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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:42 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 38
1 And Ihuri king of Shiloh came up to assist Elon, and he
approached Jacob, when Jacob drew his bow that was in his hand
and with an arrow struck Ihuri which caused his death.
2 And when Ihuri king of Shiloh was dead, the four remaining
kings fled from their station with the rest of the captains, and
they endeavored to retreat, saying, We have no more strength
with the Hebrews after their having killed the three kings and
their captains who were more powerful than we are.
3 And when the sons of Jacob saw that the remaining kings had
removed from their station, they pursued them, and Jacob also
came from the heap of Shechem from the place where he was
standing, and they went after the kings and they approached them
with their servants.
4 And the kings and the captains with the rest of their armies,
seeing that the sons of Jacob approached them, were afraid of
their lives and fled till they reached the city of Chazar.
5 And the sons of Jacob pursued them to the gate of the city of
Chazar, and they smote a great smiting amongst the kings and
their armies, about four thousand men, and whilst they were
smiting the army of the kings, Jacob was occupied with his bow
confining himself to smiting the kings, and he slew them all.
6 And he slew Parathon king of Chazar at the gate of the city of
Chazar, and he afterward smote Susi king of Sarton, and Laban
king of Bethchorin, and Shabir king of Machnaymah, and he slew
them all with arrows, an arrow to each of them, and they died.
7 And the sons of Jacob seeing that all the kings were dead and
that they were broken up and retreating, continued to carry on
the battle with the armies of the kings opposite the gate of
Chazar, and they still smote about four hundred of their men.
8 And three men of the servants of Jacob fell in that battle,
and when Judah saw that three of his servants had died, it
grieved him greatly, and his anger burned within him against the
Amorites.
9 And all the men that remained of the armies of the kings were
greatly afraid of their lives, and they ran and broke the gate
of the walls of the city of Chazar, and they all entered the
city for safety.
10 And they concealed themselves in the midst of the city of
Chazar, for the city of Chazar was very large and extensive, and
when all these armies had entered the city, the sons of Jacob
ran after them to the city.
11 And four mighty men, experienced in battle, went forth from
the city and stood against the entrance of the city, with drawn
swords and spears in their hands, and they placed themselves
opposite the sons of Jacob, and would not suffer them to enter
the city.
12 And Naphtali ran and came between them and with his sword
smote two of them, and cut off their heads at one stroke.
13 And he turned to the other two, and behold they had fled, and
he pursued them, overtook them, smote them and slew them.
14 And the sons of Jacob came to the city and saw, and behold
there was another wall to the city, and they sought for the gate
of the wall and could not find it, and Judah sprang upon the top
of the wall, and Simeon and Levi followed him, and they all
three descended from the wall into the city.
15 And Simeon and Levi slew all the men who ran for safety into
the city, and also the inhabitants of the city with their wives
and little ones, they slew with the edge of the sword, and the
cries of the city ascended up to heaven.
16 And Dan and Naphtali sprang upon the wall to see what caused
the noise of lamentation, for the sons of Jacob felt anxious
about their brothers, and they heard the inhabitants of the city
speaking with weeping and supplications, saying, Take all that
we possess in the city and go away, only do not put us to death.
17 And when Judah, Simeon, and Levi had ceased smiting the
inhabitants of the city, they ascended the wall and called to
Dan and Naphtali, who were upon the wall, and to the rest of
their brothers, and Simeon and Levi informed them of the
entrance into the city, and all the sons of Jacob came to fetch
the spoil.
18 And the sons of Jacob took the spoil of the city of Chazar,
the flocks and herds, and the property, and they took all that
could be captured, and went away that day from the city.
19 And on the next day the sons of Jacob went to Sarton, for
they heard that the men of Sarton who had remained in the city
were assembling to fight with them for having slain their king,
and Sarton was a very high and fortified city, and it had a deep
rampart surrounding the city.
20 And the pillar of the rampart was about fifty cubits and its
breadth forty cubits, and there was no place for a man to enter
the city on account of the rampart, and the sons of Jacob saw
the rampart of the city, and they sought an entrance in it but
could not find it.
21 For the entrance to the city was at the rear, and every man
that wished to come into the city came by that road and went
around the whole city, and he afterwards entered the city.
22 And the sons of Jacob seeing they could not find the way into
the city, their anger was kindled greatly, and the inhabitants
of the city seeing that the sons of Jacob were coming to them
were greatly afraid of them, for they had heard of their
strength and what they had done to Chazar.
23 And the inhabitants of the city of Sarton could not go out
toward the sons of Jacob after having assembled in the city to
fight against them, lest they might thereby get into the city,
but when they saw that they were coming toward them, they were
greatly afraid of them, for they had heard of their strength and
what they had done to Chazar.
24 So the inhabitants of Sarton speedily took away the bridge of
the road of the city, from its place, before the sons of Jacob
came, and they brought it into the city.
25 And the sons of Jacob came and sought the way into the city,
and could not find it and the inhabitants of the city went up to
the top of the wall, and saw, and behold the sons of Jacob were
seeking an entrance into the city.
26 And the inhabitants of the city reproached the sons of Jacob
from the top of the wall, and they cursed them, and the sons of
Jacob heard the reproaches, and they were greatly incensed, and
their anger burned within them.
27 And the sons of Jacob were provoked at them, and they all
rose and sprang over the rampart with the force of their
strength, and through their might passed the forty cubits'
breadth of the rampart.
28 And when they had passed the rampart they stood under the
wall of the city, and they found all the gates of the city
enclosed with iron doors.
29 And the sons of Jacob came near to break open the doors of
the gates of the city, and the inhabitants did not let them, for
from the top of the wall they were casting stones and arrows
upon them.
30 And the number of the people that were upon the wall was
about four hundred men, and when the sons of Jacob saw that the
men of the city would not let them open the gates of the city,
they sprang and ascended the top of the wall, and Judah went up
first to the east part of the city.
31 And Gad and Asher went up after him to the west corner of the
city, and Simeon and Levi to the north, and Dan and Reuben to
the south.
32 And the men who were on the top of the wall, the inhabitants
of the city, seeing that the sons of Jacob were coming up to
them, they all fled from the wall, descended into the city, and
concealed themselves in the midst of the city.
33 And Issachar and Naphtali that remained under the wall
approached and broke the gates of the city, and kindled a fire
at the gates of the city, that the iron melted, and all the sons
of Jacob came into the city, they and all their men, and they
fought with the inhabitants of the city of Sarton, and smote
them with the edge of the sword, and no man stood up before
them.
34 And about two hundred men fled from the city, and they all
went and hid themselves in a certain tower in the city, and
Judah pursued them to the tower and he broke down the tower,
which fell upon the men, and they all died.
35 And the sons of Jacob went up the road of the roof of that
tower, and they saw, and behold there was another strong and
high tower at a distance in the city, and the top of it reached
to heaven, and the sons of Jacob hastened and descended, and
went with all their men to that tower, and found it filled with
about three hundred men, women and little ones.
36 And the sons of Jacob smote a great smiting amongst those men
in the tower and they ran away and fled from them.
37 And Simeon and Levi pursued them, when twelve mighty and
valiant men came out to them from the place where they had
concealed themselves.
38 And those twelve men maintained a strong battle against
Simeon and Levi, and Simeon and Levi could not prevail over
them, and those valiant men broke the shields of Simeon and
Levi, and one of them struck at Levi's head with his sword, when
Levi hastily placed his hand to his head, for he was afraid of
the sword, and the sword struck Levi's hand, and it wanted but
little to the hand of Levi being cut off.
39 And Levi seized the sword of the valiant man in his hand, and
took it forcibly from the man, and with it he struck at the head
of the powerful man, and he severed his head.
40 And eleven men approached to fight with Levi, for they saw
that one of them was killed, and the sons of Jacob fought, but
the sons of Jacob could not prevail over them, for those men
were very powerful.
41 And the sons of Jacob seeing that they could not prevail over
them, Simeon gave a loud and tremendous shriek, and the eleven
powerful men were stunned at the voice of Simeon's shrieking.
42 And Judah at a distance knew the voice of Simeon's shouting,
and Naphtali and Judah ran with their shields to Simeon and
Levi, and found them fighting with those powerful men, unable to
prevail over them as their shields were broken.
43 And Naphtali saw that the shields of Simeon and Levi were
broken, and he took two shields from his servants and brought
them to Simeon and Levi.
44 And Simeon, Levi and Judah on that day fought all three
against the eleven mighty men until the time of sunset, but they
could not prevail over them.
45 And this was told unto Jacob, and he was sorely grieved, and
he prayed unto the Lord, and he and Naphtali his son went
against these mighty men.
46 And Jacob approached and drew his bow, and came nigh unto the
mighty men, and slew three of their men with the bow, and the
remaining eight turned back, and behold, the war waged against
them in the front and rear, and they were greatly afraid of
their lives, and could not stand before the sons of Jacob, and
they fled from before them.
47 And in their flight they met Dan and Asher coming toward
them, and they suddenly fell upon them, and fought with them,
and slew two of them, and Judah and his brothers pursued them,
and smote the remainder of them, and slew them.
48 And all the sons of Jacob returned and walked about the city,
searching if they could find any men, and they found about
twenty young men in a cave in the city, and Gad and Asher smote
them all, and Dan and Naphtali lighted upon the rest of the men
who had fled and escaped from the second tower, and they smote
them all.
49 And the sons of Jacob smote all the inhabitants of the city
of Sarton, but the women and little ones they left in the city
and did not slay them.
50 And all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton were powerful
men, one of them would pursue a thousand, and two of them would
not flee from ten thousand of the rest of men.
51 And the sons of Jacob slew all the inhabitants of the city of
Sarton with the edge of the sword, that no man stood up against
them, and they left the women in the city.
52 And the sons of Jacob took all the spoil of the city, and
captured what they desired, and they took flocks and herds and
property from the city, and the sons of Jacob did unto Sarton
and its inhabitants as they had done to Chazar and its
inhabitants, and they turned and went away.
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Re: THE BOOK OF JASHER
By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:42 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 39
1 And when the sons of Jacob went from the city of Sarton, they
had gone about two hundred cubits when they met the inhabitants
of Tapnach coming toward them, for they went out to fight with
them, because they had smitten the king of Tapnach and all his
men.
2 So all that remained in the city of Tapnach came out to fight
with the sons of Jacob, and they thought to retake from them the
booty and the spoil which they had captured from Chazar and
Sarton.
3 And the rest of the men of Tapnach fought with the sons of
Jacob in that place, and the sons of Jacob smote them, and they
fled before them, and they pursued them to the city of Arbelan,
and they all fell before the sons of Jacob.
4 And the sons of Jacob returned and came to Tapnach, to take
away the spoil of Tapnach, and when they came to Tapnach they
heard that the people of Arbelan had gone out to meet them to
save the spoil of their brethren, and the sons of Jacob left ten
of their men in Tapnach to plunder the city, and they went out
toward the people of Arbelan.
5 And the men of Arbelan went out with their wives to fight with
the sons of Jacob, for their wives were experienced in battle,
and they went out, about four hundred men and women.
6 And all the sons of Jacob shouted with a loud voice, and they
all ran toward the inhabitants of Arbelan, and with a great and
tremendous voice.
7 And the inhabitants of Arbelan heard the noise of the shouting
of the sons of Jacob, and their roaring like the noise of lions
and like the roaring of the sea and its waves.
8 And fear and terror possessed their hearts on account of the
sons of Jacob, and they were terribly afraid of them, and they
retreated and fled before them into the city, and the sons of
Jacob pursued them to the gate of the city, and they came upon
them in the city.
9 And the sons of Jacob fought with them in the city, and all
their women were engaged in slinging against the sons of Jacob,
and the combat was very severe amongst them the whole of that
day till evening.
10 And the sons of Jacob could not prevail over them, and the
sons of Jacob had almost perished in that battle, and the sons
of Jacob cried unto the Lord and greatly gained strength toward
evening, and the sons of Jacob smote all the inhabitants of
Arbelan by the edge of the sword, men, women and little ones.
11 And also the remainder of the people who had fled from
Sarton, the sons of Jacob smote them in Arbelan, and the sons of
Jacob did unto Arbelan and Tapnach as they had done to Chazar
and Sarton, and when the women saw that all the men were dead,
they went upon the roofs of the city and smote the sons of Jacob
by showering down stones like rain.
12 And the sons of Jacob hastened and came into the city and
seized all the women and smote them with the edge of the sword,
and the sons of Jacob captured all the spoil and booty, flocks
and herds and cattle.
13 And the sons of Jacob did unto Machnaymah as they had done to
Tapnach, to Chazar and to Shiloh, and they turned from there and
went away.
14 And on the fifth day the sons of Jacob heard that the people
of Gaash had gathered against them to battle, because they had
slain their king and their captains, for there had been fourteen
captains in the city of Gaash, and the sons of Jacob had slain
them all in the first battle.
15 And the sons of Jacob that day girt on their weapons of war,
and they marched to battle against the inhabitants of Gaash, and
in Gaash there was a strong and mighty people of the people of
the Amorites, and Gaash was the strongest and best fortified
city of all the cities of the Amorites, and it had three walls.
16 And the sons of Jacob came to Gaash and they found the gates
of the city locked, and about five hundred men standing at the
top of the outer-most wall, and a people numerous as the sand
upon the sea shore were in ambush for the sons of Jacob from
without the city at the rear thereof.
17 And the sons of Jacob approached to open the gates of the
city, and whilst they were drawing nigh, behold those who were
in ambush at the rear of the city came forth from their places
and surrounded the sons of Jacob.
18 And the sons of Jacob were enclosed between the people of
Gaash, and the battle was both to their front and rear, and all
the men that were upon the wall, were casting from the wall upon
them, arrows and stones.
19 And Judah, seeing that the men of Gaash were getting too
heavy for them, gave a most piercing and tremendous shriek and
all the men of Gaash were terrified at the voice of Judah's cry,
and men fell from the wall at his powerful shriek, and all those
that were from without and within the city were greatly afraid
of their lives.
20 And the sons of Jacob still came nigh to break the doors of
the city, when the men of Gaash threw stones and arrows upon
them from the top of the wall, and made them flee from the gate.
21 And the sons of Jacob returned against the men of Gaash who
were with them from without the city, and they smote them
terribly, as striking against gourds, and they could not stand
against the sons of Jacob, for fright and terror had seized them
at the shriek of Judah.
22 And the sons of Jacob slew all those men who were without the
city, and the sons of Jacob still drew nigh to effect an
entrance into the city, and to fight under the city walls, but
they could not for all the inhabitants of Gaash who remained in
the city had surrounded the walls of Gaash in every direction,
so that the sons of Jacob were unable to approach the city to
fight with them.
23 And the sons of Jacob came nigh to one corner to fight under
the wall, the inhabitants of Gaash threw arrows and stones upon
them like showers of rain, and they fled from under the wall.
24 And the people of Gaash who were upon the wall, seeing that
the sons of Jacob could not prevail over them from under the
wall, reproached the sons of Jacob in these words, saying,
25 What is the matter with you in the battle that you cannot
prevail? can you then do unto the mighty city of Gaash and its
inhabitants as you did to the cities of the Amorites that were
not so powerful? Surely to those weak ones amongst us you did
those things, and slew them in the entrance of the city, for
they had no strength when they were terrified at the sound of
your shouting.
26 And will you now then be able to fight in this place? Surely
here you will all die, and we will avenge the cause of those
cities that you have laid waste.
27 And the inhabitants of Gaash greatly reproached the sons of
Jacob and reviled them with their gods, and continued to cast
arrows and stones upon them from the wall.
28 And Judah and his brothers heard the words of the inhabitants
of Gaash and their anger was greatly roused, and Judah was
jealous of his God in this matter, and he called out and said, O
Lord, help, send help to us and our brothers.
29 And he ran at a distance with all his might, with his drawn
sword in his hand, and he sprang from the earth and by dint of
his strength, mounted the wall, and his sword fell from his
hand.
30 And Judah shouted upon the wall, and all the men that were
upon the wall were terrified, and some of them fell from the
wall into the city and died, and those who were yet upon the
wall, when they saw Judah's strength, they were greatly afraid
and fled for their lives into the city for safety.
31 And some were emboldened to fight with Judah upon the wall,
and they came nigh to slay him when they saw there was no sword
in Judah's hand, and they thought of casting him from the wall
to his brothers, and twenty men of the city came up to assist
them, and they surrounded Judah and they all shouted over him,
and approached him with drawn swords, and they terrified Judah,
and Judah cried out to his brothers from the wall.
32 And Jacob and his sons drew the bow from under the wall, and
smote three of the men that were upon the top of the wall, and
Judah continued to cry and he exclaimed, O Lord help us, O Lord
deliver us, and he cried out with a loud voice upon the wall,
and the cry was heard at a great distance.
33 And after this cry he again repeated to shout, and all the
men who surrounded Judah on the top of the wall were terrified,
and they each threw his sword from his hand at the sound of
Judah's shouting and his tremor, and fled.
34 And Judah took the swords which had fallen from their hands,
and Judah fought with them and slew twenty of their men upon the
wall.
35 And about eighty men and women still ascended the wall from
the city and they all surrounded Judah, and the Lord impressed
the fear of Judah in their hearts, that they were unable to
approach him.
36 And Jacob and all who were with him drew the bow from under
the wall, and they slew ten men upon the wall, and they fell
below the wall, before Jacob and his sons.
37 And the people upon the wall seeing that twenty of their men
had fallen, they still ran toward Judah with drawn swords, but
they could not approach him for they were greatly terrified at
Judah's strength.
38 And one of their mighty men whose name was Arud approached to
strike Judah upon the head with his sword, when Judah hastily
put his shield to his head, and the sword hit the shield, and it
was split in two.
39 And this mighty man after he had struck Judah ran for his
life, at the fear of Judah, and his feet slipped upon the wall
and he fell amongst the sons of Jacob who were below the wall,
and the sons of Jacob smote him and slew him.
40 And Judah's head pained him from the blow of the powerful
man, and Judah had nearly died from it.
41 And Judah cried out upon the wall owing to the pain produced
by the blow, when Dan heard him, and his anger burned within
him, and he also rose up and went at a distance and ran and
sprang from the earth and mounted the wall with his
wrath-excited strength.
42 And when Dan came upon the wall near unto Judah all the men
upon the wall fled, who had stood against Judah, and they went
up to the second wall, and they threw arrows and stones upon Dan
and Judah from the second wall, and endeavored to drive them
from the wall.
43 And the arrows and stones struck Dan and Judah, and they had
nearly been killed upon the wall, and wherever Dan and Judah
fled from the wall, they were attacked with arrows and stones
from the second wall.
44 And Jacob and his sons were still at the entrance of the city
below the first wall, and they were not able to draw their bow
against the inhabitants of the city, as they could not be seen
by them, being upon the second wall.
45 And Dan and Judah when they could no longer bear the stones
and arrows that fell upon them from the second wall, they both
sprang upon the second wall near the people of the city, and
when the people of the city who were upon the second wall saw
that Dan and Judah had come to them upon the second wall, they
all cried out and descended below between the walls.
46 And Jacob and his sons heard the noise of the shouting from
the people of the city, and they were still at the entrance of
the city, and they were anxious about Dan and Judah who were not
seen by them, they being upon the second wall.
47 And Naphtali went up with his wrath-excited might and sprang
upon the first wall to see what caused the noise of shouting
which they had heard in the city, and Issachar and Zebulun drew
nigh to break the doors of the city, and they opened the gates
of the city and came into the city.
48 And Naphtali leaped from the first wall to the second, and
came to assist his brothers, and the inhabitants of Gaash who
were upon the wall, seeing that Naphtali was the third who had
come up to assist his brothers, they all fled and descended into
the city, and Jacob and all his sons and all their young men
came into the city to them.
49 And Judah and Dan and Naphtali descended from the wall into
the city and pursued the inhabitants of the city, and Simeon and
Levi were from without the city and knew not that the gate was
opened, and they went up from there to the wall and came down to
their brothers into the city.
50 And the inhabitants of the city had all descended into the
city, and the sons of Jacob came to them in different
directions, and the battle waged against them from the front and
the rear, and the sons of Jacob smote them terribly, and slew
about twenty thousand of them men and women, not one of them
could stand up against the sons of Jacob.
51 And the blood flowed plentifully in the city, and it was like
a brook of water, and the blood flowed like a brook to the outer
part of the city, and reached the desert of Bethchorin.
52 And the people of Bethchorin saw at a distance the blood
flowing from the city of Gaash, and about seventy men from
amongst them ran to see the blood, and they came to the place
where the blood was.
53 And they followed the track of the blood and came to the wall
of the city of Gaash, and they saw the blood issue from the
city, and they heard the voice of crying from the inhabitants of
Gaash, for it ascended unto heaven, and the blood was continuing
to flow abundantly like a brook of water.
54 And all the sons of Jacob were still smiting the inhabitants
of Gaash, and were engaged in slaying them till evening, about
twenty thousand men and women, and the people of Chorin said,
Surely this is the work of the Hebrews, for they are still
carrying on war in all the cities of the Amorites.
55 And those people hastened and ran to Bethchorin, and each
took his weapons of war, and they cried out to all the
inhabitants of Bethchorin, who also girt on their weapons of war
to go and fight with the sons of Jacob.
56 And when the sons of Jacob had done smiting the inhabitants
of Gaash, they walked about the city to strip all the slain, and
coming in the innermost part of the city and farther on they met
three very powerful men, and there was no sword in their hand.
57 And the sons of Jacob came up to the place where they were,
and the powerful men ran away, and one of them had taken
Zebulun, who he saw was a young lad and of short stature, and
with his might dashed him to the ground.
58 And Jacob ran to him with his sword and Jacob smote him below
his loins with the sword, and cut him in two, and the body fell
upon Zebulun.
59 And the second one approached and seized Jacob to fell him to
the ground, and Jacob turned to him and shouted to him, whilst
Simeon and Levi ran and smote him on the hips with the sword and
felled him to the ground.
60 And the powerful man rose up from the ground with
wrath-excited might, and Judah came to him before he had gained
his footing, and struck him upon the head with the sword, and
his head was split and he died.
61 And the third powerful man, seeing that his companions were
killed, ran from before the sons of Jacob, and the sons of Jacob
pursued him in the city; and whilst the powerful man was fleeing
he found one of the swords of the inhabitants of the city, and
he picked it up and turned to the sons of Jacob and fought them
with that sword.
62 And the powerful man ran to Judah to strike him upon the head
with the sword, and there was no shield in the hand of Judah;
and whilst he was aiming to strike him, Naphtali hastily took
his shield and put it to Judah's head, and the sword of the
powerful man hit the shield of Naphtali and Judah escaped the
sword.
63 And Simeon and Levi ran upon the powerful man with their
swords and struck at him forcibly with their swords, and the two
swords entered the body of the powerful man and divided it in
two, length-wise.
64 And the sons of Jacob smote the three mighty men at that
time, together with all the inhabitants of Gaash, and the day
was about to decline.
65 And the sons of Jacob walked about Gaash and took all the
spoil of the city, even the little ones and women they did not
suffer to live, and the sons of Jacob did unto Gaash as they had
done to Sarton and Shiloh.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 40
1 And the sons of Jacob led away all the spoil of Gaash, and
went out of the city by night.
2 They were going out marching toward the castle of Bethchorin,
and the inhabitants of Bethchorin were going to the castle to
meet them, and on that night the sons of Jacob fought with the
inhabitants of Bethchorin, in the castle of Bethchorin.
3 And all the inhabitants of Bethchorin were mighty men, one of
them would not flee from before a thousand men, and they fought
on that night upon the castle, and their shouts were heard on
that night from afar, and the earth quaked at their shouting.
4 And all the sons of Jacob were afraid of those men, as they
were not accustomed to fight in the dark, and they were greatly
confounded, and the sons of Jacob cried unto the Lord, saying,
Give help to us O Lord, deliver us that we may not die by the
hands of these uncircumcised men.
5 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of the sons of Jacob, and
the Lord caused great terror and confusion to seize the people
of Bethchorin, and they fought amongst themselves the one with
the other in the darkness of night, and smote each other in
great numbers.
6 And the sons of Jacob, knowing that the Lord had brought a
spirit of perverseness amongst those men, and that they fought
each man with his neighbor, went forth from among the bands of
the people of Bethchorin and went as far as the descent of the
castle of Bethchorin, and farther, and they tarried there
securely with their young men on that night.
7 And the people of Bethchorin fought the whole night, one man
with his brother, and the other with his neighbor, and they
cried out in every direction upon the castle, and their cry was
heard at a distance, and the whole earth shook at their voice,
for they were powerful above all the people of the earth.
8 And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites and all the kings of Canaan,
and also those who were on the other side of the Jordan, heard
the noise of the shouting on that night.
9 And they said, Surely these are the battles of the Hebrews who
are fighting against the seven cities, who came nigh unto them;
and who can stand against those Hebrews?
10 And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, and
all those who were on the other side of the Jordan, were greatly
afraid of the sons of Jacob, for they said, Behold the same will
be done to us as was done to those cities, for who can stand
against their mighty strength?
11 And the cries of the Chorinites were very great on that
night, and continued to increase; and they smote each other till
morning, and numbers of them were killed.
12 And the morning appeared, and all the sons of Jacob rose up
at daybreak and went up to the castle, and they smote those who
remained of the Chorinites in a terrible manner, and they were
all killed in the castle.
13 And the sixth day appeared, and all the inhabitants of Canaan
saw at a distance all the people of Bethchorin lying dead in the
castle of Bethchorin, and strewed about as the carcasses of
lambs and goats.
14 And the sons of Jacob led all the spoil which they had
captured from Gaash and went to Bethchorin, and they found the
city full of people like the sand of the sea, and they fought
with them, and the sons of Jacob smote them there till evening
time.
15 And the sons of Jacob did unto Bethchorin as they had done to
Gaash and Tapnach, and as they had done to Chazar, to Sarton and
to Shiloh.
16 And the sons of Jacob took with them the spoil of Bethchorin
and all the spoil of the cities, and on that day they went home
to Shechem.
17 And the sons of Jacob came home to the city of Shechem, and
they remained without the city, and they then rested there from
the war, and tarried there all night.
18 And all their servants together with all the spoil that they
had taken from the cities, they left without the city, and they
did not enter the city, for they said, Peradventure there may be
yet more fighting against us, and they may come to besiege us in
Shechem.
19 And Jacob and his sons and their servants remained on that
night and the next day in the portion of the field which Jacob
had purchased from Hamor for five shekels, and all that they had
captured was with them.
20 And all the booty which the sons of Jacob had captured, was
in the portion of the field, immense as the sand upon the sea
shore.
21 And the inhabitants of the land observed them from afar, and
all the inhabitants of the land were afraid of the sons of Jacob
who had done this thing, for no king from the days of old had
ever done the like.
22 And the seven kings of the Canaanites resolved to make peace
with the sons of Jacob, for they were greatly afraid of their
lives, on account of the sons of Jacob.
23 And on that day, being the seventh day, Japhia king of Hebron
sent secretly to the king of Ai, and to the king of Gibeon, and
to the king of Shalem, and to the king of Adulam, and to the
king of Lachish, and to the king of Chazar, and to all the
Canaanitish kings who were under their subjection, saying,
24 Go up with me, and come to me that we may go to the sons of
Jacob, and I will make peace with them, and form a treaty with
them, lest all your lands be destroyed by the swords of the sons
of Jacob, as they did to Shechem and the cities around it, as
you have heard and seen.
25 And when you come to me, do not come with many men, but let
every king bring his three head captains, and every captain
bring three of his officers.
26 And come all of you to Hebron, and we will go together to the
sons of Jacob, and supplicate them that they shall form a treaty
of peace with us.
27 And all those kings did as the king of Hebron had sent to
them, for they were all under his counsel and command, and all
the kings of Canaan assembled to go to the sons of Jacob, to
make peace with them; and the sons of Jacob returned and went to
the portion of the field that was in Shechem, for they did not
put confidence in the kings of the land.
28 And the sons of Jacob returned and remained in the portion of
the field ten days, and no one came to make war with them.
29 And when the sons of Jacob saw that there was no appearance
of war, they all assembled and went to the city of Shechem, and
the sons of Jacob remained in Shechem.
30 And at the expiration of forty days, all the kings of the
Amorites assembled from all their places and came to Hebron, to
Japhia, king of Hebron.
31 And the number of kings that came to Hebron, to make peace
with the sons of Jacob, was twenty-one kings, and the number of
captains that came with them was sixty-nine, and their men were
one hundred and eighty-nine, and all these kings and their men
rested by Mount Hebron.
32 And the king of Hebron went out with his three captains and
nine men, and these kings resolved to go to the sons of Jacob to
make peace.
33 And they said unto the king of Hebron, Go thou before us with
thy men, and speak for us unto the sons of Jacob, and we will
come after thee and confirm thy words, and the king of Hebron
did so.
34 And the sons of Jacob heard that all the kings of Canaan had
gathered together and rested in Hebron, and the sons of Jacob
sent four of their servants as spies, saying, Go and spy these
kings, and search and examine their men whether they are few or
many, and if they are but few in number, number them all and
come back.
35 And the servants of Jacob went secretly to these kings, and
did as the sons of Jacob had commanded them, and on that day
they came back to the sons of Jacob, and said unto them, We came
unto those kings, and they are but few in number, and we
numbered them all, and behold, they were two hundred and
eighty-eight, kings and men.
36 And the sons of Jacob said, They are but few in number,
therefore we will not all go out to them; and in the morning the
sons of Jacob rose up and chose sixty two of their men, and ten
of the sons of Jacob went with them; and they girt on their
weapons of war, for they said, They are coming to make war with
us, for they knew not that they were coming to make peace with
them.
37 And the sons of Jacob went with their servants to the gate of
Shechem, toward those kings, and their father Jacob was with
them.
38 And when they had come forth, behold, the king of Hebron and
his three captains and nine men with him were coming along the
road against the sons of Jacob, and the sons of Jacob lifted up
their eyes, and saw at a distance Japhia, king of Hebron, with
his captains, coming toward them, and the sons of Jacob took
their stand at the place of the gate of Shechem, and did not
proceed.
39 And the king of Hebron continued to advance, he and his
captains, until he came nigh to the sons of Jacob, and he and
his captains bowed down to them to the ground, and the king of
Hebron sat with his captains before Jacob and his sons.
40 And the sons of Jacob said unto him, What has befallen thee,
O king of Hebron? why hast thou come to us this day? what dost
thou require from us? and the king of Hebron said unto Jacob, I
beseech thee my lord, all the kings of the Canaanites have this
day come to make peace with you.
41 And the sons of Jacob heard the words of the king of Hebron,
and they would not consent to his proposals, for the sons of
Jacob had no faith in him, for they imagined that the king of
Hebron had spoken deceitfully to them.
42 And the king of Hebron knew from the words of the sons of
Jacob, that they did not believe his words, and the king of
Hebron approached nearer to Jacob, and said unto him, I beseech
thee, my lord, to be assured that all these kings have come to
you on peaceable terms, for they have not come with all their
men, neither did they bring their weapons of war with them, for
they have come to seek peace from my lord and his sons.
43 And the sons of Jacob answered the king of Hebron, saying,
Send thou to all these kings, and if thou speakest truth unto
us, let them each come singly before us, and if they come unto
us unarmed, we shall then know that they seek peace from us.
44 And Japhia, king of Hebron, sent one of his men to the kings,
and they all came before the sons of Jacob, and bowed down to
them to the ground, and these kings sat before Jacob and his
sons, and they spoke unto them, saying,
45 We have heard all that you did unto the kings of the Amorites
with your sword and exceedingly mighty arm, so that no man could
stand up before you, and we were afraid of you for the sake of
our lives, lest it should befall us as it did to them.
46 So we have come unto you to form a treaty of peace between
us, and now therefore contract with us a covenant of peace and
truth, that you will not meddle with us, inasmuch as we have not
meddled with you.
47 And the sons of Jacob knew that they had really come to seek
peace from them, and the sons of Jacob listened to them, and
formed a covenant with them.
48 And the sons of Jacob swore unto them that they would not
meddle with them, and all the kings of the Canaanites swore also
to them, and the sons of Jacob made them tributary from that day
forward.
49 And after this all the captains of these kings came with
their men before Jacob, with presents in their hands for Jacob
and his sons, and they bowed down to him to the ground.
50 And these kings then urged the sons of Jacob and begged of
them to return all the spoil they had captured from the seven
cities of the Amorites, and the sons of Jacob did so, and they
returned all that they had captured, the women, the little ones,
the cattle and all the spoil which they had taken, and they sent
them off, and they went away each to his city.
51 And all these kings again bowed down to the sons of Jacob,
and they sent or brought them many gifts in those days, and the
sons of Jacob sent off these kings and their men, and they went
peaceably away from them to their cities, and the sons of Jacob
also returned to their home, to Shechem.
52 And there was peace from that day forward between the sons of
Jacob and the kings of the Canaanites, until the children of
Israel came to inherit the land of Canaan.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 41
1 And at the revolution of the year the sons of Jacob journeyed
from Shechem, and they came to Hebron, to their father Isaac,
and they dwelt there, but their flocks and herds they fed daily
in Shechem, for there was there in those days good and fat
pasture, and Jacob and his sons and all their household dwelt in
the valley of Hebron.
2 And it was in those days, in that year, being the hundred and
sixth year of the life of Jacob, in the tenth year of Jacob's
coming from Padan-aram, that Leah the wife of Jacob died; she
was fifty-one years old when she died in Hebron.
3 And Jacob and his sons buried her in the cave of the field of
Machpelah, which is in Hebron, which Abraham had bought from the
children of Heth, for the possession of a burial place.
4 And the sons of Jacob dwelt with their father in the valley of
Hebron, and all the inhabitants of the land knew their strength
and their fame went throughout the land.
5 And Joseph the son of Jacob, and his brother Benjamin, the
sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob, were yet young in those days,
and did not go out with their brethren during their battles in
all the cities of the Amorites.
6 And when Joseph saw the strength of his brethren, and their
greatness, he praised them and extolled them, but he ranked
himself greater than them, and extolled himself above them; and
Jacob, his father, also loved him more than any of his sons, for
he was a son of his old age, and through his love toward him, he
made him a coat of many colors.
7 And when Joseph saw that his father loved him more than his
brethren, he continued to exalt himself above his brethren, and
he brought unto his father evil reports concerning them.
8 And the sons of Jacob seeing the whole of Joseph's conduct
toward them, and that their father loved him more than any of
them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him all
the days.
9 And Joseph was seventeen years old, and he was still
magnifying himself above his brethren, and thought of raising
himself above them.
10 At that time he dreamed a dream, and he came unto his
brothers and told them his dream, and he said unto them, I
dreamed a dream, and behold we were all binding sheaves in the
field, and my sheaf rose and placed itself upon the ground and
your sheaves surrounded it and bowed down to it.
11 And his brethren answered him and said unto him, What meaneth
this dream that thou didst dream? dost thou imagine in thy heart
to reign or rule over us?
12 And he still came, and told the thing to his father Jacob,
and Jacob kissed Joseph when he heard these words from his
mouth, and Jacob blessed Joseph.
13 And when the sons of Jacob saw that their father had blessed
Joseph and had kissed him, and that he loved him exceedingly,
they became jealous of him and hated him the more.
14 And after this Joseph dreamed another dream and related the
dream to his father in the presence of his brethren, and Joseph
said unto his father and brethren, Behold I have again dreamed a
dream, and behold the sun and the moon and the eleven stars
bowed down to me.
15 And his father heard the words of Joseph and his dream, and
seeing that his brethren hated Joseph on account of this matter,
Jacob therefore rebuked Joseph before his brethren on account of
this thing, saying, What meaneth this dream which thou hast
dreamed, and this magnifying thyself before thy brethren who are
older than thou art?
16 Dost thou imagine in thy heart that I and thy mother and thy
eleven brethren will come and bow down to thee, that thou
speakest these things?
17 And his brethren were jealous of him on account of his words
and dreams, and they continued to hate him, and Jacob reserved
the dreams in his heart.
18 And the sons of Jacob went one day to feed their father's
flock in Shechem, for they were still herdsmen in those days;
and whilst the sons of Jacob were that day feeding in Shechem
they delayed, and the time of gathering in the cattle was
passed, and they had not arrived.
19 And Jacob saw that his sons were delayed in Shechem, and
Jacob said within himself, Peradventure the people of Shechem
have risen up to fight against them, therefore they have delayed
coming this day.
20 And Jacob called Joseph his son and commanded him, saying,
Behold thy brethren are feeding in Shechem this day, and behold
they have not yet come back; go now therefore and see where they
are, and bring me word back concerning the welfare of thy
brethren and the welfare of the flock.
21 And Jacob sent his son Joseph to the valley of Hebron, and
Joseph came for his brothers to Shechem, and could not find
them, and Joseph went about the field which was near Shechem, to
see where his brothers had turned, and he missed his road in the
wilderness, and knew not which way he should go.
22 And an angel of the Lord found him wandering in the road
toward the field, and Joseph said unto the angel of the Lord, I
seek my brethren; hast thou not heard where they are feeding?
and the angel of the Lord said unto Joseph, I saw thy brethren
feeding here, and I heard them say they would go to feed in
Dothan.
23 And Joseph hearkened to the voice of the angel of the Lord,
and he went to his brethren in Dothan and he found them in
Dothan feeding the flock.
24 And Joseph advanced to his brethren, and before he had come
nigh unto them, they had resolved to slay him.
25 And Simeon said to his brethren, Behold the man of dreams is
coming unto us this day, and now therefore come and let us kill
him and cast him in one of the pits that are in the wilderness,
and when his father shall seek him from us, we will say an evil
beast has devoured him.
26 And Reuben heard the words of his brethren concerning Joseph,
and he said unto them, You should not do this thing, for how can
we look up to our father Jacob? Cast him into this pit to die
there, but stretch not forth a hand upon him to spill his blood;
and Reuben said this in order to deliver him from their hand, to
bring him back to his father.
27 And when Joseph came to his brethren he sat before them, and
they rose upon him and seized him and smote him to the earth,
and stripped the coat of many colors which he had on.
28 And they took him and cast him into a pit, and in the pit
there was no water, but serpents and scorpions. And Joseph was
afraid of the serpents and scorpions that were in the pit. And
Joseph cried out with a loud voice, and the Lord hid the
serpents and scorpions in the sides of the pit, and they did no
harm unto Joseph.
29 And Joseph called out from the pit to his brethren, and said
unto them, What have I done unto you, and in what have I sinned?
why do you not fear the Lord concerning me? am I not of your
bones and flesh, and is not Jacob your father, my father? why do
you do this thing unto me this day, and how will you be able to
look up to our father Jacob?
30 And he continued to cry out and call unto his brethren from
the pit, and he said, O Judah, Simeon, and Levi, my brethren,
lift me up from the place of darkness in which you have placed
me, and come this day to have compassion on me, ye children of
the Lord, and sons of Jacob my father. And if I have sinned unto
you, are you not the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? if they
saw an orphan they had compassion over him, or one that was
hungry, they gave him bread to eat, or one that was thirsty,
they gave him water to drink, or one that was naked, they
covered him with garments!
31 And how then will you withhold your pity from your brother,
for I am of your flesh and bones, and if I have sinned unto you,
surely you will do this on account of my father!
32 And Joseph spoke these words from the pit, and his brethren
could not listen to him, nor incline their ears to the words of
Joseph, and Joseph was crying and weeping in the pit.
33 And Joseph said, O that my father knew, this day, the act
which my brothers have done unto me, and the words which they
have this day spoken unto me.
34 And all his brethren heard his cries and weeping in the pit,
and his brethren went and removed themselves from the pit, so
that they might not hear the cries of Joseph and his weeping in
the pit.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 42
1 And they went and sat on the opposite side, about the distance
of a bow-shot, and they sat there to eat bread, and whilst they
were eating, they held counsel together what was to be done with
him, whether to slay him or to bring him back to his father.
2 They were holding the counsel, when they lifted up their eyes,
and saw, and behold there was a company of Ishmaelites coming at
a distance by the road of Gilead, going down to Egypt.
3 And Judah said unto them, What gain will it be to us if we
slay our brother? peradventure God will require him from us;
this then is the counsel proposed concerning him, which you
shall do unto him: Behold this company of Ishmaelites going down
to Egypt,
4 Now therefore, come let us dispose of him to them, and let not
our hand be upon him, and they will lead him along with them,
and he will be lost amongst the people of the land, and we will
not put him to death with our own hands. And the proposal
pleased his brethren and they did according to the word of
Judah.
5 And whilst they were discoursing about this matter, and before
the company of Ishmaelites had come up to them, seven trading
men of Midian passed by them, and as they passed they were
thirsty, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the pit in which
Joseph was immured, and they looked, and behold every species of
bird was upon him.
6 And these Midianites ran to the pit to drink water, for they
thought that it contained water, and on coming before the pit
they heard the voice of Joseph crying and weeping in the pit,
and they looked down into the pit, and they saw and behold there
was a youth of comely appearance and well favored.
7 And they called unto him and said, Who art thou and who
brought thee hither, and who placed thee in this pit, in the
wilderness? and they all assisted to raise up Joseph and they
drew him out, and brought him up from the pit, and took him and
went away on their journey and passed by his brethren.
8 And these said unto them, Why do you do this, to take our
servant from us and to go away? surely we placed this youth in
the pit because he rebelled against us, and you come and bring
him up and lead him away; now then give us back our servant.
9 And the Midianites answered and said unto the sons of Jacob,
Is this your servant, or does this man attend you? peradventure
you are all his servants, for he is more comely and well favored
than any of you, and why do you all speak falsely unto us?
10 Now therefore we will not listen to your words, nor attend to
you, for we found the youth in the pit in the wilderness, and we
took him; we will therefore go on.
11 And all the sons of Jacob approached them and rose up to them
and said unto them, Give us back our servant, and why will you
all die by the edge of the sword? And the Midianites cried out
against them, and they drew their swords, and approached to
fight with the sons of Jacob.
12 And behold Simeon rose up from his seat against them, and
sprang upon the ground and drew his sword and approached the
Midianites and he gave a terrible shout before them, so that his
shouting was heard at a distance, and the earth shook at
Simeon's shouting.
13 And the Midianites were terrified on account of Simeon and
the noise of his shouting, and they fell upon their faces, and
were excessively alarmed.
14 And Simeon said unto them, Verily I am Simeon, the son of
Jacob the Hebrew, who have, only with my brother, destroyed the
city of Shechem and the cities of the Amorites; so shall God
moreover do unto me, that if all your brethren the people of
Midian, and also the kings of Canaan, were to come with you,
they could not fight against me.
15 Now therefore give us back the youth whom you have taken,
lest I give your flesh to the birds of the skies and the beasts
of the earth.
16 And the Midianites were more afraid of Simeon, and they
approached the sons of Jacob with terror and fright, and with
pathetic words, saying,
17 Surely you have said that the young man is your servant, and
that he rebelled against you, and therefore you placed him in
the pit; what then will you do with a servant who rebels against
his master? Now therefore sell him unto us, and we will give you
all that you require for him; and the Lord was pleased to do
this in order that the sons of Jacob should not slay their
brother.
18 And the Midianites saw that Joseph was of a comely appearance
and well-favored; they desired him in their hearts and were
urgent to purchase him from his brethren.
19 And the sons of Jacob hearkened to the Midianites and they
sold their brother Joseph to them for twenty pieces of silver,
and Reuben their brother was not with them, and the Midianites
took Joseph and continued their journey to Gilead.
20 They were going along the road, and the Midianites repented
of what they had done, in having purchased the young man, and
one said to the other, What is this thing that we have done, in
taking this youth from the Hebrews, who is of comely appearance
and well favored.
21 Perhaps this youth is stolen from the land of the Hebrews,
and why then have we done this thing? and if he should be sought
for and found in our hands we shall die through him.
22 Now surely hardy and powerful men have sold him to us, the
strength of one of whom you saw this day; perhaps they stole him
from his land with their might and with their powerful arm, and
have therefore sold him to us for the small value which we gave
unto them.
23 And whilst they were thus discoursing together, they looked,
and behold the company of Ishmaelites which was coming at first,
and which the sons of Jacob saw, was advancing toward the
Midianites, and the Midianites said to each other, Come let us
sell this youth to the company of Ishmaelites who are coming
toward us, and we will take for him the little that we gave for
him, and we will be delivered from his evil.
24 And they did so, and they reached the Ishmaelites, and the
Midianites sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of
silver which they had given for him to his brethren.
25 And the Midianites went on their road to Gilead, and the
Ishmaelites took Joseph and they let him ride upon one of the
camels, and they were leading him to Egypt.
26 And Joseph heard that the Ishmaelites were proceeding to
Egypt, and Joseph lamented and wept at this thing that he was to
be so far removed from the land of Canaan, from his father, and
he wept bitterly whilst he was riding upon the camel, and one of
their men observed him, and made him go down from the camel and
walk on foot, and notwithstanding this Joseph continued to cry
and weep, and he said, O my father, my father.
27 And one of the Ishmaelites rose up and smote Joseph upon the
cheek, and still he continued to weep; and Joseph was fatigued
in the road, and was unable to proceed on account of the
bitterness of his soul, and they all smote him and afflicted him
in the road, and they terrified him in order that he might cease
from weeping.
28 And the Lord saw the ambition of Joseph and his trouble, and
the Lord brought down upon those men darkness and confusion, and
the hand of every one that smote him became withered.
29 And they said to each other, What is this thing that God has
done to us in the road? and they knew not that this befell them
on account of Joseph. And the men proceeded on the road, and
they passed along the road of Ephrath where Rachel was buried.
30 And Joseph reached his mother's grave, and Joseph hastened
and ran to his mother's grave, and fell upon the grave and wept.
31 And Joseph cried aloud upon his mother's grave, and he said,
O my mother, my mother, O thou who didst give me birth, awake
now, and rise and see thy son, how he has been sold for a slave,
and no one to pity him.
32 O rise and see thy son, weep with me on account of my
troubles, and see the heart of my brethren.
33 Arouse my mother, arouse, awake from thy sleep for me, and
direct thy battles against my brethren. O how have they stripped
me of my coat, and sold me already twice for a slave, and
separated me from my father, and there is no one to pity me.
34 Arouse and lay thy cause against them before God, and see
whom God will justify in the judgment, and whom he will condemn.
35 Rise, O my mother, rise, awake from thy sleep and see my
father how his soul is with me this day, and comfort him and
ease his heart.
36 And Joseph continued to speak these words, and Joseph cried
aloud and wept bitterly upon his mother's grave; and he ceased
speaking, and from bitterness of heart he became still as a
stone upon the grave.
37 And Joseph heard a voice speaking to him from beneath the
ground, which answered him with bitterness of heart, and with a
voice of weeping and praying in these words:
38 My son, my son Joseph, I have heard the voice of thy weeping
and the voice of thy lamentation; I have seen thy tears; I know
thy troubles, my son, and it grieves me for thy sake, and
abundant grief is added to my grief.
39 Now therefore my son, Joseph my son, hope to the Lord, and
wait for him and do not fear, for the Lord is with thee, he will
deliver thee from all trouble.
40 Rise my son, go down unto Egypt with thy masters, and do not
fear, for the Lord is with thee, my son. And she continued to
speak like unto these words unto Joseph, and she was still.
41 And Joseph heard this, and he wondered greatly at this, and
he continued to weep; and after this one of the Ishmaelites
observed him crying and weeping upon the grave, and his anger
was kindled against him, and he drove him from there, and he
smote him and cursed him.
42 And Joseph said unto the men, May I find grace in your sight
to take me back to my father's house, and he will give you
abundance of riches.
43 And they answered him, saying, Art thou not a slave, and
where is thy father? and if thou hadst a father thou wouldst not
already twice have been sold for a slave for so little value;
and their anger was still roused against him, and they continued
to smite him and to chastise him, and Joseph wept bitterly.
44 And the Lord saw Joseph's affliction, and Lord again smote
these men, and chastised them, and the Lord caused darkness to
envelope them upon the earth, and the lightning flashed and the
thunder roared, and the earth shook at the voice of the thunder
and of the mighty wind, and the men were terrified and knew not
where they should go.
45 And the beasts and camels stood still, and they led them, but
they would not go, they smote them, and they crouched upon the
ground; and the men said to each other, What is this that God
has done to us? what are our transgressions, and what are our
sins that this thing has thus befallen us?
46 And one of them answered and said unto them, Perhaps on
account of the sin of afflicting this slave has this thing
happened this day to us; now therefore implore him strongly to
forgive us, and then we shall know on whose account this evil
befalleth us, and if God shall have compassion over us, then we
shall know that all this cometh to us on account of the sin of
afflicting this slave.
47 And the men did so, and they supplicated Joseph and pressed
him to forgive them; and they said, We have sinned to the Lord
and to thee, now therefore vouchsafe to request of thy God that
he shall put away this death from amongst us, for we have sinned
to him.
48 And Joseph did according to their words, and the Lord
hearkened to Joseph, and the Lord put away the plague which he
had inflicted upon those men on account of Joseph, and the
beasts rose up from the ground and they conducted them, and they
went on, and the raging storm abated and the earth became
tranquilized, and the men proceeded on their journey to go down
to Egypt, and the men knew that this evil had befallen them on
account of Joseph.
49 And they said to each other, Behold we know that it was on
account of his affliction that this evil befell us; now
therefore why shall we bring this death upon our souls? Let us
hold counsel what to do to this slave.
50 And one answered and said, Surely he told us to bring him
back to his father; now therefore come, let us take him back and
we will go to the place that he will tell us, and take from his
family the price that we gave for him and we will then go away.
51 And one answered again and said, Behold this counsel is very
good, but we cannot do so for the way is very far from us, and
we cannot go out of our road.
52 And one more answered and said unto them, This is the counsel
to be adopted, we will not swerve from it; behold we are this
day going to Egypt, and when we shall have come to Egypt, we
will sell him there at a high price, and we will be delivered
from his evil.
53 And this thing pleased the men and they did so, and they
continued their journey to Egypt with Joseph.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 43
1 And when the sons of Jacob had sold their brother Joseph to
the Midianites, their hearts were smitten on account of him, and
they repented of their acts, and they sought for him to bring
him back, but could not find him.
2 And Reuben returned to the pit in which Joseph had been put,
in order to lift him out, and restore him to his father, and
Reuben stood by the pit, and he heard not a word, and he called
out Joseph! Joseph! and no one answered or uttered a word.
3 And Reuben said, Joseph has died through fright, or some
serpent has caused his death; and Reuben descended into the pit,
and he searched for Joseph and could not find him in the pit,
and he came out again.
4 And Reuben tore his garments and he said, The child is not
there, and how shall I reconcile my father about him if he be
dead? and he went to his brethren and found them grieving on
account of Joseph, and counseling together how to reconcile
their father about him, and Reuben said unto his brethren, I
came to the pit and behold Joseph was not there, what then shall
we say unto our father, for my father will only seek the lad
from me.
5 And his brethren answered him saying, Thus and thus we did,
and our hearts afterward smote us on account of this act, and we
now sit to seek a pretext how we shall reconcile our father to
it.
6 And Reuben said unto them, What is this you have done to bring
down the grey hairs of our father in sorrow to the grave? the
thing is not good, that you have done.
7 And Reuben sat with them, and they all rose up and swore to
each other not to tell this thing unto Jacob, and they all said,
The man who will tell this to our father or his household, or
who will report this to any of the children of the land, we will
all rise up against him and slay him with the sword.
8 And the sons of Jacob feared each other in this matter, from
the youngest to the oldest, and no one spoke a word, and they
concealed the thing in their hearts.
9 And they afterward sat down to determine and invent something
to say unto their father Jacob concerning all these things.
10 And Issachar said unto them, Here is an advice for you if it
seem good in your eyes to do this thing, take the coat which
belongeth to Joseph and tear it, and kill a kid of the goats and
dip it in its blood.
11 And send it to our father and when he seeth it he will say an
evil beast has devoured him, therefore tear ye his coat and
behold his blood will be upon his coat, and by your doing this
we shall be free of our father's murmurings.
12 And Issachar's advice pleased them, and they hearkened unto
him and they did according to the word of Issachar which he had
counselled them.
13 And they hastened and took Joseph's coat and tore it, and
they killed a kid of the goats and dipped the coat in the blood
of the kid, and then trampled it in the dust, and they sent the
coat to their father Jacob by the hand of Naphtali, and they
commanded him to say these words:
14 We had gathered in the cattle and had come as far as the road
to Shechem and farther, when we found this coat upon the road in
the wilderness dipped in blood and in dust; now therefore know
whether it be thy son's coat or not.
15 And Naphtali went and he came unto his father and he gave him
the coat, and he spoke unto him all the words which his brethren
had commanded him.
16 And Jacob saw Joseph's coat and he knew it and he fell upon
his face to the ground, and became as still as a stone, and he
afterward rose up and cried out with a loud and weeping voice
and he said, It is the coat of my son Joseph!
17 And Jacob hastened and sent one of his servants to his sons,
who went to them and found them coming along the road with the
flock.
18 And the sons of Jacob came to their father about evening, and
behold their garments were torn and dust was upon their heads,
and they found their father crying out and weeping with a loud
voice.
19 And Jacob said unto his sons, Tell me truly what evil have
you this day suddenly brought upon me? and they answered their
father Jacob, saying, We were coming along this day after the
flock had been gathered in, and we came as far as the city of
Shechem by the road in the wilderness, and we found this coat
filled with blood upon the ground, and we knew it and we sent
unto thee if thou couldst know it.
20 And Jacob heard the words of his sons and he cried out with a
loud voice, and he said, It is the coat of my son, an evil beast
has devoured him; Joseph is rent in pieces, for I sent him this
day to see whether it was well with you and well with the flocks
and to bring me word again from you, and he went as I commanded
him, and this has happened to him this day whilst I thought my
son was with you.
21 And the sons of Jacob answered and said, He did not come to
us, neither have we seen him from the time of our going out from
thee until now.
22 And when Jacob heard their words he again cried out aloud,
and he rose up and tore his garments, and he put sackcloth upon
his loins, and he wept bitterly and he mourned and lifted up his
voice in weeping and exclaimed and said these words,
23 Joseph my son, O my son Joseph, I sent thee this day after
the welfare of thy brethren, and behold thou hast been torn in
pieces; through my hand has this happened to my son.
24 It grieves me for thee Joseph my son, it grieves me for thee;
how sweet wast thou to me during life, and now how exceedingly
bitter is thy death to me.
25 0 that I had died in thy stead Joseph my son, for it grieves
me sadly for thee my son, O my son, my son. Joseph my son, where
art thou, and where hast thou been drawn? arouse, arouse from
thy place, and come and see my grief for thee, O my son Joseph.
26 Come now and number the tears gushing from my eyes down my
cheeks, and bring them up before the Lord, that his anger may
turn from me.
27 0 Joseph my son, how didst thou fall, by the hand of one by
whom no one had fallen from the beginning of the world unto this
day; for thou hast been put to death by the smiting of an enemy,
inflicted with cruelty, but surely I know that this has happened
to thee, on account of the multitude of my sins.
28 Arouse now and see how bitter is my trouble for thee my son,
although I did not rear thee, nor fashion thee, nor give thee
breath and soul, but it was God who formed thee and built thy
bones and covered them with flesh, and breathed in thy nostrils
the breath of life, and then he gave thee unto me.
29 Now truly God who gave thee unto me, he has taken thee from
me, and such then has befallen thee
30 And Jacob continued to speak like unto these words concerning
Joseph, and he wept bitterly; he fell to the ground and became
still.
31 And all the sons of Jacob seeing their father's trouble, they
repented of what they had done, and they also wept bitterly.
32 And Judah rose up and lifted his father's head from the
ground, and placed it upon his lap, and he wiped his father's
tears from his cheeks, and Judah wept an exceeding great
weeping, whilst his father's head was reclining upon his lap,
still as a stone.
33 And the sons of Jacob saw their father's trouble, and they
lifted up their voices and continued to weep, and Jacob was yet
lying upon the ground still as a stone.
34 And all his sons and his servants and his servant's children
rose up and stood round him to comfort him, and he refused to be
comforted.
35 And the whole household of Jacob rose up and mourned a great
mourning on account of Joseph and their father's trouble, and
the intelligence reached Isaac, the son of Abraham, the father
of Jacob, and he wept bitterly on account of Joseph, he and all
his household, and he went from the place where he dwelt in
Hebron, and his men with him, and he comforted Jacob his son,
and he refused to be comforted.
36 And after this, Jacob rose up from the ground, and his tears
were running down his cheeks, and he said unto his sons, Rise up
and take your swords and your bows, and go forth into the field,
and seek whether you can find my son's body and bring it unto me
that I may bury it.
37 Seek also, I pray you, among the beasts and hunt them, and
that which shall come the first before you seize and bring it
unto me, perhaps the Lord will this day pity my affliction, and
prepare before you that which did tear my son in pieces, and
bring it unto me, and I will avenge the cause of my son.
38 And his sons did as their father had commanded them, and they
rose up early in the morning, and each took his sword and his
bow in his hand, and they went forth into the field to hunt the
beasts.
39 And Jacob was still crying aloud and weeping and walking to
and fro in the house, and smiting his hands together, saying,
Joseph my son, Joseph my son.
40 And the sons of Jacob went into the wilderness to seize the
beasts, and behold a wolf came toward them, and they seized him,
and brought him unto their father, and they said unto him, This
is the first we have found, and we have brought him unto thee as
thou didst command us, and thy son's body we could not find.
41 And Jacob took the beast from the hands of his sons, and he
cried out with a loud and weeping voice, holding the beast in
his hand, and he spoke with a bitter heart unto the beast, Why
didst thou devour my son Joseph, and how didst thou have no fear
of the God of the earth, or of my trouble for my son Joseph?
42 And thou didst devour my son for naught, because he committed
no violence, and didst thereby render me culpable on his
account, therefore God will require him that is persecuted.
43 And the Lord opened the mouth of the beast in order to
comfort Jacob with its words, and it answered Jacob and spoke
these words unto him,
44 As God liveth who created us in the earth, and as thy soul
liveth, my lord, I did not see thy son, neither did I tear him
to pieces, but from a distant land I also came to seek my son
who went from me this day, and I know not whether he be living
or dead.
45 And I came this day into the field to seek my son, and your
sons found me, and seized me and increased my grief, and have
this day brought me before thee, and I have now spoken all my
words to thee.
46 And now therefore, O son of man, I am in thy hands, and do
unto me this day as it may seem good in thy sight, but by the
life of God who created me, I did not see thy son, nor did I
tear him to pieces, neither has the flesh of man entered my
mouth all the days of my life.
47 And when Jacob heard the words of the beast he was greatly
astonished, and sent forth the beast from his hand, and she went
her way.
48 And Jacob was still crying aloud and weeping for Joseph day
after day, and he mourned for his son many days.
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By: patrick jane Date: August 13, 2020, 9:46 am
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 44
1 And the sons of Ishmael who had bought Joseph from the
Midianites, who had bought him from his brethren, went to Egypt
with Joseph, and they came upon the borders of Egypt, and when
they came near unto Egypt, they met four men of the sons of
Medan the son of Abraham, who had gone forth from the land of
Egypt on their journey.
2 And the Ishmaelites said unto them, Do you desire to purchase
this slave from us? and they said, Deliver him over to us, and
they delivered Joseph over to them, and they beheld him, that he
was a very comely youth and they purchased him for twenty
shekels.
3 And the Ishmaelites continued their journey to Egypt and the
Medanim also returned that day to Egypt, and the Medanim said to
each other, Behold we have heard that Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, seeketh a good servant who shall
stand before him to attend him, and to make him overseer over
his house and all belonging to him.
4 Now therefore come let us sell him to him for what we may
desire, if he be able to give unto us that which we shall
require for him.
5 And these Medanim went and came to the house of Potiphar, and
said unto him, We have heard that thou seekest a good servant to
attend thee, behold we have a servant that will please thee, if
thou canst give unto us that which we may desire, and we will
sell him unto thee.
6 And Potiphar said, Bring him before me, and I will see him,
and if he please me I will give unto you that which you may
require for him.
7 And the Medanim went and brought Joseph and placed him before
Potiphar, and he saw him, and he pleased him exceedingly, and
Potiphar said unto them, Tell me what you require for this
youth?
8 And they said, Four hundred pieces of silver we desire for
him, and Potiphar said, I will give it you if you bring me the
record of his sale to you, and will tell me his history, for
perhaps he may be stolen, for this youth is neither a slave, nor
the son of a slave, but I observe in him the appearance of a
goodly and handsome person.
9 And the Medanim went and brought unto him the Ishmaelites who
had sold him to them, and they told him, saying, He is a slave
and we sold him to them.
10 And Potiphar heard the words of the Ishmaelites in his giving
the silver unto the Medanim, and the Medanim took the silver and
went on their journey, and the Ishmaelites also returned home.
11 And Potiphar took Joseph and brought him to his house that he
might serve him, and Joseph found favor in the sight of
Potiphar, and he placed confidence in him, and made him overseer
over his house, and all that belonged to him he delivered over
into his hand.
12 And the Lord was with Joseph and he became a prosperous man,
and the Lord blessed the house of Potiphar for the sake of
Joseph.
13 And Potiphar left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and
Joseph was one that caused things to come in and go out, and
everything was regulated by his wish in the house of Potiphar.
14 And Joseph was eighteen years old, a youth with beautiful
eyes and of comely appearance, and like unto him was not in the
whole land of Egypt.
15 At that time whilst he was in his master's house, going in
and out of the house and attending his master, Zelicah, his
master's wife, lifted up her eyes toward Joseph and she looked
at him, and behold he was a youth comely and well favored.
16 And she coveted his beauty in her heart, and her soul was
fixed upon Joseph, and she enticed him day after day, and
Zelicah persuaded Joseph daily, but Joseph did not lift up his
eyes to behold his master's wife.
17 And Zelicah said unto him, How goodly are thy appearance and
form, truly I have looked at all the slaves, and have not seen
so beautiful a slave as thou art; and Joseph said unto her,
Surely he who created me in my mother's womb created all
mankind.
18 And she said unto him, How beautiful are thine eyes, with
which thou hast dazzled all the inhabitants of Egypt, men and
women; and he said unto her, How beautiful they are whilst we
are alive, but shouldst thou behold them in the grave, surely
thou wouldst move away from them.
19 And she said unto him, How beautiful and pleasing are all thy
words; take now, I pray thee, the harp which is in the house,
and play with thy hands and let us hear thy words.
20 And he said unto her, How beautiful and pleasing are my words
when I speak the praise of my God and his glory; and she said
unto him, How very beautiful is the hair of thy head, behold the
golden comb which is in the house, take it I pray thee, and curl
the hair of thy head.
21 And he said unto her, How long wilt thou speak these words?
cease to utter these words to me, and rise and attend to thy
domestic affairs.
22 And she said unto him, There is no one in my house, and there
is nothing to attend to but to thy words and to thy wish; yet
notwithstanding all this, she could not bring Joseph unto her,
neither did he place his eye upon her, but directed his eyes
below to the ground.
23 And Zelicah desired Joseph in her heart, that he should lie
with her, and at the time that Joseph was sitting in the house
doing his work, Zelicah came and sat before him, and she enticed
him daily with her discourse to lie with her, or ever to look at
her, but Joseph would not hearken to her.
24 And she said unto him, If thou wilt not do according to my
words, I will chastise thee with the punishment of death, and
put an iron yoke upon thee.
25 And Joseph said unto her, Surely God who created man looseth
the fetters of prisoners, and it is he who will deliver me from
thy prison and from thy judgment.
26 And when she could not prevail over him, to persuade him, and
her soul being still fixed upon him, her desire threw her into a
grievous sickness.
27 And all the women of Egypt came to visit her, and they said
unto her, Why art thou in this declining state? thou that
lackest nothing; surely thy husband is a great and esteemed
prince in the sight of the king, shouldst thou lack anything of
what thy heart desireth?
28 And Zelicah answered them, saying, This day it shall be made
known to you, whence this disorder springs in which you see me,
and she commanded her maid servants to prepare food for all the
women, and she made a banquet for them, and all the women ate in
the house of Zelicah.
29 And she gave them knives to peel the citrons to eat them, and
she commanded that they should dress Joseph in costly garments,
and that he should appear before them, and Joseph came before
their eyes and all the women looked on Joseph, and could not
take their eyes from off him, and they all cut their hands with
the knives that they had in their hands, and all the citrons
that were in their hands were filled with blood.
30 And they knew not what they had done but they continued to
look at the beauty of Joseph, and did not turn their eyelids
from him.
31 And Zelicah saw what they had done, and she said unto them,
What is this work that you have done? behold I gave you citrons
to eat and you have all cut your hands.
32 And all the women saw their hands, and behold they were full
of blood, and their blood flowed down upon their garments, and
they said unto her, this slave in your house has overcome us,
and we could not turn our eyelids from him on account of his
beauty.
33 And she said unto them, Surely this happened to you in the
moment that you looked at him, and you could not contain
yourselves from him; how then can I refrain when he is
constantly in my house, and I see him day after day going in and
out of my house? how then can I keep from declining or even from
perishing on account of this?
34 And they said unto her, the words are true, for who can see
this beautiful form in the house and refrain from him, and is he
not thy slave and attendant in thy house, and why dost thou not
tell him that which is in thy heart, and sufferest thy soul to
perish through this matter?
35 And she said unto them, I am daily endeavoring to persuade
him, and he will not consent to my wishes, and I promised him
everything that is good, and yet I could meet with no return
from him; I am therefore in a declining state as you see.
36 And Zelicah became very ill on account of her desire toward
Joseph, and she was desperately lovesick on account of him, and
all the people of the house of Zelicah and her husband knew
nothing of this matter, that Zelicah was ill on account of her
love to Joseph.
37 And all the people of her house asked her, saying, Why art
thou ill and declining, and lackest nothing? and she said unto
them, I know not this thing which is daily increasing upon me.
38 And all the women and her friends came daily to see her, and
they spoke with her, and she said unto them, This can only be
through the love of Joseph; and they said unto her, Entice him
and seize him secretly, perhaps he may hearken to thee, and put
off this death from thee.
39 And Zelicah became worse from her love to Joseph, and she
continued to decline, till she had scarce strength to stand.
40 And on a certain day Joseph was doing his master's work in
the house, and Zelicah came secretly and fell suddenly upon him,
and Joseph rose up against her, and he was more powerful than
she, and he brought her down to the ground.
41 And Zelicah wept on account of the desire of her heart toward
him, and she supplicated him with weeping, and her tears flowed
down her cheeks, and she spoke unto him in a voice of
supplication and in bitterness of soul, saying,
42 Hast thou ever heard, seen or known of so beautiful a woman
as I am, or better than myself, who speak daily unto thee, fall
into a decline through love for thee, confer all this honor upon
thee, and still thou wilt not hearken to my voice?
43 And if it be through fear of thy master lest he punish thee,
as the king liveth no harm shall come to thee from thy master
through this thing; now, therefore pray listen to me, and
consent for the sake of the honor which I have conferred upon
thee, and put off this death from me, and why should I die for
thy sake? and she ceased to speak.
44 And Joseph answered her, saying, Refrain from me, and leave
this matter to my master; behold my master knoweth not what
there is with me in the house, for all that belongeth to him he
has delivered into my hand, and how shall I do these things in
my master's house?
45 For he hath also greatly honored me in his house, and he hath
also made me overseer over his house, and he hath exalted me,
and there is no one greater in this house than I am, and my
master hath refrained nothing from me, excepting thee who art
his wife, how then canst thou speak these words unto me, and how
can I do this great evil and sin to God and to thy husband?
46 Now therefore refrain from me, and speak no more such words
as these, for I will not hearken to thy words. But Zelicah would
not hearken to Joseph when he spoke these words unto her, but
she daily enticed him to listen to her.
47 And it was after this that the brook of Egypt was filled
above all its sides, and all the inhabitants of Egypt went
forth, and also the king and princes went forth with timbrels
and dances, for it was a great rejoicing in Egypt, and a holiday
at the time of the inundation of the sea Sihor, and they went
there to rejoice all the day.
48 And when the Egyptians went out to the river to rejoice, as
was their custom, all the people of the house of Potiphar went
with them, but Zelicah would not go with them, for she said, I
am indisposed, and she remained alone in the house, and no other
person was with her in the house.
49 And she rose up and ascended to her temple in the house, and
dressed herself in princely garments, and she placed upon her
head precious stones of onyx stones, inlaid with silver and
gold, and she beautified her face and skin with all sorts of
women's purifying liquids, and she perfumed the temple and the
house with cassia and frankincense, and she spread myrrh and
aloes, and she afterward sat in the entrance of the temple, in
the passage of the house, through which Joseph passed to do his
work, and behold Joseph came from the field, and entered the
house to do his master's work.
50 And he came to the place through which he had to pass, and he
saw all the work of Zelicah, and he turned back.
51 And Zelicah saw Joseph turning back from her, and she called
out to him, saying What aileth thee Joseph? come to thy work,
and behold I will make room for thee until thou shalt have
passed to thy seat.
52 And Joseph returned and came to the house, and passed from
thence to the place of his seat, and he sat down to do his
master's work as usual and behold Zelicah came to him and stood
before him in princely garments, and the scent from her clothes
was spread to a distance.
53 And she hastened and caught hold of Joseph and his garments,
and she said unto him, As the king liveth if thou wilt not
perform my request thou shalt die this day, and she hastened and
stretched forth her other hand and drew a sword from beneath her
garments, and she placed it upon Joseph's neck, and she said,
Rise and perform my request, and if not thou diest this day.
54 And Joseph was afraid of her at her doing this thing, and he
rose up to flee from her, and she seized the front of his
garments, and in the terror of his flight the garment which
Zelicah seized was torn, and Joseph left the garment in the hand
of Zelicah, and he fled and got out, for he was in fear.
55 And when Zelicah saw that Joseph's garment was torn, and that
he had left it in her hand, and had fled, she was afraid of her
life, lest the report should spread concerning her, and she rose
up and acted with cunning, and put off the garments in which she
was dressed, and she put on her other garments.
56 And she took Joseph's garment, and she laid it beside her,
and she went and seated herself in the place where she had sat
in her illness, before the people of her house had gone out to
the river, and she called a young lad who was then in the house,
and she ordered him to call the people of the house to her.
57 And when she saw them she said unto them with a loud voice
and lamentation, See what a Hebrew your master has brought to me
in the house, for he came this day to lie with me.
58 For when you had gone out he came to the house, and seeing
that there was no person in the house, he came unto me, and
caught hold of me, with intent to lie with me.
59 And I seized his garments and tore them and called out
against him with a loud voice, and when I had lifted up my voice
he was afraid of his life and left his garment before me, and
fled.
60 And the people of her house spoke nothing, but their wrath
was very much kindled against Joseph, and they went to his
master and told him the words of his wile.
61 And Potiphar came home enraged, and his wife cried out to
him, saying, What is this thing that thou hast done unto me in
bringing a He. brew servant into my house, for he came unto me
this day to sport with me; thus did he do unto me this day.
62 And Potiphar heard the words of his wife, and he ordered
Joseph to be punished with severe stripes, and they did so to
him.
63 And whilst they were smiting him, Joseph called out with a
loud voice, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and he said, O
Lord God, thou knowest that I am innocent of all these things,
and why shall I die this day through falsehood, by the hand of
these uncircumcised wicked men, whom thou knowest?
64 And whilst Potiphar's men were beating Joseph, he continued
to cry out and weep, and there was a child there eleven months
old, and the Lord opened the mouth of the child, and he spake
these words before Potiphar's men, who were smiting Joseph,
saying,
65 What do you want of this man, and why do you do this evil
unto him? my mother speaketh falsely and uttereth lies; thus was
the transaction.
66 And the child told them accurately all that happened, and all
the words of Zelicah to Joseph day after day did he declare unto
them.
67 And all the men heard the words of the child and they
wondered greatly at the child's words, and the child ceased to
speak and became still.
68 And Potiphar was very much ashamed at the words of his son,
and he commanded his men not to beat Joseph any more, and the
men ceased beating Joseph.
69 And Potiphar took Joseph and ordered him to be brought to
justice before the priests, who were judges belonging to the
king, in order to judge him concerning this affair.
70 And Potiphar and Joseph came before the priests who were the
king's judges, and he said unto them, Decide I pray you, what
judgment is due to a servant, for thus has he done.
71 And the priests said unto Joseph, Why didst thou do this
thing to thy master? and Joseph answered them, saying, Not so my
lords, thus was the matter; and Potiphar said unto Joseph,
Surely I entrusted in thy hands all that belonged to me, and I
withheld nothing from thee but my wife, and how couldst thou do
this evil?
72 And Joseph answered saying, Not so my lord, as the Lord
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, my lord, the word which thou
didst hear from thy wife is untrue, for thus was the affair this
day.
73 A year has elapsed to me since I have been in thy house; hast
thou seen any iniquity in me, or any thing which might cause
thee to demand my life?
74 And the priests said unto Potiphar, Send, we pray thee, and
let them bring before us Joseph's torn garment, and let us see
the tear in it, and if it shall be that the tear is in front of
the garment, then his face must have been opposite to her and
she must have caught hold of him, to come to her, and with
deceit did thy wife do all that she has spoken.
75 And they brought Joseph's garment before the priests who were
judges, and they saw and behold the tear was in front of Joseph,
and all the judging priests knew that she had pressed him, and
they said, The judgment of death is not due to this slave for he
has done nothing, but his judgment is, that he be placed in the
prison house on account of the report, which through him has
gone forth against thy wife.
76 And Potiphar heard their words, and he placed him in the
prison house, the place where the king's prisoners are confined,
and Joseph was in the house of confinement twelve years.
77 And notwithstanding this, his master's wife did not turn from
him, and she did not cease from speaking to him day after day to
hearken to her, and at the end of three months Zelicah continued
going to Joseph to the house of confinement day by day, and she
enticed him to hearken to her, and Zelicah said unto Joseph, How
long wilt thou remain in this house? but hearken now to my
voice, and I will bring thee out of this house.
78 And Joseph answered her, saying, It is better for me to
remain in this house than to hearken to thy words, to sin
against God; and she said unto him, If thou wilt not perform my
wish, I will pluck out thine eyes, add fetters to thy feet, and
will deliver thee into the hands of them whom thou didst not
know before.
79 And Joseph answered her and said, Behold the God of the whole
earth is able to deliver me from all that thou canst do unto me,
for he openeth the eyes of the blind, and looseth those that are
bound, and preserveth all strangers who are unacquainted with
the land.
80 And when Zelicah was unable to persuade Joseph to hearken to
her, she left off going to entice him; and Joseph was still
confined in the house of confinement. And Jacob the father of
Joseph, and all his brethren who were in the land of Canaan
still mourned and wept in those days on account of Joseph, for
Jacob refused to be comforted for his son Joseph, and Jacob
cried aloud, and wept and mourned all those days.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 45
1 And it was at that time in that year, which is the year of
Joseph's going down to Egypt after his brothers had sold him,
that Reuben the son of Jacob went to Timnah and took unto him
for a wife Eliuram, the daughter of Avi the Canaanite, and he
came to her.
2 And Eliuram the wife of Reuben conceived and bare him Hanoch,
Palu, Chetzron and Carmi, four sons; and Simeon his brother took
his sister Dinah for a wife, and she bare unto him Memuel,
Yamin, Ohad, Jachin and Zochar, five sons.
3 And he afterward came to Bunah the Canaanitish woman, the same
is Bunah whom Simeon took captive from the city of Shechem, and
Bunah was before Dinah and attended upon her, and Simeon came to
her, and she bare unto him Saul.
4 And Judah went at that time to Adulam, and he came to a man of
Adulam, and his name was Hirah, and Judah saw there the daughter
of a man from Canaan, and her name was Aliyath, the daughter of
Shua, and he took her, and came to her, and Aliyath bare unto
Judah, Er, Onan and Shiloh; three sons.
5 And Levi and Issachar went to the land of the east, and they
took unto themselves for wives the daughters of Jobab the son of
Yoktan, the son of Eber; and Jobab the son of Yoktan had two
daughters; the name of the elder was Adinah, and the name of the
younger was Aridah.
6 And Levi took Adinah, and Issachar took Aridah, and they came
to the land of Canaan, to their father's house, and Adinah bare
unto Levi, Gershon, Kehath and Merari; three sons.
7 And Aridah bare unto Issachar Tola, Puvah, Job and Shomron,
four sons; and Dan went to the land of Moab and took for a wife
Aphlaleth, the daughter of Chamudan the Moabite, and he brought
her to the land of Canaan.
8 And Aphlaleth was barren, she had no offspring, and God
afterward remembered Aphlaleth the wife of Dan, and she
conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Chushim.
9 And Gad and Naphtali went to Haran and took from thence the
daughters of Amuram the son of Uz, the son of Nahor, for wives.
10 And these are the names of the daughters of Amuram; the name
of the elder was Merimah, and the name of the younger Uzith; and
Naphtali took Merimah, and Gad took Uzith; and brought them to
the land of Canaan, to their father's house.
11 And Merimah bare unto Naphtali Yachzeel, Guni, Jazer and
Shalem, four sons; and Uzith bare unto Gad Zephion, Chagi,
Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Arali, seven sons.
12 And Asher went forth and took Adon the daughter of Aphlal,
the son of Hadad, the son of Ishmael, for a wife, and he brought
her to the land of Canaan.
13 And Adon the wife of Asher died in those days: she had no
offspring; and it was after the death of Adon that Asher went to
the other side of the river and took for a wife Hadurah the
daughter of Abimael, the son of Eber, the son of Shem.
14 And the young woman was of a comely appearance, and a woman
of sense, and she had been the wife of Malkiel the son of Elam,
the son of Shem.
15 And Hadurah bare a daughter unto Malkiel, and he called her
name Serach, and Malkiel died after this, and Hadurah went and
remained in her father's house.
16 And after the death of the wife at Asher he went and took
Hadurah for a wife, and brought her to the land of Canaan, and
Serach her daughter he also brought with them, and she was three
years old, and the damsel was brought up in Jacob's house.
17 And the damsel was of a comely appearance, and she went in
the sanctified ways of the children of Jacob; she lacked
nothing, and the Lord gave her wisdom and understanding.
18 And Hadurah the wife of Asher conceived and bare unto him
Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi and Beriah; four sons.
19 And Zebulun went to Midian, and took for a wife Merishah the
daughter of Molad, the son of Abida, the son of Midian, and
brought her to the land of Canaan.
20 And Merushah bare unto Zebulun Sered, Elon and Yachleel;
three sons.
21 And Jacob sent to Aram, the son of Zoba, the son of Terah,
and he took for his son Benjamin Mechalia the daughter of Aram,
and she came to the land of Canaan to the house of Jacob; and
Benjamin was ten years old when he took Mechalia the daughter of
Aram for a wife.
22 And Mechalia conceived and bare unto Benjamin Bela, Becher,
Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, five sons; and Benjamin went afterward
and took for a wife Aribath, the daughter of Shomron, the son of
Abraham, in addition to his first wife, and he was eighteen
years old; and Aribath bare unto Benjamin Achi, Vosh, Mupim,
Chupim, and Ord; five sons.
23 And in those days Judah went to the house of Shem and took
Tamar the daughter of Elam, the son of Shem, for a wife for his
first born Er.
24 And Er came to his wife Tamar, and she became his wife, and
when he came to her he outwardly destroyed his seed, and his
work was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.
25 And it was after the death of Er, Judah's first born, that
Judah said unto Onan, go to thy brother's wife and marry her as
the next of kin, and raise up seed to thy brother.
26 And Onan took Tamar for a wife and he came to her, and Onan
also did like unto the work of his brother, and his work was
evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him also.
27 And when Onan died, Judah said unto Tamar, Remain in thy
father's house until my son Shiloh shall have grown up, and
Judah did no more delight in Tamar, to give her unto Shiloh, for
he said, Peradventure he will also die like his brothers.
28 And Tamar rose up and went and remained in her father's
house, and Tamar was in her father's house for some time.
29 And at the revolution of the year, Aliyath the wife of Judah
died; and Judah was comforted for his wife, and after the death
of Aliyath, Judah went up with his friend Hirah to Timnah to
shear their sheep.
30 And Tamar heard that Judah had gone up to Timnah to shear the
sheep, and that Shiloh was grown up, and Judah did not delight
in her.
31 And Tamar rose up and put off the garments of her widowhood,
and she put a vail upon her, and she entirely covered herself,
and she went and sat in the public thoroughfare, which is upon
the road to Timnah.
32 And Judah passed and saw her and took her and he came to her,
and she conceived by him, and at the time of being delivered,
behold, there were twins in her womb, and he called the name of
the first Perez, and the name of the second Zarah.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 46
1 In those days Joseph was still confined in the prison house in
the land of Egypt.
2 At that time the attendants of Pharaoh were standing before
him, the chief of the butlers and the chief of the bakers which
belonged to the king of Egypt.
3 And the butler took wine and placed it before the king to
drink, and the baker placed bread before the king to eat, and
the king drank of the wine and ate of the bread, he and his
servants and ministers that ate at the king's table.
4 And whilst they were eating and drinking, the butler and the
baker remained there, and Pharaoh's ministers found many flies
in the wine, which the butler had brought, and stones of nitre
were found in the baker's bread.
5 And the captain of the guard placed Joseph as an attendant on
Pharaoh's officers, and Pharaoh's officers were in confinement
one year.
6 And at the end of the year, they both dreamed dreams in one
night, in the place of confinement where they were, and in the
morning Joseph came to them to attend upon them as usual, and he
saw them, and behold their countenances were dejected and sad.
7 And Joseph asked them, Why are your countenances sad and
dejected this day? and they said unto him, We dreamed a dream,
and there is no one to interpret it; and Joseph said unto them,
Relate, I pray you, your dream unto me, and God shall give you
an answer of peace as you desire.
8 And the butler related his dream unto Joseph, and he said, I
saw in my dream, and behold a large vine was before me, and upon
that vine I saw three branches, and the vine speedily blossomed
and reached a great height, and its clusters were ripened and
became grapes.
9 And I took the grapes and pressed them in a cup, and placed it
in Pharaoh's hand and he drank; and Joseph said unto him, The
three branches that were upon the vine are three days.
10 Yet within three days, the king will order thee to be brought
out and he will restore thee to thy office, and thou shalt give
the king his wine to drink as at first when thou wast his
butler; but let me find favor in thy sight, that thou shalt
remember me to Pharaoh when it will be well with thee, and do
kindness unto me, and get me brought forth from this prison, for
I was stolen away from the land of Canaan and was sold for a
slave in this place.
11 And also that which was told thee concerning my master's wife
is false, for they placed me in this dungeon for naught; and the
butler answered Joseph, saying, If the king deal well with me as
at first, as thou last interpreted to me, I will do all that
thou desirest, and get thee brought out of this dungeon.
12 And the baker, seeing that Joseph had accurately interpreted
the butler's dream, also approached, and related the whole of
his dream to Joseph.
13 And he said unto him, In my dream I saw and behold three
white baskets upon my head, and I looked, and behold there were
in the upper-most basket all manner of baked meats for Pharaoh,
and behold the birds were eating them from off my head.
14 And Joseph said unto him, The three baskets which thou didst
see are three days, yet within three days Pharaoh will take off
thy head, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds will eat thy
flesh from off thee, as thou sawest in thy dream.
15 In those days the queen was about to be delivered, and upon
that day she bare a son unto the king of Egypt, and they
proclaimed that the king had gotten his first born son and all
the people of Egypt together with the officers and servants of
Pharaoh rejoiced greatly.
16 And upon the third day of his birth Pharaoh made a feast for
his officers and servants, for the hosts of the land of Zoar and
of the land of Egypt.
17 And all the people of Egypt and the servants of Pharaoh came
to eat and drink with the king at the feast of his son, and to
rejoice at the king's rejoicing.
18 And all the officers of the king and his servants were
rejoicing at that time for eight days at the feast, and they
made merry with all sorts of musical instruments, with timbrels
and with dances in the king's house for eight days.
19 And the butler, to whom Joseph had interpreted his dream,
forgot Joseph, and he did not mention him to the king as he had
promised, for this thing was from the Lord in order to punish
Joseph because he had trusted in man.
20 And Joseph remained after this in the prison house two years,
until he had completed twelve years.
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Book of Jasher, Chapter 47
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham was still living in those days in
the land of Canaan; he was very aged, one hundred and eighty
years old, and Esau his son, the brother of Jacob, was in the
land of Edom, and he and his sons had possessions in it amongst
the children of Seir.
2 And Esau heard that his father's time was drawing nigh to die,
and he and his sons and household came unto the land of Canaan,
unto his father's house, and Jacob and his sons went forth from
the place where they dwelt in Hebron, and they all came to their
father Isaac, and they found Esau and his sons in the tent.
3 And Jacob and his sons sat before his father Isaac, and Jacob
was still mourning for his son Joseph.
4 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Bring me hither thy sons and I will
bless them; and Jacob brought his eleven children before his
father Isaac.
5 And Isaac placed his hands upon all the sons of Jacob, and he
took hold of them and embraced them, and kissed them one by one,
and Isaac blessed them on that day, and he said unto them, May
the God of your fathers bless you and increase your seed like
the stars of heaven for number.
6 And Isaac also blessed the sons of Esau, saying, May God cause
you to be a dread and a terror to all that will behold you, and
to all your enemies.
7 And Isaac called Jacob and his sons, and they all came and sat
before Isaac, and Isaac said unto Jacob, The Lord God of the
whole earth said unto me, Unto thy seed will I give this land
for an inheritance if thy children keep my statutes and my ways,
and I will perform unto them the oath which I swore unto thy
father Abraham.
8 Now therefore my son, teach thy children and thy children's
children to fear the Lord, and to go in the good way which will
please the Lord thy God, for if you keep the ways of the Lord
and his statutes the Lord will also keep unto you his covenant
with Abraham, and will do well with you and your seed all the
days.
9 And when Isaac had finished commanding Jacob and his children,
he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.
10 And Jacob and Esau fell upon the face of their father Isaac,
and they wept, and Isaac was one hundred and eighty years old
when he died in the land of Canaan, in Hebron, and his sons
carried him to the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought
from the children of Heth for a possession of a burial place.
11 And all the kings of the land of Canaan went with Jacob and
Esau to bury Isaac, and all the kings of Canaan showed Isaac
great honor at his death.
12 And the sons of Jacob and the sons of Esau went barefooted
round about, walking and lamenting until they reached
Kireath-arba.
13 And Jacob and Esau buried their father Isaac in the cave of
Machpelah, which is in Kireath-arba in Hebron, and they buried
him with very great honor, as at the funeral of kings.
14 And Jacob and his sons, and Esau and his sons, and all the
kings of Canaan made a great and heavy mourning, and they buried
him and mourned for him many days.
15 And at the death of Isaac, he left his cattle and his
possessions and all belonging to him to his sons; and Esau said
unto Jacob, Behold I pray thee, all that our father has left we
will divide it in two parts, and I will have the choice, and
Jacob said, We will do so.
16 And Jacob took all that Isaac had left in the land of Canaan,
the cattle and the property, and he placed them in two parts
before Esau and his sons, and he said unto Esau, Behold all this
is before thee, choose thou unto thyself the half which thou
wilt take.
17 And Jacob said unto Esau, Hear thou I pray thee what I will
speak unto thee, saying, The Lord God of heaven and earth spoke
unto our fathers Abraham and Isaac, saying, Unto thy seed will I
give this land for an inheritance forever.
18 Now therefore all that our father has left is before thee,
and behold all the land is before thee; choose thou from them
what thou desirest.
19 If thou desirest the whole land take it for thee and thy
children forever, and I will take this riches, and it thou
desirest the riches take it unto thee, and I will take this land
for me and for my children to inherit it forever.
20 And Nebayoth, the son of Ishmael, was then in the land with
his children, and Esau went on that day and consulted with him,
saying.
21 Thus has Jacob spoken unto me, and thus has he answered me,
now give thy advice and we will hear.
22 And Nebayoth said, What is this that Jacob hath spoken unto
thee? behold all the children of Canaan are dwelling securely in
their land, and Jacob sayeth he will inherit it with his seed
all the days.
23 Go now therefore and take all thy father's riches and leave
Jacob thy brother in the land, as he has spoken.
24 And Esau rose up and returned to Jacob, and did all that
Nebayoth the son of Ishmael had advised; and Esau took all the
riches that Isaac had left, the souls, the beasts, the cattle
and the property, and all the riches; he gave nothing to his
brother Jacob; and Jacob took all the land of Canaan, from the
brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, and he took it for an
everlasting possession, and for his children and for his seed
after him forever.
25 Jacob also took from his brother Esau the cave of Machpelah,
which is in Hebron, which Abraham had bought from Ephron for a
possession of a burial place for him and his seed forever.
26 And Jacob wrote all these things in the book of purchase, and
he signed it, and he testified all this with four faithful
witnesses.
27 And these are the words which Jacob wrote in the book,
saying: The land of Canaan and all the cities of the Hittites,
the Hivites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, and
the Gergashites, all the seven nations from the river of Egypt
unto the river Euphrates.
28 And the city of Hebron Kireath-arba, and the cave which is in
it, the whole did Jacob buy from his brother Esau for value, for
a possession and for an inheritance for his seed after him
forever.
29 And Jacob took the book of purchase and the signature, the
command and the statutes and the revealed book, and he placed
them in an earthen vessel in order that they should remain for a
long time, and he delivered them into the hands of his children.
30 Esau took all that his father had left him after his death
from his brother Jacob, and he took all the property, from man
and beast, camel and ass, ox and lamb, silver and gold, stones
and bdellium, and all the riches which had belonged to Isaac the
son of Abraham; there was nothing left which Esau did not take
unto himself, from all that Isaac had left after his death.
31 And Esau took all this, and he and his children went home to
the land of Seir the Horite, away from his brother Jacob and his
children.
32 And Esau had possessions amongst the children of Seir, and
Esau returned not to the land of Canaan from that day forward.
33 And the whole land of Canaan became an inheritance to the
children of Israel for an everlasting inheritance, and Esau with
all his children inherited the mountain of Seir.
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