Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144 Judah! I will be completely honest with you, I was planning on doing Exodus, and you know I started it, but now...as God likes to do with me, he put this on my spirit to start this one next, and I think it is going to be pretty amazing. I'm really excited as I skimmed a little of it for fun before coming to the knowing that this was next. Anyway, I know that we just went through Genesis, then all of The Book of Jubilees which is known as (Lesser Genesis) and now we are coming to "The Book of Yasher" which has me quite intrigued as it is mentioned in the bible for a reference, but then isn't there... This book also starts from the beginning of creation and goes through the Exodus and a little beyond. This will put us in an amazing spot for Exodus as Exodus isn't nearly as detailed as this book on Egypt. And as you know, we learned a lot in The Book of Jubilees about creation as well. So...I'm pumped and ready to go. So, without further ado, here is "The Book of Jasher (Yasher - Remember there are no J's in Hebrew...this was translated into English. This version keeps to the original writing as possible, and also has brought Yahweh's name back in...So, enjoy!)
From Christianity.com
What Do We Know about the Book of Jasher?
The Book of Jasher, otherwise known as the Book of Just Ones, has likely, in its original form, been lost to time. We do have a number of translations (including a very false one created in the 1700s), but we don’t truly know if the copy we have now reflects the original writing.
But from what we do have, the Book of Jasher, similar to other apocryphal books, covers the events from the Creation through the death of Joshua. In essence, the books of the Pentateuch and a little beyond, with some contradictions and variations mentioned below.
We don’t know who wrote the Book of Jasher. Since Joshua makes mention of the book, the writer must have written the text prior to the time of the Judges, even though the text seems to talk about Joshua’s death as well. Perhaps several writers compiled the 91-chapter book. Or, as this article suggests, perhaps no such book even existed during the time of Joshua.
Why Don’t We Include Jasher in Our Bibles?
Some Bibles do include the Book of Jasher such as the Latin Vulgate Bible. But it appears the Catholic church removed the book from the Biblical canon at one point.
However, because we don’t have the original copy, and only a suspect “translation” was created in the 1700s, we don’t know exactly what the Book of Jasher originally said. Therefore, scholars left it out of the Scriptural canon. After all, if God had wanted it included, he would have found a way for historians to preserve the text over time, as they would've helped Scriptural canonicity as an utmost importance.
I don't believe the above... 1, the evil of this world has proven time and again that they will do anything to keep us from the truth. They will give us bits and leave out a ton. If I have learned anything from all of the reading that I have done these last several years, it is that God will give those who seek the answers. I have asked. I have seeked. I have been shown. These books were removed for a reason, and sometimes it is for one sentence that sticks out. They don't want you to know. And I can't wait to read this book to show you what it is that they wanted to keep hidden! Let's have fun and dig right in! Every blog from here on out will be two chapters of the book until we finish. I don't have a clue how long that will take until I get it onto the schedule, so buckle in, and enjoy! I am including the text (free) on here as a copy and paste. My commentary will be in the bold print and highlighted:) May God Bless Us on this journey of discovery!
1 CREATION
THIS IS THE BOOK YAHSHER OF THE GENERATIONS OF MAN WHOM YAHWEH CREATED UPON THE EARTH ON THE DAY WHEN YAHWEH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH.
The Creation of Adam and Eve. The Fall. Birth of Cain and Abel. Abel a Keeper of Sheep. Cain a Tiller of the Soil. The Quarrel Between the Brothers and the Result. Cain, the First Murderer, Cursed of YAHWEH
1 And YAHWEH said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and YAHWEH created man in his own image. (So, clearly this didn't start from the first day, we are just starting where man and woman were created...)
2 And YAHWEH formed man from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul endowed with speech. (We were formed from dust. What is weird is there is this website that says that we are golems. Which is we were formed from clay, empty souls, clones before having a spirit. Some people are very angry about all of this. Check it out here: Golem - Wikipedia )
3 And YAHWEH said, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make unto him a helpmeet.
4 And YAHWEH caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and he took away one of his ribs, and he built flesh upon it, and formed it and brought it to Adam, and Adam awoke from his sleep, and behold a woman was standing before him.
5 And he said, This is a bone of my bones and it shall be called woman, for this has been taken from man; and Adam called her name Eve, for she was the mother of all living.
6 And YAHWEH blessed them and called their names Adam and Eve in the day that he created them, and YAHWEH said, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
7 And YAHWEH took Adam and his wife, and he placed them in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it; and he commanded them and said unto them, From every tree of the garden you may eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.
8 And when YAHWEH had blessed and commanded them, he went from them, and Adam and his wife dwelt in the garden according to the command which YAHWEH had commanded them.
9 And the serpent, which YAHWEH had created with them in the earth, came to them to incite them to transgress the command of YAHWEH which he had commanded them.
10 And the serpent enticed and persuaded the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge, and the woman hearkened to the voice of the serpent, and she transgressed the word of YAHWEH, and took from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and she ate, and she took from it and gave also to her husband and he ate.
11 And Adam and his wife transgressed the command of YAHWEH which he commanded them, and YAHWEH knew it, and his anger was kindled against them and he cursed them.
12 And YAHWEH drove them that day from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken, and they went and dwelt at the east of the garden of Eden; and Adam knew his wife Eve and she bore two sons and three daughters.
13 And she called the name of the first born Cain, saying, I have obtained a man from YAHWEH, and the name of the other she called Abel, for she said, In vanity we came into the earth, and in vanity we shall be taken from it. (Isn't that the truth.)
14 And the boys grew up and their father gave them a possession in the land; and Cain was a tiller of the ground, and Abel a keeper of sheep.
15 And it was at the expiration of a few years, that they brought an approximating offering to YAHWEH, and Cain brought from the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought from the firstlings of his flock from the fat thereof, and YAHWEH turned and inclined to Abel and his offering, and a fire came down from YAHWEH from heaven and consumed it.
16 And unto Cain and his offering YAHWEH did not turn, and he did not incline to it, for he had brought from the inferior fruit of the ground before YAHWEH, and Cain was jealous against his brother Abel on account of this, and he sought a pretext to slay him. (See, now this makes more sense. We are told in Genesis that Able's sacrifice/gift was better, and we don't really know why other than we know that it was a firstling, which means the first of his flock. So, if Cain gave the nasty fruit and not the best and the first, then it would be an insult to God, and it wouldn't be a sacrifice. It would mean he just gave whatever. We are always to give our best to God.)
17 And in some time after, Cain and Abel his brother, went one day into the field to do their work; and they were both in the field, Cain tilling and ploughing his ground, and Abel feeding his flock; and the flock passed that part which Cain had ploughed in the ground, and it sorely grieved Cain on this account.
18 And Cain approached his brother Abel in anger, and he said unto him, What is there between me and you, that thou come to dwell and bring thy flock to feed in my land?
19 And Abel answered his brother Cain and said unto him, What is there between me and you, that thou shalt eat the flesh of my flock and clothe thyself with their wool?
20 And now therefore, put off the wool of my sheep with which you have clothed thyself, and recompense me for their fruit and flesh which you have eaten, and when you shall have done this, I will then go from thy land as you have said?
21 And Cain said to his brother Abel, Surely if I slay you this day, who will require thy blood from me?
22 And Abel answered Cain, saying, Surely YAHWEH who has made us in the earth, he will avenge my cause, and he will require my blood from you should you slay me, for YAHWEH is the judge and arbiter, and it is he who will requite man according to his evil, and the wicked man according to the wickedness that he may do upon earth.
23 And now, if you should slay me here, surely YAHWEH knows thy secret views, and will judge you for the evil which you didst declare to do unto me this day.
24 And when Cain heard the words which Abel his brother had spoken, behold the anger of Cain was kindled against his brother Abel for declaring this thing. (This is interesting as it wasn't in Jubilees or in Genesis...We don't get much about these two.)
25 And Cain hastened and rose up, and took the iron part of his ploughing instrument, with which he suddenly smote his brother and he slew him, and Cain spilt the blood of his brother Abel upon the earth, and the blood of Abel streamed upon the earth before the flock. (Now see in Genesis it just says that Cain slew his brother, but in Jubilees it says that he hit him with a rock, and here it is saying that he smote him with the iron part of his ploughing instrument. When I read the part about the rock and the explanation after it made a lot of sense. I talked about this in the Book of Jubilees section part 1 or 2 I believe.)
26 And after this Cain repented having slain his brother, and he was sadly grieved, and he wept over him and it vexed him exceedingly.
27 And Cain rose up and dug a hole in the field, wherein he put his brother's body, and he turned the dust over it. (#26 and #27 are not in the bible at all. It seemed as he was upset, but vexed him exceedingly? No.)
28 And YAHWEH knew what Cain had done to his brother, and YAHWEH appeared to Cain and said unto him, Where is Abel thy brother that was with you?
29 And Cain dissembled, and said, I do not know, am I my brother's keeper? And YAHWEH said unto him, What have you done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries unto me from the ground where you have slain him.
30 For you have slain your brother and have dissembled before me, and didst imagine in your heart that I saw you not, nor knew all your actions.
31 But you did this thing and did slay your brother for naught and because he spoke rightly to you, and now, therefore, cursed be you from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand, and wherein you did bury him.
32 And it shall be when you shall till it, it shall no more give you its strength as in the beginning, for thorns and thistles shall the ground produce, and you shall be moving and wandering in the earth until the day of your death.
33 And at that time Cain went out from the presence of YAHWEH, from the place where he was, and he went moving and wandering in the land toward the east of Eden, he and all belonging to him.
34 And Cain knew his wife in those days, and she conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Enoch, saying, In that time YAHWEH began to give him rest and quiet in the earth. (In The Book of Jubilees it explains the timing and the lineage, explaining that Cain was with one of his sisters: Awan.)
35 And at that time Cain also began to build a city: and he built the city and he called the name of the city Enoch, according to the name of his son; for in those days YAHWEH had given him rest upon the earth, and he did not move about and wander as in the beginning. (This is actually in Genesis, and in The Book of Jubilees. And it was called Enoch the same as his son. All the same.)
36 And Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad begat Mechuyael and Mechuyael begat Methusael.
2 SETH IS BORN AND ENOCH IS BORN
Seth is Born. People begin to Multiply and Become Idolatrous. Third Part of the Earth Destroyed. Earth cursed and becomes corrupt through the Wickedness of Men. Cainan, a Wise and Righteous King, Foretells the Flood. Enoch is Born
1 And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare a son in his likeness and in his image, and she called his name Seth, saying, Because YAHWEH has appointed me another seed in the place of Abel, for Cain has slain him.
2 And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and he begat a son; and Seth called the name of his son Enosh, saying, Because in that time the sons of men began to multiply, and to afflict their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against YAHWEH.
3 And it was in the days of Enosh that the sons of men continued to rebel and transgress against YAHWEH, to increase the anger of YAHWEH against the sons of men.
4 And the sons of men went and they served other gods, and they forgot YAHWEH who had created them in the earth: and in those days the sons of men made images of brass and iron, wood and stone, and they bowed down and served them.
5 And every man made his god and they bowed down to them, and the sons of men forsook YAHWEH all the days of Enosh and his children; and the anger of YAHWEH was kindled on account of their works and abominations which they did in the earth.
6 And YAHWEH caused the waters of the river Gihon to overwhelm them, and he destroyed and consumed them, and he destroyed the third part of the earth, and notwithstanding this, the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways, and their hands were yet extended to do evil in the sight of YAHWEH. (None of this is in Genesis)
7 And in those days there was neither sowing nor reaping in the earth; and there was no food for the sons of men and the famine was very great in those days.
8 And the seed which they sowed in those days in the ground became thorns, thistles and briers; for from the days of Adam was this declaration concerning the earth, of the curse of YAHWEH, which he cursed the earth, on account of the sin which Adam sinned before YAHWEH.
9 And it was when men continued to rebel and transgress against YAHWEH, and to corrupt their ways, that the earth also became corrupt.
10 And Enosh lived ninety years and he begat Cainan;
11 And Cainan grew up and he was forty years old, and he became wise and had knowledge and skill in all wisdom, and he reigned over all the sons of men, and he led the sons of men to wisdom and knowledge; for Cainan was a very wise man and had understanding in all wisdom, and with his wisdom he ruled over spirits and demons;
12 And Cainan knew by his wisdom that YAHWEH would destroy the sons of men for having sinned upon earth, and that YAHWEH would in the latter days bring upon them the waters of the flood.
13 And in those days Cainan wrote upon tablets of stone, what was to take place in time to come, and he put them in his treasures.
14 And Cainan reigned over the whole earth, and he turned some of the sons of men to the service of YAHWEH.
15 And when Cainan was seventy years old, he begat three sons and two daughters.
16 And these are the names of the children of Cainan; the name of the first born Mahlallel, the second Enan, and the third Mered, and their sisters were Adah and Zillah; these are the five children of Cainan that were born to him.
17 And Lamech, the son of Methusael, became related to Cainan by marriage, and he took his two daughters for his wives, and Adah conceived and bare a son to Lamech, and she called his name Jabal.
18 And she again conceived and bare a son, and called his name Jubal; and Zillah, her sister, was barren in those days and had no offspring.
19 For in those days the sons of men began to trespass against YAHWEH, and to transgress the commandments which he had commanded to Adam, to be fruitful and multiply in the earth.
20 And some of the sons of men caused their wives to drink a draught that would render them barren, in order that they might retain their figures and whereby their beautiful appearance might not fade.
21 And when the sons of men caused some of their wives to drink, Zillah drank with them.
22 And the child-bearing women appeared abominable in the sight of their husbands as widows, while their husbands lived, for to the barren ones only they were attached.
23 And in the end of days and years, when Zillah became old, YAHWEH opened her womb.
24 And she conceived and bare a son and she called his name Tubal Cain, saying, After I had withered away have I obtained him from the Almighty YAHWEH.
25 And she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called her name Naamah, for she said, After I had withered away have I obtained pleasure and delight.
26 And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were dim that he could not see, and Tubal Cain, his son, was leading him and it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tubal Cain his son was with him, and while they were walking in the field, Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech was very old and could not see much, and Tubal Cain his son was very young.
27 And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.
28 And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died.
29 And YAHWEH requited Cain's evil according to his wickedness, which he had done to his brother Abel, according to the word of YAHWEH which he had spoken.
30 And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal went to see the animal which they had slain, and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth.
31 And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this, and in clapping his hands together he struck his son and caused his death. (This actually makes a lot more sense here because of what it says in Genesis 4:23 "And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt." I didn't get the part about the young man until now. Why on earth wouldn't they include that?)
32. And the wives of Lamech heard what Lamech had done, and they sought to kill him.
33 And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because he slew Cain and Tubal Cain, and the wives of Lamech separated from him, and would not hearken to him in those days.
34 And Lamech came to his wives, and he pressed them to listen to him about this matter.
35 And he said to his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice O wives of Lamech, attend to my words, for now you have imagined and said that I slew a man with my wounds, and a child with my stripes for their having done no violence, but surely know that I am old and grey-headed, and that my eyes are heavy through age, and I did this thing unknowingly.
36 And the wives of Lamech listened to him in this matter, and they returned to him with the advice of their father Adam, but they bore no children to him from that time, knowing that YAHWEH's anger was increasing in those days against the sons of men, to destroy them with the waters of the flood for their evil doings.
37 And Mahlallel the son of Cainan lived sixty-five years and he begat Jared; and Jared lived sixty-two years and he begat Enoch.
Well, this was the first two parts of Yasher. What did you think? You learn something new every day. The part about Cain being killed by Lamech is what I have gotten personally. The part about Cain and Abel, I am not sure of. The description in The Book of Jubilees feels more accurate. It also lines up with "Eye for an Eye" and everything about stoning that comes after. Let's talk about this! theawakeningtalk@gmail.com
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