The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 193
3 4 : J O S E P H ’ S
Or “court
official.”
So LXX of
Gn. 37:36
(ρχιμγειρος),
misunderstanding the
Hebrew (=
“captain of
the guard”).
i. e.
Heliopolis
(LXX λου
πλεωσ,
Gn. 41:45,
50), i. e.
“On.”
Bracketed as
a dittograph.
†? =
“Kabrâtân,”
32:32.
merchants, and they brought
him down into Egypt, and
they sold him to Potiphar, the
eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief
of the cooks, priest of the city
of ’Êlêw. 12 And the sons of
Jacob slaughtered a kid, and
dipped the coat of Joseph
in the blood, and sent (it) to
Jacob their father on the tenth
of the seventh month. 13 And
he mourned all that night, for
they had brought it to him in
the evening, and he became
feverish with mourning for
his death, and he said: “An
evil beast hath devoured
Joseph”; and all the members
of his house [mourned with
him that day, and they] were
grieving and mourning with
him all that day. 14 And his
sons and his daughter rose up
to comfort him, but he refused
to be comforted for his son.
15 And on that day Bilhah
heard that Joseph had
perished, and she died
mourning him, and she was
living in †Qafrâtêf† and
Dinah also, his daughter, died
after Joseph had perished.
And there came these three
mournings upon Israel in one
month. 16 And they buried
Bilhah over against the tomb
of Rachel, and Dinah also, his
daughter, they buried there.
17 And he mourned for
S L A V E R Y
Joseph one year, and did not
cease, for he said “Let me go
down to the grave mourning
for my son.” 18 For this reason
it is ordained for the children
of Israel that they should
afflict themselves on the tenth
of the seventh month -- on the
day that the news which made
him weep for Joseph came to
Jacob his father -- that they
should make atonement for
themselves thereon with a
young goat on the tenth of
the seventh month, once a
year, for their sins; for they
had grieved the affection of
their father regarding Joseph
his son. 19 And this day hath
been ordained that they should
grieve thereon for their sins,
and for all their transgressions
and for all their errors, so that
they might cleanse themselves
on that day once a year.
The Wives of Jacob’s
Sons (34:20-21)
20 And after Joseph perished,
the sons of Jacob took unto
themselves wives. The name
of Reuben’s wife is ’Adâ and
the name of Simeon’s wife is
’Adîbâ’a, a Canaanite; and the
name of Levi’s wife is Mêlkâ,
of the daughters of Aram, of
the seed of the sons of Terah;
and the name of Judah’s wife,
Bêtasû’êl, a Canaanite; and
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Cf. Gn. 37:35
The reason
here given for
the institution
of the Day of
Atonement
(cf. Lv. 16)
= “fast,” cf.
Lv. 16:31,
etc.
Cf. Gn.
46:10.
Cf. 30:7
ff such a
marriage
(with a
Canaanitish
woman)
punishable
by death.
Cf. Test. Levi
11:1
Cf. 41:7.
The name
goes back
to “Bathshua” (i. e.
“daughter of
Shua”); cf.
Test. Judah
8:2, etc.; cf.
Gn. 38:2.
