The Book of Jasher

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Cosimo, Inc., 2005 M12 1 - 276 pages
But 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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Contents

Pharaohs Dreams Not Receiving a Satisfactory Interpretation from
140
Pharaoh Assembles all the Great Men of the Kingdom and desires to
147
Jacobs sorrow at the absence of Simeon Refuses to let Benjamin
154
Jacobs Sons again go to Egypt for Bread Benjamin is presented before
157
The Lord commands Jacob to go down to Egypt where He will make
168
The Sons of Esau make war with the Sons of Jacob and are smitten
175
Jacobs Posterity in Egypt After Prophesying that the Lord would
181
Zepho Leads a Great Army of Chittimites Edomites and Ishmaelites
191

Abraham commanded to Offer up Isaac in the Land Moriah Abrahams
59
Abraham takes Keturah for a Wife by whom he has Six Sons The Gen
67
On account of Famine Isaac goes to Gerar the Land of the Philistines
73
When he Arrives at Mount Moriah the Lord appears to Jacob and estab
79
Jacob sends a Message of Peace to his Brother who rejects it with con
85
The Perfidy of Shechem Simeon and Levi Sons of Jacob avenge
93
Jacob and his House goes to Bethel where the Lord appears to him calls
100
The Remaining Twentyone Kings of Canaan fearing the Sons of Jacob
114
Joseph is sold to a company of Midianites who in Turn sell him to
120
Joseph is sold to Potiphar an Officer of Pharaoh Zelicah the Wife
128
An Account of the Families of Jacobs Sons
134
Pharaoh Decrees that every Male Child born in Israel shall be Killed
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Moses a Child of Promise is born The Egyptian Women acting as Spies
202
Moses flees to Cush At the Death of the King he is chosen in his Stead
208
Thirty Thousand Ephraimites think it Time to get out of Egypt Rise
214
Moses has Two Sons Pharaoh withholds Straw from the Israelites
221
After Two Years Moses and Aaron again go to Pharaoh but Pharaoh will
227
Aaron and his Sons are Placed in charge of the Lords Service The Sacri
234
All over twenty years of age at the time of Leaving Egypt die at
242
The Edomites are Smitten by Chittim The Land is Divided and
250
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Page 2 - 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 218 - From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head...
Page 155 - 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 59 - 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 231 - 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 90 - 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 45 - 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 250 - 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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