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The Book of Jubilees
Read the Book of Jubilees online — the "Little Genesis," from creation to Moses
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Chapters
Chapter I
1 And it came to pass in the first year of the exodus of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the third month, on the…
Chapter II
1 And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of …
Chapter III
1 And on the six days of the second week we brought, according to the word of God, unto Adam all the beasts, and all the…
Chapter IV
1 And in the third week in the second jubilee [64-70 A.M.] she gave birth to Cain, and in the fourth [71-77 A.M.] she ga…
Chapter V
1 And it came to pass when the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto t…
Chapter VI
1 And on the new moon of the third month he went forth from the ark, and built an altar on that mountain. 2 And he made …
Chapter VII
1 And in the seventh week in the first year [1317 A.M.] thereof, in this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain on …
Chapter VIII
1 In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week, [1373 A.M.] in the beginning thereof Arpachshad took to himself a wife…
Chapter IX
1 And Ham divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Cush towards the east, and to the west of him f…
Chapter X
1 And in the third week of this jubilee the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of the sons of Noah, and to…
Chapter XI
1 And in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in the first year [1681 A.M.] thereof, Reu took to himself a wife,…
Chapter XII
1 And it came to pass in the sixth week, in the seventh year thereof, [1904 A.M.] that Abram said to Terah his father, s…
Chapter XIII
1 And Abram journeyed from Haran, and he took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother Haran's son, to the land of Canaan, …
Chapter XIV
1 After these things, in the fourth year of this week, on the new moon of the third month, the word of the Lord came to …
Chapter XV
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, …
Chapter XVI
1 And on the new moon of the fourth month we appeared unto Abraham, at the oak of Mamre, and we talked with him, and we …
Chapter XVII
1 And in the first year of the fifth week Isaac was weaned in this jubilee, [1982 A.M.] and Abraham made a great banquet…
Chapter XVIII
1 And God said to him, 'Abraham, Abraham'; and he said, Behold, (here) am I.' 2 And he said, Take thy beloved son whom t…
Chapter XIX
1 And in the first year of the first week in the forty-second jubilee, Abraham returned and dwelt opposite Hebron, that …
Chapter XX
1 And in the forty-second jubilee, in the first year of the seventh week, Abraham called Ishmael, [2052 (2045?) A.M.] an…
Chapter XXI
1 And in the sixth year of the seventh week of this jubilee Abraham called Isaac his son, and [2057 (2050?) A.M.] comman…
Chapter XXII
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 Abra…
Chapter XXIII
1 And he placed two fingers of Jacob on his eyes, and he blessed the God of gods, and he covered his face and stretched …
Chapter XXIV
1 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that the Lord blessed Isaac his son, and he arose from Hebron and went…
Chapter XXV
1 And in the second year of this week in this jubilee, Rebecca called Jacob her son, and spake unto [2109 A.M.] him, say…
Chapter XXVI
1 And in the seventh year of this week Isaac called Esau, his elder Son, and said unto him: ' I am [2114 A.M.] old, my s…
Chapter XXVII
1 And the words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebecca in a dream, and Rebecca sent and called Jacob her younger s…
Chapter XXVIII
1 And he went on his journey, and came to the land of the east, to Laban, the brother of Rebecca, and he was with him, a…
Chapter XXIX
1 And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Laban went to shear his sheep; for they were distant from him a…
Chapter XXX
1 And in the first year of the sixth week [2143 A.M.] he went up to Salem, to the east of Shechem, in peace, in the four…
Chapter XXXI
1 And on the new moon of the month Jacob spake to all the people of his house. saying: 'Purify yourselves and change you…
Chapter XXXII
1 And he abode that night at Bethel, and Levi dreamed that they had ordained and made him the priest of the Most High Go…
Chapter XXXIII
1 And Jacob went and dwelt to the south of Magdaladra'ef. And he went to his father Isaac, he and Leah his wife, on the …
Chapter XXXIV
1 And in the sixth year of this week of this forty-fourth jubilee [2148 A.M.] Jacob sent his sons to pasture their sheep…
Chapter XXXV
1 And in the first year of the first week of the forty-fifth jubilee [2157 A.M.] Rebecca called Jacob, her son, and comm…
Chapter XXXVI
1 And in the sixth year of this week [2162 A.M.] Isaac called his two sons Esau and Jacob, and they came to him, and he …
Chapter XXXVII
1 And on the day that Isaac the father of Jacob and Esau died, [2162 A.M.] the sons of Esau heard that Isaac had given t…
Chapter XXXVIII
1 And after that Judah spake to Jacob, his father, and said unto him: 'Bend thy bow, father, and send forth thy arrows a…
Chapter XXXIX
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. 2 A…
Chapter XL
1 And in those days Pharaoh dreamed two dreams in one night concerning a famine which was to be in all the land, and he …
Chapter XLI
1 And in the forty-fifth jubilee, in the second week, (and) in the second year, [2165 A.M.] Judah took for his first-bor…
Chapter XLII
1 And in the first year of the third week of the forty-fifth jubilee the famine began to come into the [2171 A.M.] land,…
Chapter XLIII
1 And he did as Joseph had told him, and filled all their sacks for them with food and put their money in their sacks, a…
Chapter XLIV
1 And Israel took his journey from Haran from his house on the new moon of the third month, and he went on the way of th…
Chapter XLV
1 And Israel went into the country of Egypt, into the land of Goshen, on the new moon of the fourth [2172 A.M]. month, i…
Chapter XLVI
1 And it came to pass that after Jacob died the children of Israel multiplied in the land of Egypt, and they became a gr…
Chapter XLVII
1 And in the seventh week, in the seventh year, in the forty-seventh jubilee, thy father went forth [2303 A.M.] from the…
Chapter XLVIII
1 And in the sixth year of the third week of the forty-ninth jubilee thou didst depart and dwell <in [2372 A.M.] the lan…
Chapter XLIX
1 Remember the commandment which the Lord commanded thee concerning the passover, that thou shouldst celebrate it in its…
Chapter L
1 And after this law I made known to thee the days of the Sabbaths in the desert of Sin[ai], which is between Elim and S…
