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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Jasher, Chapter 47

Year 2228
1 And Yitschaq (Isaac) the son of Abraham was still living in those days in the land of Canaan; he was very aged, one hundred and eighty years old, and Esau his son, the brother of Yacob, was in the land of Edom, and he and his sons had possessions in it amongst the children of Seir.
2 And Esau heard that his father's time was drawing nigh to die, and he and his sons and household came unto the land of Canaan, unto his father's house, and Yacob and his sons went forth from the place where they dwelt in Hebron, and they all came to their father Yitschaq, and they found Esau and his sons in the tent.
3 And Yacob and his sons sat before his father Yitschaq, and Yacob was still mourning for his son Yoseph.
4 And Yitschaq said unto Yacob, Bring me hither your sons and I will bless them; and Yacob brought his eleven children before his father Yitschaq.
5 And Yitschaq placed his hands upon all the sons of Yacob, and he took hold of them and embraced them, and kissed them one by one, and Yitschaq blessed them on that day, and he said unto them, May YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of your fathers bless you and increase your seed like the stars of heaven for number.
6 And Yitschaq also blessed the sons of Esau, saying, May YAHWEH cause you to be a dread and a terror to all that will behold you, and to all your enemies.
7 And Yitschaq called Yacob and his sons, and they all came and sat before Yitschaq, and Yitschaq said unto Yacob, YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of the whole earth said unto me, Unto your seed will I give this land for an inheritance if your children keep my statutes and my ways, and I will perform unto them the oath which I swore unto your father Abraham.
8 Now therefore my son, teach your children and your children's children to fear YAHWEH, and to go in the good way which will please YAHWEH your ALMIGHTY, for if you keep the ways of YAHWEH and his statutes YAHWEH will also keep unto you his covenant with Abraham, and will do well with you and your seed all the days.
9 And when Yitschaq had finished commanding Yacob and his children, he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.
10 And Yacob and Esau fell upon the face of their father Yitschaq, and they wept, and Yitschaq was one hundred and eighty years old when he died in the land of Canaan, in Hebron, and his sons carried him to the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought from the children of Heth for a possession of a burial place.
11 And all the kings of the land of Canaan went with Yacob and Esau to bury Yitschaq, and all the kings of Canaan showed Yitschaq great honor at his death.
12 And the sons of Yacob and the sons of Esau went barefooted round about, walking and lamenting until they reached Kireath-arba.
13 And Yacob and Esau buried their father Yitschaq in the cave of Machpelah, which is in Kireath-arba in Hebron, and they buried him with very great honor, as at the funeral of kings.
14 And Yacob and his sons, and Esau and his sons, and all the kings of Canaan made a great and heavy mourning, and they buried him and mourned for him many days.
15 And at the death of Yitschaq, he left his cattle and his possessions and all belonging to him to his sons; and Esau said unto Yacob, Behold I pray you, all that our father has left we will divide it in two parts, and I will have the choice, and Yacob said, We will do so.
16 And Yacob took all that Yitschaq had left in the land of Canaan, the cattle and the property, and he placed them in two parts before Esau and his sons, and he said unto Esau, Behold all this is before you, choose you unto thyself the half which you wilt take.
17 And Yacob said unto Esau, Hear you I pray you what I will speak unto you, saying, YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY of heaven and earth spoke unto our fathers Abraham and Yitschaq, saying, Unto your seed will I give this land for an inheritance forever.
18 Now therefore all that our father has left is before you, and behold all the land is before you; choose you from them what you desirest.
19 If you desirest the whole land take it for you and your children forever, and I will take this riches, and it you desirest the riches take it unto you, and I will take this land for me and for my children to inherit it forever.
20 And Nebayoth, the son of Ishmael, was then in the land with his children, and Esau went on that day and consulted with him, saying.
21 Thus has Yacob spoken unto me, and thus has he answered me, now give your advice and we will hear.
22 And Nebayoth said, What is this that Yacob hath spoken unto you? behold all the children of Canaan are dwelling securely in their land, and Yacob says he will inherit it with his seed all the days.
23 Go now therefore and take all your father's riches and leave Yacob your brother in the land, as he has spoken.
24 And Esau rose up and returned to Yacob, and did all that Nebayoth the son of Ishmael had advised; and Esau took all the riches that Yitschaq had left, the souls, the beasts, the cattle and the property, and all the riches; he gave nothing to his brother Yacob; and Yacob took all the land of Canaan, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, and he took it for an everlasting possession, and for his children and for his seed after him forever.
25 Yacob also took from his brother Esau the cave of Machpelah, which is in Hebron, which Abraham had bought from Ephron for a possession of a burial place for him and his seed forever. 26 And Yacob wrote all these things in the book of purchase, and he signed it, and he testified all this with four faithful witnesses.
27 And these are the words which Yacob wrote in the book, saying: The land of Canaan and all the cities of the Hittites, the Hivites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, and the Gergashites, all the seven nations from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates.
28 And the city of Hebron Kireath-arba, and the cave which is in it, the whole did Yacob buy from his brother Esau for value, for a possession and for an inheritance for his seed after him forever.
29 And Yacob took the book of purchase and the signature, the command and the statutes and the revealed book, and he placed them in an earthen vessel in order that they should remain for a long time, and he delivered them into the hands of his children.
30 Esau took all that his father had left him after his death from his brother Yacob, and he took all the property, from man and beast, camel and ass, ox and lamb, silver and gold, stones and bdellium, and all the riches which had belonged to Yitschaq the son of Abraham; there was nothing left which Esau did not take unto himself, from all that Yitschaq had left after his death.
31 And Esau took all this, and he and his children went home to the land of Seir the Horite, away from his brother Yacob and his children.
32 And Esau had possessions amongst the children of Seir, and Esau returned not to the land of Canaan from that day forward.
33 And the whole land of Canaan became an inheritance to the children of Yisrael for an everlasting inheritance, and Esau with all his children inherited the mountain of Seir.

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