The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 158
2 5 : R E B E C C A ’ S
CHAPTER 25:
Rebecca Admonishes
Jacob Not To Marry A
Canaanitish Woman.
Rebecca’s Blessing
(25:1-23; cf. Gen. 28:1-4). 1
2109 A.M.
1 And in the second year
of this week in this jubilee,
Rebecca called Jacob her son,
and spake unto him, saying:
“My son, do not take thee
a wife of the daughters of
Canaan, as Esau, thy brother,
who took him two wives of
Cf. Gn. 26:34 the daughters of Canaan,
Cf. Gn.
27:46, 26:35 and they have embittered my
soul with all their unclean
deeds: for all their deeds are
fornication and lust, and
there is no righteousness with
them, for (their deeds) are evil.
2 And I, my son, love thee
exceedingly, and my heart
and my affection bless thee
every hour of the day and
watch of the night. 3 And
now, my son, hearken to my
voice, and do the will of thy
mother, and do not take thee
a wife of the daughters of this
land, but only of the house of
my father, and of my father’s
kindred. Thou wilt take thee
a wife of the house of my
father, and the Most High
Elohim will bless thee, and thy
children will be a righteous
generation and a holy seed.”
With this
section also
compare 27
of our Book.
W I S D O M
4 And then spake Jacob to
Rebecca, his mother, and said
unto her: “Behold, mother, I
am nine weeks of years old, i.e. 63.
and I neither know nor have I
touched any woman, nor have
I betrothed myself to any, nor
even think of taking me a wife
of the daughters of Canaan.
5 For I remember, mother, the
words of Abraham, our father,
for he commanded me not to
take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan, but to take me a wife
from the seed of my father’s
house and from my kindred.
6 I have heard before that
daughters have been born
to Laban, thy brother, and
I have set my heart on them
to take a wife from amongst
them. 7 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. 8 And, despite all
that he hath commanded me, Cf. 20:4,
these two and twenty years my 39:6.
brother hath striven with me,
and spoken frequently to me
and said: ‘My brother, take to
wife a sister of my two wives’;
but I refuse to do as he hath
done. 9 I swear before thee,
mother, that all the days of my
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