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The Book of Jasher (Chapters 51-60)
Chapter 51 And Jacob afterward heard that there was corn in Egypt, and he called unto his sons to go to Egypt to buy corn, for upon them also did the famine prevail, and he called unto his sons, … Continue reading
The Book of Jasher (Chapters 41-50)
Chapter 41 And at the revolution of the year the sons of Jacob journeyed from Shechem, and they came to Hebron, to their father Isaac, and they dwelt there, but their flocks and herds they fed daily in Shechem, for … Continue reading
The Book of Jasher (Chapters 31-40)
Chapter 31 And in the seventh year, Jacob’s service which he served Laban was completed, and Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for the days of my service are fulfilled; and Laban did so, and Laban and Jacob … Continue reading
The Book of Joseph and Asenath
Joseph & Aseneth Translated by David Cook Hyptertext version by Dr Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham This translation of Joseph and Aseneth is taken from H. F. D. Sparks (ed.), The Apocryphal Old Testament (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), pp. … Continue reading
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The Book of Jubilees
Introduction The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, “the little Genesis,” purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into jubilee-periods … Continue reading
The Book of Jasher (Chapters 21-30)
Chapter 21 And it was at that time at the end of a year and four months of Abraham’s dwelling in the land of the Philistines in Gerar, that God visited Sarah, and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived … Continue reading
The Book of Jasher (Chapters 1-10)
Chapter 1 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and God created man in his own image. And God formed man from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, … Continue reading
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The Book of Enoch – Secrets (Book 2)
Chapter 1 Enoch’s encounter with the two angels of God 1There was a wise man, a great artificer, and the Lord conceived love for him and received him, that he should behold the uppermost dwellings and be an eye-witness of … Continue reading
The Book of Enoch – Parables
Chapter 37 1The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom which Enoch the son of Jared, the son 2of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. And … Continue reading
The Book of Enoch – Noah (Fragment)
Chapter 106 1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became 2pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of … Continue reading