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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:24 pm
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Abraham's Last Words to and Blessings of Jacob (xxii. 10-30).
10. And he called Jacob and said My son Jacob, may the God of
all 4 bless thee and strengthen thee to do righteousness, and
His will before Him, and may He choose thee and thy seed that ye
may become a people for His inheritance according to His will
alway. And do thou, my son, Jacob, draw near and kiss me." 11.
And he drew near and kissed him, and he said:
"Blessed be my son Jacob
And all the sons of God Most High, unto all the ages:
May God give unto thee a seed of righteousness;
And some of thy sons may He sanctify in the midst of the whole
earth;
May nations serve thee,
p. 124
And all the nations bow themselves before thy seed. 1
12. Be strong in the presence of men,
And exercise authority over all the seed of Seth. 2
Then thy ways and the ways of thy sons will be justified,
So that they shall become a holy nation.
13. May the Most High God give thee all the blessings
Wherewith he hath blessed me
And wherewith He blessed Noah and Adam; 3
May they rest on the sacred head of thy seed from generation to
generation for ever.
14. And may He cleanse thee from all unrighteousness and
impurity,
That thou mayest be forgiven all (thy) transgressions; (and) thy
sins of ignorance.
And may He strengthen thee,
And bless thee.
And mayest thou inherit the whole earth,
15. And may He renew His covenant with thee,
That thou mayest be to Him a nation for His inheritance 4 for
all the ages,
And that He may be to thee and to thy seed a God in truth and
righteousness throughout all the days of the earth.
16. And do thou, my son Jacob, remember my words,
And observe the commandments of Abraham, thy father:
Separate thyself from the nations,
And eat not with them: 5
And do not according to their works,
And become not their associate;
For their works are unclean,
p. 125
And all their ways are a pollution and an abomination and
uncleanness.
17. They offer their sacrifices to the dead 1
And they worship evil spirits, 2
And they eat over the graves, 3
And all their works are vanity and nothingness.
18. They have no heart to understand
And their eyes do not see what their works are,
And how they err in saying to a piece of wood: 'Thou art my
God,'
And to a stone: 'Thou art my Lord and thou art my deliverer.' 4
[And they have no heart.] 5
19. And as for thee, my son Jacob,
May the Most High God help thee
And the God of heaven bless thee
And remove thee from their uncleanness and from all their error.
20. Be thou ware, my son Jacob, of taking a wife from any seed
of the daughters of Canaan;
For all his seed is to be rooted out of the earth. 6
21, For, owing to the transgression of Ham, 7 Canaan erred, 8
And all his seed will be destroyed from off the earth and all
the residue thereof,
And none springing from him will be saved on the day of
judgment.
22. And as for all the worshippers of idols and the profane
9(b) There will be no hope for them in the land of the living;
p. 126
(e) And there will be no remembrance of them on the earth;
(c) For they will descend into Sheol,
(d) And into the place of condemnation will they go, 1
As the children of Sodom were taken away from the earth
So will all those who worship idols be taken away.
23. Fear not, my son Jacob,
And be not dismayed, O son of Abraham:
May the Most High God preserve thee from destruction,
And from all the paths of error may He deliver thee.
[paragraph continues] 24. This house have I built for myself
that I might put my name upon it in the earth: [it is given to
thee and to thy seed for ever], 2 and it will be named the house
of Abraham; it is given to thee and to thy seed for ever; for
thou wilt build my house 3 and establish my name before God for
ever: thy seed and thy name will stand throughout all
generations of the earth."
25. And he ceased commanding 4 him and blessing him. 26: And the
two lay together on one bed, and Jacob slept in the bosom of
Abraham, his father's father and he kissed him seven times, and
his affection and his heart rejoiced over him. 27. 5 And he
blessed him with all his heart and said: "The Most High God, the
God of all, and Creator of all, who brought me forth from Ur of
the Chaldees, that He might give me this land to inherit 6 it
for ever, and that I might establish a holy seed--blessed be the
Most High for ever." 28. And he blessed Jacob and said: "My son,
over whom with all my heart and my affection I rejoice, may Thy
grace and Thy mercy
p. 127
be lift up 1 upon him and upon his seed alway. 29. And do not
forsake him, nor set him at nought from henceforth unto the days
of eternity, and may Thine eyes be opened upon him and upon his
seed, 2 that Thou mayest preserve him, and bless him, and mayest
sanctify him as a nation for Thine inheritance; 30. And bless
him with all Thy blessings from henceforth unto all the days of
eternity, and renew Thy covenant and Thy grace with him and with
his seed according to all Thy good pleasure unto all the
generations of the earth."
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:25 pm
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The Death and Burial of Abraham (xxiii. 1-8; cf. Gen. xxv.
7-10).
XXIII. And he placed two fingers of Jacob on his eyes, 3 and he
blessed the God of gods, and he covered his face and stretched
out his feet 4 and slept the sleep of eternity, 5 and was
gathered to his fathers. 2. And notwithstanding all this Jacob
was lying in his bosom, and knew not that Abraham, his father's
father, was dead. 3. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and behold
Abraham was cold as ice, and he said: "Father, father!"; but
there was none that spake, and he knew that he was dead. 4. And
he arose from his bosom and ran and told Rebecca, his mother;
and Rebecca went to Isaac in the night and told him; and they
went together, and Jacob with them, and a lamp was in his hand,
and when they had gone in they found Abraham lying dead. 5. And
Isaac fell on the face of his father, and wept and kissed him. 6
6. And the voices were heard in the house of Abraham, and
Ishmael his son arose, and went to Abraham his father, and wept
over
p. 128
[paragraph continues] Abraham his father, he and all the house
of Abraham, and they wept with a great weeping. 7. And his sons
Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, 1 near Sarah
his wife, and they wept for him forty days, all the men of his
house, and Isaac and Ishmael, and all their sons, and all the
sons of Keturah in their places, and the days of weeping for
Abraham were ended. 8. And he lived three jubilees and four
weeks of years, one hundred and seventy-five years, and
completed the days of his life, being old and full of days.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:26 pm
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The decreasing Years and increasing Corruption of Mankind
(xxiii. 9-17).
9. For the days of the forefathers, of their life, were nineteen
jubilees; and after the Flood they began to grow less than
nineteen jubilees, and to decrease in jubilees, and to grow old
quickly, and to be full of their days by reason of manifold
tribulation and the wickedness of their ways, with the exception
of Abraham. 2 10. For Abraham was perfect in all his deeds with
the Lord, and well-pleasing in righteousness all the days of his
life; and behold, he did not complete four jubilees in his life,
when he had grown old by reason of the wickedness 3 and was full
of his days. 11. And all the generations which will arise from
this time until the day of the great judgment will grow old
quickly, before they complete two jubilees, and their knowledge
will forsake them by reason of their old age [and all their
knowledge will vanish away]. 4 12. And in those days, if a man
live a jubilee and a half of years, they will say regarding him:
"He hath lived long, and the greater part of his days are pain
and sorrow and
p. 129
tribulation, 1 and there is no peace: 13. For calamity followeth
on calamity, and wound on wound, and tribulation on tribulation,
and evil tidings on evil tidings, and illness on illness, and
all evil judgments such as these, one with another, illness and
overthrow, and snow and frost and ice, and fever, and chills,
and torpor, and famine, and death, and sword, and captivity, and
all kinds of calamities and pains." 2 14. And all these will
come on an evil generation, which transgresseth on the earth:
their works are uncleanness and fornication, and pollution and
abominations. 3 15. Then they will say: "The days of the
forefathers were many (even), unto a thousand years, and were
good; but, behold, the days of our life, if a man hath lived
many, are three score years and ten, and, if he is strong, four
score years, and those evil 4 and there is no peace in the days
of this evil generation." 16. And in that generation the sons
will convict their fathers and their elders of sin and
unrighteousness, 5 and of the words of their mouth and the great
wickednesses which they perpetrate, and concerning their
forsaking the covenant 6 which the Lord made between them and
Him, that they should observe and do all His commandments and
His ordinances and all His laws, without departing either to the
right hand or to the left. 7 17. For all have done evil, 8 and
every mouth speaketh iniquity 9 and all their works are an
uncleanness and an abomination, and all their ways are
pollution, uncleanness and destruction.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:26 pm
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The Messianic Woes (xxiii. 18-25).
[Eschatological partly.]
18. Behold the earth will be destroyed on account of all their
works, and there will be no seed of the vine, and no oil; for
their works are altogether faithless, and they will all perish
together, beasts and cattle and birds, and all the fish of the
sea, 1 on account of the children of men. 19. And they will
strive one with another, the young with the old, and the old
with the young, the poor with the rich, and the lowly with the
great, and the beggar with the prince, 2 on account of the law
and the covenant; 3 for they have forgotten commandment, and
covenant, and feasts, and months, and Sabbaths, and jubilees,
and all judgments. 20. And they will stand (with bows and)
swords and war to turn them back into the way; 4 but they will
not return until much blood hath been shed on the earth, one by
another. 5 21. And those who have escaped will not return from
their wickedness to the way of righteousness, but they will all
exalt themselves to deceit and wealth, that they may each take
all that is his neighbour's, and they will name the great name,
but not in truth and not in righteousness, and they will defile
the holy of holies with their uncleanness and the corruption of
their pollution. 6 22. And a great punishment will befall the
deeds of this generation
p. 131
from the Lord, and He will give them over to the sword and to
judgment and to captivity, and to be plundered and devoured. 23.
And He will wake up against them the sinners of the Gentiles,
who have neither mercy nor compassion, and who will respect the
person of none, neither old nor young, nor any one, for they are
more wicked and strong to do evil than all the children of men.
And they will use violence against Israel and transgression
against Jacob,
And much blood will be shed upon the earth,
And there will be none to gather and none to bury. 1
24. In those days they will cry aloud,
And call and pray that they may be saved from the hand of the
sinners, the Gentiles; 2
But none will be saved.
25. And the heads of the children will be white with grey hair,
3
And a child of three weeks will appear old like a man of one
hundred years,
And their stature will be destroyed by tribulation and
oppression.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:27 pm
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Renewed Study of the Law followed by a Renewal of Mankind. The
Messianic Kingdom and the Blessedness of the Righteous (xxiii.
26-32; cf. Isa. lxv. 17 ff.
[Eschatological.]
26. And in those days the children will begin to study the laws,
And to seek the commandments,
And to return to the path of righteousness.
27. And the days will begin to grow many and increase amongst
those children of men, p. 132
Till their days draw nigh to one thousand years, 1
And to a greater number of years than (before) was the number of
the days.
28. And there will be no old man
Nor one who is not satisfied with his days,
For all will be (as) children and youths. 2
29. And all their days they will complete and live in peace and
in joy, 3
And there will be no Satan 4 nor any evil destroyer;
For all their days will be days of blessing and healing, 5
30. And at that time the Lord will heal His servants,
And they will rise up 6 and see 7 great peace,
And drive out their adversaries.
And the righteous will see and be thankful,
And rejoice with joy for ever and ever,
And will see all their judgments and all their curses on their
enemies.
31. And their bones will rest in the earth,
And their spirits will have much joy, 8
And they will know that it is the Lord who executeth judgment,
And showeth mercy to hundreds and thousands and to all that love
Him. 9
32. And do thou, Moses, write down these words; for thus are
they written, and they record (them) on the heavenly tables for
a testimony for the generations for ever.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:28 pm
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Isaac at the Well of Vision: Esau sells his Birthright (xxiv.
1-7; cf. Gen. xxv. 11, 29-34).
XXIV. And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that the
Lord blessed Isaac his son, and he arose from Hebron and went
and dwelt at the Well of the Vision 1 in the first year of the
third week of this jubilee, seven years. 2. And in the
2073 A.M.first year of the fourth week a famine began in
2080 A.M.the land, besides the first famine, which had been in
the days of Abraham. 2 3. And Jacob sod lentil pottage, and Esau
came from the field hungry. And he said to Jacob his brother:
"Give me of this red pottage." 3 And Jacob said to him: "Sell to
me thy [primogeniture, this] birthright and I will give thee
bread, and also some of this lentil pottage." 4. And Esau said
in his heart: "I shall die; of what profit to me is this
birthright?" And he said to Jacob: "I give it to thee." 5. And
Jacob said "Swear to me, this day," and he sware unto him. 6.
And Jacob gave his brother Esau bread and pottage, and he ate
till he was satisfied, and Esau despised his birthright; for
this reason was Esau's name called Edom, 4 on account of the red
pottage which Jacob gave him for his birthright. 7. And Jacob
became the elder, and Esau was brought down from his dignity.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:28 pm
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Isaac's Sojourn in Gerar and Dealings with Abimelech (xxiv.
8-27; cf. Gen. xxvi.).
8. And the famine was over the land, and Isaac departed to go
down into Egypt in the second year of this week, and went to the
king of the Philistines to Gerar, unto Abimelech. 9. 5 And the
Lord appeared unto him and said unto him: "Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of, and sojourn
in this land, and I shall be
p. 134
with thee and bless thee. 10. For to thee and to thy seed shall
I give all this land, and I shall establish My oath which I
sware unto Abraham thy father, and I shall multiply thy seed as
the stars of heaven, and shall give unto thy seed all this land.
11. And in thy seed will all the nations of the earth be
blessed, because thy father obeyed My voice, and kept My charge
and My commandments, and My laws, and My ordinances, and My
covenant; and now obey My voice and dwell in this land."
2080-2101 A.M.12. And he dwelt in Gerar three weeks of years.
13. And Abimelech charged concerning him, and concerning all
that was his, saying: "Any man that shall touch him or aught
that is his shall surely die." 1 14. And Isaac waxed strong
among the Philistines, and he got many possessions, oxen and
sheep and camels and asses and a great household. 15. And he
sowed in the land of the Philistines and brought in a
hundred-fold, and Isaac became exceedingly great, and the
Philistines envied him. 16. Now all the wells which the servants
of Abraham had dug during the life of Abraham, the Philistines
had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and filled them
with earth. 17. And Abimelech said unto Isaac: "Go from us, for
thou art much mightier than we"; and Isaac departed thence in
2101 A.M.the first year of the seventh week, and sojourned in
the valleys of Gerar. 18. And they digged again the wells of
water which the servants of Abraham, his father, had digged, and
which the Philistines had closed after the death of Abraham his
father, and he called their names as Abraham his father had
named them. 19. And the servants of Isaac dug a well in the
valley, and found living water, and the shepherds of Gerar
strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying: "The water is ours
"; and Isaac called the name of the well "Perversity," 2 because
p. 135
they had been perverse with us. 20. And they dug a second well,
and they strove for that also, and he called its name "Enmity."
1 And he arose from thence and they digged another well, and for
that they strove not, and he called the name of it "Room," 2 and
Isaac said: "Now the Lord hath made room for us, and we have
increased in the land." 21. And he went up from thence to the
Well of the Oath 3 in the first year of the first week in the
forty-fourth
2108 A.M.jubilee. 22. And the Lord appeared to him that night,
on the new moon of the first month, and said unto him: "I am the
God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and
shall bless thee and shall surely multiply thy seed as the sand
of the earth, for the sake of Abraham my servant." 23. And he
built an altar there, which Abraham his father had first built,
and he called upon the name of the Lord, and he offered
sacrifice to the God of Abraham his father. 24. And they digged
a well and they found living water. 25. And the servants of
Isaac digged another well and did not 4 find water, and they
went and told Isaac that they had not found water, and Isaac
said: "I have sworn this day to the Philistines and this thing
hath been announced to us." 26. And he called the name of that
place the "Well of the Oath"; for there he had sworn to
Abimelech and Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol the prefect of his
host. 5 27. And Isaac knew that day that under constraint he had
sworn to them to make peace with them.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:29 pm
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Isaac curses the Philistines (xxiv. 28-33).
28. And Isaac on that day cursed the Philistines 1 and said:
"Cursed be the Philistines unto the day of wrath and indignation
from the midst of all nations; may God make them a derision and
a curse and an object of wrath and indignation in the hands of
the sinners the Gentiles and in the hands of the Kittim. 2 29.
And whoever escapeth the sword of the enemy and the Kittim, may
the righteous nation 3 root out in judgment from under heaven;
for they will be the enemies and foes of my children throughout
their generations upon the earth.
30. And no remnant will be left to them,
Nor one that will be saved on the day of the wrath of judgment;
For for destruction and rooting out and expulsion from the earth
is the whole seed of the Philistines (reserved),
And there will no longer be left for these Caphtorim 4 a name or
a seed on the earth.
31. 5 For though he ascend unto heaven,
Thence will he be brought down,
And though he make himself strong on earth,
Thence will he be dragged forth,
And though he hide himself amongst the nations,
Even from thence will he be rooted out;
And though he descend into Sheol,
There also will his condemnation be great,
And there also he will have no peace.
32. And if he go into captivity,
By the hands of those that seek his life will they slay him on
the way, p. 137
And neither name nor seed will be left to him on all the earth;
For into eternal malediction will he depart."
[paragraph continues] 33. And thus is it written and engraved
concerning him on the heavenly tables, to do unto him on the day
of judgment, so that he may be rooted out of the earth.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:30 pm
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Rebecca admonishes Jacob not to marry a Canaanitish Woman.
Rebecca's Blessing (xxv. 1-23; cf. Gen. xxviii. 1-4). 1
XXV.
And in the second year of this week in this
2109 A.M.jubilee, Rebecca called Jacob her son, and spake unto
him, saying: "My son, do not take thee a wife of the daughters
of Canaan, as Esau, thy brother, who took him two wives of the
daughters of Canaan, 2 and they have embittered my soul 3 with
all their unclean deeds: for all their deeds are fornication and
lust, and there is no righteousness with them, for (their deeds)
are evil. 2. And I, my son, love thee exceedingly, and my heart
and my affection bless thee every hour of the day and watch of
the night. 3. And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and do the
will of thy mother, and do not take thee a wife of the daughters
of this land, but only of the house of my father, and of my
father's kindred. Thou wilt take thee a wife of the house of my
father, and the Most High God will bless thee, and thy children
will be a righteous generation and a holy seed." 4. And then
spake Jacob to Rebecca, his mother, and said unto her: "Behold,
mother, I am nine weeks 4 of years old, and I neither know nor
have I touched any woman, nor have I betrothed myself to any,
nor even think of taking me a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
5. For I remember,
p. 138
mother, the words of Abraham, our father, for he commanded me
not to take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, but to take me a
wife from the seed of my father's house and from my kindred. 6.
I have heard before that daughters have been born to Laban, thy
brother, and I have set my heart on them to take a wife from
amongst them. 7. And for this reason I have guarded myself in my
spirit against sinning or being corrupted in all my ways
throughout all the days of my life; for with regard to lust and
fornication, Abraham, my father, gave me many commands. 1 8.
And, despite all that he hath commanded me, these two and twenty
years my brother hath striven with me, and spoken frequently to
me and said: 'My brother, take to wife a sister of my two
wives'; but I refuse to do as he hath done. 9. I swear before
thee, mother, that all the days of my life I will not take me a
wife from the daughters of the seed of Canaan, and I will not
act wickedly as my brother hath done. 19. Fear not, mother; be
assured that I shall do thy will and walk in uprightness, and
not corrupt my ways for ever." 11. And thereupon she lifted up
her face to heaven and extended the fingers of her hands, and
opened her mouth and blessed the Most High God, who had created
the heaven and the earth, and she gave Him thanks and praise.
12. And she said: "Blessed be the Lord God, and may His holy
name be blessed for ever and ever, who hath given me Jacob as a
pure son and a holy seed; for He is Thine, and Thine shall his
seed be continually and throughout all the generations for
evermore. 13. Bless him, O Lord, and place in my mouth the
blessing of righteousness, that I may bless him." 14. And at
that hour, when the spirit of righteousness 2 descended into her
mouth, she placed both her hands on the head of Jacob, and said:
p. 139
15. "Blessed art thou, Lord of righteousness and God of the
ages;
And may He bless thee beyond all the generations of men.
May He give thee, my son, the path of righteousness,
And reveal righteousness to thy seed.
16. And may He make thy sons many during thy life,
And may they arise according to the number of the months of the
year.
And may their sons become many and great beyond the stars of
heaven,
And their numbers be more than the sand of the sea.
17. And may He give them this goodly land--as He said He would
give it to Abraham and to his seed after him alway 1--
And may they hold it as a possession for ever.
18. And may I see (born) unto thee, my son, blessed children
during my life,
And a blessed and holy seed may all thy seed be.
19. And as thou hast refreshed thy mother's spirit during †my† 2
life,
The womb of her that bare thee blesseth thee,
[My affection] and my breasts bless thee
And my mouth and my tongue praise thee greatly.
20. Increase and spread over the earth,
And may thy seed be perfect in the joy of heaven and earth for
ever;
And may thy seed rejoice,
And on the great day of peace may it have peace.
21. And may thy name and thy seed endure to all the ages,
And may the Most High God be their God,
And may the God of righteousness dwell with them, p. 140
And by them may His sanctuary be built unto all the ages. 1
22. Blessed be he that blesseth thee,
And all flesh that curseth thee falsely may it be cursed." 2
23. And she kissed him, and said to him
"May the Lord of the world love thee
As the heart of thy mother and her affection rejoice in thee and
bless thee."
And she ceased from blessing.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:30 pm
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Jacob obtains the Blessing of the Firstborn (xxvi. 1-35; cf.
Gen. xxvii.).
2114 A.M.XXVI. And in the seventh year of this week Isaac called
Esau, his elder son, and said unto him: "I am old, my son, and
behold my eyes are dim in seeing, and I know not the day of my
death. 2. And now take thy hunting weapons, thy quiver and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and hunt and catch me (venison),
my son, and make me savoury meat, such as my soul loveth, and
bring it to me that I may eat, and that my soul may bless thee
before I die." 3. But Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau. 4.
And Esau went forth early to the field to hunt and catch and
bring home to his father. 5. And Rebecca called Jacob, her son,
and said unto him: "Behold, I heard Isaac, thy father, speak
unto Esau, thy brother, saying: 'Hunt for me, and make me
savoury meat, and bring (it) to me that I may eat and bless thee
before the Lord before I die.' 6. And now, my son, obey my voice
in that which I command thee: Go to thy flock and fetch me two
good kids of the goats, and I will make them savoury meat for
thy father, such as he loveth, and thou shalt bring (it) to thy
father that he may eat and bless thee before the Lord before he
die, and that thou mayst be blessed." 7. And Jacob said to
Rebecca his mother: "Mother, I shall not withhold
p. 141
anything which my father would eat, and which would please him:
only I fear, my mother, that he will recognise my voice and wish
to touch me. 8. And thou knowest that I am smooth, and Esau, my
brother, is hairy, and I shall appear before his eyes as an
evildoer, and shall do a deed which he had not commanded me, and
he will be wroth with me, and I shall bring upon myself a curse,
and not a blessing." 9. And Rebecca, his mother, said unto him:
"Upon me be thy curse, my son, only obey my voice." 10. And
Jacob obeyed the voice of Rebecca, his mother, and went and
fetched two good and fat kids of the goats, and brought them to
his mother, and his mother made them (savoury meat) such as he
loved. 11. And Rebecca took the goodly raiment of Esau, her
elder son, which was with her in the house, and she clothed
Jacob, her younger son, (with them), and she put the skins of
the kids upon his hands and on the exposed parts of his neck.
12. And she gave the meat and the bread which she had prepared
into the hand of her son Jacob. 13. And Jacob went in to his
father and said: "I am thy son: I have done according as thou
badest me: arise and sit and eat of that which I have caught,
father, that thy soul may bless me." 14. And Isaac said to his
son: "How hast thou found so quickly, my son?" 15. And Jacob
said: "Because (the Lord) thy God caused me to find." 16. And
Isaac said unto him: "Come near, that I may feel thee, my son,
if thou art my son Esau or not." 17. And Jacob went near to
Isaac, his father, and he felt him and said: 18. "The voice is
Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau," and he
discerned him not, because it was a dispensation from heaven 1
to remove his power of perception and Isaac discerned not, for
his hands were hairy as (his brother) Esau's, so that he blessed
him. 19. And he said: "Art thou my son Esau?" and he said: "I am
thy son and he said, "Bring
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near to me that I may eat of that which thou hast caught, my
son, that my soul may bless thee." 20. And he brought near to
him, and he did eat, and he brought him wine and he drank. 21.
And Isaac, his father, said unto him: "Come near and kiss me, my
son." And he came near and kissed him. 22. And he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and he blessed him and said: "Behold, the
smell of my son is as the smell of a (full) 1 field which the
Lord hath blessed.
23. And may the Lord give thee of the dew of heaven
And of the dew 2 of the earth, and plenty of corn and oil: 3
Let nations serve thee,
And peoples bow down to thee.
24. Be lord over thy brethren,
And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee;
And may all the blessings wherewith the Lord hath blessed me and
blessed Abraham, my father, 4
Be imparted to thee and to thy seed for ever
Cursed be he that curseth thee,
And blessed be he that blesseth thee."
[paragraph continues] 25. And it came to pass as soon as Isaac
had made an end of blessing his son Jacob, and Jacob had gone
forth from Isaac his father †he hid himself and† 5 Esau, his
brother, came in from his hunting. 26. And he also made savoury
meat, and brought (it) to his father, and said unto his father:
"Let my father arise, and eat of my venison that thy soul may
bless me." 27. And Isaac, his father, said unto him: "Who art
thou?" And he said unto him: "I am thy first born, thy son Esau:
I have done as thou hast commanded me." 28. And Isaac was very
p. 143
greatly astonished, and said: "Who is he that hath hunted and
caught and brought (it) to me, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him: (and) he shall be blessed,
and all his seed for ever." 29. And it came to pass when Esau
heard the words of his father Isaac that he cried with an
exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: "Bless
me, (even) me also, father." 30. And he said unto him: "Thy
brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing." And
he said: "Now I know why his name is named Jacob: behold, he
hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birth-right,
and now he hath taken away my blessing." 31. And he said: "Hast
thou not reserved a blessing for me, father?" and Isaac answered
and said unto Esau:
"Behold, I have made him thy lord,
And all his brethren have I given to him for servants,
And with plenty of com and wine and oil have I strengthened him:
And what now shall I do for thee, my son?"
32. And Esau said to Isaac, his father:
"Hast thou but one blessing, O father?
Bless me, (even) me also, father":
And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 33. And Isaac answered
and said unto him:
"Behold, far from the dew of the earth shall be thy dwelling,
And far from the dew of heaven from above.
34. And by thy sword wilt thou live,
And thou wilt serve thy brother.
And it shall come to pass when thou becomest great, 1
And dost shake his yoke from off thy neck,
Thou wilt sin a complete sin unto death, 2
p. 144 And thy seed will be rooted out from under heaven."
35. And Esau kept threatening Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him, and he said in his heart: "May
the days of mourning for my father now come, so that I may slay
my brother Jacob."
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