Jubilees 23

He placed Jacob's two fingers on his eyes, blessed the God of gods, covered his face, stretched out his feet, and slept the eternal sleep. He was gathered to his fathers.

REF And he placed two fingers of Jacob on his eyes, and he blessed the God of gods, and he covered his face and stretched out his feet and slept the sleep of eternity, and was gathered to his fathers.

Through all this, Jacob was lying on his chest and did not know that his grandfather Abraham had died.

REF And notwithstanding all this Jacob was lying in his bosom, and knew not that Abraham, his father's father, was dead.

Jacob awoke from his sleep and found Abraham cold as ice. He said, 'Father, father!' but no one answered, and he knew that he was dead.

REF And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and behold, Abraham was cold as ice, and he said 'Father, father'; but there was none that spoke, and he knew that he was dead.

He leaped from Abraham's chest and ran to tell his mother Rebekah. Rebekah went to Isaac that night and told him. They went together — Isaac and Rebekah, with Jacob carrying a lamp — and when they entered, they found Abraham lying dead.

REF And he arose from his bosom and ran and told Rebekah, his mother; and Rebekah went to Isaac in the night, and told him; and they went together, and Jacob with them, and a lamp was in his hand, and when they had gone in they found Abraham lying dead.

Isaac fell on his father's face, wept, and kissed him.

REF And Isaac fell on the face of his father and wept and kissed him.

The voices of mourning were heard in Abraham's house. His son Ishmael arose and went to his father Abraham and wept over him — he and all Abraham's household — and they wept bitterly.

REF And the voices were heard in the house of Abraham, and Ishmael his son arose, and went to Abraham his father, and wept over Abraham his father, he and all the house of Abraham, and they wept with a great weeping.

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave near his wife Sarah. They mourned him forty days — all the men of his household, Isaac and Ishmael and all their sons, and all the sons of Keturah in their places. Then the days of mourning for Abraham were over.

REF And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, near Sarah his wife, and they wept for him forty days, all the men of his house, and Isaac and Ishmael, and all their sons, and all the sons of Keturah in their places; and the days of weeping for Abraham were ended.

He lived three jubilees and four weeks of years — one hundred and seventy-five years — and completed the days of his life, old and full of days.

REF And he lived three jubilees and four weeks of years, one hundred and seventy-five years, and completed the days of his life, being old and full of days.

The forefathers' lifespans had been nineteen jubilees. After the Flood they began to decrease below nineteen jubilees, shrinking in jubilees, growing old quickly, and becoming full of their days because of abundant trouble and the wickedness of their ways — with the exception of Abraham.

REF For the days of the forefathers, of their life, were nineteen jubilees; and after the Flood they began to grow less than nineteen jubilees, and to decrease in jubilees, and to grow old quickly, and to be full of their days by reason of manifold tribulation and the wickedness of their ways, with the exception of Abraham.

For Abraham was perfect in all his deeds with the LORD and well-pleasing in righteousness all the days of his life. Yet even he did not complete four jubilees in his life — he had grown old because of the wickedness of the age, and was full of his days.

REF For Abraham was perfect in all his deeds with the Lord, and well-pleasing in righteousness all the days of his life; and behold, he did not complete four jubilees in his life, when he had grown old by reason of the wickedness, and was full of his days.

All the generations that arise from this time until the day of the great judgment will grow old quickly, before they complete two jubilees. Their knowledge will abandon them because of their old age, and all their understanding will vanish.

REF And all the generations which will arise from this time until the day of the great judgment will grow old quickly, before they complete two jubilees, and their knowledge will forsake them by reason of their old age, [and all their knowledge will vanish away].

In those days, if someone lives a jubilee and a half of years, people will say, 'He has lived a long time.' But the greater part of his days will be pain, sorrow, and affliction, with no peace.

REF And in those days, if a man live a jubilee and a half of years, they will say regarding him: 'He has lived long,' and the greater part of his days are pain and sorrow and tribulation, and there is no peace.

Calamity follows calamity, wound upon wound, affliction upon affliction, bad news upon bad news, illness upon illness, and every evil judgment like these piled upon one another — disease, devastation, snow, frost, ice, fever, chills, numbness, famine, death, sword, captivity, and every kind of disaster and pain.

REF For calamity follows on calamity, and wound on wound, and tribulation on tribulation, and evil tidings on evil tidings, and illness on illness, and all evil judgments such as these, one with another, illness and overthrow, and snow and frost and ice, and fever, and chills, and torpor, and famine, and death, and sword, and captivity, and all kinds of calamities and pains.

All these things will come upon an evil generation that transgresses on the earth. Their deeds are impurity, sexual immorality, pollution, and abominations.

REF And all these shall come on an evil generation, which transgresseth on the earth: their works are uncleanness and fornication, and pollution and abominations.

Then they will say, 'Our forefathers lived many days — even to a thousand years — and their days were good. But our lifespan, if someone lives long, is seventy years, or eighty if he is strong, and those years are evil. There is no peace in the days of this wicked generation.'

REF Then they will say: 'The days of the forefathers were many (even), unto a thousand years, and were good; but behold, the days of our life, if a man has lived many, are three score years and ten, and, if he is strong, four score years, and those evil, and there is no peace in the days of this evil generation.'

In that generation, children will accuse their fathers and elders of sin and unrighteousness — of their words and the great evils they commit — and of forsaking the covenant the LORD made between himself and them, requiring them to observe and do all his commandments, ordinances, and laws without turning right or left.

REF And in that generation the sons will convict their fathers and their elders of sin and unrighteousness, and of the words of their mouth and the great wickednesses which they perpetrate, and concerning their forsaking the covenant which the Lord made between them and Him, that they should observe and do all His commandments and His ordinances and all His laws, without departing either to the right hand or the left.

For all have done evil, every mouth speaks wickedness, and all their deeds are impurity and abomination. All their ways are pollution, uncleanness, and destruction.

REF For all have done evil, and every mouth speaketh iniquity and all their works are an uncleanness and an abomination, and all their ways are pollution, uncleanness and destruction.

The earth will be destroyed because of all their deeds. There will be no seed of the vine and no oil, for their works are entirely faithless. They will all perish together — beasts, cattle, birds, and all the fish of the sea — because of humanity.

REF Behold the earth shall be destroyed on account of all their works, and there shall be no seed of the vine, and no oil; for their works are altogether faithless, and they shall all perish together, beasts and cattle and birds, and all the fish of the sea, on account of the children of men.

They will struggle against one another — young against old, old against young, poor against rich, lowly against great, beggar against prince — on account of the law and the covenant, for they have forgotten commandment and covenant, feasts and months, Sabbaths and jubilees, and all judgments.

REF And they shall strive one with another, the young with the old, and the old with the young, the poor with the rich, the lowly with the great, and the beggar with the prince, on account of the law and the covenant; for they have forgotten commandment, and covenant, and feasts, and months, and Sabbaths, and jubilees, and all judgments.

They will take up swords and wage war to force them back to the right way, but they will not return until much blood has been shed on the earth, one killing another.

REF And they shall stand (with bows and) swords and war to turn them back into the way, but they shall not return until much blood has been shed on the earth, one by another.

Those who escape will not return from their wickedness to the path of righteousness. Instead, they will all exalt themselves through deceit and wealth, each taking what belongs to his neighbor. They will invoke the great name, but not in truth or righteousness, and they will defile the holy of holies with their impurity and the corruption of their pollution.

REF And those who have escaped shall not return from their wickedness to the way of righteousness, but they shall all exalt themselves to deceit and wealth, that they may each take all that is his neighbour's, and they shall name the great name, but not in truth and not in righteousness, and they shall defile the holy of holies with their uncleanness and the corruption of their pollution.

A great punishment will fall on the deeds of this generation from the LORD. He will hand them over to the sword, to judgment, to captivity, and to plundering and destruction.

REF And a great punishment shall befall the deeds of this generation from the Lord, and He will give them over to the sword and to judgment and to captivity, and to be plundered and devoured.

He will raise up against them the sinners of the nations, who have neither mercy nor compassion and who respect no one — neither old nor young, nor anyone — for they are more wicked and powerful in evil than all other people.

REF And He will wake up against them the sinners of the Gentiles, who have neither mercy nor compassion, and who shall respect the person of none, neither old nor young, nor any one, for they are more wicked and strong to do evil than all the children of men.

They will use violence against Israel and commit atrocities against Jacob. Much blood will be shed on the earth, and there will be no one to gather the dead or bury them.

REF And they shall use violence against Israel and transgression against Jacob, And much blood shall be shed upon the earth, And there shall be none to gather and none to bury.

In those days they will cry out, call, and pray to be saved from the hand of the sinful nations. But no one will be saved.

REF In those days they shall cry aloud, And call and pray that they may be saved from the hand of the sinful Gentiles; But none shall be saved.

Children's heads will turn white with gray hair. A child of three weeks of years will look as old as a centenarian. Their bodies will be wasted by tribulation and oppression.

REF And the heads of the children shall be white with grey hair, And a child of three weeks shall appear old like a man of one hundred years, And their stature shall be destroyed by tribulation and oppression.

In those days, children will begin to study the laws, seek out the commandments, and return to the path of righteousness.

REF And in those days the children shall begin to study the laws, And to seek the commandments, And to return to the path of righteousness.

The days of their lives will begin to grow many and increase among humanity, until their lifespans approach one thousand years — and to a greater number of years than the days were before.

REF And the days shall begin to grow many and increase amongst those children of men, Till their days draw nigh to one thousand years, And to a greater number of years than (before) was the number of the days.

There will be no old person unsatisfied with their days, for all will be like children and youths.

REF And there shall be no old man nor one who is not satisfied with his days, For all shall be (as) children and youths.

All their days they will complete and live in peace and joy. There will be no Satan and no evil destroyer, for all their days will be days of blessing and healing.

REF And all their days they shall complete and live in peace and in joy, And there shall be no Satan nor any evil destroyer; For all their days shall be days of blessing and healing.

At that time the LORD will heal his servants. They will rise up and see great peace, and drive out their adversaries. The righteous will see and give thanks and rejoice with joy forever and ever. They will see all the judgments and curses fall on their enemies.

REF And at that time the Lord will heal His servants, And they shall rise up and see great peace, And drive out their adversaries. And the righteous shall see and be thankful, And rejoice with joy for ever and ever, And shall see all their judgments and all their curses on their enemies.

Their bones will rest in the earth, and their spirits will have great joy. They will know that it is the LORD who executes judgment and shows mercy to hundreds and thousands, and to all who love him.

REF And their bones shall rest in the earth, And their spirits shall have much joy, And they shall know that it is the Lord who executeth judgment, And showeth mercy to hundreds and thousands and to all that love Him.