The Book of Jubilees: The Torah Calendar eBook - Book - Page 47
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censored and it is time to remedy that. We now know why Israel and Edom are
arch enemies since Esau and to the end. However, if the story was left as Genesis
does with the reconciliation only, we would never understand what caused this
reignition of friction. This is not against Torah but completes it and it is Torah.
Bones of Joseph Not Buried in Canaan With His Brothers Initially But
Were 400 Years Later (Jub. 46)
Some attempt the position that Jubilees and Genesis disagree on the burial
of the bones of Joseph. In Jubilees, Joseph dies and was buried in Egypt. Let us
remember this was 400 years before the Exodus. The sons of Jacob would take
the bones of their deceased forefathers to Canaan to bury them with Abraham
except the bones of Joseph which remained in Egypt at that time (400 years before
the Exodus). Jubilees indicates this in 46:9. Israel would begin enslavement soon
after. Again, that was 400 years before Israel entered the Promised Land and
no surprise the political environment in taking an Egyptian official’s bones at
that point may not have been possible. There is no further mention of Joseph’s
bones in Jubilees and this is very telling as to it’s authorship because it is Joshua
who buried Joseph in Israel 400 years later. This is not only consistent, it affirms
Jubilees was written by Moses because a later author would have known this.
Joshua 24:32 KJV (AFTER ENTRY INTO THE PROMISED LAND)
The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they
buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of
Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become
an inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Note this is Joshua after Israel entered the Promised Land. The account in
Jubilees is not only prior to the Exodus but the time of the enslavement of
Israel. Saying this is a discrepancy is inept. In fact, this is the opposite. Joseph’s
bones were not taken to Israel at the time of his death. If they were, that would
be a discrepancy. However, almost 400 years later, Joseph’s remains would be
inhumed and taken in the Exodus to be finally buried in Israel fulfilling Joseph’s
wishes. That would have been the perfect time to take his remains with them and
perhaps the only time possible. Why is this so difficult for some scholars? Again,
one would claim we must censor Jubilees because they cannot read. That would
be unfortunate and they have no such authority.
Feast Origins Prior to Mt. Sinai
In the Book of Jubilees, the Feast origins are known, for Shavuot hales from
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