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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:39 pm
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War of the Amorite Kings against Jacob and his Sons. Joseph sold
into Egypt (cf. Gen. xxxvii.). The Death of Bilhah and Dinah
(xxxiv. 1-19).
XXXIV. And in the sixth year of this week of this
2148 A.M.forty-fourth jubilee Jacob sent his sons to pasture
their sheep, and his servants with them, to the pastures of
Shechem. 2. 2 And the seven kings of the Amorites assembled
themselves together against them, to slay them, hiding
themselves under the trees, and to take their cattle as a prey.
3. And Jacob and Levi and Judah and Joseph were in the house
with Isaac their father; for his spirit was sorrowful, and they
could not leave him: and Benjamin was the youngest, and for this
reason remained with his father. 4. And there came the king[s] 3
of Tâphû, 4
p. 170
and the king[s] 1 of †’Arêsa,† 2 and the king[s] 1 of Sêragân, 3
and the king[s] 1 of Sêlô, 4 and the king[s] 1 of Gâ’as, 5 and
the king of Bêthôrôn, 6 and the king of †Ma’anîsâkîr,† 7 and all
those who dwell in these mountains (and) who dwell in the woods
in the land of Canaan. 5. And they announced this to Jacob
saying: "Behold, the kings of the Amorites have surrounded thy
sons, and plundered their herds." 6. And he arose from his
housel he and his three sons and all the servants of his father,
and his own servants, and he went against them with six thousand
8 men, who carried swords. 7. And he slew them in the pastures
of Shechem, and pursued those who fled, and he slew them with
the edge of the sword, and he slew 9 †’Arêsa † and Tâphû and
Sarêgân and Sêlô and †’Amânîsakîr† and Gâ[gâ]’as, and he
recovered his herds. 8. And he prevailed over them, and imposed
tribute on them that they should pay him tribute, five fruit
products of their land, and he built Rôbêl 10 and Tamnâtârês 11
9. And he returned in peace, and made peace with them, and they
became his servants, until the day that he and his sons went
down into
2149 A.M.Egypt. 10. 12 And in the seventh year of this week he
sent Joseph to learn about the welfare of his brothers from his
house to the land of Shechem, and he found them in the land of
Dothan. 11. And they dealt treacherously with him, and formed a
plot against him to slay him, but changing their minds,
p. 171
they sold him to Ishmaelite merchants, and they brought him down
into Egypt, and they sold him to Potiphar, the eunuch 1 of
Pharaoh, the chief of the cooks, 2 priest of the city of ’Êlêw.
3 12. And the sons of Jacob slaughtered a kid, and dipped the
coat of Joseph in the blood, and sent (it) to Jacob their father
on the tenth of the seventh month. 13. And he mourned all that
night, for they had brought it to him in the evening, and he
became feverish with mourning for his death, and he said: "An
evil beast hath devoured Joseph"; and all the members of his
house [mourned with him that day, and they] 4 were grieving and
mourning with him all that day. 14. And his sons and his
daughter rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted
for his son. 15. And on that day Bilhah heard that Joseph had
perished, and she died mourning him, and she was living in
†Qafrâtêf† 5 and Dinah also, his daughter, died after Joseph had
perished. And there came these three mournings upon Israel in
one month. 16. And they buried Bilhah over against the tomb of
Rachel, and Dinah also, his daughter, they buried there. 17. And
he mourned for Joseph one year, and did not cease, for he said
"Let me go down to the grave mourning for my son." 6 18. For
this reason 7 it is ordained for the children of Israel that
they should afflict themselves 8 on the tenth of the seventh
month--on the day that the news which made him weep for Joseph
came to Jacob his father--that they should make atonement for
themselves thereon with a young goat on the tenth of the seventh
month,
p. 172
once a year, for their sins; for they had grieved the affection
of their father regarding Joseph his son. 19. And this day hath
been ordained that they should grieve thereon for their sins,
and for all their transgressions and for all their errors, so
that they might cleanse themselves on that day once a year.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:40 pm
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The Wives of Jacob's Sons (xxxiv. 20-21).
20. And after Joseph perished, the sons of Jacob took unto
themselves wives. The name of Reuben's wife is ’Adâ 1 and the
name of Simeon's wife is ’Adîbâ’a, a Canaanite; 1 and the name
of Levi's wife is Mêlkâ, 2 of the daughters of Aram, of the seed
of the sons of Terah; and the name of Judah's wife, Bêtasû’êl, 3
a Canaanite; and the name of Issachar's wife, Hêzaqâ; and the
name of Zebulon's wife, †Nî’îmân†; 4 and the name of Dan's wife,
’Êglâ; and the name of Naphtali's wife, Rasû’û, of Mesopotamia;
and the name of Gad's wife, Mâka; and the name of Asher's wife,
’Îjônâ; and the name of Joseph's wife, Asenath, 5 the Egyptian;
and the name of Benjamin's wife, ’Îjasaka. 21. And Simeon
repented, and took a second wife from Mesopotamia as his
brothers.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:40 pm
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Rebecca's Last Admonitions and Death (xxxv. 1-27).
2157 A.M.XXXV. And in the first year of the first week of the
forty-fifth jubilee Rebecca called Jacob, her son, and commanded
him regarding his father and regarding his brother, that he
should honour them all the days of his life. 2. And Jacob said:
"I will do
p. 173
everything as thou hast commanded me; for this thing will be
honour and greatness to me, and righteousness before the Lord,
that I should honour them. 3. And thou too, mother, knowest from
the time I was born until this day, all my deeds and all that is
in my heart, that I always think good concerning all. 4. And how
should I not do this thing which thou hast commanded me, that I
should honour my father and my brother! 5. Tell me, mother, what
perversity hast thou seen in me and I shall turn away from it,
and mercy will be upon me." 6. And she said unto him: "My son, I
have not seen in thee all my days any perverse but (only)
upright deeds. And yet I shall tell thee the truth, my son: I
shall die this, year, and I shall not survive this year in my
life; for I have seen in a dream the day of my death, that I
should not live beyond a hundred and fifty-five years: and
behold I have completed all the days of my life which I am to
live." 7. And Jacob laughed at the words of his mother, because
his mother had said unto him that she should die; and she was
sitting opposite to him in possession of her strength, and she
was not infirm in her strength; for she went in and out and saw,
and her teeth were strong, and no ailment had touched her all
the days of her life. 8. And Jacob said unto her: "Blessed am I,
mother, if my days approach the days of thy life, and my
strength remain with me thus as thy strength: and thou wilt not
die, for thou art jesting idly with me regarding thy death." 9.
And she went in to Isaac and said unto him: "One petition I make
unto thee: make Esau swear that he will not injure Jacob, nor
pursue him with enmity; for thou knowest Esau's thoughts that
they are perverse from his youth, and there is no goodness in
him; for he desireth after thy death to kill him. 10. And thou
knowest all that he hath done since the day Jacob his brother
went to Haran until this day; how he hath forsaken us with his
whole heart, and hath done evil to us; thy flocks he hath taken
to himself, and carried off all thy
p. 174
possessions from before thy face. 11. And when we implored and
besought him for what was our own, he did as a man who was
taking pity on us. 12. And he is bitter against thee because
thou didst bless Jacob thy perfect and upright son; for there is
no evil but only goodness in him, and since he came from Haran
unto this day he hath not robbed us of aught, for he bringeth us
everything in its season always, and rejoiceth with all his
heart when we take at his hands, and he blesseth us, and hath
not parted from us since he came from Haran until this day, and
he remaineth with us continually at home honouring us." 13. And
Isaac said unto her: "I, too, know and see the deeds of Jacob
who is with us, how that with all his heart he honoureth us; but
I loved Esau formerly more than Jacob, because he was the
first-born; but now I love Jacob more than Esau, for he hath
done manifold evil deeds, and there is no righteousness in him,
for all his ways are unrighteousness and violence, [and there is
no righteousness around him]. 1 14. And now my heart is troubled
because of all his deeds, and neither he nor his seed is to be
saved, for they are those who will be destroyed from the earth,
and who will be rooted out from under heaven, for he hath
forsaken the God of Abraham and gone after his wives and after
their uncleanness and after their error, he and his children.
15. And thou dost bid me make him swear that he will not slay
Jacob, his brother; even if he swear he will not abide by his
oath, and he will not do good but evil only. 16. But if he
desireth to slay Jacob, his brother, into Jacob's hands will he
be given, and he will not escape from his hands, [for he will
descend into his hands.] 2 17. And fear thou not on account of
Jacob; for the guardian 3 of Jacob is great and powerful and
honoured, and praised more than the guardian of Esau." 18. And
Rebecca sent
p. 175
and called Esau, and he came to her, and she said unto him: "I
have a petition, my son, to make unto thee, and do thou promise
to do it, my son." 19. And he said: "I will do everything that
thou sayest unto me, and I will not refuse thy petition." 20.
And she said unto him: "I ask you that the day I die, thou wilt
take me in and bury me near Sarah, thy father's mother, and that
thou and Jacob will love each other, and that neither will
desire evil against the other, but mutual love only, and (so) ye
will prosper, my sons, and be honoured in the midst of the land,
and no enemy will rejoice over you, and ye will be a blessing
and a mercy in the eyes of all those that love you." 21. And he
said: "I will do all that thou hast told me, and I shall bury
thee on the day thou diest near Sarah, my father's mother, as
thou hast desired that her bones may be near thy bones. 22. And
Jacob, my brother, also, I shall love above all flesh; for I
have not a brother in all the earth but him only: and this is no
great merit for me if I love him; for he is my brother, and we
were sown together in thy body, and together came we forth from
thy womb, and if I do not love my brother, whom shall I love?
23. And I, myself, beg thee to exhort Jacob concerning me and
concerning my sons, for I know that he will assuredly be king
over me and my sons, for on the day my father blessed him he
made him the higher and me the lower. 24. And I swear unto thee
that I shall love him, and not desire evil against him all the
days of my life but good only." And he sware unto her regarding
all this matter. 25. And she called Jacob before the eyes of
Esau, and gave him commandment according to the words which she
had spoken to Esau. 26. And he said: "I shall do thy pleasure;
believe me that no evil will proceed from me or from my sons
against Esau, and I shall be first in naught save in love only."
27. And they ate and drank, she and her sons that night, and she
died, three jubilees and one week and one year old, on that
night, and her two sons, Esau and
p. 176
Jacob, buried her in the double cave 1 near Sarah, their
father's mother.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:41 pm
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Isaac's Last Words and Admonitions: his Death. The Death of Leah
(xxxvi. 1-24).
2162 A.M.XXXVI. And in the sixth year of this week Isaac called
his two sons, Esau and Jacob, and they came to him, and he said
unto them: "My sons, I am going the way of my fathers, to the
eternal house 2 where my fathers are. 2. Wherefore bury me near
Abraham my father, in the double cave in the field of Ephron the
Hittite, where Abraham purchased a sepulchre to bury in; in the
sepulchre which I digged for myself, there bury me. 3. And this
I command you, my sons, that ye practise righteousness and
uprightness on the earth, so that the Lord may bring upon you
all that the Lord said that he would do to Abraham and to his
seed. 4. And love one another, my sons, your brothers 3 as a man
who loveth his own soul, and let each seek in what he may
benefit his brother, and act together on the earth; and let them
love each other as their own souls. 5. And concerning the
question of idols, I command and admonish you to reject them and
hate them, and love them not; for they are full of deception for
those that worship them and for those that bow down to them. 6.
Remember ye, my sons, the Lord God of Abraham your father, and
how I too worshipped Him and served Him in righteousness and in
joy, that He might multiply you and increase your seed as the
stars of heaven in multitude, and establish you on the earth as
the plant of righteousness 4 which will not be rooted out unto
all the generations for ever. 7. And now I shall make you swear
a great oath--for there is no oath which is greater than it by
the name glorious and honoured
p. 177
and great and splendid and wonderful and mighty, which created
the heavens and the earth and all things together--that ye will
fear Him and worship Him. 8. And that each will love his brother
with affection and righteousness, and that neither will desire
evil against his brother from henceforth for ever all the days
of your life, so that ye may prosper in all your deeds and not
be destroyed. 9. And if either of you deviseth evil against his
brother, know that from henceforth every one that deviseth evil
against his brother will fall into his hand, and will be rooted
out of the land of the living, and his seed will be destroyed
from under heaven. 10. But on the day of turbulence and
execration and indignation and anger, with flaming devouring
fire as He burnt Sodom, so likewise will He burn his land and
his city and all that is his, and he will be blotted out of the
book of the discipline of the children of men, and not be
recorded in the book of life, 1 but in that which is appointed
to destruction, and he will depart into eternal execration; so
that their condemnation may be always renewed in hate and in
execration and in wrath and in torment and in indignation and in
plagues and in disease for ever. 11. I say and testify to you,
my sons, according to the judgment which will come upon the man
who wisheth to injure his brother." 12. And he divided all his
possessions between the two on that day, and he gave the larger
portion to him that was the first-born, and the tower and all
that was about it, and all that Abraham possessed at the Well of
the Oath. 13. And he said, "This larger portion I shall give to
the first-born." 14. And Esau said, "I have sold to Jacob and
given my birthright to Jacob; to him let it be given, and I have
not a single word to say regarding it, for it is his." 15. And
Isaac said, "May a blessing rest upon you, my sons, and upon
your seed this day, for ye have given me rest, and my heart is
not pained concerning the birthright, lest thou shouldest work
wickedness on account
p. 178
of it. 16. May the Most High God 1 bless the man that worketh
righteousness, him and his seed for ever." 17. And he ended
commanding them and blessing them, and they ate and drank
together before him, and he rejoiced because there was one mind
between them, and they went forth from him and rested that day
and slept. 18. And Isaac slept on his bed that day rejoicing;
and he slept the eternal sleep, and died one hundred and eighty
years old. He completed twenty-five weeks and five years; and
his two sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 2 19. And Esau went to
the land of Edom, to the mountains of Seir, and dwelt there. 20.
And Jacob dwelt in the mountains of Hebron, in the tower of the
land of the sojournings of his father Abraham, and he worshipped
the Lord with all his heart and according to the visible
commands according as He had divided the days of his
generations. 3 21. And Leah his wife died
2167 A.M.in the fourth year of the second week of the
forty-fifth jubilee, and he buried her in the double cave near
Rebecca his mother, to the left of the grave of Sarah, his
father's mother. 22. And all her sons and his sons came to mourn
over Leah his wife with him, and to comfort him regarding her,
for he was lamenting her. 23. For he loved her exceedingly after
Rachel her sister died; for she was perfect and upright in all
her ways and honoured Jacob, and all the days that she lived
with him he did not hear from her mouth a harsh word, for she
was gentle and peaceable and upright and honourable. 24. And he
remembered all her deeds which she had done during her life, and
he lamented her exceedingly; for he loved her with all his heart
and with all his soul.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:42 pm
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Esau and his Sons wage War with Jacob (xxxvii. 1-25).
XXXVII. 1 And on the day that Isaac the father
2162 A.M.of Jacob and Esau died, the sons of Esau heard that
Isaac had given the portion of the elder to his younger son
Jacob and they were very angry. 2. And they strove with their
father, saying: "Why hath thy father given Jacob the portion of
the elder and passed over thee, although thou art the elder and
Jacob the younger?" 3. And he said unto them "Because I sold my
birthright to Jacob for a small mess of lentils; and on the day
my father sent me to hunt and catch and bring him something that
he should eat and bless me, he came with guile and brought my
father food and drink, and my father blessed him and put me
under his hand. 4. And now our father hath caused us to swear,
me and him, that we shall not mutually devise evil, either
against his brother, and that we shall continue in love and in
peace each with his brother and not make our ways corrupt." 2 5.
And they said unto him, "We shall not hearken unto thee to make
peace with him; for our strength is greater than his strength,
and we are more powerful than he; we shall go against him and
slay him, and destroy him and his sons. And if thou wilt not go
with us, we shall do hurt to thee also. 6. And now hearken unto
us: Let us send to Aram 3 and Philistia 4 and Moab
p. 180
and Ammon, 1 and let us choose for ourselves chosen men who are
ardent for battle, and let us go against him and do battle with
him, and let us exterminate him from the earth before he groweth
strong." 7. And their father said unto them, "Do not go and do
not make war with him lest ye fall before him." 8. And they said
unto him, "This too, is exactly thy mode of action from thy
youth until this day, and thou art putting thy neck under his
yoke. We shall not hearken to these words." 9. And they sent to
Aram, and to ’Adurâm 2 to the friend of their father, and they
hired along with them one thousand fighting men, chosen men of
war. 10. And there came to them from Moab and from the children
of Ammon, those who were hired, one thousand chosen men, and
from Philistia, one thousand chosen men of war, and from Edom 3
and from the Horites one thousand chosen fighting men, and from
the Kittim 4 mighty men of war. 11. And they said unto their
father: "Go forth with them and lead them, else we shall slay
thee." 12. And he was filled with wrath and indignation on
seeing that his sons were forcing him to go before (them) to
lead them against Jacob his brother. 13. But afterward he
remembered all the evil which lay hidden in his heart against
Jacob his brother; and he remembered not the oath which he had
sworn to his father and to his mother that he would devise no
evil all his days against Jacob his brother. 14. And
notwithstanding all this, Jacob knew not that they were coming
against him to battle, and he was mourning for Leah, his wife,
until they approached very near to the tower with four thousand
warriors and chosen men of war. 15. And the men of Hebron sent
to him saying, "Behold thy brother hath come against thee, to
fight thee, with four thousand girt with the sword, and they
carry shields and weapons"; for they loved Jacob more than Esau.
So they told him; for Jacob was a more liberal and merciful man
p. 181
than Esau. 16. But Jacob would not believe until they came very
near to the tower. 17. And he closed the gates of the tower; and
he stood on the battlements and spake to his brother Esau and
said, "Noble is the comfort wherewith thou hast come to comfort
me for my wife who hath died. Is this the oath that thou didst
swear to thy father and again to thy mother before they died?
Thou hast broken the oath, and on the moment that thou didst
swear to thy father wast thou condemned." 18. And then Esau
answered and said unto him, "Neither the children of men nor the
beasts of the earth have any oath of righteousness which in
swearing they have sworn (an oath valid) for ever; but every day
they devise evil one against another, and how each may slay his
adversary and foe. 19. And thou dost hate me and my children for
ever. And there is no observing the tie of brotherhood with
thee. 20. Hear these words which I declare unto thee,
If the boar can change its skin and make its bristles as soft as
wool,
Or if it can cause horns to sprout forth on its head like the
horns of a stag or of a sheep,
Then shall I observe the tie of brotherhood with thee. 1
[And if the breasts separated themselves from their mother; for
thou hast not been a brother to me.] 2
21. And if the wolves make peace with the lambs so as not to
devour or do them violence,
And if their hearts are towards them for good,
Then there will be peace in my heart towards thee.
22. And if the lion becometh the friend of the ox and maketh
peace with him, p. 182
And if he is bound under one yoke with him and plougheth with
him,
Then shall I make peace with thee.
23. And when the raven becometh white as the râzâ, 1
Then know that -I have loved thee
And shall make peace with thee.
Thou shalt be rooted out,
And thy sons shall be rooted out,
And there shall be no peace for thee."
[paragraph continues] 24. And when Jacob saw that he was (so)
evilly disposed towards him with his heart, and with all his
soul as to slay him, and that he had come springing like the
wild boar which cometh upon the spear that pierceth and killeth
it, and recoileth not from it; 25. Then he spake to his own and
to his servants that they should attack him and all his
companions.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:42 pm
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The War between Jacob and Esau at the Tower of Hebron. The Death
of Esau and Overthrow of his Forces (xxxviii. 1-4).
XXXVIII. And after that Judah spake to Jacob, his father, and
said unto him: "Bend thy bow, father, and send forth thy arrows
and cast down the adversary and slay the enemy; and mayest thou
have the power, for we shall not slay thy brother, for he is
such as thou, and he is like thee: let us give him (this)
honour." 2. Then Jacob bent his bow and sent forth the arrow and
struck Esau, his brother, (on his right breast) and slew him. 2
3. And again he sent forth an arrow and struck ’Adôrân the
Aramaean, 3 on the left breast, and drove him backward and slew
him. 4. And then went forth the sons of Jacob, they and their
servants, dividing themselves into companies on the four sides
of the tower. 5. And
p. 183
[paragraph continues] Judah went forth in front, and Naphtali
and Gad with him and fifty servants with him on the south side
of the tower, and they slew all they found before them, and not
one individual of them escaped. 6. And Levi and Dan and Asher
went forth on the east side of the tower, and fifty (men) with
them, and they slew the fighting men of Moab and Ammon. 7. And
Reuben and Issachar and Zebulon went forth on the north side of
the tower, and fifty men with them, and they slew the fighting
men of the Philistines. 8. And Simeon and Benjamin and Enoch,
Reuben's son, went forth on the west side of the tower, and
fifty (men) with them, and they slew of Edom and of the Horites
four hundred men, stout warriors; and six hundred fled, and four
of the sons of Esau fled with them, and left their father lying
slain, as he had fallen on the hill which is in ’Adûrâm. 1 9.
And the sons of Jacob pursued after them to the mountains of
Seir. And Jacob buried his brother on the hill which is in
’Adûrâm, and he returned to his house. 10. And the sons of Jacob
pressed hard upon the sons of Esau in the mountains of Seir, and
bowed their necks so that they became servants of the sons of
Jacob. 11. And they sent to their father (to inquire) whether
they should make peace with them or slay them. 12. And Jacob
sent word to his sons that they should make peace, and they made
peace with them, and placed the yoke of servitude upon them, so
that they paid tribute to Jacob and to his sons always. 13. And
they continued to pay tribute to Jacob until the day that he
went down into Egypt. 2 14. And the sons of Edom have not got
quit of the yoke of servitude which the twelve sons of Jacob had
imposed on them until this day. 3
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The Kings of Edom (xxxviii. 15-24; cf. Gen. xxxvi. 31-39).
15. And these are the kings that reigned in Edom before there
reigned any king over the children of Israel [until this day] in
the land of Edom. 16. And Bâlâq, 1 the son of Beor, reigned in
Edom, and the name of his city was Danâbâ. 2 17. And Bâlâq died,
and Jobab, the son of Zârâ of Bôsêr, 3 reigned in his stead. 18.
And Jobab died, and ’Asâm, 4 of the land of Têmân, reigned in
his stead. 19. And ’Asâm died, and ’Adâth, 5 the son of Barad, 6
who slew Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and
the name of his city was Avith. 20. And ’Adâth died, and Salman,
7 from ’Amâsêqâ, 8 reigned in his stead. 21. And Salman died,
and Saul of Râ’abôth 9 (by the) river, reigned in his stead. 22.
And Saul died, and Ba’êlûnân, 10 the son of Achbor, reigned in
his stead. 23. And Ba’êlûnân, the son of Achbor, died, and
’Adâth 11 reigned in his stead, and the name of his wife was
Maiṭabîth, 12 the daughter of Mâṭarat, 13 the
daughter of Mêtabêdzâ’ab. 14 24. These are the kings who reigned
in the land of Edom.
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Joseph's Service with Potiphar; his Purity and Imprisonment
(xxxix. 1-13; cf. Gen. xxxix.).
XXXIX. And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings
in the land of Canaan. 2. These are the generations of Jacob.
And Joseph was seventeen years old 15 when they took him down
into the land of Egypt, and Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh,
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the chief cook 1 bought him. 3. And he set Joseph over all his
house, and the blessing of the Lord came upon the house of the
Egyptian on account of Joseph, and the Lord prospered him in all
that he did. 4. And the Egyptian committed everything into the
hands of Joseph; for he saw that the Lord was with him, and that
the Lord prospered him in all that he did. 5. And Joseph's
appearance was comely and very beautiful was his appearance, and
his master's wife lifted up her eyes and saw Joseph, and she
loved him, and besought him to lie with her. 6. But he did not
surrender his soul, and he remembered the Lord and the words
which Jacob, his father, used to read from amongst the words of
Abraham, 2 that no man should commit fornication with a woman
who hath a husband; that for him the punishment of death hath
been ordained in the heavens before the Most High God, and the
sin will be recorded against him in the eternal books
continually before the Lord. 7. And Joseph remembered these
words and refused to lie with her. 8. And she besought him for a
year, but he refused and would not listen. 9. But she embraced
him and held him fast in the house in order to force him to lie
with her, and closed the doors of the house and held him fast;
but he left his garment in her hands and broke through the door
and fled without from her presence. 10. And the woman saw that
he would not lie with her, and she calumniated him in the
presence of his lord, saying: "Thy Hebrew servant, whom thou
lovest, sought to force me so that he might lie with me; and it
came to pass when I lifted up my voice that he fled and left his
garment in my hands when I held him, and he brake through the
door." 11. And the Egyptian saw the garment of Joseph and the
broken door, and heard the words of his wife, and cast Joseph
into prison into the place where the prisoners were kept whom
the king imprisoned. 12. And he was there in the prison; and the
Lord gave Joseph favour in the sight of the chief
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of the prison guards and compassion before him, for he saw that
the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to
prosper. 13. And he committed all things into his hands, and the
chief of -the prison guards knew of nothing that was with him, 1
for Joseph did everything, and the Lord perfected it.
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Joseph interprets the Dreams of the Chief Butler and the Chief
Baker (xxxix. 14-18; cf. Gen. xl.).,
14. And he remained there two years. 2 And in those days
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was wroth against his two eunuchs,
against the chief butler and against the chief baker, and he put
them in ward in the house of the chief cook, 3 in the prison
where Joseph was kept. 15. And the chief of the prison guards
appointed Joseph to serve them; and he served before them. 16.
And they both dreamed a dream, the chief butler and the chief
baker, and they told it to Joseph. 17. And as he interpreted to
them so it befell them, and Pharaoh restored the chief butler to
his office, and the (chief) baker he slew, as Joseph had
interpreted to them. 18. But the chief butler forgot Joseph in
the prison, although he had informed him what would befall him,
and did not remember to inform Pharaoh how Joseph had told him
for he forgot.
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Pharaoh's Dreams and their Interpretation. Joseph's Elevation
and Marriage (xl. 1-13; cf. Gen. xli.).
XL. And in those days Pharaoh dreamed two dreams in one night
concerning a famine which was to be in all the land, and he
awoke from his sleep and called all the interpreters of dreams
that were in Egypt, and magicians, and told them his two dreams,
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and they were not able to declare (them). 2. And then the chief
butler remembered Joseph and spake of him to the king, and he
brought him forth from the prison, and he told his two dreams
before him. 3. And he said before Pharaoh that his two dreams
were one, and he said unto him: "Seven years will come (in which
there will be) plenty over all the land of Egypt, and after that
seven years of famine, such a famine as hath not been in all the
land. 4. And now let Pharaoh appoint overseers 1 in all the land
of Egypt, and let them store up food in every city throughout
the days of the years of plenty, and there will be food for the
seven years of famine, and the land will not perish through the
famine, for it will be very severe." 5. And the Lord gave Joseph
favour and mercy in the eyes of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh said unto
his servants: "We shall not find such a wise and discreet man as
this man, for the spirit of the Lord is with him." 6. And he
appointed him the second in all his kingdom and gave him
authority over all Egypt, and caused him to ride in the second
chariot of Pharaoh. 7. And he clothed him with byssus garments,
and he put a gold chain upon his neck, and (a herald) proclaimed
before him "’Êl ’Êl wa’ Abîrĕr," 2 and he placed a ring on
his hand and made him ruler over all his house, and magnified
him, and said unto him: "Only on the throne shall I be greater
than thou." 8. And Joseph ruled over all the land of Egypt, and
all the princes of Pharaoh, and all his servants, and all who
did the king's business loved him, for he walked in uprightness,
for he was without pride and arrogance, and he had no respect of
persons, and did not accept gifts, but he judged in uprightness
all the people of the land. 9. And the
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land of Egypt was at peace before Pharaoh because of Joseph, for
the Lord was with him, and gave him favour and mercy for all his
generations before all those who knew him and those who heard
concerning him, and Pharaoh's kingdom was well ordered, and
there was no Satan 1 and no evil person (therein). 10. And the
king called Joseph's name Sĕphânṭîphâns, 2 and gave
Joseph to wife the daughter of Potiphar, the daughter of the
priest of Heliopolis, the chief cook. 3 11. And on the day that
Joseph stood before Pharaoh he was thirty years old [when he
stood before Pharaoh]. 12. And in that year Isaac died. And it
came to pass as Joseph had said in the interpretation of his two
dreams, according as he had said it, there were seven years of
plenty over all the land of Egypt, and the land of Egypt
produced abundantly, one measure (producing) eighteen hundred
measures. 13. And Joseph gathered food into every city until
they were full of corn until they could no longer count and
measure it for its multitude.
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