Jubilees 19:1-31

¹And in the first year of the first week in the forty-second jubilee, Abraham returned and dwelt opposite Hebron, that is Kirjath Arba, for two weeks of years.

²And in the first year of the third week of this jubilee the days of the life of Sarah were completed, and she died in Hebron.

³And Abraham went to mourn over her and to bury her, and we tested him to see if his spirit was patient and if he would not be indignant in the words of his mouth; and he was found patient in this, and was not disturbed.

⁴For in patience of spirit he conversed with the children of Heth, so that they would give him a place in which to bury his dead.

⁵And the Lord gave him favor in the sight of all who saw him, and he gently pleaded with the sons of Heth, and they gave him the land of the double cave opposite Mamre, that is Hebron, for four hundred pieces of silver.

⁶And they urged him, saying, 'We will give it to you for nothing'; but he would not take it from their hands for nothing, for he paid the price of the place, the money in full, and he bowed down before them twice, and after this he buried his dead in the double cave.

⁷And all the days of the life of Sarah were one hundred and twenty-seven years, that is, two jubilees and four weeks and one year: these are the days of the years of the life of Sarah.

⁸This is the tenth trial with which Abraham was tested, and he was found faithful and patient in spirit.

⁹And he did not say a single word regarding the report in the land that God had said He would give it to him and to his seed after him, and he asked for a place there to bury his dead; for he was found faithful, and was recorded on the heavenly tablets as the friend of God.

¹⁰And in the fourth year of it he took a wife for his son Isaac, and her name was Rebecca [2020 A.M.] [the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham], the sister of Laban and daughter of Bethuel; and Bethuel was the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham.

¹¹And Abraham took for himself a third wife, and her name was Keturah, from among the daughters of his household servants, for Hagar had died before Sarah. And she bore him six sons, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah, during the two weeks of years.

¹²And in the sixth week, in the second year of it, Rebecca bore to Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau [2046 A.M.].

¹³And Jacob was a smooth and upright man, and Esau was fierce, a man of the field, and hairy, and Jacob dwelt in tents.

¹⁴And the youths grew up, and Jacob learned to write; but Esau did not learn, for he was a man of the field and a hunter, and he learned war, and all his deeds were fierce.

¹⁵And Abraham loved Jacob, but Isaac loved Esau.

¹⁶And Abraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Jacob his name and seed would be called; and he called Rebecca and gave her commandment regarding Jacob, for he knew that she also loved Jacob much more than Esau.

¹⁷And he said to her: 'My daughter, watch over my son Jacob, for he shall be in my place on the earth, and for a blessing in the midst of the children of men, and for the glory of the whole seed of Shem.

¹⁸For I know that the Lord will choose him to be a people for His own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

¹⁹And behold, Isaac my son loves Esau more than Jacob, but I see that you truly love Jacob.

²⁰Add still further to your kindness to him, and let your eyes be upon him in love; for he shall be a blessing to us on the earth from now on to all generations of the earth.

²¹Let your hands be strong and let your heart rejoice in your son Jacob; for I have loved him far beyond all my sons. He shall be blessed forever, and his seed shall fill the whole earth.

²²If a man can number the sand of the earth, his seed also shall be numbered.

²³And all the blessings with which the Lord has blessed me and my seed shall belong to Jacob and his seed always.

²⁴And in his seed shall my name be blessed, and the name of my fathers, Shem, and Noah, and Enoch, and Mahalalel, and Enos, and Seth, and Adam.

²⁵And these shall serve to lay the foundations of the heaven, and to strengthen the earth, and to renew all the luminaries which are in the firmament.'

²⁶And he called Jacob before the eyes of Rebecca his mother, and kissed him, and blessed him, and said:

²⁷'Jacob, my beloved son, whom my soul loves, may God bless you from above the firmament, and may He give you all the blessings with which He blessed Adam, and Enoch, and Noah, and Shem; and all the things of which He told me, and all the things which He promised to give me, may He cause to cling to you and to your seed forever, according to the days of heaven above the earth.

²⁸And the Spirits of Mastema shall not rule over you or over your seed to turn you from the Lord, who is your God from now on forever.

²⁹And may the Lord God be a father to you, and you the firstborn son, and to the people always. Go in peace, my son.'

³⁰And they both went forth together from Abraham.

³¹And Rebecca loved Jacob, with all her heart and with all her soul, very much more than Esau; but Isaac loved Esau much more than Jacob.