The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 202
3 7 : E S A U
Cf. Gn. 6
“mighty men
of old, men
of renown”
Nephilim.
Giants lived
among
Horites,
Kittim (Cf.
24:28) and
Edom. The
D.S.S. refer
to the Kittim
as the great
enemy in the
very end.
W A R S
fighting men, and from the
Kittim mighty men of war.
11 And they said unto their
father: “Go forth with them
and lead them, else we shall
slay thee.” 12 And he was filled
with wrath and indignation
on seeing that his sons were
forcing him to go before (them)
to lead them against Jacob
his brother. 13 But afterward
he remembered all the evil
which lay hidden in his heart
against Jacob his brother; and
he remembered not the oath
which he had sworn to his
father and to his mother that
he would devise no evil all his
days against Jacob his brother.
14 And notwithstanding all
this, Jacob knew not that they
were coming against him to
battle, and he was mourning
for Leah, his wife, until they
approached very near to the
tower with four thousand
warriors and chosen men
of war. 15 And the men of
Hebron sent to him saying,
“Behold thy brother hath
come against thee, to fight
thee, with four thousand girt
with the sword, and they carry
shields and weapons”; for they
loved Jacob more than Esau.
So they told him; for Jacob was
a more liberal and merciful
man than Esau. 16 But Jacob
would not believe until they
W I T H
J A C O B
came very near to the tower.
17 And he closed the gates of
the tower; and he stood on the
battlements and spake to his
brother Esau and said, “Noble
is the comfort wherewith thou
hast come to comfort me for
my wife who hath died. Is this
the oath that thou didst swear
to thy father and again to thy
mother before they died? Thou
hast broken the oath, and on
the moment that thou didst
swear to thy father wast thou
condemned.” 18 And then
Esau answered and said unto
him, “Neither the children of
men nor the beasts of the earth
have any oath of righteousness
which in swearing they have
sworn (an oath valid) for ever;
but every day they devise evil
one against another, and how
each may slay his adversary
and foe. 19 And thou dost hate
me and my children for ever.
And there is no observing the
tie of brotherhood with thee.
20 Hear these words which I
declare unto thee, If the boar
can change its skin and make its
bristles as soft as wool, Or if it
can cause horns to sprout forth
on its head like the horns of a
stag or of a sheep, Then shall I
observe the tie of brotherhood
with thee. [And if the breasts
separated themselves from
their mother; for thou hast not
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