Ahava Lilburn - In The Beginning... From Israel to Egypt: Synchronizing the Bible, Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees

Ancient Texts and the Bible

Book 4 - Expanded Edition

In The Beginning...

From Israel to Egypt

Minister Others

Ancient Texts and the Bible

Book 4

In The Beginning...

From Israel to Egypt

Expanded Edition

In The Beginning From Israel to Egypt

ISBN 978-1-947751-81-1

Copyright 2018 Minister Others

Minister others.com

Ancient texts compiled for this series:

Th e Bible

King James Version 1769

The Book of Enoch

An English translation by Dr. Laurence,

Archbishop of Cashel,

Formerly Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, 1833

The Book of Jasher

Faithfully translated 1840

from the original Hebrew into English

Published by J.H. Parry & Company 1887

The Book of Jubilees

by R.H. Charles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913

Ancient Texts and the Bible

series include:

Book 1: In The Beginning... From Adam to Noah

Book 2: In The Beginning... From Noah to Abraham

Book 3: In The Beginning... From Abraham to Israel

Book 4: In The Beginning... From Israel to Egypt

Book 5: In The Beginning... From Egypt to Goshen

Book 6: Israel... From Goshen to Sinai

Book 7: Israel... From Sinai to the Tabernacle

Book 8: Israel... Through the Book of Leviticus

Book 9: Israel... Through the Book of Numbers

Book 10: Israel... Through the Book of Joshua

Forward

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The Ancient Texts and the Bible series synchronizes the manuscripts of Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees into the Bible, making one complete storyline. The books are interwoven using the Torah as the backbone, and the extra-biblical texts as the fleshing out of that backbone.

The fourth book in the series contains Genesis 31-39, as well as the book of Jasher chapters 31-44, and the book of Jubilees chapters 29-39.

Though the language in the writings have been updated, replacing words like thou and thine with words like you and your , the integrity of the verses remain.

The Easy Reader edition is for those who just want to read the storyline and enjoy the journey. The stop signs and complex formatting have been removed so one may merely focus upon the story being told.

The Expanded Edition of Ancient Texts and the Bible was created for the more studious reader. The various manuscripts have the following formatting applied to them in this edition:

the Bible - Regular

the Book of Enoch - All Capitals

the Book of Jasher - Italics

the Book of Jubilees - Underlined

Where one of the extra-biblical texts reiterates the Bible, the phrase is then put in a bold font . Where two manuscripts overlap each other exclusive of the Bible, then both fonts are used. For instance, where Jasher and Jubilees intercept, the text is then formatted as Italics and Underlined .

The stop sign is another element to the Expanded Edition that is not seen in the Easy Reader. This image points to contradictions in the content. Printed versions also contain page numbers within the stop sign revealing the page where contradictory information is located, and vice versa. This information was not feasible to place in the e-book versions since the page numbers vary depending on the font size the reader chooses. Following, is an example from each edition:

Easy Reader Edition:

(Numbers 1:2) (Jasher 83:18...)

Take you the sum of all the heads of the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

Expanded Edition:

(Numbers 1:2) (Jasher 83:18...)

Take you the sum of all the heads of the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

Whichever you choose, may you Enjoy the Journey !

Prologue

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(Jasher 31:34) (Jubilees 28:30)

And Jacob obtained riches and honor and possessions by means of these transactions with the sons of men; And Laban and the children of Laban envied him of this honor, and Laban took back his sheep from him, and he observed him with evil intent.

Genesis: Chapter Thirty-One

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(Genesis 31:1) (Jasher 31:35)

And in the course of time, he heard the words of Labans sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our fathers; and of that which was our fathers, he has gotten all this glory.

(Genesis 31:2) (Jasher 31:36)

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban and of his children, and, behold, it was not toward him in those days as it had been before.

(Jubilees 29:1)

And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Laban went to shear his sheep; for they were distant from him a three days journey.

(Genesis 31:3) (Jasher 31:37)

And the Lord appeared to Jacob at the expiration of the six years. And the LORD said to Jacob, Arise, go forth out of this land, and return to the land of your birthplace , to your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

(Genesis 31:4) (Jubilees 29:2)

And Jacob saw that Laban was going to shear his sheep, and Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, and spoke kindly to them that they should come with him to the land of Canaan.

(Genesis 31:5)

And said to them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

(Genesis 31:6)

And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

(Genesis 31:7)

And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

(Genesis 31:8)

If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked.

(Genesis 31:9)

Thus, God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

(Genesis 31:10)

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grizzled.

(Genesis 31:11) (Jubilees 29:3)

For he told them how he had seen everything in a dream, even all that He had spoken to him that he should return to his fathers house. And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

(Genesis 31:12)

And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

(Genesis 31:13)

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.

(Genesis 31:14) (Jubilees 29:3)

And Rachel and Leah answered and they said to him: To every place where you go we will go with you. Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers house?

(Genesis 31:15)

Are we not counted of him strangers? For he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money.

(Genesis 31:16)

For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens: now then, whatsoever God has said to you, do.