The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 39 and 40

 

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 39 and 40

   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. 

39 SONS DESTROY MORE CITIES

The Sons of Yacob Destroy many Cities of Canaan and all their people.  (The fallen and their seed)

1 And when the sons of Yacob went from the city of Sarton, they had gone about two hundred cubits (300 ft) when they met the inhabitants of Tapnach coming toward them, for they went out to fight with them, because they had smitten the king of Tapnach and all his men.

2 So all that remained in the city of Tapnach came out to fight with the sons of Yacob, and they thought to retake from them the booty and the spoil which they had captured from Chazar and Sarton.

3 And the rest of the men of Tapnach fought with the sons of Yacob in that place, and the sons of Yacob smote them, and they fled before them, and they pursued them to the city of Arbelan, and they all fell before the sons of Yacob.

4 And the sons of Yacob returned and came to Tapnach, to take away the spoil of Tapnach, and when they came to Tapnach they heard that the people of Arbelan had gone out to meet them to save the spoil of their brethren, and the sons of Yacob left ten of their men in Tapnach to plunder the city, and they went out toward the people of Arbelan.

5 And the men of Arbelan went out with their wives to fight with the sons of Yacob, for their wives were experienced in battle, and they went out, about four hundred men and women.

6 And all the sons of Yacob shouted with a loud voice, and they all ran toward the inhabitants of Arbelan, and with a great and tremendous voice.

7 And the inhabitants of Arbelan heard the noise of the shouting of the sons of Yacob, and their roaring like the noise of lions and like the roaring of the sea and its waves. (This is super interesting. There are different accounts now - today- that voices have been magnified. I feel like this is the Positive Angels here. This is their sound coming through the sons of Jacob.)

8 And fear and terror possessed their hearts on account of the sons of Yacob, and they were terribly afraid of them, and they retreated and fled before them into the city, and the sons of Yacob pursued them to the gate of the city, and they came upon them in the city.

9 And the sons of Yacob fought with them in the city, and all their women were engaged in slinging against the sons of Yacob, and the combat was very severe among them the whole of that day till evening.

10 And the sons of Yacob could not prevail over them, and the sons of Yacob had almost perished in that battle, and the sons of Yacob cried unto YAHWEH and greatly gained strength toward evening, and the sons of Yacob smote all the inhabitants of Arbelan by the edge of the sword, men, women and little ones. (Once again, I believe the people that they killed here were that of the Fallen Angels' race. Sons and daughters of Cain. That lineage.)

11 And also the remainder of the people who had fled from Sarton, the sons of Yacob smote them in Arbelan, and the sons of Yacob did unto Arbelan and Tapnach as they had done to Chazar and Sarton, and when the women saw that all the men were dead, they went upon the roofs of the city and smote the sons of Yacob by showering down stones like rain.

12 And the sons of Yacob hastened and came into the city and seized all the women and smote them with the edge of the sword, and the sons of Yacob captured all the spoil and booty, flocks and herds and cattle.

13 And the sons of Yacob did unto Machnaymah as they had done to Tapnach, to Chazar and to Shiloh, and they turned from there and went away.

14 And on the fifth day the sons of Yacob heard that the people of Gaash had gathered against them to battle, because they had slain their king and their captains, for there had been fourteen captains in the city of Gaash, and the sons of Yacob had slain them all in the first battle.

15 And the sons of Yacob that day girt on their weapons of war, and they marched to battle against the inhabitants of Gaash, and in Gaash there was a strong and mighty people of the people of the Amorites, and Gaash was the strongest and best fortified city of all the cities of the Amorites, and it had three walls. (The Amorites didn't worship The Most High God)

16 And the sons of Yacob came to Gaash and they found the gates of the city locked, and about five hundred men standing at the top of the outer-most wall, and a people numerous as the sand upon the seashore were in ambush for the sons of Yacob from without the city at the rear thereof.

17 And the sons of Yacob approached to open the gates of the city, and while they were drawing nigh, behold those who were in ambush at the rear of the city came forth from their places and surrounded the sons of Yacob.

18 And the sons of Yacob were enclosed between the people of Gaash, and the battle was both to their front and rear, and all the men that were upon the wall, were casting from the wall upon them, arrows and stones.

19 And Yahudah, seeing that the men of Gaash were getting too heavy for them, gave a most piercing and tremendous shriek and all the men of Gaash were terrified at the voice of Yahudah's cry, and men fell from the wall at his powerful shriek, and all those that were from without and within the city were greatly afraid of their lives.

20 And the sons of Yacob still came nigh to break the doors of the city, when the men of Gaash threw stones and arrows upon them from the top of the wall, and made them flee from the gate.

21 And the sons of Yacob returned against the men of Gaash who were with them from without the city, and they smote them terribly, as striking against gourds, and they could not stand against the sons of Yacob, for fright and terror had seized them at the shriek of Yahudah.

22 And the sons of Yacob slew all those men who were without the city, and the sons of Yacob still drew nigh to effect an entrance into the city, and to fight under the city walls, but they could not for all the inhabitants of Gaash who remained in the city had surrounded the walls of Gaash in every direction, so that the sons of Yacob were unable to approach the city to fight with them.

23 And the sons of Yacob came nigh to one corner to fight under the wall, the inhabitants of Gaash threw arrows and stones upon them like showers of rain, and they fled from under the wall.

24 And the people of Gaash who were upon the wall, seeing that the sons of Yacob could not prevail over them from under the wall, reproached the sons of Yacob in these words, saying,

25 What is the matter with you in the battle that you cannot prevail? can you then do unto the mighty city of Gaash and its inhabitants as you did to the cities of the Amorites that were not so powerful? Surely to those weak ones among us you did those things, and slew them in the entrance of the city, for they had no strength when they were terrified at the sound of your shouting.

26 And will you now then be able to fight in this place? Surely here you will all die, and we will avenge the cause of those cities that you have laid waste.

27 And the inhabitants of Gaash greatly reproached (to express disapproval) the sons of Yacob and reviled them with their gods, and continued to cast arrows and stones upon them from the wall.

28 And Yahudah and his brothers heard the words of the inhabitants of Gaash and their anger was greatly roused, and Yahudah was jealous of YAHWEH his Elohim in this matter, and he called out and said, O YAHWEH, help, send help to us and our brothers.

29 And he ran at a distance with all his might, with his drawn sword in his hand, and he sprang from the earth and by dint of his strength, mounted the wall, and his sword fell from his hand.

30 And Yahudah shouted upon the wall, and all the men that were upon the wall were terrified, and some of them fell from the wall into the city and died, and those who were yet upon the wall, when they saw Yahudah's strength, they were greatly afraid and fled for their lives into the city for safety.

31 And some were emboldened to fight with Yahudah upon the wall, and they came nigh to slay him when they saw there was no sword in Yahudah's hand, and they thought of casting him from the wall to his brothers, and twenty men of the city came up to assist them, and they surrounded Yahudah and they all shouted over him, and approached him with drawn swords, and they terrified Yahudah, and Yahudah cried out to his brothers from the wall.

32 And Yacob and his sons drew the bow from under the wall, and smote three of the men that were upon the top of the wall, and Yahudah continued to cry and he exclaimed, O YAHWEH help us, O YAHWEH deliver us, and he cried out with a loud voice upon the wall, and the cry was heard at a great distance.

33 And after this cry he again repeated to shout, and all the men who surrounded Yahudah on the top of the wall were terrified, and they each threw his sword from his hand at the sound of Yahudah's shouting and his tremor, and fled.

34 And Yahudah took the swords which had fallen from their hands, and Yahudah fought with them and slew twenty of their men upon the wall.

35 And about eighty men and women still ascended the wall from the city and they all surrounded Yahudah, and YAHWEH impressed the fear of Yahudah in their hearts, that they were unable to approach him.

36 And Yacob and all who were with him drew the bow from under the wall, and they slew ten men upon the wall, and they fell below the wall, before Yacob and his sons.

37 And the people upon the wall seeing that twenty of their men had fallen, they still ran toward Yahudah with drawn swords, but they could not approach him for they were greatly terrified at Yahudah's strength.

38 And one of their mighty men whose name was Arud approached to strike Yahudah upon the head with his sword, when Yahudah hastily put his shield to his head, and the sword hit the shield, and it was split in two.

39 And this mighty man after he had struck Yahudah ran for his life, at the fear of Yahudah, and his feet slipped upon the wall and he fell among the sons of Yacob who were below the wall, and the sons of Yacob smote him and slew him.

40 And Yahudah's head pained him from the blow of the powerful man, and Yahudah had nearly died from it.

41 And Yahudah cried out upon the wall owing to the pain produced by the blow, when Dan heard him, and his anger burned within him, and he also rose up and went at a distance and ran and sprang from the earth and mounted the wall with his wrath-excited strength.

42 And when Dan came upon the wall near unto Yahudah all the men upon the wall fled, who had stood against Yahudah, and they went up to the second wall, and they threw arrows and stones upon Dan and Yahudah from the second wall, and endeavored to drive them from the wall.

43 And the arrows and stones struck Dan and Yahudah, and they had nearly been killed upon the wall, and wherever Dan and Yahudah fled from the wall, they were attacked with arrows and stones from the second wall.

44 And Yacob and his sons were still at the entrance of the city below the first wall, and they were not able to draw their bow against the inhabitants of the city, as they could not be seen by them, being upon the second wall.

45 And Dan and Yahudah when they could no longer bear the stones and arrows that fell upon them from the second wall, they both sprang upon the second wall near the people of the city, and when the people of the city who were upon the second wall saw that Dan and Yahudah had come to them upon the second wall, they all cried out and descended below between the walls.

46 And Yacob and his sons heard the noise of the shouting from the people of the city, and they were still at the entrance of the city, and they were anxious about Dan and Yahudah who were not seen by them, they being upon the second wall.

47 And Naphtali went up with his wrath-excited might and sprang upon the first wall to see what caused the noise of shouting which they had heard in the city, and Issachar and Zebulun drew nigh to break the doors of the city, and they opened the gates of the city and came into the city.

48 And Naphtali leaped from the first wall to the second, and came to assist his brothers, and the inhabitants of Gaash who were upon the wall, seeing that Naphtali was the third who had come up to assist his brothers, they all fled and descended into the city, and Yacob and all his sons and all their young men came into the city to them.

49 And Yahudah and Dan and Naphtali descended from the wall into the city and pursued the inhabitants of the city, and Simeon and Levi were from without the city and knew not that the gate was opened, and they went up from there to the wall and came down to their brothers into the city.

50 And the inhabitants of the city had all descended into the city, and the sons of Yacob came to them in different directions, and the battle waged against them from the front and the rear, and the sons of Yacob smote them terribly, and slew about twenty thousand of them men and women, not one of them could stand up against the sons of Yacob.

51 And the blood flowed plentifully in the city, and it was like a brook of water, and the blood flowed like a brook to the outer part of the city, and reached the desert of Bethchorin.

52 And the people of Bethchorin saw at a distance the blood flowing from the city of Gaash, and about seventy men from among them ran to see the blood, and they came to the place where the blood was.

53 And they followed the track of the blood and came to the wall of the city of Gaash, and they saw the blood issue from the city, and they heard the voice of crying from the inhabitants of Gaash, for it ascended unto heaven, and the blood was continuing to flow abundantly like a brook of water.

54 And all the sons of Yacob were still smiting the inhabitants of Gaash, and were engaged in slaying them till evening, about twenty thousand men and women, and the people of Chorin said, Surely this is the work of the Hebrews, for they are still carrying on war in all the cities of the Amorites.

55 And those people hastened and ran to Bethchorin, and each took his weapons of war, and they cried out to all the inhabitants of Bethchorin, who also girt on their weapons of war to go and fight with the sons of Yacob.

56 And when the sons of Yacob had done smiting the inhabitants of Gaash, they walked about the city to strip all the slain, and coming in the innermost part of the city and farther on they met three very powerful men, and there was no sword in their hand.

57 And the sons of Yacob came up to the place where they were, and the powerful men ran away, and one of them had taken Zebulun, who he saw was a young lad and of short stature, and with his might dashed him to the ground.

58 And Yacob ran to him with his sword and Yacob smote him below his loins with the sword, and cut him in two, and the body fell upon Zebulun.

59 And the second one approached and seized Yacob to fell him to the ground, and Yacob turned to him and shouted to him, while Simeon and Levi ran and smote him on the hips with the sword and felled him to the ground.

60 And the powerful man rose up from the ground with wrath-excited might, and Yahudah came to him before he had gained his footing, and struck him upon the head with the sword, and his head was split and he died.

61 And the third powerful man, seeing that his companions were killed, ran from before the sons of Yacob, and the sons of Yacob pursued him in the city; and while the powerful man was fleeing he found one of the swords of the inhabitants of the city, and he picked it up and turned to the sons of Yacob and fought them with that sword.

62 And the powerful man ran to Yahudah to strike him upon the head with the sword, and there was no shield in the hand of Yahudah; and while he was aiming to strike him, Naphtali hastily took his shield and put it to Yahudah's head, and the sword of the powerful man hit the shield of Naphtali and Yahudah escaped the sword.

63 And Simeon and Levi ran upon the powerful man with their swords and struck at him forcibly with their swords, and the two swords entered the body of the powerful man and divided it in two, length-wise.

64 And the sons of Yacob smote the three mighty men at that time, together with all the inhabitants of Gaash, and the day was about to decline.

65 And the sons of Yacob walked about Gaash and took all the spoil of the city, even the little ones and women they did not suffer to live, and the sons of Yacob did unto Gaash as they had done to Sarton and Shiloh.

40 KINGS OF CANAAN MAKE PEACE

The Remaining Twenty-one Kings of Canaan, fearing the Sons of Yacob, make a permanent Peace with them.

1 And the sons of Yacob led away all the spoil of Gaash, and went out of the city by night.

2 They were going out marching toward the castle of Bethchorin, and the inhabitants of Bethchorin were going to the castle to meet them, and on that night the sons of Yacob fought with the inhabitants of Bethchorin, in the castle of Bethchorin. One of them would not flee from before a thousand men, and they fought on that night upon the castle, and their shouts were heard on that night from afar, and the earth quaked at their shouting.

4 And all the sons of Yacob were afraid of those men, as they were not accustomed to fight in the dark, and they were greatly confounded, and the sons of Yacob cried unto YAHWEH, saying, Give help to us O YAHWEH, deliver us that we may not die by the hands of these uncircumcised men. 

5 And YAHWEH hearkened to the voice of the sons of Yacob, and YAHWEH caused great terror and confusion to seize the people of Bethchorin, And they fought among themselves the one with the other in the darkness of night, and smote each other in great numbers.

6 And the sons of Yacob, knowing that YAHWEH had brought a spirit of perverseness among those men, and that they fought each man with his neighbor, went forth from among the bands of the people of Bethchorin and went as far as the descent of the castle of Bethchorin, and farther, and they tarried there securely with their young men on that night.

7 And the people of Bethchorin fought the whole night, one man with his brother, and the other with his neighbor, and they cried out in every direction upon the castle, and their cry was heard at a distance, and the whole earth shook at their voice, for they were powerful above all the people of the earth.

8 And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites and all the kings of Canaan, and also those who were on the other side of the Jordan, heard the noise of the shouting on that night.

9 And they said, Surely these are the battles of the Hebrews who are fighting against the seven cities, who came nigh unto them; and who can stand against those Hebrews?

10 And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, and all those who were on the other side of the Jordan, were greatly afraid of the sons of Yacob, for they said, Behold the same will be done to us as was done to those cities, for who can stand against their mighty strength?

11 And the cries of the Chorinites were very great on that night, and continued to increase; and they smote each other till morning, and numbers of them were killed.

12 And the morning appeared, and all the sons of Yacob rose up at daybreak and went up to the castle, and they smote those who remained of the Chorinites in a terrible manner, and they were all killed in the castle.

13 And the sixth day appeared, and all the inhabitants of Canaan saw at a distance all the people of Bethchorin lying dead in the castle of Bethchorin, and strewed about as the carcasses of lambs and goats.

14 And the sons of Yacob led all the spoil which they had captured from Gaash and went to Bethchorin, and they found the city full of people like the sand of the sea, and they fought with them, and the sons of Yacob smote them there till evening time.

15 And the sons of Yacob did unto Bethchorin as they had done to Gaash and Tapnach, and as they had done to Chazar, to Sarton and to Shiloh.

16 And the sons of Yacob took with them the spoil of Bethchorin and all the spoil of the cities, and on that day they went home to Shechem.

17 And the sons of Yacob came home to the city of Shechem, and they remained without the city, and they then rested there from the war, and tarried there all night.

18 And all their servants together with all the spoil that they had taken from the cities, they left without the city, and they did not enter the city, for they said, Peradventure (perhaps) there may be yet more fighting against us, and they may come to besiege us in Shechem.

19 And Yacob and his sons and their servants remained on that night and the next day in the portion of the field which Yacob had purchased from Hamor for five shekels, and all that they had captured was with them.

20 And all the booty which the sons of Yacob had captured, was in the portion of the field, immense as the sand upon the seashore.

21 And the inhabitants of the land observed them from afar, and all the inhabitants of the land were afraid of the sons of Yacob who had done this thing, for no king from the days of old had ever done the like.

22 And the seven kings of the Canaanites resolved to make peace with the sons of Yacob, for they were greatly afraid of their lives, on account of the sons of Yacob.

23 And on that day, being the seventh day, Japhia king of Hebron sent secretly to the king of Ai, and to the king of Gibeon, and to the king of Shalem, and to the king of Adulam, and to the king of Lachish, and to the king of Chazar, and to all the Canaanitish kings who were under their subjection, saying,

24 Go up with me, and come to me that we may go to the sons of Yacob, and I will make peace with them, and form a treaty with them, lest all your lands be destroyed by the swords of the sons of Yacob, as they did to Shechem and the cities around it, as you have heard and seen.

25 And when you come to me, do not come with many men, but let every king bring his three head captains, and every captain bring three of his officers.

26 And come all of you to Hebron, and we will go together to the sons of Yacob, and supplicate them that they shall form a treaty of peace with us.

27 And all those kings did as the king of Hebron had sent to them, for they were all under his counsel and command, and all the kings of Canaan assembled to go to the sons of Yacob, to make peace with them; and the sons of Yacob returned and went to the portion of the field that was in Shechem, for they did not put confidence in the kings of the land.

28 And the sons of Yacob returned and remained in the portion of the field ten days, and no one came to make war with them.

29 And when the sons of Yacob saw that there was no appearance of war, they all assembled and went to the city of Shechem, and the sons of Yacob remained in Shechem.

30 And at the expiration of forty days, all the kings of the Amorites assembled from all their places and came to Hebron, to Japhia, king of Hebron.

31 And the number of kings that came to Hebron, to make peace with the sons of Yacob, was twenty-one kings, and the number of captains that came with them was sixty-nine, and their men were one hundred and eighty-nine, and all these kings and their men rested by Mount Hebron.

32 And the king of Hebron went out with his three captains and nine men, and these kings resolved to go to the sons of Yacob to make peace.

33 And they said unto the king of Hebron, Go you before us with your men, and speak for us unto the sons of Yacob, and we will come after you and confirm your words, and the king of Hebron did so.

34 And the sons of Yacob heard that all the kings of Canaan had gathered together and rested in Hebron, and the sons of Yacob sent four of their servants as spies, saying, Go and spy these kings, and search and examine their men whether they are few or many, and if they are but few in number, number them all and come back.

35 And the servants of Yacob went secretly to these kings, and did as the sons of Yacob had commanded them, and on that day they came back to the sons of Yacob, and said unto them, We came unto those kings, and they are but few in number, and we numbered them all, and behold, they were two hundred and eighty-eight, kings and men.

36 And the sons of Yacob said, They are but few in number, therefore we will not all go out to them; and in the morning the sons of Yacob rose up and chose sixty two of their men, and ten of the sons of Yacob went with them; and they girt on their weapons of war, for they said, They are coming to make war with us, for they knew not that they were coming to make peace with them.

37 And the sons of Yacob went with their servants to the gate of Shechem, toward those kings, and their father Yacob was with them.

38 And when they had come forth, behold, the king of Hebron and his three captains and nine men with him were coming along the road against the sons of Yacob, and the sons of Yacob lifted up their eyes, and saw at a distance Japhia, king of Hebron, with his captains, coming toward them, and the sons of Yacob took their stand at the place of the gate of Shechem, and did not proceed.

39 And the king of Hebron continued to advance, he and his captains, until he came nigh to the sons of Yacob, and he and his captains bowed down to them to the ground, and the king of Hebron sat with his captains before Yacob and his sons.

40 And the sons of Yacob said unto him, What has befallen you, O king of Hebron? why have you come to us this day? what did you require from us? and the king of Hebron said unto Yacob, I beseech you my lord, all the kings of the Canaanites have this day come to make peace with you.

41 And the sons of Yacob heard the words of the king of Hebron, and they would not consent to his proposals, for the sons of Yacob had no faith in him, for they imagined that the king of Hebron had spoken deceitfully to them.

42 And the king of Hebron knew from the words of the sons of Yacob, that they did not believe his words, and the king of Hebron approached nearer to Yacob, and said unto him, I beseech you, my lord, to be assured that all these kings have come to you on peaceable terms, for they have not come with all their men, neither did they bring their weapons of war with them, for they have come to seek peace from my lord and his sons.

43 And the sons of Yacob answered the king of Hebron, saying, Send you to all these kings, and if you speak truth unto us, let them each come singly before us, and if they come unto us unarmed, we shall then know that they seek peace from us.

44 And Japhia, king of Hebron, sent one of his men to the kings, and they all came before the sons of Yacob, and bowed down to them to the ground, and these kings sat before Yacob and his sons, and they spoke unto them, saying,

45 We have heard all that you did unto the kings of the Amorites with your sword and exceedingly mighty arm, so that no man could stand up before you, and we were afraid of you for the sake of our lives, lest it should befall us as it did to them.

46 So we have come unto you to form a treaty of peace between us, and now therefore contract with us a covenant of peace and truth, that you will not meddle with us, inasmuch as we have not meddled with you.

47 And the sons of Yacob knew that they had really come to seek peace from them, and the sons of Yacob listened to them, and formed a covenant with them.

48 And the sons of Yacob swore unto them that they would not meddle with them, and all the kings of the Canaanites swore also to them, and the sons of Yacob made them tributary from that day forward.

49 And after this all the captains of these kings came with their men before Yacob, with presents in their hands for Yacob and his sons, and they bowed down to him to the ground.

50 And these kings then urged the sons of Yacob and begged of them to return all the spoil they had captured from the seven cities of the Amorites, and the sons of Yacob did so, and they returned all that they had captured, the women, the little ones, the cattle and all the spoil which they had taken, and they sent them off, and they went away each to his city.

51 And all these kings again bowed down to the sons of Yacob, and they sent or brought them many gifts in those days, and the sons of Yacob sent off these kings and their men, and they went peaceably away from them to their cities, and the sons of Yacob also returned to their home, to Shechem.

52 And there was peace from that day forward between the sons of Yacob and the kings of the Canaanites, until the children of Yisrael came to inherit the land of Canaan. (The peace between the sons of Jacob (Yacob) and the kings of the Canaanites lasted until the children of Israel (Yisrael) came to inherit the land of Canaan. This period of peace began after Jacob’s sons defeated the seven kings of Canaan and the remaining kings chose to make peace with them1. The children of Israel inherited the land of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua, as described in the Book of Joshua2. - Wikipedia 

Joshua 14:1 Context

1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

So, there was peace for quite a while... What do you think? What do you think the shrieks represent? Why do you think it was okay that the Children of Israel took down all of those men, women and children?  Let me know in the comment section or send me an email at: theawakeningtalk@gmail.com

The Twelve Tribes: A recap of who, what and where

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 27 and 28

 

 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. 

27 ESAU SLAYS NIMROD

Esau slays Nimrod and Two of his Mighty Men. Returns Home weary from the Fight, and sells his Birthright for Value.

1 And Esau at that time, after the death of Abraham, frequently went in the field to hunt.

2 And Nimrod king of Babel, the same was Amraphel (HMM... Interesante'), also frequently went with his mighty men to hunt in the field, and to walk about with his men in the cool of the day.

3 And Nimrod was observing Esau all the days, for a jealousy was formed in the heart of Nimrod against Esau all the days.

4 And on a certain day Esau went in the field to hunt, and he found Nimrod walking in the wilderness with his two men.

5 And all his mighty men (Interestante') and his people were with him in the wilderness, but they removed at a distance from him, and they went from him in different directions to hunt, and Esau concealed himself for Nimrod, and he lurked for him in the wilderness.

6 And Nimrod and his men that were with him did not know him, and Nimrod and his men frequently walked about in the field at the cool of the day, and to know where his men were hunting in the field.

7 And Nimrod and two of his men that were with him came to the place where they were, when Esau started suddenly from his lurking place, and drew his sword, and hastened and ran to Nimrod and cut off his head.

8 And Esau fought a desperate fight with the two men that were with Nimrod, and when they called out to him, Esau turned to them and smote them to death with his sword.

9 And all the mighty men of Nimrod, who had left him to go to the wilderness, heard the cry at a distance, and they knew the voices of those two men, and they ran to know the cause of it, when they found their king and the two men that were with him lying dead in the wilderness.

10 And when Esau saw the mighty men of Nimrod coming at a distance, he fled, and thereby escaped; and Esau took the valuable garments of Nimrod, (Which as we know from earlier, not in Yasher, but in Jubilees as well as the Books of Adam and Eve, these are the clothes that were made for Adam and Eve by God.) which Nimrod's father had bequeathed to Nimrod, and with which Nimrod prevailed over the whole land, and he ran and concealed them in his house.

11 And Esau took those garments and ran into the city on account of Nimrod's men, and he came unto his father's house wearied and exhausted from fight, and he was ready to die through grief when he approached his brother Yacob and sat before him.

12 And he said unto his brother Yacob, Behold I shall die this day, and wherefore then do I want the birthright? And Yacob acted wisely with Esau in this matter, and Esau sold his birthright to Yacob, for it was so brought about by YAHWEH.

13 And Esau's portion in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought from the children of Heth for the possession of a burial ground, Esau also sold to Yacob, and Yacob bought all this from his brother Esau for value given. (Cave of Patriarchs where Sarah was buried)

14 And Yacob wrote the whole of this in a book, and he testified the same with witnesses, and he sealed it, and the book remained in the hands of Yacob. (This wasn't in anything that I have read so far.)

15 And when Nimrod the son of Cush (son of Ham) died, his men lifted him up and brought him in consternation, and buried him in his city, and all the days that Nimrod lived were two hundred and fifteen years and he died.

16 And the days that Nimrod reigned upon the people of the land were one hundred and eighty-five years; and Nimrod died by the sword of Esau in shame and contempt, and the seed of Abraham caused his death as he had seen in his dream.

17 And at the death of Nimrod his kingdom became divided into many divisions, and all those parts that Nimrod reigned over were restored to the respective kings of the land, who recovered them after the death of Nimrod, and all the people of the house of Nimrod were for a long time enslaved to all the other kings of the land. 

(None of this story about Nimrod is in Genesis at all. You can, however, find it in The Book of Jubilees, otherwise known as "Little Genesis".)

28 FAMINE, ISAAC GOES TO GERAR

On account of Famine, Isaac goes to Gerar, the Land of the Philistines. After the Famine he Returns at the Command of YAHWEH to Hebron. Yacob is sent to the House of Shem where he Remains Thirty-two Years to learn the Way of YAHWEH, but Esau would not go. Esau marries a Canaanitish Woman.

1 And in those days, after the death of Abraham, in that year YAHWEH brought a heavy famine in the land, and while the famine was raging in the land of Canaan, Isaac rose up to go down to Egypt on account of the famine, as his father Abraham had done.

2 And YAHWEH appeared that night to Isaac and he said to him, Do not go down to Egypt but rise and go to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines, and remain there till the famine shall cease.

3 And Isaac rose up and went to Gerar, as YAHWEH commanded him, and he remained there a full year.

4 And when Isaac came to Gerar, the people of the land saw that Rebecca his wife was of a beautiful appearance, and the people of Gerar asked Isaac concerning his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he was afraid to say she was his wife lest the people of the land should slay him on account of her.

5 And the princes of Abimelech went and praised the woman to the king, but he answered them not, neither did he attend to their words.

6 But he heard them say that Isaac declared her to be his sister, so the king reserved this within himself.

7 And when Isaac had remained three months in the land, Abimelech looked out at the window, and he saw, and behold Isaac was sporting with Rebecca his wife, for Isaac dwelt in the outer house belonging to the king, so that the house of Isaac was opposite the house of the king.

8 And the king said unto Isaac, What is this you have done to us in saying of your wife, She is my sister? how easily might one of the great men of the people have lain with her, and you would then have brought guilt upon us.

9 And Isaac said unto Abimelech, Because I was afraid lest I die on account of my wife, therefore I said, She is my sister.

10 At that time Abimelech gave orders to all his princes and great men, and they took Isaac and Rebecca his wife and brought them before the king.

11 And the king commanded that they should dress them in princely garments, and make them ride through the streets of the city, and proclaim before them throughout the land, saying, This is the man and this is his wife; whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely die. And Isaac returned with his wife to the king's house, and YAHWEH was with Isaac and he continued to wax great and lacked nothing.

12 And YAHWEH caused Isaac to find favor in the sight of Abimelech, and in the sight of all his subjects, and Abimelech acted well with Isaac, for Abimelech remembered the oath and the covenant that existed between his father and Abraham.

13 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Behold the whole earth is before you; dwell wherever it may seem good in your sight until you shalt return to your land; and Abimelech gave Isaac fields and vineyards and the best part of the land of Gerar, to sow and reap and eat the fruits of the ground until the days of the famine should have passed by.

14 And Isaac sowed in that land, and received a hundred-fold in the same year, and YAHWEH blessed him.

15 And the man waxed great, and he had possession of flocks and possession of herds and great store of servants.

16 And when the days of the famine had passed away YAHWEH appeared to Isaac and said unto him, Rise up, go forth from this place and return to your land, to the land of Canaan; and Isaac rose up and returned to Hebron which is in the land of Canaan, he and all belonging to him as YAHWEH commanded him.

17 And after this Shelach the son at Arpachshad died in that year, which is the eighteenth year of the lives of Yacob and Esau; and all the days that Shelach lived were four hundred and thirty-three years and he died.

18 At that time Isaac sent his younger son Yacob to the house of Shem and Eber, and he learned the instructions of YAHWEH, and Yacob remained in the house of Shem and Eber for thirty-two years, and Esau his brother did not go, for he was not willing to go, and he remained in his father's house in the land of Canaan.

19 And Esau was continually hunting in the fields to bring home what he could get, so did Esau all the days.

20 And Esau was a designing and deceitful man, one who hunted after the hearts of men and inveigled them, and Esau was a valiant man in the field, and in the course of time went as usual to hunt; and he came as far as the field of Seir, the same is Edom.

21 And he remained in the land of Seir hunting in the field a year and four months.

22 And Esau there saw in the land of Seir the daughter of a man of Canaan, and her name was Jehudith, the daughter of Beeri, son of Epher, from the families of Heth the son of Canaan.

23 And Esau took her for a wife, and he came unto her; forty years old was Esau when he took her, and he brought her to Hebron, the land of his father's dwelling place, and he dwelt there.

24 And it came to pass in those days, in the hundred and tenth year of the life of Isaac, that is in the fiftieth year of the life of Yacob, in that year died Shem the son of Noah; Shem was six hundred years old at his death. (This is mentioned, but...just the death of Shem, as there is nothing about anything that has to do with Noah's family or Abraham's line. That is in The Book of Jubilees.)

25 And when Shem died Yacob returned to his father to Hebron which is in the land of Canaan.

26 And in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Yacob, people came from Haran, and Rebecca was told concerning her brother Laban the son of Bethuel.

27 For the wife of Laban was barren in those days, and bare no children, and also all his handmaids bare none to him.

28 And YAHWEH afterward remembered Adinah the wife of Laban, and she conceived and bare twin daughters, and Laban called the names of his daughters, the name of the elder Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel. (They weren't twins that I remember in the last story. This is why the whole thing was really messed up with Laban. He promises Rachel to Jacob, then gives him Leah instead--tricking him while he is drunk. Super gross.)

29 And those people came and told these things to Rebecca, and Rebecca rejoiced greatly that YAHWEH had visited her brother at hind that he had got children.

So, a few interesting thoughts on today's blog: Nimrod had another name... and that name ends in an "el"... the other is that Rachel and Leah were twins in this story as opposed to an older and younger sister. 

I will see you all tomorrow for the 29th and 30th chapter of "The Book of Yasher". 

Genesis Part 11: Jacob and Rachel, The Twelve tribes of Israel

 Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144Judah! Today's blog is the continuation of the story of Issac's child, "Jacob". From our last blog on Genesis, which was a while back, we learned of Jacob and his dream of the ladder. (Jacob's ladder) Today, we turn the page and start at Genesis 29 in the KJV where Jacob is on a journey and meets his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, and his two daughters Leah and Rachel. 

His uncle puts him to work and agrees to pay him by giving him one of his daughters. He chooses Rachel and works seven years. 

"And Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." Genesis 29:20

Now, seven years later, Jacob goes up to Laban, and asks for his wife... "And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her."  (A little graphic for a son-n-law to a father...but ok)

So, Laban gathers everyone up for a feast, and later that evening he brings his daughter, Leah, the first born daughter, and Jacob goes into her.... 

WAIT, WHAT?!

So, in the morning, Jacob notices what had happened... and goes to Laban, "What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?" (Genesis 29:25)

And Laban answers with this, "It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn."  Genesis 29:26

WOAH... now this is total deception. Not only did Jacob serve for seven years for his wife, but then he was deceived knowingly. Although, since I didn't read the bible at the time, I have known a lot of these customs as I have read Jane Austen. lol)

What is even sicker is this next sentence... "Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years."

And guess what?  He did. So, after he fulfilled this week, he gave him his other daughter Rachel to also be his wife. And Also Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 

No wonder we got to this point in life where evil just runs rapid. I can't imagine my dad doing that to me. 

Genesis 29:30- "And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years." 

"And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. 

And she conceived again and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing." Genesis 29:31-35

So... wow... God did bless this woman with four sons. Now, if you remember from previous blogs, The Twelve Tribes make up the End Time Saints with 12,000 coming out of each tribe. This also makes up the true ISRAEL that will be gathered by God in the End of Days to Jerusalem to fight at the Gog and Magog battle - Armageddon. 

So, we have the first four sons and this woman is now done because with her last son, JUDAH, she praised God The Most High. When she lifted up in Glory she did something super important! She gave praise and out of this line of people will be born David, and down a little further....YESHUA! (JESUS)

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah.... 4 names, 4 meanings

Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction, because the LORD hath heard I was hated, and my husband will be joined unto me, and now I will praise the LORD.

Genesis 30 - "And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 

And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 

And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 

(Wow...this is super telling for later!)

And Billah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Now we have Dan and Naphtali.... For God hath Judged me, and I have prevailed.

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 

(This is insane)

And Zilpah Leah's maid barer Jacob a son. 

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Gad and Asher...A troop cometh, for the daughters will call me blessed. 

So now it gets a bit weird, if that were even possible...

So, now we see Reuben, Leah's firstborn, and he is picking up some mandrakes in a field, and he brings them to his mother. Well, Rachel sees this, and wants the mandrakes, and Leah is like, hey, isn't it enough that you already sleep with my husband and now you want these plants, too? (And I tend to agree on this one...it is rather messed up.) Anyway, Rachel says, hey if you give me the mandrakes, you can have the hubby for the night.

Hmm.

She says, okay, gives her the mandrakes, and shacks up with Jacob... and guess what happens?

You've guessed it...a fifth son. 

Genesis 30: 17-21 "And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. 

And afterwards she bare a daughter and called her name Dinah. (Dinah's name means Justified and God will Judge)

So, now we have two more boys, and sorry to Dinah, but she doesn't count! Don't you know, Dinah, that you don't count! lol 

Anyway,  Issachar and Zebulun....  God hath given me my hire, and God hath endued me with a good dowry.

So now we are back to Rachel, since it seems to be a contest...

"And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. 

And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me I will again feed and keep thy flock:

(At this point and a few paragraphs later, Jacob does some underhanded stuff with the herd of cattle. We didn't really know at this point that Laban was keeping him on and not paying him what he was supposed to. not only that, he also kept him for 20 years... 7 for each daughter and then another 6 for his animals...)

 

So, in verses 4-16, Jacob talks to his wives and appeals to them about leaving. He tells them how Laban has cheated him and gone back on his word. He describes how God revealed to him that he would multiply his holdings at the expense of Laban because of his original promises and dishonesty. God also tells him to return to the land of his fathers and to his kindred and HE will be with him, so he heads there.

Genesis 31:17-22 "Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's and Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled."

So, needless to say here, Laban is miffed. Jacob pulled a fast one on him and basically took all of his flock, and his daughters and his grandkids and the two handmaids. And he did this without saying goodbye, and apparently Rachel took her father's images (this means idols-- so their gods that they had prayed to. So now Laban packs all of his stuff and his family that's left and heads out to find Jacob. It takes him 7 days and leads him to Gilead where he has a dream about The Most High God and He tells Laban not to talk to Jacob, good or bad, so what does he do? He goes to attack him and tells him about God, then mentions the gods that he stole...)

So, Jacob doesn't seem to believe him so he says, "With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them."

If you know anything about words, you should know that they have the power to harm, to do wonders, to do anything.... "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God." -John 1.  The word has the ability to create. That is why they call it a spell... spelling.

So, Laban goes into the areas and searches for the 'gods' and Rachel hides them, and at one point is sitting on them in the camel's furniture. 

So now Jacob is ticked because they have been "falsely" accused by Laban as Laban hasn't been able to produce anything. So he mentions all of the things that he has done for Laban, and later that night he takes his two wives and his two womenservants and his eleven sons and they head toward the land of his fathers. 

Genesis 32:23-30 "And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 

Jacob and God fighting Face to Face

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 

(THIS IS ISRAEL...NOT THE PLACE...IT IS WITH THE PEOPLE)

"I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved"

Whoa... wait a minute. Peniel.... "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" Genesis 32:30

The main function of the pineal gland is to receive information about the state of the LIGHT-DARK cycle from the environment and convey this information by the production and secretion of the hormone melatonin. 

The Third eye chakra is located in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows (also called the brow chakra). It is associated with intuition, insight and mysticism. The third eye is the sixth out of the seven chakras that control the meridian of the body, mind and spirit. It can take us to a place of higher consciousness and enlightenment. 

Back to the story...

So, God is wrestling with Jacob... or Jacob is wrestling with God rather, and of course, God would win... no doubt about that. So, it is interesting as it is mentioned earlier in the script that it was at night and throughout the night he wrestled... so Jacob isn't a dummy. If he was in his right frame of mind and it was during the day he would have seen the Glory of God and realized it was dumb to fight him, and would try to avoid conflict, but instead he didn't see him and it was at night, God gets him to do the "sensible" thing from a man's perspective and fight back. 

Now, obviously, God is holding back, so when we read the part about God putting Jacob's hip out of socket in Genesis 32:25, we find out that Jacob was wounded by a soft touch. 

I didn't understand this verse, so I looked it up and it made so much more sense. 

from :ligonier.org/learn/devotional

"The Lord withholds His full might for a time to let Jacob think he is winning. But just when the patriarch thinks he has the upper hand, God puts his hip out of joint. The Almighty did not tear Jacob's leg from its socket, as the Hebrew indicates he was wounded by a soft touch.  Jacob clings to the Lord and begs Him for a blessing, as the force of this nudge begins to reveal the identity of this "man". After all, only God has the strength to crush with a delicate tap. 

For too long, Jacob has assumed his skill is the primary factor in his success. In defeating the patriarch so easily, the Lord shows Jacob who has the power and who truly holds the key to his future. By implication, the wounding also teaches Jacob that he was really fighting against the Lord's holy character when he used dishonest tactics to secure Esau's birthright, even if the blessing was rightfully his. 

So now what? So, after his wrestling with God and his renaming, Esau marches in with 400 of his men, and Jacob sees his face and realizes right away that he has forgiven him.

In Genesis 33, Esau comes with 400 men, and Jacob arranges his family in front of him and has them kneel. 

First the handmaids with their children. 

Then Leah with her children. 

Then finally Rachel with her children. 

Esau wants to know the meaning and who the people are, Jacob tells him, and Jacob bows seven times to Esau, it's a respect thing to show him that Esau is the Lord even though he stole his birth right and blessing. Esau forgave him, says he has more than enough, and leaves shortly after. 

Now do you remember why Esau isn't blessed and Jacob is even though he stole the birthright of Esau? 

Esau disregarded God's law, married women outside of Israel, and didn't respect his birthright. (He actually gave it for a bowl of soup.) I've done some pretty stupid things for food before, but this kind of takes the cake... I wonder what Esau would do for a Klondike bar? lol

So, Esau was excluded from the line that would lead to Christ. Instead, God chose Jacob, who was flawed, yet faithful to carry on his promise to Isaac and Abraham. 

However, he is not excluded from the dreadful bout of karma...

Jacob deceived his father and cheated his brother, so Jacob was deceived and taken advantage of by Laban. Jacob's sons deceived their father by killing/selling Joseph, his favorite. 

What are the 3 promises of God to Jacob? 

* To be with him

* To make his family into a great nation

* And to bring them back from Egypt

I know this is a long blog, but we still have one more son! 

So, after all of this, they go into a town and there are other people living there. 

Esau then leaves with his people to Seir, and Jacob goes to Succoth, and builds a house, and makes booths for his cattle, and that is why they called the place Succoth. 

Fun fact: 

Sukkot^[a] is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which those Israelites who could were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. In addition to its harvest roots, the holiday also holds spiritual importance with regard to its abandonment of materialism to focus on nationhood, spirituality, and hospitality, this principle underlying the construction of a temporary, almost nomadic, structure of a sukkah.^[2]

The names used in the Torah are "Festival of Ingathering" (or "Harvest Festival", Hebrew: חַג הָאָסִיף, romanized: haġ hāʾāsif)^[3] and "Festival of Booths" (Hebrew: חג הסכות, romanized: ḥaġ hasSukkoṯ).^[4][3] This corresponds to the double significance of Sukkot. The one mentioned in the Book of Exodus is agricultural in nature—"Festival of Ingathering at the year's end" (Exodus 34:22)—and marks the end of the harvest time and thus of the agricultural year in the Land of Israel. The more elaborate religious significance from the Book of Leviticus is that of commemorating the Exodus and the dependence of the Israelites on the will of God (Leviticus 23:42–43).

"And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Schechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Mighty One; God of Israel)

"And Dinah the daughter of Lea, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country , saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her." Genesis 34:1-2

So, we learn here that Dinah is raped by the owner of the land's son, and Jacob finds out, and this guy and his son go to offer him whatever he wants, and offers Jacob to make marriages with them--with his daughters and to take their land and their possessions. 

He says, "Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife."

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said because he had defiled Dinah their sister: And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us."

So, they get these people to circumcise themselves, and the people that agreed did it to get all of Jacob's wealth... instead, they got Levi and Simeon's swords. 

They killed all the males, took all of their livestock as well as their women and children. 
After this, Jacob told his sons that they made him stink and was worried that now he would be a target of the Canaanites and the Perizites, and they weren't big enough in number to fight them, but God said unto Jacob, "Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother." Genesis 35:1

So, they leave, and Jacob comes into Beth-el and makes a new altar, and called it El-beth-el: because God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 

And there, once again, God appears to Jacob and says that his name is Jacob. "...thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel." Genesis 35:10

Here's a promise to Israel... 

Genesis 35:9-13

9 "And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 

12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him." (So now, those of you that have heard that the last time he was talking to an angel, you can see it confirmed here...)

So, Jacob then sets up a pillar in the place where he talked with God, even a pillar of sone, and pours a drink offering there and he pours oil as well. 

Jacob then calls the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 

Then he leaves there, Ephrath, and Rachel is going through a hard labor... (yes, she is having yet another kid)

But the labor was too hard on her, and after she has her baby, she calls him Ben-oni and then passes. 

Ben-oni means "Son of Pain" but Israel changes it to Benjamin meaning "son of the right hand". (Once again, Israel is giving the glory to God.) 

Then Rachel passes. (Remember earlier when Jacob said to Laban? "With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our bretheren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them." Genesis 31:32 (this is the fulfillment)

Genesis 35:19-21 "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beh-lehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar."

Comparison of the southern view of the Tomb in the early 20th and 21st centuries, showing the fortifications

Though Rachel's Tomb has been a common site of Jewish pilgrimage since the twelfth century, in the modern era, a cult with uniquely Rachel elements developed. In contemporary Jewish society it is now considered the third holiest site in Judaism and has become one of the cornerstones of Jewish-Israeli identity. Although Rachel's Tomb is a site holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians, it has effectively been closed to Muslims and Christians. And Since UNESCO adopted a resolution reaffirming a 2010 statement that Rachel's Tomb was: "an integral part of Palestine." On 22 October 2015, the tomb was separated from Bethlehem with a series of concrete barriers.

So, now you have officially met the 12 tribes... with an exception to Joseph's (Ephraim and Manasses) You will learn this in the next blog. :) Until next time, friends! I hope you enjoyed meeting Jacob and Rachel and all of our ancestors... WE ARE ISRAEL. ISRAEL was scattered throughout the nations. God loves us all.