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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:31 pm
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Rebecca induces Isaac to send Jacob to Mesopotamia. Jacob's
Dream and View at Bethel (xxvii. 1-27; cf. Gen. xxviii.).
XXVII. And the words of Esau, her elder son, were told to
Rebecca in a dream, and Rebecca sent and called Jacob her
younger son, and said unto him: 2. "Behold Esau thy brother will
take vengeance on thee so as to kill thee. 3. Now, therefore, my
son, obey my voice, and arise and flee thou to Laban, my
brother, to Haran, and tarry with him a few days until thy
brother's anger turneth away, and he remove his anger from thee,
and forget all that thou hast done; then I will send and fetch
thee from thence." 4. And Jacob said: "I am not afraid; if he
wisheth to kill me, I will kill him." 5. But she said unto him:
"Let me not be bereft of both my sons on one day." 6. And Jacob
said to Rebecca his mother: "Behold, thou knowest that my father
hath become old, and doth not see because his eyes are dull, and
if I leave him it will be evil in his eyes, because I leave him
and go away from you, and my father will be angry, and will
curse me. I will not go; 1 when he sendeth me, then only will I
go." 7. And Rebecca said to Jacob: "I will go in and speak to
him, and he will send thee away." 8. And Rebecca went in and
said to Isaac: "I loathe my life because of the two daughters of
Heth, whom Esau hath taken him as wives; and if Jacob take a
wife from among the daughters of the land such as these, for
what purpose
p. 145
do I further live; for the daughters of Canaan are evil." 1 9.
And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and admonished him and
said unto him: 10. "Do not take thee a wife of any of the
daughters of Canaan; arise and go to Mesopotamia, to the house
of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from
thence of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother. 11. And
God Almighty bless thee and increase and multiply thee that thou
mayest become a company of nations, and give thee the blessings
of my father Abraham, to thee and to thy seed after thee, that
thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings and all the land
which God gave to Abraham: go, my son, in peace." 12. And Isaac
sent Jacob away, and he went to Mesopotamia, to Laban the son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's mother. 13.
And it came to pass after Jacob had arisen to go to Mesopotamia
that the spirit of Rebecca was grieved after her son, and she
wept. 14. And Isaac said to Rebecca: "My sister, 2 weep not on
account of Jacob, my son; for he goeth in peace, and in peace
will he return. 15. The Most High God will preserve him from all
evil, and will be with him; for He will not forsake him all his
days; 16. For I know that his ways will be prospered in all
things wherever he goeth, until he return in peace to us, and we
see him in peace. 17. Fear not on his account my sister, for he
is on the upright path and he is a perfect man: and he is
faithful and will not perish. Weep not." 18. And Isaac comforted
Rebecca on account of her son Jacob, and blessed him. 19. And
Jacob went from the Well of the Oath to go to Haran on the first
year of the second week in the forty-fourth Jubilee, and he came
to Luz on the mountains, that is, Bethel, on the new moon of the
first month of this
2115 A.M.
p. 146
week, and he came to the place at even and turned from the way
to the west of the road that night: and he slept there; for the
sun had set. 20. And he took one of the stones of that place and
laid it (at his head) under the tree, 1 and he was journeying
alone, and he slept. 21. And he dreamt that night, and behold a
ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven,
and behold, the angels of the Lord ascended and descended on it:
and behold, the Lord stood upon it. 22. And He spake to Jacob
and said: "I am the Lord God of Abraham, thy father, and the God
of Isaac; the land whereon thou art sleeping, to thee shall I
give it, and to thy-seed after thee. 23. And thy seed will be as
the dust of the earth, and thou wilt increase to the west and to
the east, to the north and the south, and in thee and in thy
seed will all the families of the nations be blessed. 24. And
behold, I shall be with thee, and shall keep thee whithersoever
thou goest, and I shall bring thee again into this land in
peace; for I shall not leave thee until I do everything that I
told thee of." 25. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said,
"Truly this place is the house of the Lord, and I knew it not."
And he was afraid and said:" Dreadful is this place which is
none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven." 26. And Jacob arose early in the morning, and took the
stone which he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar
for a sign, and he poured oil upon the top of it. And he called
the name of that place Bethel; but the name of the place was Luz
at the first. 27. And Jacob vowed a vow unto the Lord, saying:
"If the Lord will be with me, and will keep me in this way that
I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so that I
come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the Lord be
my God, and this stone which I have set up as a pillar for a
sign in this place, shall be the Lord's house, and of all that
thou givest me, I shall give the tenth to thee, my God."
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:32 pm
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Jacob's Marriage to Leah and Rachel; his Children and Riches
(xxviii. i-30; cf. Gen. xxix., xxx., xxxi. 1-2).
XXVIII. And he went on his journey, and came to the land of the
east, to Laban, the brother of Rebecca, and he was with him, and
served him for Rachel his daughter one week. 1 2. 2 And in the
first year of the third week he said unto him: "Give
2122 A.M.me my wife, for whom I have served thee seven years;"
and Laban said unto Jacob. "I will give thee thy wife." 3. And
Laban made a feast, and took Leah his elder daughter, and gave
(her) to Jacob as a wife, and gave her Zilpah his handmaid for
an handmaid; and Jacob did not know, for he thought that she was
Rachel. 4. And he went in unto her, and behold, she was Leah;
and Jacob was angry with Laban, and said unto him: "Why hast
thou dealt thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel and not
for Leah? Why hast thou wronged me? Take thy daughter, and I
will go; for thou hast done evil to me." 5. For Jacob loved
Rachel more than Leah; for Leah's eyes were weak, but her form
was very handsome; but Rachel had beautiful eyes and a beautiful
and very handsome form. 3 6. And Laban said to Jacob: "It is not
so done in our country, to give the younger before the elder." 4
And it is not right to do this; for thus it is ordained and
written in the heavenly tables, 5 that no one should give his
younger daughter before the elder--but the elder one giveth
first and after her the younger--and the man who doeth so, they
set down guilt against him in heaven, and none is righteous that
doeth this thing, for this deed is evil before the Lord.
p. 148
[paragraph continues] 7. And command thou the children of Israel
that they do not this thing; let them neither take nor give the
younger before they have given the elder, for it is very wicked.
8. 1 And Laban said to Jacob: "Let the seven days of the feast
of this one pass by, and I shall give thee Rachel, 2 that thou
mayest serve me another seven years, that thou mayest pasture my
sheep as thou didst in the former week." 9. And on the day when
the seven days of the feast of Leah had passed, Laban gave
Rachel to Jacob, that he might serve him another seven years,
and he gave to Rachel Bilhah, the sister of Zilpah 3 as a
handmaid. 10. And he served yet other seven years for Rachel,
for Leah had been given to him for nothing. 11. And the Lord
opened the womb of Leah, and she conceived and bare Jacob a son,
and he 4 called his name
2122 A.M.Reuben, 5 on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, in
the first year of the third week. 12. But the womb of Rachel was
closed, for the Lord saw that Leah was hated and Rachel loved.
13. And again Jacob went in unto Leah, and she conceived, and
bare Jacob a second son, and he called his name
2124 A.M.Simeon, on the twenty-first of the tenth month, and in
the third year of this week. 14. And again Jacob went in unto
Leah, and she conceived, and bare him a third son, and he called
his name Levi, in the new
2127 A.M.moon of the first month in the sixth year of this week.
p. 149
15. And again Jacob went in unto her, and she conceived, and
bare him a fourth son, and he called his name Judah, on the
fifteenth of the third month,
2129 A.M.in the †first† year of the †fourth† week. 16. And on
account of all this Rachel envied Leah, for she did not bear,
and she said to Jacob: "Give me children "; and Jacob said:
"Have I withheld from thee the fruits of thy womb? Have I
forsaken thee?" 17. And when Rachel saw that Leah had borne four
sons to Jacob, Reuben and Simeon and Levi and Judah, she said
unto him: "Go in unto Bilhah my handmaid, and she will conceive,
and bear a son unto me." 18. (And she gave (him) Bilhah her
handmaid to wife.) And he went in unto her, and she conceived,
and bare him a son, and he called his name Dan, on the ninth of
2127 A.M.the sixth month, in the †sixth† year of the †third†
week. 19. And Jacob went in again unto Bilhah a second time, and
she conceived, and bare Jacob another son, and Rachel called his
name Naphtali, on the fifth of the seventh month, in the second
year
2130 A.M.of the fourth week. 20. And when Leah saw that she had
become sterile and did not bear, she envied (Rachel) and she
also gave her handmaid Zilpah to Jacob to wife, and she
conceived, and bare a son, and Leah called his name Gad, on the
twelfth of the eighth month, in the third year of the fourth
week. 21. And
2131 A.M.he went in again unto her, and she conceived, and bare
him a second son, and Leah called his name Asher, on the second
of the eleventh month, in the †fifth†
2133 A.M.year of the fourth week. 22. And Jacob went in unto
Leah, and she conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
Issachar, on the fourth of the fifth month, in the †fourth† year
of the fourth week,
2132 A.M.and she gave him to a nurse. 23. And Jacob went in
again unto her, and she conceived, and bare two (children), a
son and a daughter, and she called the name of the son Zebulon,
and the name of the daughter Dinah, in the seventh of the
seventh month, in the
2134 A.M.sixth year of the fourth week. 24. And the Lord was
gracious to Rachel, and opened her womb, and she
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conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Joseph, on
the new moon of the fourth month, in the
2134 A.M.†sixth† year in this fourth week. 25. And in the days
when Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban: "Give me my wives and
sons, and let me go to my father Isaac, and let me make me an
house; for I have completed the years in which I have served
thee for thy two daughters, and I will go to the house of my
father." 26. And Laban said to Jacob: "†Tarry with me for thy
wages† 1, and pasture my flock for me again, and take thy
wages." 27. And they agreed with one another that he should give
him as his wages those of the lambs and kids which were born
black and spotted and white, 2 (these) were to be his wages. 28.
And all the sheep brought forth spotted and speckled and black,
variously marked, 3 and they brought forth again lambs like
themselves, and all that were spotted were Jacob's and those
which were not were Laban's. 29. And Jacob's possessions
multiplied exceedingly, and he possessed oxen and sheep 4 and
asses and camels, and menservants and maidservants. 30. And
Laban and his sons envied Jacob, and Laban took back his sheep
from him, and he observed him with evil intent.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:33 pm
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Jacob's Flight with his Family: his Covenant with Laban (xxix.
1-12; cf. Gen, xxxi.).
XXIX. And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that
Laban went to shear his sheep; for they were distant from him a
three days' journey. 2. And Jacob saw that Laban was going to
shear his
p. 151
sheep, and Jacob called Leah and Rachel, and spake kindly unto
them that they should come with him to the land of Canaan. 3.
For he told them how he had seen everything in a dream, even all
that He had spoken unto him that he should return to his
father's house; and they said: "To every place whither thou
goest we will go with thee." 4. And Jacob blessed the God of
Isaac his father, and the God of Abraham his father's father,
and he arose and mounted his wives and his children, and took
all his possessions and crossed the river, and came to the land
of Gilead, and Jacob hid 1 his intention from
2135 A.M.Laban and told him not. 5. And in the seventh year of
the fourth week Jacob turned (his face) toward Gilead in the
first month, on the twenty-first thereof. And Laban pursued
after him and overtook Jacob in the mountain of Gilead in the
third month, on the thirteenth thereof. 6. And the Lord did not
suffer him to injure Jacob; for He appeared to him in a dream by
night. And Laban spake to Jacob, 7. And on the fifteenth of
those days Jacob made a feast for Laban, and for all who came
with him, and Jacob sware to Laban that day, and Laban also to
Jacob, that neither should cross the mountain of Gilead to the
other with evil purpose. 8. And he made there a heap for a
witness; wherefore the name of that place is called: "The Heap
of Witness," after this heap. 2 9. But before they used to call
the land of Gilead the land of the Rephaim; 3 for it was the
land of the Rephaim, and the Rephaim were born (there), giants
whose height was ten, nine, eight down to seven cubits. 10. 4
And their habitation was from the land of the children of Ammon
to Mount Hermon, and the seats of their kingdom were Karnaim and
p. 152
[paragraph continues] Ashtaroth, 1 and Edrei, and Mîsűr, 2 and
Beon. 3 11. And the Lord destroyed them because of the evil of
their deeds; for they were very malignant, and the Amorites
dwelt in their stead, wicked and sinful, and there is no people
to-day which hath wrought to the full all their sins, and they
have no longer length of life on the earth. 4 12. And Jacob sent
away Laban, and he departed into Mesopotamia, the land of the
East, and Jacob returned to the land of Gilead.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:33 pm
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Jacob, reconciled with Esau, dwells in Canaan and supports his
Parents (xxix. 13-20; Cf. Gen. xxxii., xxxiii.).
13. And he passed over the Jabbok 5 in the ninth month, on the
eleventh thereof. And on that day Esau, his brother, came to
him, and he was reconciled to him, and departed from him unto
the land of Seir, but Jacob dwelt in tents. 14. And in the first
2136 A.M.year of the fifth week in this jubilee he crossed the
Jordan, and dwelt beyond the Jordan, and he pastured his sheep
from the sea †of the heap† 6 unto Bethshan, 7 and unto Dothan
and unto the †forest† 8 of Akrabbim. 15. And he sent to his
father Isaac of all his substance, clothing, and food, and meat,
and drink, and milk, and butter, and cheese, and some dates of
the valley, 16. And to his mother Rebecca also four times a
year, between the times of the months, between ploughing and
reaping, and between autumn and the rain (season) and between
winter
p. 153
and spring, to the tower of Abraham. 17. For Isaac had returned
from the Well of the Oath and gone up to the tower of his father
Abraham, and he dwelt there apart from his son Esau. 18. For in
the days when Jacob went to Mesopotamia, Esau took to himself a
wife Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, and he gathered together
all the flocks of his father and his wives, and went up and
dwelt on Mount Seir, and left Isaac his father at the Well of
the Oath alone. 1 19. And Isaac went up from the Well of the
Oath and dwelt in the tower of Abraham his father on the
mountains of Hebron, 20. And thither Jacob sent all that he did
send to his father and his mother from time to time, all they
needed, and they blessed Jacob with all their heart and with all
their soul.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:34 pm
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Dinah ravished. Slaughter of the Shechemites. Laws against
Intermarriage between Israel and the Heathen. The Choice of Levi
(xxx. 1-26; cf. Gen. xxxiv.).
XXX.
And in the first year of the sixth week he
2143 A.M.went up to Salem, to the east of Shechem, in peace, 2
in the fourth month. 2. And there they carried off Dinah, the
daughter of Jacob, into the house of Shechem, the son of Hamor,
the Hivite, the prince of the land, and he lay with her and
defiled her, and she was a little girl, a child of twelve years.
3. And he besought his father and her brothers that she might be
given to him to wife. And Jacob and his sons were wroth because
of the men of Shechem; 3
p. 154
for they had defiled Dinah, their sister, and they spake to them
with evil intent and dealt deceitfully with them and beguiled
them. 4. And Simeon and Levi came unexpectedly to Shechem and
executed judgment on all the men of Shechem, and slew all the
men whom they found in it, and left not a single one remaining
in it: they slew all in torments because they had dishonoured
their sister Dinah. 5. And thus let it not again be done from
henceforth that a daughter of Israel be defiled; for judgment is
ordained in heaven against them that they should destroy with
the sword all the men of the Shechemites because they had
wrought shame in Israel. 6. And the Lord delivered them into the
hands of the sons of Jacob that they might exterminate them with
the sword and execute judgment upon them, and that it might not
thus again be done in Israel that a virgin of Israel should be
defiled. 7. And if there is any man who wisheth in Israel to
give his daughter or his sister to any man who is of the seed of
the Gentiles he shall surely die, and they shall stone him with
stones; for he hath wrought shame in Israel; and they shall burn
the woman with fire, because she hath dishonoured the name of
the house of her father, and she shall be rooted out of Israel.
1 8. And let not an adulteress and no uncleanness be found in
Israel throughout all the days of the generations of the earth;
for Israel is holy unto the Lord, and every man who hath defiled
(it) shall surely die: they shall stone him with stones. 9. For
thus hath it been ordained and written in the heavenly tables
regarding all the seed of Israel: he who defileth (it) shall
surely die, and he shall be stoned with stones. 10. And to this
law there is no limit of days, and no remission, nor any
atonement: but the man who hath defiled his daughter shall be
rooted out in the midst of all Israel, because he hath
p. 155
given of his seed to Moloch, 1 and wrought impiously so as to
defile it. 11. And do thou, Moses, command the children of
Israel and exhort them not to give their daughters to the
Gentiles, and not to take for their sons any of the daughters of
the Gentiles, for this is abominable before the Lord. 12. For
this reason I have written for thee in the words of the Law all
the deeds of the Shechemites, which they wrought against Dinah,
and how the sons of Jacob spake, saying: "We shall not give our
daughter to a man who is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
unto us." 13. And it is a reproach to Israel, to those who give,
and to those who take the daughters of the Gentiles; for this is
unclean and abominable to Israel. 14. 2 And Israel will not be
free from this uncleanness if it hath a wife of the daughters of
the Gentiles, or hath given any of its daughters to a man who is
of any of the Gentiles. 15. For there will be plague upon
plague, and curse upon curse, and every judgment and plague and
curse will come (upon him): if he do this thing, or hide his
eyes from 3 those who commit uncleanness, or those who defile
the sanctuary of the Lord, or those who profane His holy name, 4
(then) will the whole nation 5 together be judged for all the
uncleanness and profanation of this (man). 16. And there will be
no respect of persons [and no consideration of persons], 6 and
no receiving at his hands of fruits and offerings and
burnt-offerings and fat, nor the fragrance of sweet savour, so
as to accept it: and so fare every man or woman in Israel who
defileth the sanctuary. 17. For
p. 156
this reason I have commanded thee, saying: "Testify this
testimony to Israel: see how the Shechemites fared and their
sons: how they were delivered into the hands of two sons of
Jacob, and they slew them under tortures, and it was (reckoned)
unto them for righteousness, and it is written down to them for
righteousness. 18. And the seed of Levi was chosen for the
priesthood, and to be Levites, that they might minister before
the Lord, as we, continually, and that Levi and his sons may be
blessed for ever; for he was zealous to execute righteousness
and judgment and vengeance on all those who arose against
Israel. 1 19. And so they inscribe as a testimony in his favour
on the heavenly tables blessing and righteousness before the God
of all: 20. And we remember the righteousness which the man
fulfilled during his life, at all periods of the year; until a
thousand generations they will record it, and it will come to
him and to his descendants after him, and he hath been recorded
on the heavenly tables as a friend 2 and a righteous man. 21.
All this account I have written for thee, and have commanded
thee to say to the children of Israel, that they should not
commit sin nor transgress the ordinances nor break the covenant
which hath been ordained for them, (but) that they should fulfil
it and be recorded as friends. 2 22. But if they transgress and
work uncleanness in every way, they will be recorded on the
heavenly tables as adversaries, and they will be destroyed out
of the book of life, 3 and they will be recorded in the book of
those who will be destroyed and with those who will be rooted
out of the earth. 23. And on the
p. 157
day when the sons of Jacob slew Shechem a writing was recorded
in their favour in heaven that they had executed righteousness
and uprightness and vengeance on the sinners, and it was written
for a blessing. 24. And they brought Dinah, their sister, out of
the house of Shechem, and they took captive everything that was
in Shechem, their sheep and their oxen and their asses, and all
their wealth, and all their flocks, and brought them all to
Jacob their father. 25. And he reproached them because they had
put the city to the sword; 1 for he feared those who dwelt in
the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 26. And the dread
of the Lord was upon all the cities which are around about
Shechem, and they did not rise to pursue after the sons of
Jacob; for terror had fallen upon them. 2
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:35 pm
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Jacob's Journey to Bethel and Hebron. Isaac blesses Levi and
Judah (xxxi. 1-25; cf. Gen. xxxv.).
XXXI. And on the new moon of the month Jacob spake to all the
people of his house, saying: "Purify yourselves and change your
garments, and let us arise and go up to Bethel, where I vowed a
vow to Him on the day when I fled from the face of Esau my
brother, because He hath been with me and brought me into this
land in peace, and put ye away the strange gods that are among
you." 2. And they gave up the strange gods and that which was in
their ears and which was †on their necks,† 3 and the idols which
Rachel stole from Laban her brother she gave wholly to Jacob.
And he burnt and brake them to pieces and destroyed them, and
hid them under an oak which is in the land of Shechem. 3. And he
went up on the new moon of the seventh month to Bethel. And he
built an altar at the place where he had slept, and he set up a
pillar there, and he sent word to his father Isaac to come to
him to his sacrifice, and to his mother Rebecca.
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[paragraph continues] 4. And Isaac said: "Let my son Jacob come,
and let me see him before I die." 1 5. And Jacob went to his
father Isaac and to his mother Rebecca, to the house of his
father Abraham, 2 and he took two of his sons with him, Levi and
Judah, and he came to his father Isaac and to his mother
Rebecca. 3 6. And Rebecca came forth from the tower to the front
of it to kiss Jacob and embrace him; for her spirit had revived
when she heard: "Behold Jacob thy son hath come"; and she kissed
him. 7. And she saw his two sons, and she recognised them, and
said unto him: "Are these thy sons, my son?" and she embraced
them and kissed them, and blessed them, saying: "In you shall
the seed of Abraham become illustrious, and ye will prove a
blessing on the earth." 8. And Jacob went in to Isaac his
father, to the chamber where he lay, and his two sons were with
him, and he took the hand of his father, and stooping down he
kissed him, and Isaac clung to the neck of Jacob his son, and
wept upon his neck. 9. And the darkness left the eyes of Isaac,
and he saw the two sons of Jacob, Levi and Judah, and he said:
"Are these thy sons, my son? for they are like thee." 10. And he
said unto him that they were truly his sons: "And thou hast
truly seen that they are truly my sons." 11. And they came near
to him, and he turned and kissed them and embraced them both
together. 12. And the spirit of prophecy came down into his
mouth, and he took Levi by his right hand and Judah by his left.
13. And he turned to Levi first, 4 and began to bless him first,
and said unto him:, 'May the God of all, the very Lord of all
the ages, bless thee and thy children throughout all the ages.
14. And may the Lord give to thee and to thy seed †greatness and
great
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glory†, and cause thee and thy seed, from among all flesh, to
approach Him to serve in His sanctuary as the angels of the
presence and as the holy ones. 1 (Even) as they, will the seed
of thy sons be for glory and greatness and holiness, and may He
make them great unto all the ages. 15. And they will be princes
and judges, and chiefs 2 of all the seed of the sons of Jacob;
They will speak the word of the Lord in righteousness,
And they will judge all His judgments in righteousness.
And they will declare My ways to Jacob
And My paths to Israel.
The blessing of the Lord will be given in their mouths 3
To bless all the seed of the beloved. 4
16. Thy mother hath called thy name Levi,
And justly hath she called thy name;
Thou wilt be joined 5 to the Lord
And be the companion of all the sons of Jacob;
Let His table be thine, 6
And do thou and thy sons eat thereof;
And may thy table be full unto all generations,
And thy food fail not unto all the ages.
17. And let all who hate thee fall down before thee,
And let all thy adversaries be rooted out and perish;
And blessed be he that blesseth thee,
And cursed be every nation that curseth thee. p. 160
18. And to Judah he said:
May the Lord give thee strength and power
To tread down all that hate thee;
A prince shalt thou be, thou and one of thy sons, 1 over the
sons of Jacob;
May thy name and the name of thy sons 2 go forth and traverse
every land and region.
Then will the Gentiles fear before thy face,
And all the nations will quake
[And all the peoples will quake]. 3
19. In thee shall be the help of Jacob,
And in thee be found the salvation of Israel.
20. And when thou sittest on the throne of the honour of thy
righteousness,
There will be great peace for all the seed of the sons of the
beloved, 4
And blessed will he be that blesseth thee;
And all that hate thee and afflict thee and curse thee
Shall be rooted out and destroyed from the earth and accursed."
21. And turning he kissed him again and embraced him, and
rejoiced greatly; for he had seen the sons of Jacob his son in
very truth. 22. And he went forth from between his feet and fell
down and worshipped him. And he blessed them. And (Jacob) rested
there with Isaac his father that night, and they ate and drank
with joy. 23. And he made the two sons of Jacob sleep, the one
on his right hand and the other on his left and it was counted
to him for righteousness. 24. And Jacob told his father
everything during the night, how the Lord had shown him great
mercy, and how He had prospered (him in) all his ways, and
protected him from all evil. 25. And Isaac blessed the God of
his father Abraham, who had not withdrawn His mercy and His
righteousness from the sons of His servant Isaac.
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Rebecca journeys with Jacob to Bethel (xxxi. 26-32).
26. And in the morning Jacob told his father Isaac the vow which
he had vowed to the Lord, and the vision which he had seen, and
that he had built an altar, 1 and that everything was ready for
the sacrifice to be made before the Lord as he had vowed, and
that he had come to set him on an ass. 27. And Isaac said unto
Jacob his son: "I am not able to go with thee; for I am old, and
not able to bear the way: go, my son, in peace; for I am one
hundred and sixty-five years this day; I am no longer able to
journey, set thy mother (on an ass) and let her go with thee.
28. And I know, my son, that thou hast come on my account, and
may this day be blessed on which thou hast seen me alive, and I
also have seen thee, my son. 29. Mayest thou prosper and fulfil
the vow which thou hast vowed, and put not off thy vow; for thou
wilt be called to account as touching the vow; 2 now therefore
make haste to perform it, and may He be pleased who hath made
all things, to whom thou hast vowed the vow." 30. And he said to
Rebecca: "Go with Jacob thy son"; and Rebecca went with Jacob
her son, and Deborah with her, and they came to Bethel. 31. And
Jacob remembered the prayer with which his father had blessed
him and his two sons, Levi and Judah, and he rejoiced and
blessed the God of his fathers, Abraham and Isaac. 32. And he
said: "Now I know that I have an eternal hope, and my sons also,
before the God of all;" and thus is it ordained concerning the
two; and they record it as an eternal testimony unto them on the
heavenly tables how Isaac blessed them.
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Levi's Dream at Bethel; he is appointed to the Priesthood. Jacob
celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles and offers Tithes. The
Institution of Tithes (xxxii. 1-15; cf. Gen. xxxv.),
XXXII. And he abode that night at Bethel, and Levi dreamed 1
that they had ordained and made him the priest of the Most High
God, 2 him and his sons for ever; and he awoke from his sleep
and blessed the Lord. 2. And Jacob rose early in the morning, on
the fourteenth of this month, and he gave a tithe of all that
came with him, both of men and cattle, both of gold and every
vessel and garment, yea, he gave tithes of all. 3. And in those
days Rachel became pregnant with her son Benjamin. And Jacob
counted his sons from him 3 upwards and Levi fell to the portion
of the Lord, 4 and his father clothed him in the garments of the
priesthood and filled his hands. 5 4. And on the fifteenth of
this month, he brought to the altar fourteen oxen from amongst
the cattle, and twenty-eight rams, and forty-nine sheep, and
seven lambs, and twenty-one kids of the goats as a
burnt-offering on the altar of sacrifice, well pleasing for a
sweet savour before God. 6 5. This was his offering,
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in consequence of the vow which he had vowed that he would give
a tenth, 1 with their fruit-offerings and their drink-offerings.
6. And when the fire had consumed it, he burnt incense on the
fire over the fire, and for a thank-offering two oxen and four
rams and four sheep, four he-goats, and two sheep of a year old,
and two kids of the goats; and thus he did daily for seven days.
7. And he and all his sons and his men were eating (this) with
joy there during seven days and blessing and thanking the Lord,
who had delivered him out of all his tribulation and had given
him his vow. 8. And he tithed all the clean animals, and made a
burnt sacrifice, but the unclean animals he gave (not) to Levi
his son, and he gave him all the souls of the men. 2 9. And Levi
discharged the priestly office at Bethel before Jacob his father
in preference to his ten brothers, and he was a priest there,
and Jacob gave his vow: thus he tithed again the tithe 3 to the
Lord and sanctified it, and it became holy unto Him. 10. And for
this reason it is ordained on the heavenly tables as a law for
the tithing again the tithe to eat before the Lord from year to
year, 4 in the place where it is chosen that His name should
dwell, and to this law there is no limit of days for ever. 11.
This ordinance is written that it may be fulfilled from year to
year in eating the second tithe before the Lord in the place
where it hath been chosen, and nothing shall remain over from it
from this year to the year following. 12. For in its year shall
the seed be eaten till the days of the gathering of the seed of
the year, and the wine till the days of the wine, and the oil
till the days of its season. 13. And all that is left thereof
and becometh old, let it be regarded as polluted: let it be
burnt with fire, for it is unclean. 14. And thus let them eat it
together in the
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sanctuary, and let them not suffer it to become old. 15. And all
the tithes of the oxen and sheep shall be holy unto the Lord, 1
and shall belong to His priests, which they will eat before Him
from year to year; for thus is it ordained and engraven
regarding the tithe on the heavenly tables.
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Jacob's Visions. He celebrates the eighth day of Tabernacles.
The Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel (xxxii. 16-34; cf.
Gen. xxxv.).
16. And on the following night, on the twenty-second day of this
month, Jacob resolved to build that place, and to surround the
court with a wall, and to sanctify it and make it holy for ever,
for himself and his children after him. 17. And the Lord
appeared to him by night and blessed him and said unto him: "Thy
name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall they name thy
name." 18. And He said unto him again: "I am the Lord who
created the heaven and the earth, and I shall increase thee and
multiply thee exceedingly, and kings will come forth from thee,
and they will judge everywhere wherever the foot of the sons of
men hath trodden. 19. Ana I shall give to thy seed all the earth
2 which is under heaven, and they will judge all the nations
according to their desires, and after that they will get
possession of the whole earth and inherit it for ever." 20. And
He finished speaking with him, and He went up from him, and
Jacob looked till He had ascended into heaven. 3 21. And he saw
in a vision of the night, and behold an angel descended from
heaven with seven tablets 4 in his hands, and he gave them to
Jacob, and he read them and knew all that was written therein
which would befall him and his sons through-
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out all the ages. 1 22. And he showed him all that was written
on the tablets, and said unto him: "Do not build this place, and
do not make it an eternal sanctuary, 2 and do not dwell here;
for this is not the place. Go to the house of Abraham thy father
and dwell with Isaac thy father until the day of the death of
thy father. 23. For in Egypt thou wilt die in peace, and in this
land thou wilt be buried with honour in the sepulchre of thy
fathers, with Abraham and Isaac. 24. Fear not, for as thou hast
seen and read it, thus will. it all be; and do thou write down
everything as thou hast seen and read." 25. And Jacob said:
"Lord, how can I remember all that I have read and seen?" And he
said unto him: "I will bring all things to thy remembrance." 3
26. And he went up from him, and he awoke from his sleep, and he
remembered everything which he had read and seen, and he wrote
down all the words which he had read and seen. 27. And he
celebrated there yet another day, 4 and he sacrificed thereon
according to all that he sacrificed on the former days, and
called its name †"Addition,"† 5 for †this day was added,† 5 and
the former days he called "The Feast." 6 28. And thus it was
manifested that it should be, and it is written on the heavenly
tables: wherefore it was revealed to him that he should
celebrate it, and add it to the seven days of the feast. 29. 7
And its name
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was called †"Addition," † †because that† it was recorded amongst
the days of the feast days, †according to† the number of the
days of the year. 30. And in the night, on the twenty-third of
this month, Deborah Rebecca's nurse died, and they buried her
beneath the city under the oak of the river, and he called the
name of this place, "The river of Deborah," and the oak, "The
oak of the mourning of Deborah." 1 31. And Rebecca went and
returned to her house to his father Isaac, and Jacob sent by her
hand rams and sheep and he-goats that she should prepare a meal
for his father such as he desired. 32. And he went after his
mother till he came to the land of Kabrâtân, 2 and he dwelt
there. 33. And Rachel bare a son in the night, and called his
name "Son of my sorrow"; for she suffered in giving him birth:
but his father called his name Benjamin, on the eleventh of the
eighth month in the first of the sixth week of this
2143 A.M.jubilee. 34. And Rachel died there and she was buried
in the land 3 of Ephrath, the same is Bethlehem, and Jacob built
a pillar on the grave of Rachel, on the road above her grave.
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Reuben's Sin with Bilhah. Laws regarding Incest. Jacob's
Children (xxxiii. 1-23; Cf. Gen. xxxv. 21-27).
XXXIII. And Jacob went and dwelt to the south of Magdalâdrâ’ęf.
4 And he went to his father Isaac, he and Leah his wife, on the
new moon of the tenth month. 2. And Reuben saw Bilhah, Rachel's
maid, the concubine of his father, bathing in water in a
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secret place, and he loved her. 3. And he hid himself at night,
and he entered the house of Bilhah [at night], and he found her
sleeping alone on a bed in her house. 4. And he lay with her,
and she awoke and saw, and behold Reuben was lying with her in
the bed, and she uncovered the border of her covering and seized
him, and cried out, and discovered that it was Reuben. 5. And
she was ashamed because of him, and released her hand from him,
and he fled. 6. And she lamented because of this thing
exceedingly, and did not tell it to any one. 7. And when Jacob
returned and sought her, she said unto him: "I am not clean for
thee, for I have been defiled as regards thee; for Reuben hath
defiled me, and hath lain with me in the night, and I was
asleep, and did not discover until he uncovered my skirt and
slept with me." 8. And Jacob was exceedingly wroth with Reuben
because he had lain with Bilhah, because he had uncovered his
father's skirt. 1 9. And Jacob did not approach her again
because Reuben had defiled her. And as for any man who
uncovereth his father's skirt his deed is wicked exceedingly,
for he is abominable before the Lord. 10. For this reason it is
written and ordained on the heavenly tables that a man should
not lie with his father's wife, and should not uncover his
father's skirt, for this is unclean: they shall surely die
together, 2 the man who lieth with his father's wife and the
woman also, for they have wrought uncleanness on the earth. 11.
And there shall be nothing unclean before our God in the nation
which He hath chosen for Himself as a possession. 12. And again,
it is written a second time: "Cursed he be who lieth with the
wife of his father, for he hath uncovered his father's shame";
and all the holy ones of the Lord said "So be it; so be it." 3
13. And do thou, Moses, command the children of Israel that they
observe this word; for it (entaileth) a punishment of death; and
it is unclean, and there is no atonement
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for ever to atone for the man who hath committed this, but he is
to be put to death and slain, and stoned with stones, and rooted
out from the midst of the people of our God. 14. For to no man
who doeth so in Israel is it permitted to remain alive a single
day on the earth, for he is abominable and unclean. 15. And let
them not say: to Reuben was granted life and forgiveness after
he had lain with his father's concubine, and to her also though
she had a husband, and her husband Jacob, his father, was still
alive. 16. For until that time there had not been revealed the
ordinance and judgment and law in its completeness for all, but
in thy days (it hath been revealed) as a law of seasons and of
days, and an everlasting law for the everlasting generations. 1
17. And for this law there is no consummation of days, and no
atonement for it, but they must both be rooted out in the midst
of the nation: on the day whereon they committed it they shall
slay them. 18. And do thou, Moses, write (it) down for Israel
that they may observe it, and do according to these words, and
not commit a sin unto death; 2 for the Lord our God is judge,
who respecteth not persons and accepteth not gifts. 3 19. And
tell them these words of the covenant, that they may hear and
observe, and be on their guard with respect to them, and not be
destroyed and rooted out of the land; for an uncleanness, and an
abomination, and a contamination, and a pollution are all they
who commit it on the earth before our God. 20. And there is no
greater sin than the fornication which they commit on earth; for
Israel is a holy nation unto the Lord its God, and a nation of
inheritance, and a priestly and royal nation and for (His own)
possession; 4 and there shall no such uncleanness appear in the
midst of the holy nation.
2145 A.M.21. And in the third year of this sixth week Jacob and
all his sons went and dwelt in the house of Abraham,
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near Isaac his father and Rebecca his mother. 22. 1 And these
were the names of the sons of Jacob: the first-born Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, the sons of Leah; and
the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; and the sons of Bilhah,
Dan and Naphtali, and the sons of Zilpah, Gad and Asher; and
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, the only daughter of Jacob. 23. And
they came and bowed themselves to Isaac and Rebecca, and when
they saw them they blessed Jacob and all his sons, and Isaac
rejoiced exceedingly, for he saw the sons of Jacob, his younger
son, and he blessed them.
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