Jubilees 31

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

REF And in the first year of the sixth week Jacob went up to Salem, to the east of Shechem, in peace, in the fourth month.

There Dinah, daughter of Jacob, had been taken to the house of Shechem son of Hamor.

REF And there they carried off Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, to the house of Shechem, the son of Hamor.

Jacob came to his father Isaac at Hebron. His sons Reuben and Simeon accompanied him.

REF And Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Hebron, and his sons Reuben and Simeon came with him.

Levi and Judah also came. Jacob told his father everything — how the Lord had shown him favor and had prospered all his endeavors.

REF And Levi and Judah came also, and Jacob told his father everything — how the Lord had been gracious to him, and how he had prospered in all his ways.

Isaac rejoiced greatly when he heard that Jacob had returned safely.

REF And Isaac rejoiced greatly because he had heard that Jacob had returned in peace.

Rebekah came out from the tower to meet Jacob, to kiss him and embrace him.

REF And Rebecca went forth from the tower to meet Jacob and to kiss him, and she embraced him.

She blessed him and said: Blessed are you, my son, in the presence of the Most High God! And blessed be the Lord who made the heavens and the earth, who created you and who delivered you from every evil.

REF And she blessed him and said: 'Blessed be thou, my son, in the presence of the Most High God; and blessed be the Lord who made the heavens and the earth, who created thee, and who redeemed thee from all evil.'

She kissed him. When Rebekah saw Jacob's sons, she blessed them and said: May the Lord be gracious to you, children — offspring of a righteous man.

REF And she kissed him. And Rebekah saw Jacob's sons, and she blessed them and said: 'May the Lord be gracious to you, children, the seed of the righteous man.'

Rebekah went in to Leah and blessed her. She said to Jacob: Do you want me to bless your sons? Jacob said: Bless them, mother.

REF And Rebekah went in to Leah, and she blessed her, and she said to Jacob: 'Is it thy will that I bless these thy children?' And Jacob said: 'Bless them, my mother.'

She placed her hands on the head of Levi first, and on the head of Judah second. She blessed them, saying:

REF And she placed her hands upon the head of Levi first, and upon the head of Judah second. And she blessed them and said:

May the God of all, the Lord of all ages, bless you and your children throughout all generations.

REF 'May the God of all, the very Lord of all the ages, bless thee and thy children throughout all the ages.

May the Lord give you and your offspring greatness and great glory. May he draw you and your descendants, from among all humanity, near to himself — to serve in his sanctuary like the angels of the presence and like the holy ones.

REF May the Lord give to thee and to thy seed greatness and great glory, and cause thee and thy seed, from among all flesh, to approach Him to serve in His sanctuary as the angels of the presence and as the holy ones.

As the angels are, so may your sons' descendants be — in glory, greatness, and holiness. May he make them great throughout all ages.

REF As they, so shall the seed of thy sons be for glory and greatness and holiness, and may He make them great unto all the ages.

They shall be judges, leaders, and chiefs over all the descendants of Jacob. They shall speak the word of the Lord in righteousness and render all his judgments justly.

REF And they shall be judges and princes and chiefs of all the seed of the sons of Jacob; they shall speak the word of the Lord in righteousness, and they shall judge all His judgments in righteousness.

Your mother rightly named you Levi. Rightly has she named you — you shall be joined to the Lord and be the companion of all Jacob's sons.

REF Thy mother hath rightly named thee Levi, and rightly has she named thee; thou shalt be joined to the Lord and be the companion of all the sons of Jacob.

Let all who hate you fall before you, and let all your enemies be uprooted and destroyed. Blessed be the one who blesses you, and cursed be every nation that curses you.

REF And let all who hate thee fall down before thee, and let all thine adversaries be rooted out and perish; and blessed be he that blesseth thee, and cursed be every nation that curseth thee.'

To Judah she said: May the Lord give you strength and power to trample all who hate you. You shall be a prince — you and one of your sons — over the sons of Jacob.

REF And to Judah she said: 'May the Lord give thee strength and power to tread down all that hate thee; a prince shalt thou be, thou and one of thy sons, over the sons of Jacob.

Then the nations will tremble at your presence, and all peoples will be shaken before you.

REF Then shall the Gentiles fear before thy face, and all the nations shall quake and all the peoples shall quake.

In you shall be the help of Jacob, and in you shall be found the salvation of Israel.

REF In thee shall be the help of Jacob, and in thee be found the salvation of Israel.

When you sit on the throne of honor that is yours by right, there will be great peace for all the descendants of the beloved.

REF And when thou sittest on the throne of honour of thy righteousness there shall be great peace for all the seed of the sons of the beloved.

She turned to Jacob and said: Remember all that I am telling you, my son. Do not let your mother's words leave your heart for all the days of your life.

REF And she turned her face to Jacob and said: 'Remember this, my son, all that I command thee; let not the words of thy mother go forth from thy heart all the days of thy life.'

For I know — and I declare to you now — that your sons will forsake you and not walk in your ways. They will do evil.

REF For I know and from henceforth will declare unto thee that thy sons will forsake thee and not walk in thy ways, and that they will do evil.

They will not acknowledge the God of their father. They will go after foreign gods.

REF And they will not acknowledge the God of their father, but will go after strange gods.

Their sins will be many, and they will be swept from the face of the earth.

REF And their sins shall be many, and they shall be destroyed from the face of the earth.

She wept and said to Jacob: My son, I charge you — do not take a wife from among the daughters of Canaan.

REF And she wept and said to Jacob: 'My son, I charge thee not to take a wife from the seed of the daughters of Canaan.'

Rebekah died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah in the land of Canaan, near Abraham.

REF And Rebekah died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, in the land of Canaan, near Abraham.

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

REF And in the sixth year of this week Jacob sent his sons to pasture their sheep.

The seven kings of the Amorites assembled against them, intending to kill them.

REF And the seven kings of the Amorites assembled themselves together against them, to slay them.

Jacob, Levi, Judah, and Joseph were in the house with their father Isaac.

REF And Jacob and Levi and Judah and Joseph were in the house with Isaac their father.

The king of Tappu came, along with the king of Aresa, the king of Saragan, the king of Selo, the king of Gaash, the king of Beth-horon, and the king of Mahanisaqris.

REF And there came the kings of Tappu, Aresa, Saragan, Selo, Ga'as, Bethoron, and Ma'anisaqris.

Word was brought to Jacob: The Amorite kings have surrounded your sons.

REF And they announced this to Jacob saying: 'The kings of the Amorites have surrounded thy sons.'

He rose from his house with his three sons — Levi, Judah, and Joseph. They struck down the kings of the Amorites.

REF And he arose from his house, he and his three sons Levi and Judah and Joseph, and he smote the kings of the Amorites.