The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 192
3 4 : J O S E P H ’ S
CHAPTER 34:
War Of The Amorite
Kings Against Jacob And
His Sons. Joseph Sold
Into Egypt (cf. Gen. 37). The
Death Of Bilhah And
Dinah (34:1-19)
1 And in the sixth year of
this week of this forty-fourth
jubilee Jacob sent his sons to
pasture their sheep, and his
servants with them, to the
More detail pastures of Shechem. 2 And
in Test.
Judah 3-7. the seven kings of the Amorites
Gn. 48:22 assembled themselves together
“Jacob’s
conquest of against them, to slay them,
Shechem”
hiding themselves under the
trees, and to take their cattle
as a prey. 3 And Jacob and
Levi and Judah and Joseph
were in the house with Isaac
their father; for his spirit was
sorrowful, and they could
not leave him: and Benjamin
was the youngest, and for
this reason remained with his
Read “king.” father. 4 And there came the
= Tappuah
(Jos. 15:53, king of Tâphû, and the king
16:8)
of †’Arêsa,† and the king of
i. e. Shiloh. Sêragân, and the king of Sêlô,
=? Gaash and the king of Gâ’as, and the
(Jos. 24:30).
king of Bêthôrôn, and the king
†Corrupt for
“Shakir- of †Ma’anîsâkîr,† and all those
Maani.”
who dwell in these mountains
(and) who dwell in the woods
in the land of Canaan. 5 And
they announced this to Jacob
saying: “Behold, the kings of
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the Amorites have surrounded
thy sons, and plundered their
herds.” 6 And he arose from
his house, he and his three
sons and all the servants of his
father, and his own servants,
and he went against them with Another
reading is
six thousand men, who carried “800.”
swords. 7 And he slew them in
the pastures of Shechem, and Six out of the
kings
pursued those who fled, and seven
are slain; so
he slew them with the edge of Test. Judah
4 [For the
the sword, and he slew †’Arêsa names see
notes on 4
† and Tâphû and Sarêgân and above.]
Sêlô and †’Amânîsakîr† and
Gâ[gâ]’as, and he recovered
his herds.
8 And he prevailed over them,
and imposed tribute on them
that they should pay him
tribute, five fruit products of
their land, and he built Rôbêl = Timnath(Jud.
and Tamnâtârês 9 And he heres
2:9).
returned in peace, and made
peace with them, and they
became his servants, until the
day that he and his sons went
down into Egypt. 10 And in
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the seventh year of this week
he sent Joseph to learn about For 10-11 cf.
Gn. 37:12 ff
the welfare of his brothers
from his house to the land of
Shechem, and he found them
in the land of Dothan.
11 And they dealt treacherously
with him, and formed a plot
against him to slay him,
but changing their minds,
they sold him to Ishmaelite
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