Jubilees 25:1-23

¹And in the second year of this week in this jubilee [2109 A.M.], Rebecca called Jacob her son, and spoke to him, saying: 'My son, do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan, as Esau your brother did, who took two wives from the daughters of Canaan, and they have embittered my soul with all their unclean deeds; for all their deeds are fornication and lust, and there is no righteousness in them, for their deeds are evil.

²And I, my son, love you exceedingly, and my heart and my affection bless you every hour of the day and watch of the night.

³And now, my son, listen to my voice, and do the will of your mother, and do not take a wife from the daughters of this land, but only from the house of my father and from my father's kindred. You shall take a wife from the house of my father, and the Most High God will bless you, and your children shall be a righteous generation and a holy seed.'

⁴And then Jacob spoke to Rebecca, his mother, and said to her: 'Look, mother, I am nine weeks of years old, and I neither know nor have I touched any woman, nor have I betrothed myself to any, nor even think of taking a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

⁵For I remember, mother, the words of Abraham, our father, for he commanded me not to take a wife from the daughters of Canaan, but to take a wife from the seed of my father's house and from my kindred.

⁶I have heard before that daughters have been born to Laban, your brother, and I have set my heart on them to take a wife from among them. And for this reason I have guarded myself in my spirit against sinning or being corrupted in all my ways throughout all the days of my life; for with regard to lust and fornication, Abraham, my father, gave me many commands.

⁷And, despite all that he has commanded me, these twenty-two years my brother has contended with me, and has spoken frequently to me and said: 'My brother, take to wife a sister of my two wives'; but I refuse to do as he has done.

⁸I swear before you, mother, that all the days of my life I will not take a wife from the daughters of the seed of Canaan, and I will not act wickedly as my brother has done.

⁹Do not fear, mother; be assured that I shall do your will and walk in uprightness, and not corrupt my ways forever.'

¹⁰And thereupon she lifted up her face to heaven and extended the fingers of her hands, and opened her mouth and blessed the Most High God, who had created the heaven and the earth, and she gave Him thanks and praise.

¹¹And she said: 'Blessed be the Lord God, and may His holy name be blessed forever and ever, who has given me Jacob as a pure son and a holy seed; for he is Yours, and Yours shall his seed be continually and throughout all the generations forevermore.

¹²Bless him, O Lord, and place in my mouth the blessing of righteousness, that I may bless him.'

¹³And at that hour, when the spirit of righteousness descended into her mouth, she placed both her hands on the head of Jacob, and said:

¹⁴Blessed are you, Lord of righteousness and God of the ages; and may He bless you beyond all the generations of men. May He give you, my son, the path of righteousness, and reveal righteousness to your seed.

¹⁵And may He make your sons many during your life, and may they arise according to the number of the months of the year. And may their sons become many and great beyond the stars of heaven, and their numbers be more than the sand of the sea.

¹⁶And may He give them this good land—as He said He would give it to Abraham and to his seed after him always—and may they hold it as a possession forever.

¹⁷And may I see blessed children born to you, my son, during my life, and may all your seed be a blessed and holy seed.

¹⁸And as you have refreshed your mother's spirit during her life, the womb of her who bore you blesses you thus; [my affection] and my breasts bless you, and my mouth and my tongue praise you greatly.

¹⁹Increase and spread over the earth, and may your seed be perfect in the joy of heaven and earth forever; and may your seed rejoice, and on the great day of peace may it have peace.

²⁰And may your name and your seed endure to all the ages, and may the Most High God be their God, and may the God of righteousness dwell with them, and by them may His sanctuary be built unto all the ages.

²¹Blessed be he who blesses you, and all flesh that curses you falsely, may it be cursed.'

²²And she kissed him, and said to him: 'May the Lord of the world love you as the heart of your mother and her affection rejoice in you and bless you.'

²³And she ceased from blessing.