of the brook on the opposite side of the
brook Jabuk, and Jacob said when he saw them, This camp is
destined to me from God, and Jacob called the name of that place
Machnayim.
73 And Jacob knew all his father's people, and he kissed them
and embraced them and came with them, and Jacob asked them
concerning his father and mother, and they said, They were well.
74 And these messengers said unto Jacob, Rebecca thy mother has
sent us to thee, saying, I have heard, my son, that thy brother
Esau has gone forth against thee on the road with men from the
children of Seir the Horite.
75 And therefore, my son, hearken to my voice and see with thy
counsel what thou wilt do, and when he cometh up to thee,
supplicate him, and do not speak rashly to him, and give him a
present from what thou possessest, and from what God has favored
thee with.
76 And when he asketh thee concerning thy affairs, conceal
nothing from him, perhaps he may turn from his anger against
thee and thou wilt thereby save thy soul, thou and all belonging
to thee, for it is thy duty to honor him, for he is thy elder
brother.
77 And when Jacob heard the words of his mother which the
messengers had spoken to him, Jacob lifted up his voice and wept
bitterly, and did as his mother then commanded him.
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By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:34 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 32
1 And at that time Jacob sent messengers to his brother Esau
toward the land of Seir, and he spoke to him words of
supplication.
2 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord,
to Esau, Thus saith thy servant Jacob, Let not my lord imagine
that my father's blessing with which he did bless me has proved
beneficial to me.
3 For I have been these twenty years with Laban, and he deceived
me and changed my wages ten times, as it has all been already
told unto my lord.
4 And I served him in his house very laboriously, and God
afterward saw my affliction, my labor and the work of my hands,
and he caused me to find grace and favor in his sight.
5 And I afterward through God's great mercy and kindness
acquired oxen and asses and cattle, and men servants and maid
servants.
6 And now I am coming to my land and my home to my father and
mother, who are in the land of Canaan; and I have sent to let my
lord know all this in order to find favor in the sight of my
lord, so that he may not imagine that I have of myself obtained
wealth, or that the blessing with which my father blessed me has
benefited me.
7 And those messengers went to Esau, and found him on the
borders of the land of Edom going toward Jacob, and four hundred
men of the children of Seir the Horite were standing with drawn
swords.
8 And the messengers of Jacob told Esau all the words that Jacob
had spoken to them concerning Esau.
9 And Esau answered them with pride and contempt, and said unto
them, Surely I have heard and truly it has been told unto me
what Jacob has done to Laban, who exalted him in his house and
gave him his daughters for wives, and he begat sons and
daughters, and abundantly increased in wealth and riches in
Laban's house through his means.
10 And when he saw that his wealth was abundant and his riches
great he fled with all belonging to him, from Laban's house, and
he led Laban's daughters away from the face of their father, as
captives taken by the sword without telling him of it.
11 And not only to Laban has Jacob done thus but also unto me
has he done so and has twice supplanted me, and shall I be
silent?
12 Now therefore I have this day come with my camps to meet him,
and I will do unto him according to the desire of my heart.
13 And the messengers returned and came to Jacob and said unto
him, We came to thy brother, to Esau, and we told him all thy
words, and thus has he answered us, and behold he cometh to meet
thee with four hundred men.
14 Now then know and see what thou shalt do, and pray before God
to deliver thee from him.
15 And when he heard the words of his brother which he had
spoken to the messengers of Jacob, Jacob was greatly afraid and
he was distressed.
16 And Jacob prayed to the Lord his God, and he said, O Lord God
of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, thou didst say unto me when I
went away from my father's house, saying,
17 I am the Lord God of thy father Abraham and the God of Isaac,
unto thee do I give this land and thy seed after thee, and I
will make thy seed as the stars of heaven, and thou shalt spread
forth to the four sides of heaven, and in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
18 And thou didst establish thy words, and didst give unto me
riches and children and cattle, as the utmost wishes of my heart
didst thou give unto thy servant; thou didst give unto me all
that I asked from thee, so that I lacked nothing.
19 And thou didst afterward say unto me, Return to thy parents
and to thy birth place and I will still do well with thee.
20 And now that I have come, and thou didst deliver me from
Laban, I shall fall in the hands of Esau who will slay me, yea,
together with the mothers of my children.
21 Now therefore, O Lord God, deliver me, I pray thee, also from
the hands of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him.
22 And if there is no righteousness in me, do it for the sake of
Abraham and my father Isaac.
23 For I know that through kindness and mercy have I acquired
this wealth; now therefore I beseech thee to deliver me this day
with thy kindness and to answer me.
24 And Jacob ceased praying to the Lord, and he divided the
people that were with him with the flocks and cattle into two
camps, and he gave the half to the care of Damesek, the son of
Eliezer, Abraham's servant, for a camp, with his children, and
the other half he gave to the care of his brother Elianus the
son of Eliezer, to be for a camp with his children.
25 And he commanded them, saying, Keep yourselves at a distance
with your camps, and do not come too near each other, and if
Esau come to one camp and slay it, the other camp at a distance
from it will escape him.
26 And Jacob tarried there that night, and during the whole
night he gave his servants instructions concerning the forces
and his children.
27 And the Lord heard the prayer of Jacob on that day, and the
Lord then delivered Jacob from the hands of his brother Esau.
28 And the Lord sent three angels of the angels of heaven, and
they went before Esau and came to him.
29 And these angels appeared unto Esau and his people as two
thousand men, riding upon horses furnished with all sorts of war
instruments, and they appeared in the sight of Esau and all his
men to be divided into four camps, with four chiefs to them.
30 And one camp went on and they found Esau coming with four
hundred men toward his brother Jacob, and this camp ran toward
Esau and his people and terrified them, and Esau fell off the
horse in alarm, and all his men separated from him in that
place, for they were greatly afraid.
31 And the whole of the camp shouted after them when they fled
from Esau, and all the warlike men answered, saying,
32 Surely we are the servants of Jacob, who is the servant of
God, and who then can stand against us? And Esau said unto them,
O then, my lord and brother Jacob is your lord, whom I have not
seen for these twenty years, and now that I have this day come
to see him, do you treat me in this manner?
33 And the angels answered him saying, As the Lord liveth, were
not Jacob of whom thou speaketh thy brother, we had not let one
remaining from thee and thy people, but only on account of Jacob
we will do nothing to them.
34 And this camp passed from Esau and his men and it went away,
and Esau and his men had gone from them about a league when the
second camp came toward him with all sorts of weapons, and they
also did unto Esau and his men as the first camp had done to
them.
35 And when they had left it to go on, behold the third camp
came toward him and they were all terrified, and Esau fell off
the horse, and the whole camp cried out, and said, Surely we are
the servants of Jacob, who is the servant of God, and who can
stand against us?
36 And Esau again answered them saying, O then, Jacob my lord
and your lord is my brother, and for twenty years I have not
seen his countenance and hearing this day that he was coming, I
went this day to meet him, and do you treat me in this manner?
37 And they answered him, and said unto him, As the Lord liveth,
were not Jacob thy brother as thou didst say, we had not left a
remnant from thee and thy men, but on account of Jacob of whom
thou speakest being thy brother, we will not meddle with thee or
thy men.
38 And the third camp also passed from them, and he still
continued his road with his men toward Jacob, when the fourth
camp came toward him, and they also did unto him and his men as
the others had done.
39 And when Esau beheld the evil which the four angels had done
to him and to his men, he became greatly afraid of his brother
Jacob, and he went to meet him in peace.
40 And Esau concealed his hatred against Jacob, because he was
afraid of his life on account of his brother Jacob, and because
he imagined that the four camps that he had lighted upon were
Jacob's servants.
41 And Jacob tarried that night with his servants in their
camps, and he resolved with his servants to give unto Esau a
present from all that he had with him, and from all his
property; and Jacob rose up in the morning, he and his men, and
they chose from amongst the cattle a present for Esau.
42 And this is the amount of the present which Jacob chose from
his flock to give unto his brother Esau: and he selected two
hundred and forty head from the flocks, and he selected from the
camels and asses thirty each, and of the herds he chose fifty
kine.
43 And he put them all in ten droves, and he placed each sort by
itself, and he delivered them into the hands of ten of his
servants, each drove by itself.
44 And he commanded them, and said unto them, Keep yourselves at
a distance from each other, and put a space between the droves,
and when Esau and those who are with him shall meet you and ask
you, saying, Whose are you, and whither do you go, and to whom
belongeth all this before you, you shall say unto them, We are
the servants of Jacob, and we come to meet Esau in peace, and
behold Jacob cometh behind us.
45 And that which is before us is a present sent from Jacob to
his brother Esau.
46 And if they shall say unto you, Why doth he delay behind you,
from coming to meet his brother and to see his face, then you
shall say unto them, Surely he cometh joyfully behind us to meet
his brother, for he said, I will appease him with the present
that goeth to him, and after this I will see his face,
peradventure he will accept of me.
47 So the whole present passed on in the hands of his servants,
and went before him on that day, and he lodged that night with
his camps by the border of the brook of Jabuk, and he rose up in
the midst of the night, and he took his wives and his maid
servants, and all belonging to him, and he that night passed
them over the ford Jabuk.
48 And when he passed all belonging to him over the brook, Jacob
was left by himself, and a man met him, and he wrestled with him
that night until the breaking of the day, and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint through wrestling with him.
49 And at the break of day the man left Jacob there, and he
blessed him and went away, and Jacob passed the brook at the
break of day, and he halted upon his thigh.
50 And the sun rose upon him when he had passed the brook, and
he came up to the place of his cattle and children.
51 And they went on till midday, and whilst they were going the
present was passing on before them.
52 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold Esau was
at a distance, coming along with many men, about four hundred,
and Jacob was greatly afraid of his brother.
53 And Jacob hastened and divided his children unto his wives
and his handmaids, and his daughter Dinah he put in a chest, and
delivered her into the hands of his servants.
54 And he passed before his children and wives to meet his
brother, and he bowed down to the ground, yea he bowed down
seven times until he approached his brother, and God caused
Jacob to find grace and favor in the sight of Esau and his men,
for God had heard the prayer of Jacob.
55 And the fear of Jacob and his terror fell upon his brother
Esau, for Esau was greatly afraid of Jacob for what the angels
of God had done to Esau, and Esau's anger against Jacob was
turned into kindness.
56 And when Esau saw Jacob running toward him, he also ran
toward him and he embraced him, and he fell upon his neck, and
they kissed and they wept.
57 And God put fear and kindness toward Jacob in the hearts of
the men that came with Esau, and they also kissed Jacob and
embraced him.
58 And also Eliphaz, the son of Esau, with his four brothers,
sons of Esau, wept with Jacob, and they kissed him and embraced
him, for the fear of Jacob had fallen upon them all.
59 And Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women with their
offspring, the children of Jacob, walking behind Jacob and
bowing along the road to Esau.
60 And Esau said unto Jacob, Who are these with thee, my
brother? are they thy children or thy servants? and Jacob
answered Esau and said, They are my children which God hath
graciously given to thy servant.
61 And whilst Jacob was speaking to Esau and his men, Esau
beheld the whole camp, and he said unto Jacob, Whence didst thou
get the whole of the camp that I met yesternight? and Jacob
said, To find favor in the sight of my lord, it is that which
God graciously gave to thy servant.
62 And the present came before Esau, and Jacob pressed Esau,
saying, Take I pray thee the present that I have brought to my
lord, and Esau said, Wherefore is this my purpose? keep that
which thou hast unto thyself.
63 And Jacob said, It is incumbent upon me to give all this,
since I have seen thy face, that thou still livest in peace.
64 And Esau refused to take the present, and Jacob said unto
him, I beseech thee my lord, if now I have found favor in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand, for I have therefore
seen thy face, as though I had seen a god-like face, because
thou wast pleased with me.
65 And Esau took the present, and Jacob also gave unto Esau
silver and gold and bdellium, for he pressed him so much that he
took them.
66 And Esau divided the cattle that were in the camp, and he
gave the half to the men who had come with him, for they had
come on hire, and the other half he delivered unto the hands of
his children.
67 And the silver and gold and bdellium he gave in the hands of
Eliphaz his eldest son, and Esau said unto Jacob, Let us remain
with thee, and we will go slowly along with thee until thou
comest to my place with me, that we may dwell there together.
68 And Jacob answered his brother and said, I would do as my
lord speaketh unto me, but my lord knoweth that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds with their young who are with
me, go but slowly, for if they went swiftly they would all die,
for thou knowest their burdens and their fatigue.
69 Therefore let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will
go on slowly for the sake of the children and the flock, until I
come to my lord's place to Seir.
70 And Esau said unto Jacob, I will place with thee some of the
people that are with me to take care of thee in the road, and to
bear thy fatigue and burden, and he said, What needeth it my
lord, if I may find grace in thy sight?
71 Behold I will come unto thee to Seir to dwell there together
as thou hast spoken, go thou then with thy people for I will
follow thee.
72 And Jacob said this to Esau in order to remove Esau and his
men from him, so that Jacob might afterward go to his father's
house to the land of Canaan.
73 And Esau hearkened to the voice of Jacob, and Esau returned
with the four hundred men that were with him on their road to
Seir, and Jacob and all belonging to him went that day as far as
the extremity of the land of Canaan in its borders, and he
remained there some time.
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By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:35 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 33
1 And in some time after Jacob went away from the borders of the
land, and he came to the land of Shalem, that is the city of
Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, and he rested in front
of the city.
2 And he bought a parcel of the field which was there, from the
children of Hamor the people of the land, for five shekels.
3 And Jacob there built himself a house, and he pitched his tent
there, and he made booths for his cattle, therefore he called
the name of that place Succoth.
4 And Jacob remained in Succoth a year and six months.
5 At that time some of the women of the inhabitants of the land
went to the city of Shechem to dance and rejoice with the
daughters of the people of the city, and when they went forth
then Rachel and Leah the wives of Jacob with their families also
went to behold the rejoicing of the daughters of the city.
6 And Dinah the daughter of Jacob also went along with them and
saw the daughters of the city, and they remained there before
these daughters whilst all the people of the city were standing
by them to behold their rejoicings, and all the great people of
the city were there.
7 And Shechem the son of Hamor, the prince of the land was also
standing there to see them.
8 And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob sitting with
her mother before the daughters of the city, and the damsel
pleased him greatly, and he there asked his friends and his
people, saying, Whose daughter is that sitting amongst the
women, whom I do not know in this city?
9 And they said unto him, Surely this is the daughter of Jacob
the son of Isaac the Hebrew, who has dwelt in this city for some
time, and when it was reported that the daughters of the land
were going forth to rejoice she went with her mother and maid
servants to sit amongst them as thou seest.
10 And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and when he
looked at her his soul became fixed upon Dinah.
11 And he sent and had her taken by force, and Dinah came to the
house of Shechem and he seized her forcibly and lay with her and
humbled her, and he loved her exceedingly and placed her in his
house.
12 And they came and told the thing unto Jacob, and when Jacob
heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, Jacob sent
twelve of his servants to fetch Dinah from the house of Shechem,
and they went and came to the house of Shechem to take away
Dinah from there.
13 And when they came Shechem went out to them with his men and
drove them from his house, and he would not suffer them to come
before Dinah, but Shechem was sitting with Dinah kissing and
embracing her before their eyes.
14 And the servants of Jacob came back and told him, saying,
When we came, he and his men drove us away, and thus did Shechem
do unto Dinah before our eyes.
15 And Jacob knew moreover that Shechem had defiled his
daughter, but he said nothing, and his sons were feeding his
cattle in the field, and Jacob remained silent till their
return.
16 And before his sons came home Jacob sent two maidens from his
servants' daughters to take care of Dinah in the house of
Shechem, and to remain with her, and Shechem sent three of his
friends to his father Hamor the son of Chiddekem, the son of
Pered, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.
17 And Hamor the son of Chiddekem the Hivite came to the house
of Shechem his son, and he sat before him, and Hamor said unto
his son, Shechem, Is there then no woman amongst the daughters
of thy people that thou wilt take an Hebrew woman who is not of
thy people?
18 And Shechem said to him, Her only must thou get for me, for
she is delightful in my sight; and Hamor did according to the
word of his son, for he was greatly beloved by him.
19 And Hamor went forth to Jacob to commune with him concerning
this matter, and when he had gone from the house of his son
Shechem, before he came to Jacob to speak unto him, behold the
sons of Jacob had come from the field, as soon as they heard the
thing that Shechem the son of Hamor had done.
20 And the men were very much grieved concerning their sister,
and they all came home fired with anger, before the time of
gathering in their cattle.
21 And they came and sat before their father and they spoke unto
him kindled with wrath, saying, Surely death is due to this man
and to his household, because the Lord God of the whole earth
commanded Noah and his children that man shall never rob, nor
commit adultery; now behold Shechem has both ravaged and
committed fornication with our sister, and not one of all the
people of the city spoke a word to him.
22 Surely thou knowest and understandest that the judgment of
death is due to Shechem, and to his father, and to the whole
city on account of the thing which he has done.
23 And whilst they were speaking before their father in this
matter, behold Hamor the father of Shechem came to speak to
Jacob the words of his son concerning Dinah, and he sat before
Jacob and before his sons.
24 And Hamor spoke unto them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem
longeth for your daughter; I pray you give her unto him for a
wife and intermarry with us; give us your daughters and we will
give you our daughters, and you shall dwell with us in our land
and we will be as one people in the land.
25 For our land is very extensive, so dwell ye and trade therein
and get possessions in it, and do therein as you desire, and no
one shall prevent you by saying a word to you.
26 And Hamor ceased speaking unto Jacob and his sons, and behold
Shechem his son had come after him, and he sat before them.
27 And Shechem spoke before Jacob and his sons, saying, May I
find favor in your sight that you will give me your daughter,
and whatever you say unto me that will I do for her.
28 Ask me for abundance of dowry and gift, and I will give it,
and whatever you shall say unto me that will I do, and whoever
he be that will rebel against your orders, he shall die; only
give me the damsel for a wife.
29 And Simeon and Levi answered Hamor and Shechem his son
deceitfully, saying, All you have spoken unto us we will do for
you.
30 And behold our sister is in your house, but keep away from
her until we send to our father Isaac concerning this matter,
for we can do nothing without his consent.
31 For he knoweth the ways of our father Abraham, and whatever
he sayeth unto us we will tell you, we will conceal nothing from
you.
32 And Simeon and Levi spoke this unto Shechem and his father in
order to find a pretext, and to seek counsel what was to be done
to Shechem and to his city in this matter.
33 And when Shechem and his father heard the words of Simeon and
Levi, it seemed good in their sight, and Shechem and his father
came forth to go home.
34 And when they had gone, the sons of Jacob said unto their
father, saying, Behold, we know that death is due to these
wicked ones and to their city, because they transgressed that
which God had commanded unto Noah and his children and his seed
after them.
35 And also because Shechem did this thing to our sister Dinah
in defiling her, for such vileness shall never be done amongst
us.
36 Now therefore know and see what you will do, and seek counsel
and pretext what is to be done to them, in order to kill all the
inhabitants of this city.
37 And Simeon said to them, Here is a proper advice for you:
tell them to circumcise every male amongst them as we are
circumcised, and if they do not wish to do this, we shall take
our daughter from them and go away.
38 And if they consent to do this and will do it, then when they
are sunk down with pain, we will attack them with our swords, as
upon one who is quiet and peaceable, and we will slay every male
person amongst them.
39 And Simeon's advice pleased them, and Simeon and Levi
resolved to do unto them as it was proposed.
40 And on the next morning Shechem and Hamor his father came
again unto Jacob and his sons, to speak concerning Dinah, and to
hear what answer the sons of Jacob would give to their words.
41 And the sons of Jacob spoke deceitfully to them, saying, We
told our father Isaac all your words, and your words pleased
him.
42 But he spoke unto us, saying, Thus did Abraham his father
command him from God the Lord of the whole earth, that any man
who is not of his descendants that should wish to take one of
his daughters, shall cause every male belonging to him to be
circumcised, as we are circumcised, and then we may give him our
daughter for a wife.
43 Now we have made known to you all our ways that our father
spoke unto us, for we cannot do this of which you spoke unto us,
to give our daughter to an uncircumcised man, for it is a
disgrace to us.
44 But herein will we consent to you, to give you our daughter,
and we will also take unto ourselves your daughters, and will
dwell amongst you and be one people as you have spoken, if you
will hearken to us, and consent to be like us, to circumcise
every male belonging to you, as we are circumcised.
45 And if you will not hearken unto us, to have every male
circumcised as we are circumcised, as we have commanded, then we
will come to you, and take our daughter from you and go away.
46 And Shechem and his father Hamor heard the words of the sons
of Jacob, and the thing pleased them exceedingly, and Shechem
and his father Hamor hastened to do the wishes of the sons of
Jacob, for Shechem was very fond of Dinah, and his soul was
riveted to her.
47 And Shechem and his father Hamor hastened to the gate of the
city, and they assembled all the men of their city and spoke
unto them the words of the sons of Jacob, saying,
48 We came to these men, the sons of Jacob, and we spoke unto
them concerning their daughter, and these men will consent to do
according to our wishes, and behold our land is of great extent
for them, and they will dwell in it, and trade in it, and we
shall be one people; we will take their daughters, and our
daughters we will give unto them for wives.
49 But only on this condition will these men consent to do this
thing, that every male amongst us be circumcised as they are
circumcised, as their God commanded them, and when we shall have
done according to their instructions to be circumcised, then
will they dwell amongst us, together with their cattle and
possessions, and we shall be as one people with them.
50 And when all the men of the city heard the words of Shechem
and his father Hamor, then all the men of their city were
agreeable to this proposal, and they obeyed to be circumcised,
for Shechem and his father Hamor were greatly esteemed by them,
being the princes of the land.
51 And on the next day, Shechem and Hamor his father rose up
early in the morning, and they assembled all the men of their
city into the middle of the city, and they called for the sons
of Jacob, who circumcised every male belonging to them on that
day and the next.
52 And they circumcised Shechem and Hamor his father, and the
five brothers of Shechem, and then every one rose up and went
home, for this thing was from the Lord against the city of
Shechem, and from the Lord was Simeon's counsel in this matter,
in order that the Lord might deliver the city of Shechem into
the hands of Jacob's two sons.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:38 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 34
1 And the number of all the males that were circumcised, were
six hundred and forty-five men, and two hundred and forty-six
children.
2 But Chiddekem, son of Pered, the father of Hamor, and his six
brothers, would not listen unto Shechem and his father Hamor,
and they would not be circumcised, for the proposal of the sons
of Jacob was loathsome in their sight, and their anger was
greatly roused at this, that the people of the city had not
hearkened to them.
3 And in the evening of the second day, they found eight small
children who had not been circumcised, for their mothers had
concealed them from Shechem and his father Hamor, and from the
men of the city.
4 And Shechem and his father Hamor sent to have them brought
before them to be circumcised, when Chiddekem and his six
brothers sprang at them with their swords, and sought to slay
them.
5 And they sought to slay also Shechem and his father Hamor and
they sought to slay Dinah with them on account of this matter.
6 And they said unto them, What is this thing that you have
done? are there no women amongst the daughters of your brethren
the Canaanites, that you wish to take unto yourselves daughters
of the Hebrews, whom ye knew not before, and will do this act
which your fathers never commanded you?
7 Do you imagine that you will succeed through this act which
you have done? and what will you answer in this affair to your
brethren the Canaanites, who will come tomorrow and ask you
concerning this thing?
8 And if your act shall not appear just and good in their sight,
what will you do for your lives, and me for our lives, in your
not having hearkened to our voices?
9 And if the inhabitants of the land and all your brethren the
children of Ham, shall hear of your act, saying,
10 On account of a Hebrew woman did Shechem and Hamor his
father, and all the inhabitants of their city, do that with
which they had been unacquainted and which their ancestors never
commanded them, where then will you fly or where conceal your
shame, all your days before your brethren, the inhabitants of
the land of Canaan?
11 Now therefore we cannot bear up against this thing which you
have done, neither can we be burdened with this yoke upon us,
which our ancestors did not command us.
12 Behold tomorrow we will go and assemble all our brethren, the
Canaanitish brethren who dwell in the land, and we will all come
and smite you and all those who trust in you, that there shall
not be a remnant left from you or them.
13 And when Hamor and his son Shechem and all the people of the
city heard the words of Chiddekem and his brothers, they were
terribly afraid of their lives at their words, and they repented
of what they had done.
14 And Shechem and his father Hamor answered their father
Chiddekem and his brethren, and they said unto them, All the
words which you spoke unto us are true.
15 Now do not say, nor imagine in your hearts that on account of
the love of the Hebrews we did this thing that our ancestors did
not command us.
16 But because we saw that it was not their intention and desire
to accede to our wishes concerning their daughter as to our
taking her, except on this condition, so we hearkened to their
voices and did this act which you saw, in order to obtain our
desire from them.
17 And when we shall have obtained our request from them, we
will then return to them and do unto them that which you say
unto us.
18 We beseech you then to wait and tarry until our flesh shall
be healed and we again become strong, and we will then go
together against them, and do unto them that which is in your
hearts and in ours.
19 And Dinah the daughter of Jacob heard all these words which
Chiddekem and his brothers had spoken, and what Hamor and his
son Shechem and the people of their city had answered them.
20 And she hastened and sent one of her maidens, that her father
had sent to take care of her in the house of Shechem, to Jacob
her father and to her brethren, saying:
21 Thus did Chiddekem and his brothers advise concerning you,
and thus did Hamor and Shechem and the people of the city answer
them.
22 And when Jacob heard these words he was filled with wrath,
and he was indignant at them, and his anger was kindled against
them.
23 And Simeon and Levi swore and said, As the Lord liveth, the
God of the whole earth, by this time tomorrow, there shall not
be a remnant left in the whole city.
24 And twenty young men had concealed themselves who were not
circumcised, and these young men fought against Simeon and Levi,
and Simeon and Levi killed eighteen of them, and two fled from
them and escaped to some lime pits that were in the city, and
Simeon and Levi sought for them, but could not find them.
25 And Simeon and Levi continued to go about in the city, and
they killed all the people of the city at the edge of the sword,
and they left none remaining.
26 And there was a great consternation in the midst of the city,
and the cry of the people of the city ascended to heaven, and
all the women and children cried aloud.
27 And Simeon and Levi slew all the city; they left not a male
remaining in the whole city.
28 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son at the edge of the
sword, and they brought away Dinah from the house of Shechem and
they went from there.
29 And the sons of Jacob went and returned, and came upon the
slain, and spoiled all their property which was in the city and
the field.
30 And whilst they were taking the spoil, three hundred men
stood up and threw dust at them and struck them with stones,
when Simeon turned to them and he slew them all with the edge of
the sword, and Simeon turned before Levi, and came into the
city.
31 And they took away their sheep and their oxen and their
cattle, and also the remainder of the women and little ones, and
they led all these away, and they opened a gate and went out and
came unto their father Jacob with vigor.
32 And when Jacob saw all that they had done to the city, and
saw the spoil that they took from them, Jacob was very angry at
them, and Jacob said unto them, What is this that you have done
to me? behold I obtained rest amongst the Canaanitish
inhabitants of the land, and none of them meddled with me.
33 And now you have done to make me obnoxious to the inhabitants
of the land, amongst the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I am
but of a small number, and they will all assemble against me and
slay me when they hear of your work with their brethren, and I
and my household will be destroyed.
34 And Simeon and Levi and all their brothers with them answered
their father Jacob and said unto him, Behold we live in the
land, and shall Shechem do this to our sister? why art thou
silent at all that Shechem has done? and shall he deal with our
sister as with a harlot in the streets?
35 And the number of women whom Simeon and Levi took captives
from the city of Shechem, whom they did not slay, was
eighty-five who had not known man.
36 And amongst them was a young damsel of beautiful appearance
and well favored, whose name was Bunah, and Simeon took her for
a wife, and the number of the males which they took captives and
did not slay, was forty-seven men, and the rest they slew.
37 And all the young men and women that Simeon and Levi had
taken captives from the city of Shechem, were servants to the
sons of Jacob and to their children after them, until the day of
the sons of Jacob going forth from the land of Egypt.
38 And when Simeon and Levi had gone forth from the city, the
two young men that were left, who had concealed themselves in
the city, and did not die amongst the people of the city, rose
up, and these young men went into the city and walked about in
it, and found the city desolate without man, and only women
weeping, and these young men cried out and said, Behold, this is
the evil which the sons of Jacob the Hebrew did to this city in
their having this day destroyed one of the Canaanitish cities,
and were not afraid of their lives of all the land of Canaan.
39 And these men left the city and went to the city of Tapnach,
and they came there and told the inhabitants of Tapnach all that
had befallen them, and all that the sons of Jacob had done to
the city of Shechem.
40 And the information reached Jashub king of Tapnach, and he
sent men to the city of Shechem to see those young men, for the
king did not believe them in this account, saying, How could two
men lay waste such a large town as Shechem?
41 And the messengers of Jashub came back and told him, saying,
We came unto the city, and it is destroyed, there is not a man
there; only weeping women; neither is any flock or cattle there,
for all that was in the city the sons of Jacob took away.
42 And Jashub wondered at this, saying, How could two men do
this thing, to destroy so large a city, and not one man able to
stand against them?
43 For the like has not been from the days of Nimrod, and not
even from the remotest time, has the like taken place; and
Jashub, king of Tapnach, said to his people, Be courageous and
we will go and fight against these Hebrews, and do unto them as
they did unto the city, and we will avenge the cause of the
people of the city.
44 And Jashub, king of Tapnach, consulted with his counsellors
about this matter, and his advisers said unto him, Alone thou
wilt not prevail over the Hebrews, for they must be powerful to
do this work to the whole city.
45 If two of them laid waste the whole city, and no one stood
against them, surely if thou wilt go against them, they will all
rise against us and destroy us likewise.
46 But if thou wilt send to all the kings that surround us, and
let them come together, then we will go with them and fight
against the sons of Jacob; then wilt thou prevail against them.
47 And Jashub heard the words of his counsellors, and their
words pleased him and his people, and he did so; and Jashub king
of Tapnach sent to all the kings of the Amorites that surrounded
Shechem and Tapnach, saying,
48 Go up with me and assist me, and we will smite Jacob the
Hebrew and all his sons, and destroy them from the earth, for
thus did he do to the city of Shechem, and do you not know of
it?
49 And all the kings of the Amorites heard the evil that the
sons of Jacob had done to the city of Shechem, and they were
greatly astonished at them.
50 And the seven kings of the Amorites assembled with all their
armies, about ten thousand men with drawn swords, and they came
to fight against the sons of Jacob; and Jacob heard that the
kings of the Amorites had assembled to fight against his sons,
and Jacob was greatly afraid, and it distressed him.
51 And Jacob exclaimed against Simeon and Levi, saying, What is
this act that you did? why have you injured me, to bring against
me all the children of Canaan to destroy me and my household?
for I was at rest, even I and my household, and you have done
this thing to me, and provoked the inhabitants of the land
against me by your proceedings.
52 And Judah answered his father, saying, Was it for naught my
brothers Simeon and Levi killed all the inhabitants of Shechem?
Surely it was because Shechem had humbled our sister, and
transgressed the command of our God to Noah and his children,
for Shechem took our sister away by force, and committed
adultery with her.
53 And Shechem did all this evil and not one of the inhabitants
of his city interfered with him, to say, Why wilt thou do this?
surely for this my brothers went and smote the city, and the
Lord delivered it into their hands, because its inhabitants had
transgressed the commands of our God. Is it then for naught that
they have done all this?
54 And now why art thou afraid or distressed, and why art thou
displeased at my brothers, and why is thine anger kindled
against them?
55 Surely our God who delivered into their hand the city of
Shechem and its people, he will also deliver into our hands all
the Canaanitish kings who are coming against us, and we will do
unto them as my brothers did unto Shechem.
56 Now be tranquil about them and cast away thy fears, but trust
in the Lord our God, and pray unto him to assist us and deliver
us, and deliver our enemies into our hands.
57 And Judah called to one of his father's servants, Go now and
see where those kings, who are coming against us, are situated
with their armies.
58 And the servant went and looked far off, and went up opposite
Mount Sihon, and saw all the camps of the kings standing in the
fields, and he returned to Judah and said, Behold the kings are
situated in the field with all their camps, a people exceedingly
numerous, like unto the sand upon the sea shore.
59 And Judah said unto Simeon and Levi, and unto all his
brothers, Strengthen yourselves and be sons of valor, for the
Lord our God is with us, do not fear them.
60 Stand forth each man, girt with his weapons of war, his bow
and his sword, and we will go and fight against these
uncircumcised men; the Lord is our God, He will save us.
61 And they rose up, and each girt on his weapons of war, great
and small, eleven sons of Jacob, and all the servants of Jacob
with them.
62 And all the servants of Isaac who were with Isaac in Hebron,
all came to them equipped in all sorts of war instruments, and
the sons of Jacob and their servants, being one hundred and
twelve men, went towards these kings, and Jacob also went with
them.
63 And the sons of Jacob sent unto their father Isaac the son of
Abraham to Hebron, the same is Kireath-arba, saying,
64 Pray we beseech thee for us unto the Lord our God, to protect
us from the hands of the Canaanites who are coming against us,
and to deliver them into our hands.
65 And Isaac the son of Abraham prayed unto the Lord for his
sons, and he said, O Lord God, thou didst promise my father,
saying, I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and
thou didst also promise me, and establish thou thy word, now
that the kings of Canaan are coming together, to make war with
my children because they committed no violence.
66 Now therefore, O Lord God, God of the whole earth, pervert, I
pray thee, the counsel of these kings that they may not fight
against my sons.
67 And impress the hearts of these kings and their people with
the terror of my sons and bring down their pride, and that they
may turn away from my sons.
68 And with thy strong hand and outstretched arm deliver my sons
and their servants from them, for power and might are in thy
hands to do all this.
69 And the sons of Jacob and their servants went toward these
kings, and they trusted in the Lord their God, and whilst they
were going, Jacob their father also prayed unto the Lord and
said, O Lord God, powerful and exalted God, who has reigned from
days of old, from thence till now and forever;
70 Thou art He who stirreth up wars and causeth them to cease,
in thy hand are power and might to exalt and to bring down; O
may my prayer be acceptable before thee that thou mayest turn to
me with thy mercies, to impress the hearts of these kings and
their people with the terror of my sons, and terrify them and
their camps, and with thy great kindness deliver all those that
trust in thee, for it is thou who canst bring people under us
and reduce nations under our power.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:39 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 35
1 And all the kings of the Amorites came and took their stand in
the field to consult with their counsellors what was to be done
with the sons of Jacob, for they were still afraid of them,
saying, Behold, two of them slew the whole of the city of
Shechem.
2 And the Lord heard the prayers of Isaac and Jacob, and he
filled the hearts of all these kings' advisers with great fear
and terror that they unanimously exclaimed,
3 Are you silly this day, or is there no understanding in you,
that you will fight with the Hebrews, and why will you take a
delight in your own destruction this day?
4 Behold two of them came to the city of Shechem without fear or
terror, and they killed all the inhabitants of the city, that no
man stood up against them, and how will you be able to fight
with them all?
5 Surely you know that their God is exceedingly fond of them,
and has done mighty things for them, such as have not been done
from days of old, and amongst all the gods of nations, there is
none can do like unto his mighty deeds.
6 Surely he delivered their father Abraham, the Hebrew, from the
hand of Nimrod, and from the hand of all his people who had many
times sought to slay him.
7 He delivered him also from the fire in which king Nimrod had
cast him, and his God delivered him from it.
8 And who else can do the like? surely it was Abraham who slew
the five kings of Elam, when they had touched his brother's son
who in those days dwelt in Sodom.
9 And took his servant that was faithful in his house and a few
of his men, and they pursued the kings of Elam in one night and
killed them, and restored to his brother's son all his property
which they had taken from him.
10 And surely you know the God of these Hebrews is much
delighted with them, and they are also delighted with him, for
they know that he delivered them from all their enemies.
11 And behold through his love toward his God, Abraham took his
only and precious son and intended to bring him up as a burnt
offering to his God, and had it not been for God who prevented
him from doing this, he would then have done it through his love
to his God.
12 And God saw all his works, and swore unto him, and promised
him that he would deliver his sons and all his seed from every
trouble that would befall them, because he had done this thing,
and through his love to his God stifled his compassion for his
child.
13 And have you not heard what their God did to Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and to Abimelech king of Gerar, through taking Abraham's
wife, who said of her, She is my sister, lest they might slay
him on account of her, and think of taking her for a wife? and
God did unto them and their people all that you heard of.
14 And behold, we ourselves saw with our eyes that Esau, the
brother of Jacob, came to him with four hundred men, with the
intention of slaying him, for he called to mind that he had
taken away from him his father's blessing.
15 And he went to meet him when he came from Syria, to smite the
mother with the children, and who delivered him from his hands
but his God in whom he trusted? he delivered him from the hand
of his brother and also from the hands of his enemies, and
surely he again will protect them.
16 Who does not know that it was their God who inspired them
with strength to do to the town of Shechem the evil which you
heard of?
17 Could it then be with their own strength that two men could
destroy such a large city as Shechem had it not been for their
God in whom they trusted? he said and did unto them all this to
slay the inhabitants of the city in their city.
18 And can you then prevail over them who have come forth
together from your city to fight with the whole of them, even if
a thousand times as many more should come to your assistance?
19 Surely you know and understand that you do not come to fight
with them, but you come to war with their God who made choice of
them, and you have therefore all come this day to be destroyed.
20 Now therefore refrain from this evil which you are
endeavoring to bring upon yourselves, and it will be better for
you not to go to battle with them, although they are but few in
numbers, because their God is with them.
21 And when the kings of the Amorites heard all the words of
their advisers, their hearts were filled with terror, and they
were afraid of the sons of Jacob and would not fight against
them.
22 And they inclined their ears to the words of their advisers,
and they listened to all their words, and the words of the
counsellors greatly pleased the kings, and they did so.
23 And the kings turned and refrained from the sons of Jacob,
for they durst not approach them to make war with them, for they
were greatly afraid of them, and their hearts melted within them
from their fear of them.
24 For this proceeded from the Lord to them, for he heard the
prayers of his servants Isaac and Jacob, for they trusted in
him; and all these kings returned with their camps on that day,
each to his own city, and they did not at that time fight with
the sons of Jacob.
25 And the sons of Jacob kept their station that day till
evening opposite mount Sihon, and seeing that these kings did
not come to fight against them, the sons of Jacob returned home.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 36
1 At that time the Lord appeared unto Jacob saying, Arise, go to
Bethel and remain there, and make there an altar to the Lord who
appeareth unto thee, who delivered thee and thy sons from
affliction.
2 And Jacob rose up with his sons and all belonging to him, and
they went and came to Bethel according to the word of the Lord.
3 And Jacob was ninety-nine years old when he went up to Bethel,
and Jacob and his sons and all the people that were with him,
remained in Bethel in Luz, and he there built an altar to the
Lord who appeared unto him, and Jacob and his sons remained in
Bethel six months.
4 At that time died Deborah the daughter of Uz, the nurse of
Rebecca, who had been with Jacob; and Jacob buried her beneath
Bethel under an oak that was there.
5 And Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the mother of Jacob, also
died at that time in Hebron, the same is Kireath-arba, and she
was buried in the cave of Machpelah which Abraham had bought
from the children of Heth.
6 And the life of Rebecca was one hundred and thirty-three
years, and she died and when Jacob heard that his mother Rebecca
was dead he wept bitterly for his mother, and made a great
mourning for her, and for Deborah her nurse beneath the oak, and
he called the name of that place Allon-bachuth.
7 And Laban the Syrian died in those days, for God smote him
because he transgressed the covenant that existed between him
and Jacob.
8 And Jacob was a hundred years old when the Lord appeared unto
him, and blessed him and called his name Israel, and Rachel the
wife of Jacob conceived in those days.
9 And at that time Jacob and all belonging to him journeyed from
Bethel to go to his father's house, to Hebron.
10 And whilst they were going on the road, and there was yet but
a little way to come to Ephrath, Rachel bare a son and she had
hard labor and she died.
11 And Jacob buried her in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem, and he set a pillar upon her grave, which is there
unto this day; and the days of Rachel were forty-five years and
she died.
12 And Jacob called the name of his son that was born to him,
which Rachel bare unto him, Benjamin, for he was born to him in
the land on the right hand.
13 And it was after the death of Rachel, that Jacob pitched his
tent in the tent of her handmaid Bilhah.
14 And Reuben was jealous for his mother Leah on account of
this, and he was filled with anger, and he rose up in his anger
and went and entered the tent of Bilhah and he thence removed
his father's bed.
15 At that time the portion of birthright, together with the
kingly and priestly offices, was removed from the sons of
Reuben, for he had profaned his father's bed, and the birthright
was given unto Joseph, the kingly office to Judah, and the
priesthood unto Levi, because Reuben had defiled his father's
bed.
16 And these are the generations of Jacob who were born to him
in Padan-aram, and the sons of Jacob were twelve.
17 The sons of Leah were Reuben the first born, and Simeon,
Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and their sister Dinah; and the
sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
18 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, were Gad and Asher, and
the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, were Dan and Naphtali;
these are the sons of Jacob which were born to him in
Padan-aram.
19 And Jacob and his sons and all belonging to him journeyed and
came to Mamre, which is Kireath-arba, that is in Hebron, where
Abraham and Isaac sojourned, and Jacob with his sons and all
belonging to him, dwelt with his father in Hebron.
20 And his brother Esau and his sons, and all belonging to him
went to the land of Seir and dwelt there, and had possessions in
the land of Seir, and the children of Esau were fruitful and
multiplied exceedingly in the land of Seir.
21 And these are the generations of Esau that were born to him
in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Esau were five.
22 And Adah bare to Esau his first born Eliphaz, and she also
bare to him Reuel, and Ahlibamah bare to him Jeush, Yaalam and
Korah.
23 These are the children of Esau who were born to him in the
land of Canaan; and the sons of Eliphaz the son of Esau were
Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and Amalex, and the sons of
Reuel were Nachath, Zerach, Shamah and Mizzah.
24 And the sons of Jeush were Timnah, Alvah, Jetheth; and the
sons of Yaalam were Alah, Phinor and Kenaz.
25 And the sons of Korah were Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel and Eram;
these are the families of the sons of Esau according to their
dukedoms in the land of Seir.
26 And these are the names of the sons of Seir the Horite,
inhabitants of the land of Seir, Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Dishan, Ezer and Dishon, being seven sons.
27 And the children of Lotan were Hori, Heman and their sister
Timna, that is Timna who came to Jacob and his sons, and they
would not give ear to her, and she went and became a concubine
to Eliphaz the son of Esau, and she bare to him Amalek.
28 And the sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,
and Onam, and the sons of Zibeon were Ajah, and Anah, this was
that Anah who found the Yemim in the wilderness when he fed the
asses of Zibeon his father.
29 And whilst he was feeding his father's asses he led them to
the wilderness at different times to feed them.
30 And there was a day that he brought them to one of the
deserts on the sea shore, opposite the wilderness of the people,
and whilst he was feeding them, behold a very heavy storm came
from the other side of the sea and rested upon the asses that
were feeding there, and they all stood still.
31 And afterward about one hundred and twenty great and terrible
animals came out from the wilderness at the other side of the
sea, and they all came to the place where the asses were, and
they placed themselves there.
32 And those animals, from their middle downward, were in the
shape of the children of men, and from their middle upward, some
had the likeness of bears, and some the likeness of the keephas,
with tails behind them from between their shoulders reaching
down to the earth, like the tails of the ducheephath, and these
animals came and mounted and rode upon these asses, and led them
away, and they went away unto this day.
33 And one of these animals approached Anah and smote him with
his tail, and then fled from that place.
34 And when he saw this work he was exceedingly afraid of his
life, and he fled and escaped to the city.
35 And he related to his sons and brothers all that had happened
to him, and many men went to seek the asses but could not find
them, and Anah and his brothers went no more to that place from
that day following, for they were greatly afraid of their lives.
36 And the children of Anah the son of Seir, were Dishon and his
sister Ahlibamah, and the children of Dishon were Hemdan,
Eshban, Ithran and Cheran, and the children of Ezer were Bilhan,
Zaavan and Akan, and the children of Dishon were Uz and Aran.
37 These are the families of the children of Seir the Horite,
according to their dukedoms in the land of Seir.
38 And Esau and his children dwelt in the land of Seir the
Horite, the inhabitant of the land, and they had possessions in
it and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly, and Jacob and
his children and all belonging to them, dwelt with their father
Isaac in the land of Canaan, as the Lord had commanded Abraham
their father.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 37
1 And in the one hundred and fifth year of the life of Jacob,
that is the ninth year of Jacob's dwelling with his children in
the land of Canaan, he came from Padan-aram.
2 And in those days Jacob journeyed with his children from
Hebron, and they went and returned to the city of Shechem, they
and all belonging to them, and they dwelt there, for the
children of Jacob obtained good and fat pasture land for their
cattle in the city of Shechem, the city of Shechem having then
been rebuilt, and there were in it about three hundred men and
women.
3 And Jacob and his children and all belonging to him dwelt in
the part of the field which Jacob had bought from Hamor the
father of Shechem, when he came from Padan-aram before Simeon
and Levi had smitten the city.
4 And all those kings of the Canaanites and Amorites that
surrounded the city of Shechem, heard that the sons of Jacob had
again come to Shechem and dwelt there.
5 And they said, Shall the sons of Jacob the Hebrew again come
to the city and dwell therein, after that they have smitten its
inhabitants and driven them out? shall they now return and also
drive out those who are dwelling in the city or slay them?
6 And all the kings of Canaan again assembled, and they came
together to make war with Jacob and his sons.
7 And Jashub king of Tapnach sent also to all his neighboring
kings, to Elan king of Gaash, and to Ihuri king of Shiloh, and
to Parathon king of Chazar, and to Susi king of Sarton, and to
Laban king of Bethchoran, and to Shabir king of Othnay-mah,
saying,
8 Come up to me and assist me, and let us smite Jacob the Hebrew
and his sons, and all belonging to him, for they are again come
to Shechem to possess it and to slay its inhabitants as before.
9 And all these kings assembled together and came with all their
camps, a people exceedingly plentiful like the sand upon the sea
shore, and they were all opposite to Tapnach.
10 And Jashub king of Tapnach went forth to them with all his
army, and he encamped with them opposite to Tapnach without the
city, and all these kings they divided into seven divisions,
being seven camps against the sons of Jacob.
11 And they sent a declaration to Jacob and his son, saying,
Come you all forth to us that we may have an interview together
in the plain, and revenge the cause of the men of Shechem whom
you slew in their city, and you will now again return to the
city of Shechem and dwell therein, and slay its inhabitants as
before.
12 And the sons of Jacob heard this and their anger was kindled
exceedingly at the words of the kings of Canaan, and ten of the
sons of Jacob hastened and rose up, and each of them girt on his
weapons of war; and there were one hundred and two of their
servants with them equipped in battle array.
13 And all these men, the sons of Jacob with their servants,
went toward these kings, and Jacob their father was with them,
and they all stood upon the heap of Shechem.
14 And Jacob prayed to the Lord for his sons, and he spread
forth his hands to the Lord, and he said, O God, thou art an
Almighty God, thou art our father, thou didst form us and we are
the works of thine hands; I pray thee deliver my sons through
thy mercy from the hand of their enemies, who are this day
coming to fight with them and save them from their hand, for in
thy hand is power and might, to save the few from the many.
15 And give unto my sons, thy servants, strength of heart and
might to fight with their enemies, to subdue them, and make
their enemies fall before them, and let not my sons and their
servants die through the hands of the children of Canaan.
16 But if it seemeth good in thine eyes to take away the lives
of my sons and their servants, take them in thy great mercy
through the hands of thy ministers, that they may not perish
this day by the hands of the kings of the Amorites.
17 And when Jacob ceased praying to the Lord the earth shook
from its place, and the sun darkened, and all these kings were
terrified and a great consternation seized them.
18 And the Lord hearkened to the prayer of Jacob, and the Lord
impressed the hearts of all the kings and their hosts with the
terror and awe of the sons of Jacob.
19 For the Lord caused them to hear the voice of chariots, and
the voice of mighty horses from the sons of Jacob, and the voice
of a great army accompanying them.
20 And these kings were seized with great terror at the sons of
Jacob, and whilst they were standing in their quarters, behold
the sons of Jacob advanced upon them, with one hundred and
twelve men, with a great and tremendous shouting.
21 And when the kings saw the sons of Jacob advancing toward
them, they were still more panic struck, and they were inclined
to retreat from before the sons of Jacob as at first, and not to
fight with them.
22 But they did not retreat, saying, It would be a disgrace to
us thus twice to retreat from before the Hebrews.
23 And the sons of Jacob came near and advanced against all
these kings and their armies, and they saw, and behold it was a
very mighty people, numerous as the sand of the sea.
24 And the sons of Jacob called unto the Lord and said, Help us
O Lord, help us and answer us, for we trust in thee, and let us
not die by the hands of these uncircumcised men, who this day
have come against us.
25 And the sons of Jacob girt on their weapons of war, and they
took in their hands each man his shield and his javelin, and
they approached to battle.
26 And Judah, the son of Jacob, ran first before his brethren,
and ten of his servants with him, and he went toward these
kings.
27 And Jashub, king of Tapnach, also came forth first with his
army before Judah, and Judah saw Jashub and his army coming
toward him, and Judah's wrath was kindled, and his anger burned
within him, and he approached to battle in which Judah ventured
his life.
28 And Jashub and all his army were advancing toward Judah, and
he was riding upon a very strong and powerful horse, and Jashub
was a very valiant man, and covered with iron and brass from
head to foot.
29 And whilst he was upon the horse, he shot arrows with both
hands from before and behind, as was his manner in all his
battles, and he never missed the place to which he aimed his
arrows.
30 And when Jashub came to fight with Judah, and was darting
many arrows against Judah, the Lord bound the hand of Jashub,
and all the arrows that he shot rebounded upon his own men.
31 And notwithstanding this, Jashub kept advancing toward Judah,
to challenge him with the arrows, but the distance between them
was about thirty cubits, and when Judah saw Jashub darting forth
his arrows against him, he ran to him with his wrath-excited
might.
32 And Judah took up a large stone from the ground, and its
weight was sixty shekels, and Judah ran toward Jashub, and with
the stone struck him on his shield, that Jashub was stunned with
the blow, and fell off from his horse to the ground.
33 And the shield burst asunder out of the hand of Jashub, and
through the force of the blow sprang to the distance of about
fifteen cubits, and the shield fell before the second camp.
34 And the kings that came with Jashub saw at a distance the
strength of Judah, the son of Jacob, and what he had done to
Jashub, and they were terribly afraid of Judah.
35 And they assembled near Jashub's camp, seeing his confusion,
and Judah drew his sword and smote forty-two men of the camp of
Jashub, and the whole of Jashub's camp fled before Judah, and no
man stood against him, and they left Jashub and fled from him,
and Jashub was still prostrate upon the ground.
36 And Jashub seeing that all the men of his camp had fled from
him, hastened and rose up with terror against Judah, and stood
upon his legs opposite Judah.
37 And Jashub had a single combat with Judah, placing shield
toward shield, and Jashub's men all fled, for they were greatly
afraid of Judah.
38 And Jashub took his spear in his hand to strike Judah upon
his head, but Judah had quickly placed his shield to his head
against Jashub's spear, so that the shield of Judah received the
blow from Jashub's spear, and the shield was split in too.
39 And when Judah saw that his shield was split, he hastily drew
his sword and smote Jashub at his ankles, and cut off his feet
that Jashub fell upon the ground, and the spear fell from his
hand.
40 And Judah hastily picked up Jashub's spear, with which he
severed his head and cast it next to his feet.
41 And when the sons of Jacob saw what Judah had done to Jashub,
they all ran into the ranks of the other kings, and the sons of
Jacob fought with the army of Jashub, and the armies of all the
kings that were there.
42 And the sons of Jacob caused fifteen thousand of their men to
fall, and they smote them as if smiting at gourds, and the rest
fled for their lives.
43 And Judah was still standing by the body of Jashub, and
stripped Jashub of his coat of mail.
44 And Judah also took off the iron and brass that was about
Jashub, and behold nine men of the captains of Jashub came along
to fight against Judah.
45 And Judah hastened and took up a stone from the ground, and
with it smote one of them upon the head, and his skull was
fractured, and the body also fell from the horse to the ground.
46 And the eight captains that remained, seeing the strength of
Judah, were greatly afraid and they fled, and Judah with his ten
men pursued them, and they overtook them and slew them.
47 And the sons of Jacob were still smiting the armies of the
kings, and they slew many of them, but those kings daringly kept
their stand with their captains, and did not retreat from their
places, and they exclaimed against those of their armies that
fled from before the sons of Jacob, but none would listen to
them, for they were afraid of their lives lest they should die.
48 And all the sons of Jacob, after having smitten the armies of
the kings, returned and came before Judah, and Judah was still
slaying the eight captains of Jashub, and stripping off their
garments.
49 And Levi saw Elon, king of Gaash, advancing toward him, with
his fourteen captains to smite him, but Levi did not know it for
certain.
50 And Elon with his captains approached nearer, and Levi looked
back and saw that battle was given him in the rear, and Levi ran
with twelve of his servants, and they went and slew Elon and his
captains with the edge of the sword.
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