The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 199
3 6 : I S A A C ’ S
Cf. 30:22
Book of Life.
This divine
title occurs
frequently
in our Book,
and in
Ecclus. (48
times), and
Daniel (13
times). In the
Pentateuch,
outside Gn.
14 (where it
occurs four
times), it is
only found
twice. Its use
was revived
in Ap. Bar.
(23 times),
and in 2 Esd.
L A S T
land of the living, and his seed
will be destroyed from under
heaven. 10 But on the day of
turbulence and execration and
indignation and anger, with
flaming devouring fire as He
burnt Sodom, so likewise will
He burn his land and his city
and all that is his, and he will
be blotted out of the book of
the discipline of the children
of men, and not be recorded
in the book of life, but in
that which is appointed to
destruction, and he will depart
into eternal execration; so that
their condemnation may be
always renewed in hate and in
execration and in wrath and
in torment and in indignation
and in plagues and in disease
for ever. 11 I say and testify
to you, my sons, according to
the judgment which will come
upon the man who wisheth to
injure his brother.” 12 And
he divided all his possessions
between the two on that day,
and he gave the larger portion
to him that was the first-born,
and the tower and all that was
about it, and all that Abraham
possessed at the Well of the
Oath. 13 And he said, “This
larger portion I shall give to the
first-born.” 14 And Esau said,
“I have sold to Jacob and given
my birthright to Jacob; to him
let it be given, and I have not
W O R D S
a single word to say regarding
it, for it is his.” 15 And Isaac
said, “May a blessing rest
upon you, my sons, and upon
your seed this day, for ye have
given me rest, and my heart
is not pained concerning the
birthright, lest thou shouldest
work wickedness on account
of it. 16 May the Most High
Elohim 1 bless the man that
worketh righteousness, him
and his seed for ever.” 17 And
he ended commanding them
and blessing them, and they
ate and drank together before
him, and he rejoiced because
there was one mind between
them, and they went forth
from him and rested that day
and slept. 18 And Isaac slept
on his bed that day rejoicing;
and he slept the eternal sleep,
and died one hundred and
eighty years old. He completed
twenty-five weeks and five
years; and his two sons Esau
and Jacob buried him.
19 And Esau went to the land
of Edom, to the mountains of
Seir, and dwelt there. 20 And
Jacob dwelt in the mountains
of Hebron, in the tower of
the land of the sojournings of
his father Abraham, and he
worshipped Yahuah with all
his heart and according to the
visible commands according
as He had divided the days of
197
Cf. Gn. 35:29
These
commands
had been
made visible
to Jacob on
the seven
tables which
the angel had
shown him in
a vision; Cf.
32:21.
