The Book of JasherBut in the latter days of Methuselah, the sons of men turned from the Lord, they corrupted the earth, they robbed and plundered each other, and they rebelled against God and they transgressed, and they corrupted their ways, and would not hearken to the voice of Methuselah, but rebelled against him.-from Chapter IVBelieved by some to have been the original beginning of the Old Testament, The Book of Jasher has been suppressed and rediscovered numerous times since its initial translation from the Hebrew in AD 800. Referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel, this apocryphal book of the Bible expands upon some of the stories we know so well: we meet Cain and Abel's three sisters, are privy to a more detailed account of the awful circumstances of the Great Flood and Noah's conduct toward the multitudes who assembled before his ark, and learn more about the women of the Bible. Jasher's version of the story of Abraham is considered by many to be the most beautiful as this new perspective on the Old Testament will inspire believers and intrigue readers of ancient literature. |
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10 And these are the sons of Ham ; Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan, four sons ;
and the sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Satecha, and the
sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. 1 r And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, ...
10 And these are the sons of Ham ; Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan, four sons ;
and the sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Satecha, and the
sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. 1 r And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, ...
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23 And Cush the son of Ham, the son of Noah, took a wife in those days, in his
old age, and she bare a son, and they called his name Nimrod, saying, At that
time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against God, and the
child ...
23 And Cush the son of Ham, the son of Noah, took a wife in those days, in his
old age, and she bare a son, and they called his name Nimrod, saying, At that
time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against God, and the
child ...
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Page 1 - You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.
Page 154 - Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 58 - Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou ? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 230 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 89 - Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Page 44 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 249 - And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 32.
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| Title | The Book of Jasher |
| Author | J. H. Parry |
| Publisher | Cosimo, Inc., 2005 |
| ISBN | 159605445X, 9781596054455 |
| Length | 276 pages |
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