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The Book of Jasher
Read the Book of Jasher online free — the ancient record named in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18
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Chapters
Chapter I
1 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and God created man in his own image. 2 And God formed…
Chapter II
1 And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and …
Chapter III
1 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and he fathered Methuselah; and Enoch walked with God after he had fathered Methusel…
Chapter IV
1 And all the days that Enoch lived upon the earth were three hundred and sixty-five years. 2 And when Enoch had ascende…
Chapter V
1 And it was in the eighty-fourth year of the life of Noah that Enoch the son of Seth died; he was nine hundred and five…
Chapter VI
1 At that time, after the death of Methuselah, the Lord said to Noah, Go, you and your household, into the ark; behold, …
Chapter VII
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham, and Shem; and children were born to them after the flood, f…
Chapter VIII
1 And it was in the night that Abram was born, that all the servants of Terah, and all the wise men of Nimrod and his co…
Chapter IX
1 And Haran, the son of Terah, Abram's oldest brother, took a wife in those days. 2 Haran was thirty-nine years old…
Chapter X
1 And Peleg the son of Eber died in those days, in the forty-eighth year of the life of Abram the son of Terah; and all …
Chapter XI
1 And Nimrod son of Cush was still in the land of Shinar, and he reigned over it and dwelt there, and he built cities in…
Chapter XII
1 And when the king heard the words of Abram, he ordered him to be put into prison; and Abram was ten days in prison. 2 …
Chapter XIII
1 And Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his s…
Chapter XIV
1 In those days there was in the land of Shinar a wise man who had understanding in all wisdom, and was of beautiful app…
Chapter XV
1 And in that year there was a heavy famine throughout the land of Canaan, and the inhabitants of the land could not rem…
Chapter XVI
1 At that time Chedorlaomer king of Elam sent to all the neighboring kings — to Nimrod king of Shinar, who was then unde…
Chapter XVII
1 And in those days, in the ninety-first year of the life of Abram, the children of Chittim made war with the children o…
Chapter XVIII
1 And Abraham rose and did all that God had ordered him: he took the men of his household, and those bought with his mon…
Chapter XIX
1 And the cities of Sodom had four judges for their four cities; and these were their names: Serak in the city of Sodom,…
Chapter XX
1 And at that time Abraham journeyed from the plain of Mamre, and he went to the land of the Philistines, and he dwelt i…
Chapter XXI
1 And it was at that time, at the end of a year and four months of Abraham's dwelling in the land of the Philistine…
Chapter XXII
1 And Ishmael then rose up and took his wife and his children and his cattle and all belonging to him, and he journeyed …
Chapter XXIII
1 At that time the word of the Lord came to Abraham, and he said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. 2 And he said …
Chapter XXIV
1 And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years, and Sarah died; and Abraham rose up from before his dead…
Chapter XXV
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 Cana…
Chapter XXVI
1 And in the fifty-ninth year of the life of Isaac the son of Abraham, Rebecca his wife was still barren in those days. …
Chapter XXVII
1 And Esau at that time, after the death of Abraham, frequently went into the field to hunt. 2 And Nimrod king of Babel …
Chapter XXVIII
1 And in those days, after the death of Abraham, in that year the Lord brought a heavy famine on the land; and while the…
Chapter XXIX
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham became old and advanced in days, and his eyes grew heavy through age; they were dim and c…
Chapter XXX
1 And Jacob went forth, continuing his road to Haran, and he came as far as Mount Moriah, and he stayed there all night,…
Chapter XXXI
1 And in the seventh year, Jacob's service which he had served Laban was completed, and Jacob said to Laban, Give m…
Chapter XXXII
1 And at that time Jacob sent messengers to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, and he spoke to him words of supp…
Chapter XXXIII
1 And some time after, Jacob went away from the borders of the land, and he came to the land of Shalem, that is, the cit…
Chapter XXXIV
1 And the number of all the males that were circumcised was six hundred and forty-five men, and two hundred and forty-si…
Chapter XXXV
1 And all the kings of the Amorites came and took their stand in the field to consult with their counselors what was to …
Chapter XXXVI
1 At that time the Lord appeared to Jacob, saying, Arise, go to Bethel and remain there, and make there an altar to the …
Chapter XXXVII
1 And in the one hundred and fifth year of the life of Jacob, that is, the ninth year of Jacob's dwelling with his …
Chapter XXXVIII
1 And Ihuri king of Shiloh came up to assist Elon, and he approached Jacob, when Jacob drew his bow that was in his hand…
Chapter XXXIX
1 And when the sons of Jacob went from the city of Sarton, they had gone about two hundred cubits when they met the inha…
Chapter XL
1 And the sons of Jacob led away all the spoil of Gaash, and went out of the city by night. 2 They were going out marchi…
Chapter XLI
1 And at the revolution of the year the sons of Jacob journeyed from Shechem, and they came to Hebron, to their father I…
Chapter XLII
1 And they went and sat on the opposite side, about the distance of a bow-shot, and they sat there to eat bread, and whi…
Chapter XLIII
1 And when the sons of Jacob had sold their brother Joseph to the Midianites, their hearts were struck on account of him…
Chapter XLIV
1 And the sons of Ishmael who had bought Joseph from the Midianites, who had bought him from his brothers, went to Egypt…
Chapter XLV
1 And it was at that time in that year, which is the year of Joseph's going down to Egypt after his brothers had so…
Chapter XLVI
1 In those days Joseph was still confined in the prison house in the land of Egypt. 2 At that time the attendants of Pha…
Chapter XLVII
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham was still living in those days in the land of Canaan; he was very aged, one hundred and e…
Chapter XLVIII
1 In those days, after the death of Isaac, the Lord commanded and caused a famine upon the whole earth. 2 At that time P…
Chapter XLIX
1 After these things the king sent and assembled all his officers and servants, and all the princes and nobles belonging…
Chapter L
1 At that time the children of Tarshish came against the sons of Ishmael, and made war with them, and the children of Ta…
Chapter LI
1 And Jacob afterward heard that there was corn in Egypt, and he called to his sons to go to Egypt to buy corn, for upon…
Chapter LII
1 And they entered their house, and every man opened his sack and they saw and behold every man's bundle of money w…
Chapter LIII
1 And the sons of Jacob rose up and took Benjamin and the whole of the presents, and they went and came to Egypt and the…
Chapter LIV
1 And when Judah saw the dealings of Joseph with them, Judah approached him and broke open the door, and came with his b…
Chapter LV
1 And it came to pass after this that Jacob said, I will go and see my son in Egypt and will then come back to the land …
Chapter LVI
1 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, and the years of his life were a hundred …
Chapter LVII
1 And it was after this that the sons of Esau waged war with the sons of Jacob, and the sons of Esau fought with the son…
Chapter LVIII
1 And it came to pass in the thirty-second year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, that is in the seventy-first year…
Chapter LIX
1 And these are the names of the sons of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, who had come with Jacob, all the sons of Jacob came …
Chapter LX
1 And when the year came round, being the seventy-second year from the Israelites going down to Egypt, after the death o…
Chapter LXI
1 And it came to pass at that time Pharaoh king of Egypt commanded all his people to make for him a strong palace in Egy…
Chapter LXII
1 In that year, being the seventy-ninth year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, died Reuben the son of Jacob, in the…
Chapter LXIII
1 And in the ninety-third year died Levi, the son of Jacob, in Egypt, and Levi was a hundred and thirty-seven years old …
Chapter LXIV
1 And Balaam the son of Beor was at that time with Angeas in the battle, and when he saw that Zepho prevailed over Angea…
Chapter LXV
1 And it came to pass after these things, that all the counsellors of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all the elders of Egyp…
Chapter LXVI
1 At that time died Hadad the son of Bedad king of Edom, and Samlah from Mesrekah, from the country of the children of t…
Chapter LXVII
1 There was a man in the land of Egypt of the seed of Levi, whose name was Amram, the son of Kehath, the son of Levi, th…
Chapter LXVIII
1 And it was at that time the spirit of God was upon Miriam the daughter of Amram the sister of Aaron, and she went fort…
Chapter LXIX
1 And the king of Edom died in those days, in the eighteenth year of his reign, and was buried in his temple which he ha…
Chapter LXX
1 And in the third year from the birth of Moses, Pharaoh was sitting at a banquet, when Alparanith the queen was sitting…
Chapter LXXI
1 And when Moses was eighteen years old, he desired to see his father and mother and he went to them to Goshen, and when…
Chapter LXXII
1 And it was in those days that there was a great war between the children of Cush and the children of the east and Aram…
Chapter LXXIII
1 In the fifty-fifth year of the reign of Pharaoh king of Egypt, that is in the hundred and fifty-seventh year of the Is…
Chapter LXXIV
1 In the end of years died Saul king of Edom, and Baal Chanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 2 In the sixteenth…
Chapter LXXV
1 At that time, in the hundred and eightieth year of the Israelites going down into Egypt, there went forth from Egypt v…
Chapter LXXVI
1 And Moses the son of Amram was still king in the land of Cush in those days, and he prospered in his kingdom, and he c…
Chapter LXXVII
1 Adikam was twenty years old when he reigned over Egypt, he reigned four years. 2 In the two hundred and sixth year of …
Chapter LXXVIII
1 At that time died Baal Channan son of Achbor, king of Edom, and was buried in his house in the land of Edom. 2 And aft…
Chapter LXXIX
1 And in those days Moses was feeding the flock of Reuel the Midianite his father-in-law, beyond the wilderness of Sin, …
Chapter LXXX
1 And at the end of two years, the Lord again sent Moses to Pharaoh to bring forth the children of Israel, and to send t…
Chapter LXXXI
1 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the litt…
Chapter LXXXII
1 And the children of Israel proceeded from Rephidim and they encamped in the wilderness of Sinai, in the third month fr…
Chapter LXXXIII
1 And in the twelfth month, in the twenty-third day of the month, Moses took Aaron and his sons, and he dressed them in …
Chapter LXXXIV
1 At that time Korah the son of Jetzer the son of Kehath the son of Levi, took many men of the children of Israel, and t…
Chapter LXXXV
1 And king Arad the Canaanite, who dwelt in the south, heard that the Israelites had come by the way of the spies, and h…
Chapter LXXXVI
1 At that time after the pestilence, the Lord said to Moses, and to Elazer the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Number…
Chapter LXXXVII
1 At that time the Lord said to Moses, Behold your days are approaching to an end, take now Joshua the son of Nun your s…
Chapter LXXXVIII
1 And it was after the death of Moses that the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, saying, 2 Rise up and pass the Jordan…
Chapter LXXXIX
1 Then spoke Joshua this song, on the day that the Lord had given the Amorites into the hand of Joshua and the children …
Chapter XC
1 At that time in the fifth year after the children of Israel had passed over Jordan, after the children of Israel had r…
Chapter XCI
1 At that time, after the death of Joshua, the children of the Canaanites were still in the land, and the Israelites res…
