The Covenant Rendering

Jubilees

50 chapters 1,245 verses Translated from the Ge'ez (Ethiopic)
Chapter 1 29 verses

This is the account of how the days are divided according to the law and the testimony — t…

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Chapter 2 33 verses

The Angel of the Presence spoke to Moses according to the word of the LORD, saying: Write …

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Chapter 3 35 verses

During the six days of the second week we brought to Adam all the beasts and all the cattl…

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Chapter 4 33 verses

In the third week of the second jubilee, Eve gave birth to Cain; in the fourth week she ga…

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Chapter 5 19 verses

When the children of humanity began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters wer…

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Chapter 6 38 verses

On the new moon of the third month he departed from the ark and built an altar on that mou…

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Chapter 7 39 verses

In the seventh week, in the first year of this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain…

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Chapter 8 30 verses

In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week, at its beginning, Arpachshad took a wife n…

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Chapter 9 15 verses

Ham divided his territory among his sons. The first portion fell to Cush toward the east, …

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Chapter 10 36 verses

In the third week of this jubilee, the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of…

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Chapter 11 24 verses

In the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in the first year, Reu took a wife named O…

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Chapter 12 31 verses

In the sixth week, in the seventh year, Abram said to his father Terah, 'Father!' And Tera…

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Chapter 13 29 verses

Abram went from Haran to the land of Canaan — he, Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew.…

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Chapter 14 24 verses

After these events, in the fourth year of that week, on the new moon of the third month, t…

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Chapter 15 34 verses

In the fifth year of the fourth week of this jubilee, in the third month, in the middle of…

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Chapter 16 31 verses

On the new moon of the fourth month, we appeared to Abraham at the oak of Mamre. We spoke …

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Chapter 17 18 verses

In the first year of the fifth week, Isaac was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast in t…

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Chapter 18 19 verses

God said, 'Abraham, Abraham!' And he answered, 'Here I am.'…

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Chapter 19 29 verses

In the first year of the first week of the forty-second jubilee, Abraham returned and sett…

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Chapter 20 13 verses

In the forty-second jubilee, in the first year of the seventh week, Abraham called Ishmael…

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Chapter 21 25 verses

In the sixth year of the seventh week of this jubilee, Abraham called his son Isaac and co…

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Chapter 22 30 verses

In the first week of the forty-fourth jubilee, in the second year — the year Abraham died …

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Chapter 23 32 verses

He placed Jacob's two fingers on his eyes, blessed the God of gods, covered his face, stre…

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Chapter 24 33 verses

After Abraham's death, the LORD blessed his son Isaac. He departed from Hebron and settled…

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Chapter 25 23 verses

In the second year of that week in this jubilee, Rebekah called her son Jacob and spoke to…

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Chapter 26 35 verses

In the seventh year of this week, Isaac called Esau his firstborn son and said to him: I a…

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Chapter 27 27 verses

Esau hated Jacob on account of the blessing his father had given him, and he said in his h…

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Chapter 28 25 verses

Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the east, to Laban the brother of R…

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Chapter 29 20 verses

God remembered Rachel and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and she named him…

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Chapter 30 23 verses

In the first year of the fifth week of the forty-fifth jubilee, Jacob moved south to the T…

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Chapter 31 32 verses

In the first year of the sixth week, Jacob went up to Salem, east of Shechem, in peace, in…

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Chapter 32 34 verses

He stayed that night at Bethel. Levi dreamed that he had been ordained and appointed as pr…

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Chapter 33 23 verses

Jacob went and settled south of the Tower of Eder. In the first year of the first week of …

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Chapter 34 19 verses

In the sixth year of this week of the forty-fifth jubilee, Jacob sent his sons to pasture …

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Chapter 35 27 verses

In the seventh year of this week, Isaac called his two sons Esau and Jacob. They came to h…

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Chapter 36 18 verses

In the sixth year of this week, Jacob sent his sons and servants to pasture their sheep. E…

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Chapter 37 25 verses

On the day Isaac died, the sons of Esau heard that Isaac had given the elder son's portion…

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Chapter 38 14 verses

The next day, Jacob and his sons went up to Mount Seir and buried Esau. Then they returned…

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Chapter 39 12 verses

Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard…

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Chapter 40 9 verses

The king of Egypt's chief cupbearer and chief baker offended the king. He put them in cust…

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Chapter 41 28 verses

In the forty-fifth jubilee, Judah took a wife for his firstborn Er from the daughters of A…

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Chapter 42 25 verses

In the first year of the third week of the forty-fifth jubilee, the famine spread across t…

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Chapter 43 21 verses

Judah stepped forward and said: Please, my lord, let your servant speak. Do not be angry, …

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Chapter 44 34 verses

Israel set out and went to Beer-sheba. He offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isa…

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Chapter 45 16 verses

Jacob called his sons and they came to him. He blessed them and told them what would happe…

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Chapter 46 9 verses

After his father's death, Joseph continued to live in Egypt. He remained ruler over the la…

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Chapter 47 12 verses

In the fourth week, in the sixth year of the forty-eighth jubilee, you were born. This was…

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Chapter 48 19 verses

You lived in Midian for five weeks and one year. You returned to Egypt in the second week,…

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Chapter 49 23 verses

Remember the commandment the Lord gave you concerning the Passover: celebrate it on the fo…

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Chapter 50 13 verses

After this law, I revealed to you the Sabbath days in the wilderness of Sinai.…

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