Should Christians Support the Nation of Israel ? What Scriptures say.

Christian woman comes up to Sam Shamoun and tells him the question of is it biblical to be Pro Israel and that it’s supported in the Bible but after seeing what the bible says about who are the chosen people of God in the new testament are those who believe in Jesus as the children of Abraham and that the Jerusalem we know of today on earth is not the Jerusalem that God delights in because Heavenly Jerusalem is the one thai believers are in.


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Scriptures:
Matthew 21:33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Romans 2:26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law?
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,
24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar—
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Galatians 3:15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it.
16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect.
18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
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26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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A Declaration of Faith

My God is the Creator of All things.
He created the Son of Man; the Angels of Heaven; and Adam and Eve.
He is the God of Enoch; Noah; Abraham; Isaac; and Ishmael.
He is the God of of Jacob, but not of Esau.
He sent his Son incarnated in human form, Jesus Christ, The Son of Man, as the Angels and Enoch call him, to experience, preach, suffer, and Die for our Sins.(As Isaiah prophesied)
Ever since, blood sacrifices are, not only unnecessary, but despised by God.

Jesus Christ (Son of Man) is not the only incarnation in human form we know of.
The fallen angels did it, and still do it.
Angels are sent by God as holy messengers, from time to time.
Satan is known to have done it, and still does it.

As for reincarnation, there is one example we know of: John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah.

The power, glory, justice, and mercy of our Almighty God is beyond imagination.

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And Testimonies

Dec. 9th 2024 (posted on facebook)
Testimony (those who know me have seen me struggle for over 10 years)
Do you believe in miracles?
I do. I've had 6 arthroscopic surgeries on my knees (3 each).
My right anterior cruciate was snapped, the left like a loose rubber band. After the last surgery in 2011, the surgeon told me to wait a little and then get knee replacements. Never did, yet my knees are fully functional, don't crack, don't ache when it's cold.
Thank you for restoring me Lord Jesus!

Yes, I've just put away the cane. I waited to see how cold weather would affect me. It doesn't.
Further more, I was diagnosed with fat liver, bad liver enzymes, High Cholesterol, mild diabetes, high blood pressure. Only took the High blood pressure medicine, none of the others (trash can). Last blood test, the doctor was surprised: liver enzymes fine; Cholesterol fine; diabetes fine; blood pressure fine. I might stop the blood pressure medicine.
My last knee re-injury was in 2011. Until last winter, the cane was a must. So what happened in 2024? I started to praise God daily. I obeyed all 10 commandments (including observing Shabbat). I repented of all my sins (except 1, smoking), and did them no more. I started (since March) to fast one day a week. I observe the law including Leviticus 11 and if I'm attentive enough Lev 23 (using the Zadok calendar). What I now need to do is stop desecrating my body with smoking, and repent of it. Then maybe, the Holy Spirit will abide in me and speak to me?

May 2021 (Covid)
The pandemic started in 2020. Florida's laws concerning it were more relaxed than in most other states.
I would often go out without wearing a mask, and even in places that allowed people without masks.

So eventually, I got sick. In May, I spent 5 days and 4 nights, more sick than I had ever been. I was 64 at the time, not the age group with the better immune system.
It started with caughing and seezing on the 1st day. Then at night I was feaverish, and caughing so much that my ribs hurt.
I couldn't sleep. As soon as laid down, I couldn't breathe. So I sat on my coach all night. Every time I fell asleep, I'd wake up gasping for air.
I lived alone. No way I was going to a hospital (I had heard how they dealt with people with the virus).
I had vitamin C, and D on hand, and Ginger. I prayed to the Lord, and asked him if it was my time to go, if it was his will, I was Ok with it. Praised by saying that I trusted him.
The 4th night ended and I fell asleep early morning, and woke up a few hours later.
My ribs still hurt, but I wasn't caughing, and my breathing was fine. I thanked God for allowing me to live a little longer. Now, it did take me almost 2 months to recover a normal sense of taste and smell.
I never took their shot, and never got this sickeness again so far. I trust God, and not men.

I've always been reckless, and was sucker of adranaline rush, from childhood until my mid 50's.
I can't enumerate the number of times I could have died. But, I guess God didn't want me dead yet.

My favorite Psalms:

• Psalm 19 (Praise Almighty God)
• Psalm 23 The Lord the Shepherd of His People
• Psalm 91 Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

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Book of Jubilees 23

JUBILEES 23

And Abraham Died

1 And he placed two fingers of Yacob on his eyes, and he blessed the ALMIGHTY of gods, and he covered his face and stretched out his feet and slept the sleep of eternity, and was gathered to his fathers.
2 And notwithstanding all this Yacob was lying in his bosom, and knew not that Abraham, his father's father, was dead.
3 And Yacob awoke from his sleep, and behold Abraham was cold as ice, and he said 'Father, father'; but there was none that spoke, 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 Yitschaq in the night, and told him; and they went together, and Yacob with them, and a lamp was in his hand, and when they had gone in they found Abraham lying dead.
5 And Yitschaq fell on the face of his father and wept and kissed him.
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 Abraham his father, he and all the house of Abraham, and they wept with a great weeping.
7 And his sons Yitschaq and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, near Sarah his wife, and they wept for him forty days, all the men of his house, and Yitschaq 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
9 and seventy-five years, and completed the days of his life, being old and full of days. 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.
10 For Abraham was perfect in all his deeds with YAHWEH, 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, and was full of his days
11. And all the generations which shall arise from this time until the day of the great judgment shall grow old quickly, before they complete two jubilees, and their knowledge shall forsake them by reason of their old age, and all their knowledge shall vanish away.
12 And in those days, if a man live a jubilee and a-half of years, they shall say regarding him: 'He has lived long, and the greater part of his days are pain and sorrow and tribulation, and there is no shalom:
13 For calamity follows 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.'
14 And all these shall come on an evil generation, which transgresses on the earth: their works are uncleanness and fornication, and pollution and abominations.
15 Then they shall 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 has lived many, are three score years and ten (70), and, if he is strong, four score (80) years, and those evil, and there is no shalom in the days of this evil generation.'
16 And in that generation the sons shall convict their fathers and their elders of sin and unrighteousness, and of the words of their mouth and the great wickednesses which they perpetrate, and concerning their forsaking the covenant which YAHWEH made between them and Him, that they should observe and do all His commandments and His ordinances and all His Torah, without departing either to the right hand or the left.
17 For all have done evil, and every mouth speaks iniquity and all their works are an uncleanness and an abomination, and all their ways are pollution, uncleanness and destruction.
18 Behold the earth shall be destroyed on account of all their works, and there shall be no seed of the vine, and no oil; for their works are altogether faithless, and they shall all perish together, beasts and cattle and birds, and all the fish of the sea, on account of the children of men.
19 And they shall strive one with another, the young with the old, and the old with the young, the poor with the rich, the lowly with the great, and the beggar with the prince, on account of the Torah and the covenant; for they have forgotten commandment, and covenant, and feasts, and months, and Shabbats, and jubilees, and all judgments.
20 And they shall stand swords and war to turn them back into the way; but they shall not return until much blood has been shed on the earth, one by another.
21 And those who have escaped shall not return from their wickedness to the way of righteousness, but they shall all exalt themselves to deceit and wealth, that they may each take all that is his neighbor’s, and they shall name the great NAME of YAHWEH, but not in truth and not in righteousness, and they shall defile the kodesh of ha kodeshim with their uncleanness and the corruption of their pollution.
22 And a great punishment shall befall the deeds of this generation from YAHWEH, 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 shall 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 shall use violence against Yisrael and transgression against Yacob, And much blood shall be shed upon the earth, And there shall be none to gather and none to bury.
24 In those days they shall cry aloud, And call and pray that they may be saved from the hand of the sinners, the Gentiles; But none shall be saved.
25 And the heads of the children shall be white with grey hair, And a child of three weeks shall appear old like a man of one hundred years, And their stature shall be destroyed by tribulation and oppression.
26 And in those days the children shall begin to study the laws, And to seek the commandments, And to return to the path of righteousness.
27 And the days shall begin to grow many and increase amongst those children of men till their days draw nigh to one thousand years. And to a greater number of years than (before) was the number of the days.
28 And there shall be no old man Nor one who is satisfied with his days, For all shall be as children and youths.
29 And all their days they shall complete and live in shalom and in joy, And there shall be no Satan nor any evil destroyer; For all their days shall be days of blessing and healing.
30 And at that time YAHWEH will heal His servants, And they shall rise up and see great shalom, And drive out their adversaries. And the righteous shall see and be thankful, And rejoice with joy forever and ever, And shall see all their judgments and all their curses on their enemies.
31 And their bones shall rest in the earth, And their spirits shall have much joy, And they shall know that it is YAHWEH who executes judgment, And shows mercy to hundreds and thousands and to all that love Him
32 And do you, Mosheh, write down these words; for thus are they written, and they record them on the heavenly tablets for a testimony for the generations forever.

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Book of Jubilees 22

JUBILEES 22

Yitschaq and Ishmael come to celebrate “The Feast of Weeks” before Abrahams death

1 And it came to pass in the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee, in the second year, that is, the year in which Abraham died, that Yitschaq and Ishmael came from the “Well of the Oath” to celebrate “The Feast of Weeks” -that is, “The Feast of the First Fruits” of the harvest -to Abraham, their father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come.
2 For Yitschaq had many possessions in Beersheba, and Yitschaq was wont to go and see his possessions and to return to his father.
3 And in those days Ishmael came to see his father, and they both came together, and Yitschaq offered a sacrifice for a burnt offering, and presented it on the altar of his father which he had made in Hebron.
4 And he offered a thank offering and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and Rebecca made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Yacob, her son, to take them to Abraham, his father, from the first fruits of the land, that he might eat and bless the Creator of all things before he died.
5 And Yitschaq, too, sent by the hand of Yacob to Abraham a best thank offering, that he might eat and drink.
6 And he eat and drank, and blessed the Most High YAHWEH, Who has created heaven and earth, Who has made all the fat things of the earth, And given them to the children of men That they might eat and drink and bless their Creator .
7 'And now I give thanks unto You, my Sovereign Ruler, because you have caused me to see this day: behold, I am one hundred and seventy five years, an old man and full of days, and all my days have been unto me shalom.
8 The sword of the adversary has not overcome me in all that You have given me and my children all the days of my life until this day.
9 My Sovereign Ruler, may Your mercy and Your shalom be upon Your servant, and upon the seed of his sons, that they may be to You a chosen nation and an inheritance from amongst all the nations of the earth from henceforth unto all the days of the generations of the earth, unto all the ages.'
10 And he called Yacob and said: 'My son Yacob, may YAHWEH the Sovereign Ruler of all bless you and strengthen you to do righteousness, and His will before Him, and may He choose you and your seed that you may become a people for His inheritance according to His will always.
11 And do you, my son, Yacob, draw near and kiss me.' And he drew near and kissed him, and he said: 'Blessed be my son Yacob And all the sons of YAHWEH Most High, unto all the ages: May YAHWEH give unto you a seed of righteousness; And some of your sons may He sanctify in the midst of the whole earth; May nations serve you, And all the nations bow themselves before your seed.
12 Be strong in the presence of men, And exercise authority over all the seed of Seth. Then your ways and the ways of your sons will be justified, So that they shall become a kodesh nation.
13 May the Most High YAHWEH give you all the blessings Wherewith He has blessed me And wherewith He blessed Noah and Adam; May they rest on the sacred head of your seed from generation to generation forever.
14 And may He cleanse you from all unrighteousness and impurity, that you may be forgiven all the transgressions; which you have committed ignorantly. And may He strengthen you, and bless you.
15 And may you inherit the whole earth, And may He renew His covenant with you. That you may be to Him a nation for His inheritance for all the ages, and that He may be to you and to your seed a ALMIGHTY in truth and righteousness throughout all the days of the earth.
16 And do you, my son Yacob, remember my words, And observe the commandments of Abraham, your father: Separate yourself from the nations, And eat not with them: And do not according to their works, And become not their associate; For their works are unclean, And all their ways are a pollution and an abomination and uncleanness.
17 They offer their sacrifices to the dead and they worship evil spirits, and they eat over the graves, 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: 'You are my Sovereign Ruler,' and to a stone: 'You are my Sovereign Ruler and you are my deliverer.' [And they have no heart.]
19 And as for you, my son Yacob, May the Most High YAHWEH help you, and the ALMIGHTY of heaven bless you, and remove you from their uncleanness and from all their error.
20 Be you ware, my son Yacob, of taking a wife from any seed of the daughters of Canaan; for all his seed is to be rooted out of the earth.
21 For, owing to the transgression of Ham, Canaan erred, and all his seed shall be destroyed from off the earth and all the residue thereof, and none springing from him shall be saved on the day of judgment.
22 And as for all the worshippers of idols and the profane
(b) There shall be no hope for them in the land of the living;
(c) And there shall be no remembrance of them on the earth;
(c) For they shall descend into Sheol,
(d) And into the place of condemnation shall they go, 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 Yacob, and be not dismayed, O son of Abraham: May the Most High YAHWEH preserve you from destruction, And from all the paths of error may he deliver you.
24 This house have I built for myself that I might put my name upon it in the earth: [it is given to you and to your seed forever], and it will be named the house of Abraham; it is given to you and to your seed forever; for you will build my house and establish my name before YAHWEH forever: your seed and your name will stand throughout all generations of the earth.'
25 And he ceased commanding him and blessing him.
26 And the two lay together on one bed, and Yacob 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 And he blessed him with all his heart and said: 'The Most High YAHWEH, the Sovereign Ruler of all, and Creator of all, who brought me forth from Ur of the Chaldees that He might give me this land to inherit it forever, and that I might establish a kodesh seed-blessed be the Most High forever.'
28 And he blessed Yacob and said: 'My son, over whom with all my heart and my affection I rejoice, may Your free unmerited favor and Your mercy be lift up upon him and upon his seed always.
29 And do not forsake him, nor set him at naught from henceforth unto the days of eternity, and may Your eyes be opened upon him and upon his seed, that You may preserve him, and
30 bless him, and may make him kodesh as a nation for Your inheritance; And bless him with all Your blessings from henceforth unto all the days of eternity, and renew Your covenant and Your free unmerited favor with him and with his seed according to all Your good pleasure unto all the generations of the earth.'

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Book of Jubilees 20, 21

JUBILEES 20

Abraham called all his sons and commanded them to observe the way of YAHWEH

1 And in the forty-second jubilee, in the first year of the seventh week, Abraham called Ishmael, [2052 (2045?) A.M.] and his twelve sons, and Yitschaq and his two sons, and the six sons of Keturah, and their sons.
2 And he commanded them that they should observe the way of YAHWEH; that they should work righteousness, and love each his neighbour, and act on this manner amongst all men; that they should each so walk with regard to them as to do just judgment and righteousness on the earth.
3 That they should circumcise their sons, according to the covenant which He had made with them, and not deviate to the right hand or the left of all the paths which YAHWEH had commanded us; and that we should keep ourselves from all fornication and uncleanness, and renounce from amongst us all fornication and uncleanness.
4 And if any woman or maid commit fornication amongst you, burn her with fire and let them not commit fornication with her after their eyes and their heart; and let them not take to themselves wives from the daughters of Canaan; for the seed of Canaan will be rooted out of the land.
5 And he told them of the judgment of the giants, and the judgment of the Sodomites, how they had been judged on account of their wickedness, and had died on account of their fornication, and uncleanness, and mutual corruption through fornication.
6 'And guard yourselves from all fornication and uncleanness, And from all pollution of sin, Lest you make our name a curse, And your whole life a hissing, And all your sons to be destroyed by the sword, And you become accursed like Sodom, And all your remnant as the sons of Gomorrah.
7 I implore you, my sons, love YAHWEH of heaven And cleave you to all His commandments.
8 And walk not after their idols, and after their uncleannesses, And make not for yourselves molten or graven gods; For they are vanity, And there is no spirit in them; For they are work of men's hands, And all who trust in them, trust in nothing.
9 Serve them not, nor worship them, But serve you the most high YAHWEH, and worship Him continually: And hope for His countenance always, And work uprightness and righteousness before Him, That He may have pleasure in you and grant you His mercy, And send rain upon you morning and evening, And bless all your works which you have wrought upon the earth, And bless your bread and your water, And bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, And the herds of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep.
10 And you will be for a blessing on the earth, And all nations of the earth will desire you, And bless your sons in my name, That they may be blessed as I am.
11 And he gave to Ishmael and to his sons, and to the sons of Keturah, gifts, and sent them away from Yitschaq his son, and he gave everything to Yitschaq his son.
12 And Ishmael and his sons, and the sons of Keturah and their sons, went together and dwelt from Paran to the entering in of Babylon in all the land which is towards the East facing the desert.
13 And these mingled with each other, and their name was called Arabs, and Ishmaelites.

JUBILEES 21

Abraham called Yitschaq his son and instructs and blesses him

1 And in the sixth year of the seventh week of this jubilee Abraham called Yitschaq his son, and [2057 (2050?) A.M.] commanded him: saying, 'I am become old, and know not the day of my death, and am full of my days.
2 And behold, I am one hundred and seventy-five years old, and throughout all the days of my life I have remembered YAHWEH, and sought with all my heart to do His will, and to walk uprightly in all His ways.
3 My soul has hated idols, and I have given my heart and spirit, that I might observe to do the will of Him who created me.
4 For He is the living YAHWEH, and He is kodesh and faithful, and He is righteous beyond all, and there is with Him no accepting of men's persons and no accepting of gifts; for YAHWEH is righteous, and executes judgment on all those who transgress His commandments and despise His covenant.
5 And do you, my son, observe His commandments and His ordinances and His judgments, and walk not after the abominations and after the graven images and after the molten images.
6 And eat no blood at all of animals or cattle, or of any bird which flies in the heaven.
7 And if you do slay a victim as an acceptable shalom offering, slay you it, and pour out its blood upon the altar, and all the fat of the offering offer on the altar with fine flour and the meat offering mingled with oil, with its drink offering -offer them all together on the altar of burnt offering; it is a sweet savor before YAHWEH.
8 And you will offer the fat of the sacrifice of thank offerings on the fire which is upon the altar, and the fat which is on the belly, and all the fat on the inwards and the two kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, and upon the loins and liver you shall remove, together with the kidneys.
9 And offer all these for a sweet savor acceptable before YAHWEH, with its meat-offering and with its drink-offering, for a sweet savor, the bread of the offering unto YAHWEH.
10 And eat its meat on that day and on the second day, and let not the sun on the second day go down upon it till it is eaten, and let nothing be left over for the third day; for it is not acceptable [for it is not approved] and let it no longer be eaten, and all who eat thereof will bring sin upon themselves; for thus I have found it written in the books of my forefathers, and in the words of Enoch, and in the words of Noah.
11 And on all your oblations you shall strew salt, and let not the salt of the covenant be lacking in all your oblations before YAHWEH.
12 And as regards the wood of the sacrifices, beware lest you bring (other) wood for the altar in addition to these: cypress, bay, almond, fir, pine, cedar, savin, fig, olive, myrrh, laurel, aspalathus.
13 And of these kinds of wood lay upon the altar under the sacrifice, such as have been tested as to their appearance, and do not lay (thereon) any split or dark wood, (but) hard and clean, without fault, a sound and new growth; and do not lay (thereon) old wood, [for its fragrance is gone] for there is no longer fragrance in it as before.
14 Besides these kinds of wood there is none other that you shall place (on the altar), for the fragrance is dispersed, and the smell of its fragrance goes not up to heaven.
15 Observe this commandment and do it, my son, that you may be upright in all your deeds.
16 And at all times be clean in your body, and wash yourself with water before you approach to offer on the altar, and wash your hands and your feet before you draw near to the altar; and when you are done sacrificing, wash again your hands and your feet.
17 And let no blood appear upon you nor upon your clothes; be on your guard, my son, against blood, be on your guard exceedingly; cover it with dust.
18 And do not eat any blood for it is the soul; eat no blood whatever.
19 And take no gifts for the blood of man, lest it be shed with impunity, without judgment; for it is the blood that is shed that causes the earth to sin, and the earth cannot be cleansed from the blood of man save by the blood of him who shed it.
20 And take no present or gift for the blood of man: blood for blood, that you may be accepted before the ALMIGHTY, the Most High YAHWEH; for He is the defense of the good: and that you may be preserved from all evil, and that He may save you from every kind of death.
21 I see, my son, That all the works of the children of men are sin and wickedness, And all their deeds are uncleanness and an abomination and a pollution, And there is no righteousness with them.
22 Beware, lest you should walk in their ways And tread in their paths, And sin a sin unto death before the Most High YAHWEH. Else He will hide His face from you And give you back into the hands of your transgression, And root you out of the land, and your seed likewise from under heaven, And your name and your seed shall perish from the whole earth.
23 Turn away from all their deeds and all their uncleanness, And observe the ordinance of the Most High YAHWEH, And do His will and be upright in all things.
24 And He will bless you in all your deeds, And will raise up from you a plant of righteousness through all the earth, throughout all generations of the earth, And my name and your name shall not be forgotten under heaven forever.
25 Go, my son in shalom. May the Most High YAHWEH, my Sovereign Ruler and your Sovereign Ruler, strengthen you to do His will, And may He bless all your seed and the residue of your seed for the generations forever, with all righteous blessings, that you may be a blessing on all the earth.'
26 And he went out from him rejoicing.

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Book of Jubilees 17, 18

JUBILEES 17

Abraham made a great banquet for Yitschaq was weaned

1 And in the first year of the fifth week Yitschaq was weaned in this jubilee, [1982 A.M.] and Abraham made a great banquet in the third month, on the day his son Yitschaq was weaned.
2 And Ishmael, the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, was before the face of Abraham, his father, in his place, and Abraham rejoiced and blessed YAHWEH because he had seen his sons and had not died childless.
3 And he remembered the words which He had spoken to him on the day on which Lot had parted from him, and he rejoiced because YAHWEH had given him seed upon the earth to inherit the earth, and he blessed with all his mouth the Creator of all things.
4 And Sarah saw Ishmael playing and dancing, and Abraham rejoicing with great joy, and she became jealous of Ishmael and said to Abraham, 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman will not be heir with my son, Yitschaq.'
5 And the thing was grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his maidservant and because of his son, that he should drive them from him.
6 And YAHWEH said to Abraham 'Let it not be grievous in your sight, because of the child and because of the bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her words and do them; for in Yitschaq shall your name and seed be called.
7 But as for the son of this bondwoman I will make him a great nation, because he is of your seed.'
8 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and placed them on the shoulders of Hagar and the child, and sent her away.
9 And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba, and the water in the bottle was spent, and the child thirsted, and was not able to go on, and fell down.
10 And his mother took him and cast him under an olive tree, and went and sat her down over against him, at the distance of a bow-shot; for she said, 'Let me not see the death of my child,' and as she sat she wept.
11 And a malak of YAHWEH, one of the kodesh ones, said to her, 'Why weep you, Hagar? Arise take the child, and hold him in your hand; for YAHWEH has heard your voice, and has seen the child.'
12 And she opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went and filled her bottle with water, and she gave her child to drink, and she arose and went towards the wilderness of Paran.
13 And the child grew and became an archer, and YAHWEH was with him, and his mother took him a wife from among the daughters of Egypt.
14 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Nebaioth; for she said, 'YAHWEH was nigh to me when I called upon Him.'
15 And it came to pass in the seventh week, in the first year thereof, [2003 A.M.] in the first month in this jubilee, on the twelfth of this month, there were voices in heaven regarding Abraham, that he was faithful in all that He told him, and that he loved YAHWEH, and that in every affliction he was faithful.
16 And the prince Mastema came and said before YAHWEH, 'Behold, Abraham loves Yitschaq his son, and he delights in him above all things else; bid him offer him as a burnt-offering on the altar, and You will see if he will do this command, and You will know if he is faithful in everything wherein You do try him.
17 And YAHWEH knew that Abraham was faithful in all his afflictions; for He had tried him through his country and with famine, and had tried him with the wealth of kings, and had tried him again through his wife, when she was torn from him, and with circumcision; and had tried him through Ishmael and Hagar, his maid-servant, when he sent them away.
18 And in everything wherein He had tried him, he was found faithful, and his soul was not impatient, and he was not slow to act; for he was faithful and a lover of YAHWEH.

JUBILEES 18

Abraham offers up Yitschaq his son

1, And YAHWEH said to him, 'Abraham, Abraham'; and he said, ‘Behold, here am I.'
2 And he said, ‘Take your beloved son whom you love, even Yitschaq, and go unto the high country, and offer him on one of the mountains which I will point out unto you.'
3 And he rose early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Yitschaq his son, and clave the wood of the burnt offering, and he went to the place on the third day, and he saw the place afar off.
4 And he came to a well of water, and he said to his young men, 'Abide you here with the ass, and I and the lad shall go yonder, and when we have worshipped we shall come again to you.'
5 And he took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid it on Yitschaq his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went both of them together to that place.
6 And Yitschaq said to his father, 'Father;' and he said, 'Here am I, my son.' And he said to him, 'Behold the fire, and the knife, and the wood; but where is the sheep for the burnt-offering, father?'
7 And he said, ' YAHWEH will provide for himself a sheep for a burnt-offering, my son.' And he drew near to the place of the mount of YAHWEH.
8 And he built an altar, and he placed the wood on the altar, and bound Yitschaq his son, and placed him on the wood which was upon the altar, and stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay Yitschaq his son.
9 And I stood before him, and before the prince Mastema, and YAHWEH said, 'Bid him not to lay his hand on the lad, nor to do anything to him, for I have shown that he fears YAHWEH.'
10 And I called to him from heaven, and said to him: 'Abraham, Abraham;' and he was terrified and said: 'Behold, (here) am I.'
11 And I said to him: 'Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything to him; for now I have shown that you fear YAHWEH, and have not withheld your son, your first-born son, from me.'
12 And the prince Mastema was put to shame; and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold a ram caught by his horns, and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
13 And Abraham called that place 'YAHWEH has seen', so that it is said YAHWEH has seen: that is Mount Zion.
14 And YAHWEH called Abraham by his name a second time from heaven, as he caused us to appear to speak to him in the NAME of YAHWEH.
15 And he said: 'By Myself have I sworn, saith YAHWEH, Because you have done this thing, And have not withheld your son, your beloved son, from Me, That in blessing I will bless you, And in multiplying I will multiply your seed As the stars of heaven, And as the sand which is on the seashore.
16 And your seed shall inherit the cities of its enemies, And in your seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed; Because you have obeyed My voice, And I have shown to all that you are faithful unto Me in all that I have said to you: Go in shalom.'
17 And Abraham went to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba, and Abraham [2010 A.M.]
18 dwelt by the “Well of the Oath”. And he celebrated this festival every year, seven days with joy, and he called it “The Festival of YAHWEH” according to the seven days during which he went and returned in shalom.
19 And accordingly has it been ordained and written on the heavenly tablets regarding Yisrael and its seed that they should observe this festival seven days with the joy of festival.

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Book of Jubilees 14, 15

JUBILEES 14

YAHWEH cames to Abram in a Dream

1 After these things, in the fourth year of this week, on the new month of the third month, the word of YAHWEH came to Abram in a dream, saying: 'Fear not, Abram; I am your defender, and your reward will be exceeding great.'
2 And he said: 'YAHWEH, ALMIGHTY, what will you give me, seeing I go hence childless, and the son of Maseq, the son of my handmaid, is the Dammasek Eliezer: he will be my heir, and to me you have given no seed.'
3 And he said to him: 'This (man) will not be your heir, but one that will come out of your own bowels; he will be your heir.'
4 And He brought him forth abroad, and said to him: 'Look toward heaven and number the stars if you are able to number them.'
5 And he looked toward heaven, and beheld the stars. And He said to him: 'So shall your seed be.'
6 And he believed in YAHWEH, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
7 And He said to him: 'I am YAHWEH that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you the land of the Canaanites to possess it forever; and I will be Sovereign Ruler unto you and to your seed after you.'
8 And he said: 'YAHWEH, ALMIGHTY, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
9 And He said to him: 'Take Me an heifer of three years, and a goat of three years, and a sheep of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a pigeon.'
10 And he took all these in the middle of the month and he dwelt at the oak of Mamre, which is near Hebron.
11 And he built there an altar, and sacrificed all these; and he poured their blood upon the altar, and divided them in the midst, and laid them over against each other; but the birds divided he not.
12 And birds came down upon the pieces, and Abram drove them away, and did not suffer the birds to touch them.
13 And it came to pass, when the sun had set, that an ecstasy fell upon Abram, and lo! a horror of great darkness fell upon him, and it was said to Abram: 'Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land (that is) not theirs, and they shall bring them into bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.
14 And the nation also to whom they will be in bondage will I judge, and after that they shall come forth thence with much substance.
15 And you shall go to your fathers in shalom, and be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here; for the iniquity of the
17 Amorites is not yet full.' And he awoke from his sleep, and he arose, and the sun had set; and there was a flame, and behold! A furnace was smoking, and a flame of fire passed between the pieces.
18 And on that day YAHWEH made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'To your seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates, the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, the Phakorites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
19 And the day passed, and Abram offered the pieces, and the birds, and their fruit offerings, and their drink offerings, and the fire devoured them.
20 And on that day we made a covenant with Abram, according as we had covenanted with Noah in this month; and Abram renewed the festival and ordinance for himself forever.
21 And Abram rejoiced, and made all these things known to Sarai his wife; and he believed that he would have seed, but she did not bear.
22 And Sarai advised her husband Abram, and said to him: 'Go in unto Hagar, my Egyptian maid: it may be that I shall build up seed unto you by her.'
23 And Abram listened unto the voice of Sarai his wife, and said to her, 'Do (so).' And Sarai took Hagar, her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to Abram, her husband, to be his wife.
24 And he went in unto her, and she conceived and bare him a son, and he called his name Ishmael, in the fifth year of this week [1965 A.M.]; and this was the eighty-sixth year in the life of Abram.

JUBILEES 15

YAHWEH appeared to Abram at the feast of the firstfruits

1 And in the fifth year of the fourth week of this jubilee, [1979 A.M.] in the third month, in the middle of the month, Abram celebrated the feast of the first- fruits of the grain harvest.
2 And he offered new offerings on the altar, the first-fruits of the produce, unto YAHWEH, an heifer and a goat and a sheep on the altar as a burnt sacrifice unto YAHWEH; their fruit offerings and their drink offerings he offered upon the altar with frankincense.
3 And YAHWEH appeared to Abram, and said to him:
4 'I am YAHWEH Almighty; approve yourself before me and be you perfect. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.' And Abram fell on his face, and YAHWEH talked with him, and said:
6 'Behold my ordinance is with you, And you shall be the father of many nations.
7 Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, But your name from henceforth, even forever, shall be Abraham.
8 For the father of many nations have I made you. And I will make you very great, And I will make you into nations, And kings shall come forth from you.
9 And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for an eternal covenant, so that I may be a Sovereign Ruler to you, and to your seed after you.
10 And the land where you have been a sojourner, the land of Canaan, that you may possess it forever, and I will be their Sovereign Ruler.'
11 And YAHWEH said to Abraham: 'And as for you, do you keep my covenant, you and your seed after you: and circumcise you every male among you, and circumcise your foreskins, and it shall be a token of an eternal covenant between Me and you.
12 And the child on the eighth day you shall circumcise, every male throughout your generations, him that is born in the house, or whom you have bought with money from any stranger, whom you have acquired who is not of your seed.
13 He that is born in your house shall surely be circumcised, and those whom you have bought with money shall be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an eternal ordinance.
14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be cut off from his people, for he has broken My covenant.'
15 And YAHWEH said to Abraham: 'As for Sarai your wife, her name shall no more be called Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
16 And I will bless her, and give you a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become a nation, and kings of nations shall proceed from him.'
17 And Abraham fell on his face, and rejoiced, and said in his heart: 'Shall a son be born to him that is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bring forth?'
18 And Abraham said to YAHWEH: 'O that Ishmael might live before you!'
19 And YAHWEH said: 'Yes, and Sarah also shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yitschaq, and I will establish My covenant with him, an everlasting covenant, and for his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael also have I heard you, and behold I will bless him, and make him great, and multiply him exceedingly, and he shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But My covenant will I establish with Yitschaq, whom Sarah shall bear to you, in these days, in the next year.'
22 And He left off speaking with him, and YAHWEH went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham did according as YAHWEH had said to him, and he took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and whom he had bought with his money, every male in his house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin.
24 And on the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and all the men of his house, and all those, whom he had bought with money from the children of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
25 This Torah is for all the generations forever, and there is no circumcision of the days, and no omission of one day out of the eight days; for it is an eternal ordinance, ordained and written on the heavenly tablets.
26 And every one that is born, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised on the eighth day, belongs not to the children of the covenant which YAHWEH made with Abraham, but to the children of destruction; nor is there, moreover, any sign on him that he is YAHWEH's, but (he is destined) to be destroyed and slain from the earth, and to be rooted out of the earth, for he has broken the covenant of YAHWEH our Sovereign Ruler.
27 For all the malakim of the presence and all the malakim of sanctification have been so created from the day of their creation, and before the malakim of the presence and the malakim of sanctification He has sanctified Yisrael, that they should be with Him and with His kodesh malakim.
28 And do you command the children of Yisrael and let them observe the sign of this covenant for their generations as an eternal ordinance, and they will not be rooted out of the land.
29 For the command is ordained for a covenant, that they should observe it forever among all the children of Yisrael.
30 For Ishmael and his sons and his brothers and Esau, YAHWEH did not cause to approach Him, and he chose them not because they are the children of Abraham, because He knew them, but He chose Yisrael to be His people.
31 And He sanctified it, and gathered it from amongst all the children of men; for there are many nations and many peoples, and all are His, and over all has He placed spirits in authority to lead them astray from Him.
32 But over Yisrael He did not appoint any malak or spirit, for He alone is their ruler, and He will preserve them and require them at the hand of His malakim and His spirits, and at the hand of all His powers in order that He may preserve them and bless them, and that they may be His and He may be theirs from henceforth forever.
33 And now I announce unto you that the children of Yisrael will not keep true to this ordinance, and they will not circumcise their sons according to all this Torah; for in the flesh of their circumcision they will omit this circumcision of their sons, and all of them, sons of Belial, will leave their sons uncircumcised as they were born.
34 And there will be great wrath from YAHWEH against the children of Yisrael, because they have forsaken His covenant and turned aside from His word, and provoked and blasphemed, inasmuch as they do not observe the ordinance of this Torah; for they have treated their members like the Gentiles, so that they may be removed and rooted out of the land. And there will no more be pardon or forgiveness unto them [so that there should be forgiveness and pardon] for all the sin of this eternal error.

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Jasher, Chapter 29

1 And Yitschaq (Isaac) the son of Abraham became old and advanced in days, and his eyes became heavy through age; they were dim and could not see.
2 At that time Yitschaq called unto Esau his son, saying, Get I pray you your weapons, your quiver and your bow, rise up and go forth into the field and get me some venison, and make me savory meat and bring it to me, that I may eat in order that I may bless you before my death, as I have now become old and gray- headed.
3 And Esau did so; and he took his weapon and went forth into the field to hunt for venison, as usual, to bring to his father as he had ordered him, so that he might bless him.
4 And Rebecca heard all the words that Yitschaq had spoken unto Esau, and she hastened and called her son Yacob (Jacob), saying, Thus did your father speak unto your brother Esau, and thus did I hear, now therefore hasten you and make that which I shall tell you.
5 Rise up and go, I pray you, to the flock and fetch me two fine kids of the goats, and I will get the savory meat for your father, and you shall bring the savory meat that he may eat before your brother shall have come from the chase, in order that your father may bless you.
6 And Yacob hastened and did as his mother had commanded him, and he made the savory meat and brought it before his father before Esau had come from his chase.
7 And Yitschaq said unto Yacob, Who are you, my son? And he said, I am your first born Esau, I have done as you didst order me, now therefore rise up I pray you, and eat of my hunt, in order that your soul may bless me as you didst speak unto me.
8 And Yitschaq rose up and he ate and he drank, and his heart was comforted, and he blessed Yacob and Yacob went away from his father; and as soon as Yitschaq had blessed Yacob and he had gone away from him, behold Esau came from his hunt from the field, and he also made savory meat and brought it to his father to eat thereof and to bless him.
9 And Yitschaq said unto Esau, And who was he that has taken venison and brought it me before you came and whom I did bless? And Esau knew that his brother Yacob had done this, and the anger of Esau was kindled against his brother Yacob that he had acted thus toward him.
10 And Esau said, Is he not rightly called Yacob? for he has supplanted me twice, he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing; and Esau wept greatly; and when Yitschaq heard the voice of his son Esau weeping, Yitschaq said unto Esau, What can I do, my son, your brother came with subtlety and took away your blessing; and Esau hated his brother Yacob on account of the blessing that his father had given him, and his anger was greatly roused against him.
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11 And Yacob was very much afraid of his brother Esau, and he rose up and fled to the house of Eber the son of Shem, and he concealed himself there on account of his brother, and Yacob was sixty-three years old when he went forth from the land of Canaan from Hebron, and Yacob was concealed in Eber's house fourteen years on account of his brother Esau, and he there continued to learn the ways of YAHWEH and his commandments.
12 And when Esau saw that Yacob had fled and escaped from him, and that Yacob had cunningly obtained the blessing, then Esau grieved exceedingly, and he was also vexed at his father and mother; and he also rose up and took his wife and went away from his father and mother to the land of Seir, and he dwelt there; and Esau saw there a woman from amongst the daughters of Heth whose name was Bosmath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and he took her for a wife in addition to his first wife, and Esau called her name Adah, saying the blessing had in that time passed from him.
13 And Esau dwelt in the land of Seir six months without seeing his father and mother, and afterward Esau took his wives and rose up and returned to the land of Canaan, and Esau placed his two wives in his father's house in Hebron.
14 And the wives of Esau vexed and provoked Yitschaq and Rebecca with their works, for they walked not in the ways of YAHWEH, but served their father's gods of wood and stone as their father had taught them, and they were more wicked than their father.
15 And they went according to the evil desires of their hearts, and they sacrificed and burnt incense to the Baalim, and Yitschaq and Rebecca became weary of them.
16 And Rebecca said, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Yacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good then is life unto me?
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17 And in those days Adah the wife of Esau conceived and bare him a son, and Esau called the name of the son that was born unto him Eliphaz, and Esau was sixty-five years old when she bare him.
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18 And Ishmael the son of Abraham died in those days, in the sixty-forth year of the life of Yacob, and all the days that Ishmael lived were one hundred and thirty-seven years and he died.
19 And when Yitschaq heard that Ishmael was dead he mourned for him, and Yitschaq lamented over him many days.
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20 And at the end of fourteen years of Yacob's residing in the house of Eber, Yacob desired to see his father and mother, and Yacob came to the house of his father and mother to Hebron, and Esau had in those days forgotten what Yacob had done to him in having taken the blessing from him in those days.
21 And when Esau saw Yacob coming to his father and mother he remembered what Yacob had done to him, and he was greatly incensed against him and he sought to slay him.
22 And Yitschaq the son of Abraham was old and advanced in days, and Esau said, Now my father's time is drawing nigh that he must die, and when he shall die I will slay my brother Yacob.
23 And this was told to Rebecca, and she hastened and sent and called for Yacob her son, and she said unto him, Arise, go and flee to Haran to my brother Laban, and remain there for some time, until your brother's anger be turned from you and then shall you come back.
24 And Yitschaq called unto Yacob and said unto him, Take not a wife from the daughters of Canaan, for thus did our father Abraham command us according to the word of YAHWEH which he had commanded him, saying, Unto your seed will I give this land; if your children keep my covenant that I have made with you, then will I also perform to your children that which I have spoken unto you and I will not forsake them.
25 Now therefore my son hearken to my voice, to all that I shall command you, and refrain from taking a wife from amongst the daughters of Canaan; arise, go to Haran to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take unto you a wife from there from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
26 Therefore take heed lest you shouldst forget YAHWEH your ALMIGHTY and all his ways in the land to which you goest, and shouldst get connected with the people of the land and pursue vanity and forsake YAHWEH your ALMIGHTY.
27 But when you come to the land serve there YAHWEH, do not turn to the right or to the left from the way which I commanded you and which you didst learn.
28 And may the Almighty YAHWEH grant you favor in the sight of the people of the earth, that you may take there a wife according to your choice; one who is good and upright in the ways of YAHWEH.
29 And may YAHWEH give unto you and your seed the blessing of your father Abraham, and make you fruitful and multiply you, and may you become a multitude of people in the land whither you goest, and may YAHWEH cause you to return to this land, the land of your father's dwelling, with children and with great riches, with joy and with pleasure.
30 And Yitschaq finished commanding Yacob and blessing him, and he gave him many gifts, together with silver and gold, and he sent him away; and Yacob hearkened to his father and mother; he kissed them and arose and went to Padan-aram; and Yacob was seventy-seven years old when he went out from the land of Canaan from Beersheba.
31 And when Yacob went away to go to Haran Esau called unto his son Eliphaz, and secretly spoke unto him, saying, Now hasten, take your sword in your hand and pursue Yacob and pass before him in the road, and lurk for him, and slay him with your sword in one of the mountains, and take all belonging to him and come back.
32 And Eliphaz the son of Esau was an active man and expert with the bow as his father had taught him, and he was a noted hunter in the field and a valiant man.
33 And Eliphaz did as his father had commanded him, and Eliphaz was at that time thirteen years old, and Eliphaz rose up and went and took ten of his mother's brothers with him and pursued Yacob.
34 And he closely followed Yacob, and he lurked for him in the border of the land of Canaan opposite to the city of Shechem.
35 And Yacob saw Eliphaz and his men pursuing him, and Yacob stood still in the place in which he was going, in order to know what this was, for he did not know the thing; and Eliphaz drew his sword and he went on advancing, he and his men, toward Yacob; and Yacob said unto them, What is to do with you that you have come hither, and what means it that you pursue with your swords.
36 And Eliphaz came near to Yacob and he answered and said unto him, Thus did my father command me, and now therefore I will not deviate from the orders which my father gave me; and when Yacob saw that Esau had spoken to Eliphaz to employ force, Yacob then approached and supplicated Eliphaz and his men, saying to him,
37 Behold all that I have and which my father and mother gave unto me, that take unto you and go from me, and do not slay me, and may this thing be accounted unto you a righteousness.
38 And YAHWEH caused Yacob to find favor in the sight of Eliphaz the son of Esau, and his men, and they hearkened to the voice of Yacob, and they did not put him to death, and Eliphaz and his men took all belonging to Yacob together with the silver and gold that he had brought with him from Beersheba; they left him nothing.
39 And Eliphaz and his men went away from him and they returned to Esau to Beersheba, and they told him all that had occurred to them with Yacob, and they gave him all that they had taken from Yacob.
40 And Esau was indignant at Eliphaz his son, and at his men that were with him, because they had not put Yacob to death.
41 And they answered and said unto Esau, Because Yacob supplicated us in this matter not to slay him, our pity was excited toward him, and we took all belonging to him and brought it unto you; and Esau took all the silver and gold which Eliphaz had taken from Yacob and he put them by in his house.
42 At that time when Esau saw that Yitschaq had blessed Yacob, and had commanded him, saying, You shall not take a wife from amongst the daughters of Canaan, and that the daughters of Canaan were bad in the sight of Yitschaq and Rebecca,
43 Then he went to the house of Ishmael his uncle, and in addition to his older wives he took Machlath the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebayoth, for a wife.

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Jasher, Chapter 26

1 And in the fifty-ninth year of the life of Yitschaq the son of Abraham, Rebecca his wife was still barren in those days.
2 And Rebecca said unto Yitschaq, Truly I have heard, my lord, that your mother Sarah was barren in her days until my lord Abraham, your father, prayed for her and she conceived by him.
3 Now therefore stand up, pray you also to YAHWEH and he will hear your prayer and remember us through his mercies.
4 And Yitschaq answered his wife Rebecca, saying, Abraham has already prayed for me to YAHWEH to multiply his seed, now therefore this barrenness must proceed to us from you.
5 And Rebecca said unto him, But arise now you also and pray, that YAHWEH may hear your prayer and grant me children, and Yitschaq hearkened to the words of his wife, and Yitschaq and his wife rose up and went to the land of Moriah to pray there and to seek YAHWEH, and when they had reached that place Yitschaq stood up and prayed to YAHWEH on account of his wife because she was barren.
6 And Yitschaq said, O YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of heaven and earth, whose goodness and mercies fill the earth, you who didst take my father from his father's house and from his birthplace, and didst bring him unto this land, and didst say unto him, To your seed will I give the land, and you didst promise him and didst declare unto him, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand of the sea, now may your words be verified which you didst speak unto my father.
7 For you are YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY, our eyes are toward you to give us seed of men, as you didst promise us, for you are YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY and our eyes are directed toward you only.
8 And YAHWEH heard the prayer of Yitschaq the son of Abraham, and YAHWEH was entreated of him and Rebecca his wife conceived.
9 And in about seven months after the children struggled together within her, and it pained her greatly that she was wearied on account of them, and she said to all the women who were then in the land, Did such a thing happen to you as it has to me? and they said unto her, No.
10 And she said unto them, Why am I alone in this amongst all the women that were upon earth? and she went to the land of Moriah to seek YAHWEH on account of this; and she went to Shem and Eber his son to make inquiries of them in this matter, and that they should seek YAHWEH in this thing respecting her.
11 And she also asked Abraham to seek and inquire of YAHWEH about all that had befallen her.
12 And they all inquired of YAHWEH concerning this matter, and they brought her word from YAHWEH and told her, Two children are in your womb, and two nations shall rise from them; and one nation shall be stronger than the other, and the greater shall serve the younger.
13 And when her days to be delivered were completed, she knelt down, and behold there were twins in her womb, as YAHWEH had spoken to her.
14 And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and all the people of the land called his name Esau, saying, That this one was made complete from the womb.
15 And after that came his brother, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel, therefore they called his name Yacob.
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16 And Yitschaq, the son of Abraham, was sixty years old when he begat them.
17 And the boys grew up to their fifteenth year, and they came amongst the society of men. Esau was a designing and deceitful man, and an expert hunter in the field, and Yacob was a man perfect and wise, dwelling in tents, feeding flocks and learning the instructions of YAHWEH and the commands of his father and mother.
18 And Yitschaq and the children of his household dwelt with his father Abraham in the land of Canaan, as YAHWEH had commanded them.
19 And Ishmael the son of Abraham went with his children and all belonging to them, and they returned there to the land of Havilah, and they dwelt there.
20 And all the children of Abraham's concubines went to dwell in the land of the east, for Abraham had sent them away from his son, and had given them presents, and they went away.
21 And Abraham gave all that he had to his son Yitschaq, and he also gave him all his treasures.
22 And he commanded him saying, Dost you not know and understand YAHWEH is ALMIGHTY in heaven and in earth, and there is no other beside him?
23 And it was he who took me from my father's house, and from my birth place, and gave me all the delights upon earth; who delivered me from the counsel of the wicked, for in him did I trust.
24 And he brought me to this place, and he delivered me from Ur Casdim; and he said unto me, To your seed will I give all these lands, and they shall inherit them when they keep my commandments, my statutes and my judgments that I have commanded you, and which I shall command them.
25 Now therefore my son, hearken to my voice, and keep the commandments of YAHWEH your ALMIGHTY, which I commanded you, do not turn from the right way either to the right or to the left, in order that it may be well with you and your children after you forever.
26 And remember the wonderful works of YAHWEH, and his kindness that he has shown toward us, in having delivered us from the hands of our enemies, and YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY caused them to fall into our hands; and now therefore keep all that I have commanded you, and turn not away from the commandments of your ALMIGHTY, and serve none beside him, in order that it may be well with you and your seed after you.
27 And teach you your children and your seed the instructions of YAHWEH and his commandments, and teach them the upright way in which they should go, in order that it may be well with them forever.
28 And Yitschaq answered his father and said unto him, That which my lord has commanded that will I do, and I will not depart from the commands of YAHWEH my ALMIGHTY, I will keep all that he commanded me; and Abraham blessed his son Yitschaq, and also his children; and Abraham taught Yacob the instruction of YAHWEH and his ways.
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29 And it was at that time that Abraham died, in the fifteenth year of the life of Yacob and Esau, the sons of Yitschaq, and all the days of Abraham were one hundred and seventy-five years, and he died and was gathered to his people in good old age, old and satisfied with days, and Yitschaq and Ishmael his sons buried him.
30 And when the inhabitants of Canaan heard that Abraham was dead, they all came with their kings and princes and all their men to bury Abraham.
31 And all the inhabitants of the land of Haran, and all the families of the house of Abraham, and all the princes and grandees, and the sons of Abraham by the concubines, all came when they heard of Abraham's death, and they requited Abraham's kindness, and comforted Yitschaq his son, and they buried Abraham in the cave which he bought from Ephron the Hittite and his children, for the possession of a burial place.
32 And all the inhabitants of Canaan, and all those who had known Abraham, wept for Abraham a whole year, and men and women mourned over him.
33 And all the little children, and all the inhabitants of the land wept on account of Abraham, for Abraham had been good to them all, and because he had been upright with YAHWEH and men.
34 And there arose not a man who feared YAHWEH like unto Abraham, for he had feared his ALMIGHTY from his youth, and had served YAHWEH, and had gone in all his ways during his life, from his childhood to the day of his death.
35 And YAHWEH was with him and delivered him from the counsel of Nimrod and his people, and when he made war with the four kings of Elam he conquered them.
36 And he brought all the children of the earth to the service of YAHWEH, and he taught them the ways of YAHWEH, and caused them to know YAHWEH.
37 And he formed a grove and he planted a vineyard therein, and he had always prepared in his tent meat and drink to those that passed through the land, that they might satisfy themselves in his house.
38 And YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY delivered the whole earth on account of Abraham.
39 And it was after the death of Abraham that YAHWEH blessed his son Yitschaq and his children, and YAHWEH was with Yitschaq as he had been with his father Abraham, for Yitschaq kept all the commandments of YAHWEH as Abraham his father had commanded him; he did not turn to the right or to the left from the right path which his father had commanded him.

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Jasher, Chapter 25

1 And it was at that time that Abraham again took a wife in his old age, and her name was Keturah, from the land of Canaan.
2 And she bare unto him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuach, being six sons. And the children of Zimran were Abihen, Molich and Narim.
3 And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan, and the sons of Medan were Amida, Joab, Gochi, Elisha and Nothach; and the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
4 And the sons of Ishbak were Makiro, Beyodua and Tator.
5 And the sons of Shuach were Bildad, Mamdad, Munan and Meban; all these are the families of the children of Keturah the Canaanitish woman which she bare unto Abraham the Hebrew.
6 And Abraham sent all these away, and he gave them gifts, and they went away from his son Yitschaq to dwell wherever they should find a place.
7 And all these went to the mountain at the east, and they built themselves six cities in which they dwelt unto this day.
8 But the children of Sheba and Dedan, children of Jokshan, with their children, did not dwell with their brethren in their cities, and they journeyed and encamped in the countries and wildernesses unto this day.
9 And the children of Midian, son of Abraham, went to the east of the land of Cush, and they there found a large valley in the eastern country, and they remained there and built a city, and they dwelt therein, that is the land of Midian unto this day.
10 And Midian dwelt in the city which he built, he and his five sons and all belonging to him.
11 And these are the names of the sons of Midian according to their names in their cities, Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
12 And the sons of Ephah were Methach, Meshar, Avi and Tzanua, and the sons of Epher were Ephron, Zur, Alirun and Medin, and the sons of Chanoch were Reuel, Rekem, Azi, Alyoshub and Alad.
13 And the sons of Abida were Chur, Melud, Kerury, Molchi; and the sons of Eldaah were Miker, and Reba, and Malchiyah and Gabol; these are the names of the Midianites according to their families; and afterward the families of Midian spread throughout the land of Midian.
14 And these are the generations of Ishmael the son Abraham, whom Hagar, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham.
15 And Ishmael took a wife from the land of Egypt, and her name was Ribah, the same is Meribah.
16 And Ribah bare unto Ishmael Nebayoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam and their sister Bosmath.
17 And Ishmael cast away his wife Ribah, and she went from him and returned to Egypt to the house of her father, and she dwelt there, for she had been very bad in the sight of Ishmael, and in the sight of his father Abraham.
18 And Ishmael afterward took a wife from the land of Canaan, and her name was Malchuth, and she bare unto him Nishma, Dumah, Masa, Chadad, Tema, Yetur, Naphish and Kedma.
19 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, being twelve princes according to their nations; and the families of Ishmael afterward spread forth, and Ishmael took his children and all the property that he had gained, together with the souls of his household and all belonging to him, and they went to dwell where they should find a place.
20 And they went and dwelt near the wilderness of Paran, and their dwelling was from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt as you come toward Assyria.
21 And Ishmael and his sons dwelt in the land, and they had children born to them, and they were fruitful and increased abundantly.
22 And these are the names of the sons of Nebayoth the first born of Ishmael; Mend, Send, Mayon; and the sons of Kedar were Alyon, Kezem, Chamad and Eli.
23 And the sons of Adbeel were Chamad and Jabin; and the sons of Mibsam were Obadiah, Ebedmelech and Yeush; these are the families of the children of Ribah the wife of Ishmael.
24 And the sons of Mishma the son of Ishmael were Shamua, Zecaryon and Obed; and the sons of Dumah were Kezed, Eli, Machmad and Amed.
25 And the sons of Masa were Melon, Mula and Ebidadon; and the sons of Chadad were Azur, Minzar and Ebedmelech; and the sons of Tema were Seir, Sadon and Yakol.
26 And the sons of Yetur were Merith, Yaish, Alyo, and Pachoth; and the sons of Naphish were Ebed- Tamed, Abiyasaph and Mir; and the sons of Kedma were Calip, Tachti, and Omir; these were the children of Malchuth the wife of Ishmael according to their families.
27 All these are the families of Ishmael according to their generations, and they dwelt in those lands wherein they had built themselves cities unto this day.
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28 And Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the wife of Abraham's son Yitschaq, was barren in those days, she had no offspring; and Yitschaq dwelt with his father in the land of Canaan; and YAHWEH was with Yitschaq; and Arpachshad the son of Shem the son of Noah died in those days, in the forty-eighth year of the life of Yitschaq, and all the days that Arpachshad lived were four hundred and thirty-eight years, and he died.

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Jasher, Chapter 23

1 At that time the word of YAHWEH came to Abraham, and he said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Here I am.
2 And he said to him, Take now your son, your only son whom you lovest, even Yitschaq, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which shall be shown to you, for there wilt you see a cloud and the splendor of YAHWEH.
3 And Abraham said within himself, How shall I separate my son Yitschaq from Sarah his mother, in order to bring him up for a burnt offering before YAHWEH?
4 And Abraham came into the tent, and he sat before Sarah his wife, and he spoke these words to her,
5 My son Yitschaq is grown up and he has not for some time studied the service of YAHWEH his ALMIGHTY, now tomorrow I will go and bring him to Shem, and Eber his son, and there he will learn the ways of YAHWEH, for they will teach him to know YAHWEH as well as to know that when he prays continually before YAHWEH, he will answer him, therefore there he will know the way of serving YAHWEH his ALMIGHTY.
6 And Sarah said, You hast spoken well, go my lord and do unto him as you hast said, but remove him not at a great distance from me, neither let him remain there too long, for my soul is bound within his soul.
7 And Abraham said unto Sarah, My daughter, let us pray to YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY that he may do good with us.
8 And Sarah took her son Yitschaq and he abode all that night with her, and she kissed and embraced him, and gave him instructions till morning.
9 And she said to him, O my son, how can my soul separate itself from you? And she still kissed him and embraced him, and she gave Abraham instructions concerning him.
10 And Sarah said to Abraham, O my lord, I pray you take heed of your son, and place your eyes over him, for I have no other son nor daughter but him.
11 O forsake him not. If he be hungry give him bread, and if he be thirsty give him water to drink; do not let him go on foot, neither let him sit in the sun.
12 Neither let him go by himself in the road, neither force him from whatever he may desire, but do unto him as he may say to you.
13 And Sarah wept bitterly the whole night on account of Yitschaq, and she gave him instructions till morning.
14 And in the morning Sarah selected a very fine and beautiful garment from those garments which she had in the house, that Abimelech had given to her.
15 And she dressed Yitschaq her son therewith, and she put a turban upon his head, and she enclosed a precious stone in the top of the turban, and she gave them provision for the road, and they went forth, and Yitschaq went with his father Abraham, and some of their servants accompanied them to see them off the road.
16 And Sarah went out with them, and she accompanied them upon the road to see them off, and they said to her, Return to the tent.
17 And when Sarah heard the words of her son Yitschaq she wept bitterly, and Abraham her husband wept with her, and their son wept with them a great weeping; also those who went with them wept greatly.
18 And Sarah caught hold of her son Yitschaq, and she held him in her arms, and she embraced him and continued to weep with him, and Sarah said, Who knows if after this day I shall ever see you again?
19 And they still wept together, Abraham, Sarah and Yitschaq, and all those that accompanied them on the road wept with them, and Sarah afterward turned away from her son, weeping bitterly, and all her men servants and maid servants returned with her to the tent.
20 And Abraham went with Yitschaq his son to bring him up as an offering before YAHWEH, as He had commanded him.
21 And Abraham took two of his young men with him, Ishmael the son of Hagar and Eliezer his servant, and they went together with them, and while they were walking in the road the young men spoke these words to themselves,
22 And Ishmael said to Eliezer, Now my father Abraham is going with Yitschaq to bring him up for a burnt offering to YAHWEH, as He commanded him.
23 Now when he returns he will give unto me all that he possesses, to inherit after him, for I am his first born.
24 And Eliezer answered Ishmael and said, Surely Abraham did cast you away with your mother, and swear that you shouldst not inherit any thing of all he possesses, and to whom will he give all that he has, with all his treasures, but unto me his servant, who has been faithful in his house, who has served him night and day, and has done all that he desired me? To me will he bequeath at his death all that he possesses.
25 And while Abraham was proceeding with his son Yitschaq along the road, Satan came and appeared to Abraham in the figure of a very aged man, humble and of contrite spirit, and he approached Abraham and said to him, Art you silly or brutish, that you go to do this thing this day to your only son?
26 For YAHWEH gave you a son in your latter days, in your old age, and wilt you go and slaughter him this day because he committed no violence, and wilt you cause the soul of your only son to perish from the earth?
27 Dost you not know and understand that this thing cannot be from YAHWEH? for YAHWEH cannot do unto man such evil upon earth to say to him, Go slaughter your child.
28 And Abraham heard this and knew that it was the word of Satan who endeavored to draw him aside from the way of YAHWEH, but Abraham would not hearken to the voice of Satan, and Abraham rebuked him so that he went away.
29 And Satan returned and came to Yitschaq; and he appeared unto Yitschaq in the figure of a young man comely and well favored.
30 And he approached Yitschaq and said unto him, Dost you not know and understand that your old silly father brings you to the slaughter this day for naught?
31 Now therefore, my son, do not listen nor attend to him, for he is a silly old man, and let not your precious soul and beautiful figure be lost from the earth.
32 And Yitschaq heard this, and said unto Abraham, Hast you heard, my father, that which this man has spoken? even thus has he spoken.
33 And Abraham answered his son Yitschaq and said to him, Take heed of him and do not listen to his words, nor attend to him, for he is Satan, endeavoring to draw us aside this day from the commands of YAHWEH.
34 And Abraham still rebuked Satan, and Satan went from them, and seeing he could not prevail over them he hid himself from them, and he went and passed before them in the road; and he transformed himself to a large brook of water in the road, and Abraham and Yitschaq and his two young men reached that place, and they saw a brook large and powerful as the mighty waters.
35 And they entered the brook and passed through it, and the waters at first reached their legs.
36 And they went deeper in the brook and the waters reached up to their necks, and they were all terrified on account of the water; and while they were going over the brook Abraham recognized that place, and he knew that there was no water there before.
37 And Abraham said to his son Yitschaq, I know this place in which there was no brook nor water, now therefore it is this Satan who does all this to us, to draw us aside this day from the commands of YAHWEH.
38 And Abraham rebuked him and said unto him, YAHWEH rebuke you, O Satan, begone from us for we go by the commands of YAHWEH.
39 And Satan was terrified at the voice of Abraham, and he went away from them, and the place again became dry land as it was at first.
40 And Abraham went with Yitschaq toward the place that YAHWEH had told him.
41 And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place at a distance which YAHWEH had told him of.
42 And a pillar of fire appeared to him that reached from the earth to heaven, and a cloud of splendor upon the mountain, and the splendor of YAHWEH was seen in the cloud.
43 And Abraham said to Yitschaq, My son, dost you see in that mountain, which we perceive at a distance, that which I see upon it?
44 And Yitschaq answered and said unto his father, I see and lo a pillar of fire and a cloud, and the splendor of YAHWEH is seen upon the cloud.
45 And Abraham knew that his son Yitschaq was accepted before YAHWEH for a burnt offering.
46 And Abraham said unto Eliezer and unto Ishmael his son, Do you also see that which we see upon the mountain which is at a distance?
47 And they answered and said, We see nothing more than like the other mountains of the earth. And Abraham knew that they were not accepted before YAHWEH to go with them, and Abraham said to them, Abide ye here with the ass while I and Yitschaq my son will go to yonder mount and worship there before YAHWEH and then return to you.
48 And Eliezer and Ishmael remained in that place, as Abraham had commanded.
49 And Abraham took wood for a burnt offering and placed it upon his son Yitschaq, and he took the fire and the knife, and they both went to that place.
50 And when they were going along Yitschaq said to his father, Behold, I see here the fire and wood, and where then is the lamb that is to be the burnt offering before YAHWEH?
51 And Abraham answered his son Yitschaq, saying, YAHWEH has made choice of you my son, to be a perfect burnt offering instead of the lamb.
52 And Yitschaq said unto his father, I will do all that YAHWEH spoke to you with joy and cheerfulness of heart.
53 And Abraham again said unto Yitschaq his son, Is there in your heart any thought or counsel concerning this, which is not proper? tell me my son, I pray you, O my son conceal it not from me.
54 And Yitschaq answered his father Abraham and said unto him, O my father, as YAHWEH lives and as your soul liveth, there is nothing in my heart to cause me to deviate either to the right or to the left from the word that he has spoken to you.
55 Neither limb nor muscle has moved or stirred at this, nor is there in my heart any thought or evil counsel concerning this.
56 But I am of joyful and cheerful heart in this matter, and I say, Blessed is YAHWEH who has this day chosen me to be a burnt offering before Him.
57 And Abraham greatly rejoiced at the words of Yitschaq, and they went on and came together to that place that YAHWEH had spoken of.
58 And Abraham approached to build the altar in that place, and Abraham was weeping, and Yitschaq took stones and mortar until they had finished building the altar.
59 And Abraham took the wood and placed it in order upon the altar which he had built.
60 And he took his son Yitschaq and bound him in order to place him upon the wood which was upon the altar, to slay him for a burnt offering before YAHWEH.
61 And Yitschaq said to his father, Bind me securely and then place me upon the altar lest I should turn and move, and break loose from the force of the knife upon my flesh and thereof profane the burnt offering; and Abraham did so.
62 And Yitschaq still said to his father, O my father, when you shall have slain me and burnt me for an offering, take with you that which shall remain of my ashes to bring to Sarah my mother, and say to her, This is the sweet smelling savor of Yitschaq; but do not tell her this if she should sit near a well or upon any high place, lest she should cast her soul after me and die.
63 And Abraham heard the words of Yitschaq, and he lifted up his voice and wept when Yitschaq spake these words; and Abraham's tears gushed down upon Yitschaq his son, and Yitschaq wept bitterly, and he said to his father, Hasten you, O my father, and do with me the will of YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY as He has commanded you.
64 And the hearts of Abraham and Yitschaq rejoiced at this thing which YAHWEH had commanded them; but the eye wept bitterly while the heart rejoiced.
65 And Abraham bound his son Yitschaq, and placed him on the altar upon the wood, and Yitschaq stretched forth his neck upon the altar before his father, and Abraham stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son as a burnt offering before YAHWEH.
66 At that time the heavenly messengers of mercy came before YAHWEH and spake to him concerning Yitschaq, saying,
67 O YAHWEH, you are a merciful and compassionate King over all that you hast created in heaven and in earth, and you support them all; give therefore ransom and redemption instead of your servant Yitschaq, and pity and have compassion upon Abraham and Yitschaq his son, who are this day performing your commands.
68 Hast you seen, O YAHWEH, how Yitschaq the son of Abraham your servant is bound down to the slaughter like an animal? now therefore let your pity be roused for them, O YAHWEH.
69 At that time YAHWEH appeared unto Abraham, and called to him, from heaven, and said unto him, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you any thing unto him, for now I know that you fear YAHWEH in performing this act, and in not withholding your son, your only son, from me.
70 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram was caught in a thicket by his horns; that was the ram which YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY had created in the earth in the day that he made earth and heaven.
71 For YAHWEH had prepared this ram from that day, to be a burnt offering instead of Yitschaq.
72 And this ram was advancing to Abraham when Satan caught hold of him and entangled his horns in the thicket, that he might not advance to Abraham, in order that Abraham might slay his son.
73 And Abraham, seeing the ram advancing to him and Satan withholding him, fetched him and brought him before the altar, and he loosened his son Yitschaq from his binding, and he put the ram in his stead, and Abraham killed the ram upon the altar, and brought it up as an offering in the place of his son Yitschaq.
74 And Abraham sprinkled some of the blood of the ram upon the altar, and he exclaimed and said, This is in the place of my son, and may this be considered this day as the blood of my son before YAHWEH.
75 And all that Abraham did on this occasion by the altar, he would exclaim and say, This is in the room of my son, and may it this day be considered before YAHWEH in the place of my son; and Abraham finished the whole of the service by the altar, and the service was accepted before YAHWEH, and was accounted as if it had been Yitschaq; and YAHWEH blessed Abraham and his seed on that day.
76 And Satan went to Sarah, and he appeared to her in the figure of an old man very humble and meek, and Abraham was yet engaged in the burnt offering before YAHWEH.
77 And he said unto her, Dost you not know all the work that Abraham has made with your only son this day? for he took Yitschaq and built an altar, and killed him, and brought him up as a sacrifice upon the altar, and Yitschaq cried and wept before his father, but he looked not at him, neither did he have compassion over him.
78 And Satan repeated these words, and he went away from her, and Sarah heard all the words of Satan, and she imagined him to be an old man from amongst the sons of men who had been with her son, and had come and told her these things.
79 And Sarah lifted up her voice and wept and cried out bitterly on account of her son; and she threw herself upon the ground and she cast dust upon her head, and she said, O my son, Yitschaq my son, O that I had this day died instead of you. And she continued to weep and said, It grieves me for you, O my son, my son Yitschaq, O that I had died this day in your stead.
80 And she still continued to weep, and said, It grieves me for you after that I have reared you and have brought you up; now my joy is turned into mourning over you, I that had a longing for you, and cried and prayed to YAHWEH till I bare you at ninety years old; and now hast you served this day for the knife and the fire, to be made an offering.
81 But I console myself with you, my son, in its being the word of YAHWEH, for you didst perform the command of your ALMIGHTY; for who can transgress the word of our YAHWEH, in whose hands is the soul of every living creature?
82 You are just, O YAHWEH our ALMIGHTY, for all your works are good and righteous; for I also am rejoiced with your word which you didst command, and while mine eye weeps bitterly my heart rejoiceth.
83 And Sarah laid her head upon the bosom of one of her handmaids, and she became as still as a stone.
84 She afterward rose up and went about making inquiries till she came to Hebron, and she inquired of all those whom she met walking in the road, and no one could tell her what had happened to her son.
85 And she came with her maid servants and men servants to Kireath-arba, which is Hebron, and she asked concerning her Son, and she remained there while she sent some of her servants to seek where Abraham had gone with Yitschaq; they went to seek him in the house of Shem and Eber, and they could not find him, and they sought throughout the land and he was not there.
86 And behold, Satan came to Sarah in the shape of an old man, and he came and stood before her, and he said unto her, I spoke falsely unto you, for Abraham did not kill his son and he is not dead; and when she heard the word her joy was so exceedingly violent on account of her son, that her soul went out through joy; she died and was gathered to her people.
87 And when Abraham had finished his service he returned with his son Yitschaq to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba, and they came home.
88 And Abraham sought for Sarah, and could not find her, and he made inquiries concerning her, and they said unto him, She went as far as Hebron to seek you both where you had gone, for thus was she informed.
89 And Abraham and Yitschaq went to her to Hebron, and when they found that she was dead they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly over her; and Yitschaq fell upon his mother's face and wept over her, and he said, O my mother, my mother, how hast you left me, and where hast you gone? O how, how hast you left me!
90 And Abraham and Yitschaq wept greatly and all their servants wept with them on account of Sarah, and they mourned over her a great and heavy mourning.

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