Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144Judah! We are now on "The Book of Yasher" (Jasher). This is an apocryphal text, meaning it was taken out of the bible. This book is included in some versions still today. One of the biggest reasons for doing this: it is referenced in three sections in the bible. Why would they take a book out that has been referenced? Well, we know that they did this also to Enoch, and Enoch is a very important book. I tend to find when "official" people don't include something, it means they don't want us to know what's what. And...me, being me, doesn't like that. So, pull up a chair, and put your thinking cap on. Better yet, put your feeling cap on, and let me know what you feel about this! Any questions? Email me at theawakeningtalk@gmail.com.
5 NOAH AND METHUSELAH
Noah and Methuselah Preach Repentance for One Hundred and Twenty Years. Noah Builds the Ark. Death of Methuselah
1 And it was in the eighty-fourth year of the life of Noah, that Enosh the son of Seth died, he was nine hundred and five years old at his death.
2 And in the one hundred and seventy ninth year of the life of Noah, Cainan the son of Enosh died, and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
3 And in the two hundred and thirty fourth year of the life of Noah, Mahlallel the son of Cainan died, and the days of Mahlallel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
4 And Jared the son of Mahlallel died in those days, in the three hundred and thirty-sixth year of the life of Noah; and all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
5 And all who followed YAHWEH died in those days, before they saw the evil which YAHWEH declared to do upon earth.
6 And after the lapse of many years, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed YAHWEH had died away from among the sons of men, and only Methuselah was then left, YAHWEH said unto Noah and Methuselah, saying,
7 Speak ye, and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, Thus saith YAHWEH, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and YAHWEH will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you, so that it shall not come to pass. (WOW! Nice. So, this is what I have been getting lately. To repent for the people, to talk to people about repentence because God can turn around!)
8 For thus saith YAHWEH, Behold I give you a period of one hundred and twenty years ( Oh my...this is what that part means! Holy cow. I have seen a lot about this 120 and wasn't sure. Another person that I have listened to believed that it was for the jubilees... and here it is in context. Here's what it says in Genesis 6:3 "And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."); if you will turn to me and forsake your evil ways, then will I also turn away from the evil which I told you, and it shall not exist, saith YAHWEH.
9 And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of YAHWEH to the sons of men, day after day, constantly speaking to them.
10 But the sons of men would not hearken to them, nor incline their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked.
11 And YAHWEH granted them a period of one hundred and twenty years, saying, If they will return, then will YAHWEH repent of the evil, so as not to destroy the earth.
12 Noah the son of Lamech refrained from taking a wife in those days, to beget children, for he said, Surely now YAHWEH will destroy the earth, wherefore then shall I beget children?
13 And Noah was a just man, he was perfect in his generation, and YAHWEH chose him to raise up seed from his seed upon the face of the earth.
14 And YAHWEH said unto Noah, Take unto you a wife, and beget children, for I have seen you righteous before me in this generation.
15 And you shalt raise up seed, and your children with you, in the midst of the earth; and Noah went and took a wife, and he chose Naamah the daughter of Enoch, and she was five hundred and eighty years old.
16 And Noah was four hundred and ninety-eight years old, when he took Naamah for a wife.
17 And Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, YAHWEH has enlarged me in the earth; and she conceived again and bare a son, and he called his name Shem, saying, YAHWEH has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst of the earth.
18 And Noah was five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare Shem, and the boys grew up and went in the ways of YAHWEH, in all that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them.
19 And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of Noah.
20 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy years, and he died.
21 And all the sons of men who knew YAHWEH, died in that year before YAHWEH brought evil upon them; for YAHWEH willed them to die, so as not to behold the evil that YAHWEH would bring upon their brothers and relatives, as he had so declared to do.
22 In that time, YAHWEH said to Noah and Methuselah, Stand forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that I spoke to you in those days, peradventure they may turn from their evil ways, and I will then repent of the evil and will not bring it.
23 And Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of the sons of men, all that YAHWEH had spoken concerning them. (None of this is in Genesis.)
24 But the sons of men would not hearken, neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations.
25 And it was after this that YAHWEH said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, on account of their evil deeds, and behold I will destroy the earth.
26 And do you take unto you gopher wood, and go to a certain place and make a large ark, and place it in that spot.
27 And thus shalt you make it; three hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits broad and thirty cubits high.
28 And you shalt make unto you a door, open at its side, and to a cubit you shalt finish above, and cover it within and without with pitch.
29 And behold I will bring the flood of waters upon the earth, and all flesh be destroyed, from under the heavens all that is upon earth shall perish.
30 And you and your household shall go and gather two couple of all living things, male and female, and shall bring them to the ark, to raise up seed from them upon earth.
31 And gather unto you all food that is eaten by all the animals, that there may be food for you and for them.
32 And you shalt choose for your sons three maidens, from the daughters of men, and they shall be wives to your sons.
33 And Noah rose up, and he made the ark, in the place where YAHWEH had commanded him, and Noah did as YAHWEH had ordered him.
34 In his five hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to make the ark, and he made the ark in five years, as YAHWEH had commanded. (I didn't know it was five years. I guess I assumed it took all 120 years. lol So, this makes sense...)
35 Then Noah took the three daughters of Eliakim, son of Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as YAHWEH had commanded Noah. (I didn't know this either.)
36 And it was at that time Methuselah the son of Enoch died, nine hundred and sixty years old was he, at his death.
6 THE ARK
Animals, Beasts, and Fowls Preserved in the Ark. Noah and his Sons, and their Wives are Shut in. When the Floods come the People want to get in. Noah One Year in the Ark
1 At that time, after the death of Methuselah, YAHWEH said to Noah, Go you with your household into the ark; behold I will gather to you all the animals of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and they shall all come and surround the ark.
2 And you shalt go and seat thyself by the doors of the ark, and all the beasts, the animals, and the fowls, shall assemble and place themselves before you, and such of them as shall come and crouch before you, shalt you take and deliver into the hands of your sons, who shall bring them to the ark, and all that will stand before you you shalt leave.
3 And YAHWEH brought this about on the next day, and animals, beasts and fowls came in great multitudes and surrounded the ark.
4 And Noah went and seated himself by the door of the ark, and of all flesh that crouched before him, he brought into the ark, and all that stood before him he left upon earth. (WEIRD and super cool)
5 And a lioness came, with her two whelps, male and female, and the three crouched before Noah, and the two whelps rose up against the lioness and smote her, and made her flee from her place, and she went away, and they returned to their places, and crouched upon the earth before Noah.
6 And the lioness ran away, and stood in the place of the lions.
7 And Noah saw this, and wondered greatly, and he rose and took the two whelps, and brought them into the ark.
8 And Noah brought into the ark from all living creatures that were upon earth, so that there was none left but which Noah brought into the ark.
9 Two and two came to Noah into the ark, but from the clean animals, and clean fowls, he brought seven couples, as YAHWEH had commanded him.
10 And all the animals, and beasts, and fowls, were still there, and they surrounded the ark at every place, and the rain had not descended till seven days after.
11 And on that day, YAHWEH caused the whole earth to shake, and the sun darkened, and the foundations of the world raged, and the whole earth was moved violently, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the fountains in the earth were broken up, such as was not known to the inhabitants before; and YAHWEH did this mighty act, in order to terrify the sons of men, that there might be no more evil upon earth.
12 And still the sons of men would not return from their evil ways, and they increased the anger of YAHWEH at that time, and did not even direct their hearts to all this.
13 And at the end of seven days, in the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
14 And all the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
15 And Noah and his household, and all the living creatures that were with him, came into the ark on account of the waters of the flood, and YAHWEH shut him in. (This part gives me chills. Yahweh shut him in...)
16 And all the sons of men that were left upon the earth, became exhausted through evil on account of the rain, for the waters were coming more violently upon the earth, and the animals and beasts were still surrounding the ark.
17 And the sons of men assembled together, about seven hundred thousand men and women, and they came unto Noah to the ark. (None of this is in Genesis)
18 And they called to Noah, saying, Open for us that we may come to you in the ark--and wherefore shall we die?
19 And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark, saying, Have you not all rebelled against YAHWEH, and said that he does not exist? and therefore YAHWEH brought upon you this evil, to destroy and cut you off from the face of the earth.
20 Is not this the thing that I spoke to you of one hundred and twenty years back, and you would not hearken to the voice of YAHWEH, and now do you desire to live upon earth?
21 And they said to Noah, We are ready to return to YAHWEH; only open for us that we may live and not die.
22 And Noah answered them, saying, Behold now that you see the trouble of your souls, you wish to return to YAHWEH; why did you not return during these hundred and twenty years, which YAHWEH granted you as the determined period?
23 But now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles of your souls, now also YAHWEH will not listen to you, neither will he give ear to you on this day, so that you will not now succeed in your wishes.
24 And the sons of men approached in order to break into the ark, to come in on account of the rain, for they could not bear the rain upon them.
25 And YAHWEH sent all the beasts and animals that stood round the ark. And the beasts overpowered them and drove them from that place, and every man went his way and they again scattered themselves upon the face of the earth. (Can you imagine?! I can't imagine being Noah or the people. It would be awful to be Noah to have to hear the begging and screaming and it would be awful to be the people and know what I did to God.)
26 And the rain was still descending upon the earth, and it descended forty days and forty nights, and the waters prevailed greatly upon the earth; and all flesh that was upon the earth or in the waters died, whether men, animals, beasts, creeping things or birds of the air, and there only remained Noah and those that were with him in the ark.
27 And the waters prevailed and they greatly increased upon the earth, and they lifted up the ark and it was raised from the earth.
28 And the ark floated upon the face of the waters, and it was tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within were turned about like pottage in a cauldron.
29 And great anxiety seized all the living creatures that were in the ark, and the ark was like to be broken.
30 And all the living creatures that were in the ark were terrified, and the lions roared, and the oxen lowed, and the wolves howled, and every living creature in the ark spoke and lamented in its own language, so that their voices reached to a great distance, and Noah and his sons cried and wept in their troubles; they were greatly afraid that they had reached the gates of death.
31 And Noah prayed unto YAHWEH, and cried unto him on account of this, and he said, O YAHWEH help us, for we have no strength to bear this evil that has encompassed us, for the waves of the waters have surrounded us, mischievous torrents have terrified us, the snares of death have come before us; answer us, O YAHWEH, answer us, light up your countenance toward us and be merciful to us, redeem us and deliver us.
32 And YAHWEH hearkened to the voice of Noah, and YAHWEH remembered him.
33 And a wind passed over the earth, and the waters were still and the ark rested.
34 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
35 And the waters decreased in those days, and the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
36 And Noah then opened the windows of the ark, and Noah still called out to YAHWEH at that time and he said, O YAHWEH, who did form the earth and the heavens and all that are therein, bring forth our souls from this confinement, and from the prison wherein you have placed us, for I am much wearied with sighing.
37 And YAHWEH hearkened to the voice of Noah, and said to him, When though shalt have completed a full year you shalt then go forth.
38 And at the revolution of the year, when a full year was completed to Noah's dwelling in the ark, the waters were dried from off the earth, and Noah put off the covering of the ark.
39 At that time, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry, but Noah and his sons, and those that were with him, did not go out from the ark until YAHWEH told them.
40 And the day came that YAHWEH told them to go out, and they all went out from the ark.
41 And they went and returned every one to his way and to his place, and Noah and his sons dwelt in the land that YAHWEH had told them, and they served YAHWEH all their days, and YAHWEH blessed Noah and his sons on their going out from the ark.
42 And he said to them, Be fruitful and fill all the earth; become strong and increase abundantly in the earth and multiply therein.
Can you imagine being Noah?!
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