In a gripping account of divine judgment and human frailty, Adam and Eve's defiance reverberates through the heavens, shattering the tranquility of Eden. As the serpent's sinister whispers beckon, they succumb to temptation, their innocence shattered by the forbidden fruit. YHWH's wrath descends upon the serpent, woman, and man, casting them into a realm of curses and exile. Yet, amidst the chaos, a glimmer of mercy shines as Adam and Eve don garments of repentance. With every heartbeat, the earth trembles with the weight of their destiny, setting the stage for an epic journey of redemption and revelation.
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Genesis
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Jasher
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Jubilees
42%
Exposition
Jubilee: 1
Year: 0
Month: 0
Day: 8
YHWH observes that Adam is alone
Genesis 2:18
Jasher 1:3
Jubilees: 3:4
Rising Action
Adam names the animals
Genesis 2:19-20
Jubilees: 3:1-3
Eve is created
Genesis 1:27-28, 2:21-24, 5:1-2
Jasher 1:4, 5a, 6
Jubilees: 2:14, 3:5-7
The statute of uncleanness in childbirth
Adam enters the Garden of Eden and the uncleanness of giving birth is established
Eve enters the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve enter the Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:15-17, 25
Jasher 1:7-8
Jubilees: 3:12-14
Climax
The Serpent tests the Woman
Genesis 3:1-7
Jasher 1:9-10
Jubilees: 3:17-22
Falling Action
YHWH issues curses
Genesis 3:8-13
Jasher 1:11
Jubilees: 3:23-25
Adam names Eve
Genesis 3:20
Jasher 1:5b
Jubilees: 3:33
YHWH clothes Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:21
Jubilees: 3:26
Resolution
YHWH banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden
Genesis 3:22-24
Jasher 1:12a
Jubilees: 3:35
Adam offers a sacrifice, the beasts can no longer speak, beasts are banished from the garden, and only humans cover their nakedness
Adam and Eve dwell in Elda where they were created
Jubilee: 1
Year: 0
Month: 0
Day: 8
YHWH observes that Adam is alone
Genesis 2:18
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Jasher 1:3
3 And the Lord said, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make unto him a helpmeet.
Jubilees 3:4
4 And the Lord said unto us: ‘It is not good that the man should be alone: let us make a helpmeet for him.’
Day: 8-12
Adam names the animals
Genesis 2:19-20
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Jubilees 3:1-3
1 And on the six days of the second week we brought, according to the word of God, unto Adam all the beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and everything that moves on the earth, and everything that moves in the water, according to their kinds, and according to their types: the beasts on the first day; the cattle on the second day; the birds on the third day; and all that which moves on the earth on the fourth day; and that which moves in the water on the fifth day.
2 And Adam named them all by their respective names, and as he called them, so was their name.
3 And on these five days Adam saw all these, male and female, according to every kind that was on the earth, but he was alone and found no helpmeet for him.
Genesis 2:21-22
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Jasher 1:4
4 And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and he took away one of his ribs, and he built flesh upon it, and formed it and brought it to Adam, and Adam awoke from his sleep, and behold a woman was standing before him.
Jubilees 3:5
5 And the Lord our God caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and he slept, and He took for the woman one rib from amongst his ribs, and this rib was the origin of the woman from amongst his ribs, and He built up the flesh in its stead, and built the woman.
Genesis 1:27-28, 5:1-2
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Jasher 1:6
6 And God blessed them and called their names Adam and Eve in the day that he created them, and the Lord God said, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Jubilees 2:14
14 And after all this He created man, a man and a woman created He them, and gave him dominion over all that is upon the earth, and in the seas, and over everything that flies, and over beasts and over cattle, and over everything that moves on the earth, and over the whole earth, and over all this He gave him dominion.
Genesis 2:23
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Jasher 1:5a
5a And he said, This is a bone of my bones and it shall be called woman, for this has been taken from man;
Jubilees 3:6
6 And He awaked Adam out of his sleep and on awaking he rose on the sixth day, and He brought her to him, and he knew her, and said unto her: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called [my] wife; because she was taken from her husband.’
Genesis 2:24
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Jubilees 3:7
7 Therefore shall man and wife be one and therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Month: 3
Day: 20
The statute of uncleanness in childbirth is established
Jubilees 3:8
8 In the first week was Adam created, and the rib -his wife: in the second week He showed her unto him: and for this reason the commandment was given to keep in their defilement, for a male seven days, and for a female twice seven days.
Month: 4
Day: 30
Adam enters the Garden of Eden and the uncleanness of giving birth is established
Jubilees 3:9-11
9 And after Adam had completed forty days in the land where he had been created, we brought him into the garden of Eden to till and keep it, but his wife they brought in on the eightieth day, and after this she entered into the garden of Eden.10 And for this reason the commandment is written on the heavenly tablets in regard to her that gives birth: ‘if she bears a male, she shall remain in her uncleanness seven days according to the first week of days, and thirty and three days shall she remain in the blood of her purifying, and she shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor enter into the sanctuary, until she accomplishes these days which (are enjoined) in the case of a male child.11 But in the case of a female child she shall remain in her uncleanness two weeks of days, according to the first two weeks, and sixty-six days in the blood of her purification, and they will be in all eighty days.’
Month: 6
Day: 10
Eve enters the Garden of Eden
Jubilees 3:12-14
12 And when she had completed these eighty days we brought her into the garden of Eden, for it is holier than all the earth besides and every tree that is planted in it is holy.13 Therefore, there was ordained regarding her who bears a male or a female child the statute of those days that she should touch no hallowed thing, nor enter into the sanctuary until these days for the male or female child are accomplished.14 This is the law and testimony which was written down for Israel, in order that they should observe (it) all the days.
Adam and Eve enter the Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:15-17
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Jasher 1:7
7 And the Lord God took Adam and his wife, and he placed them in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it; and he commanded them and said unto them, From every tree of the garden you may eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.
Jasher 1:8
8 And when God had blessed and commanded them, he went from them, and Adam and his wife dwelt in the garden according to the command which the Lord had commanded them.
Jubilees 3:15
15 And in the first week of the first jubilee, [1-7 A.M.] Adam and his wife were in the garden of Eden for seven years tilling and keeping it, and we gave him work and we instructed him to do everything that is suitable for tillage.
Genesis 2:25
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Jubilees 3:16
16 And he tilled (the garden), and was naked and knew it not, and was not ashamed, and he protected the garden from the birds and beasts and cattle, and gathered its fruit, and eat, and put aside the residue for himself and for his wife [and put aside that which was being kept].
Year: 8
Month: 2
Day: 17
The Serpent tests the Woman
Genesis 3:1
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Jasher 1:9
9 And the serpent, which God had created with them in the earth, came to them to incite them to transgress the command of God which he had commanded them.
Jubilees 3:17
17 And after the completion of the seven years, which he had completed there, seven years exactly, [8 A.M.] and in the second month, on the seventeenth day (of the month), the serpent came and approached the woman, and the serpent said to the woman, ‘Hath God commanded you, saying, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’
Genesis 3:2-3
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Jubilees 3:18
18 And she said to it, ‘Of all the fruit of the trees of the garden God hath said unto us, Eat; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said unto us, Ye shall not eat thereof, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.’
Genesis 3:4-6
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Jasher 1:10
10 And the serpent enticed and persuaded the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge, and the woman hearkened to the voice of the serpent, and she transgressed the word of God, and took from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and she ate, and she took from it and gave also to her husband and he ate.
Jubilees 3:19-21
19 And the serpent said unto the woman, ‘Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that on the day ye shall eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as gods, and ye will know good and evil.20 And the woman saw the tree that it was agreeable and pleasant to the eye, and that its fruit was good for food, and she took thereof and eat.21 And when she had first covered her shame with figleaves, she gave thereof to Adam and he eat, and his eyes were opened, and he saw that he was naked.
Genesis 3:7
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Jubilees 3:22
22 And he took figleaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and, covered his shame.
Genesis 3:8-13
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:14
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Jubilees 3:23
23 And God cursed the serpent, and was wroth with it for ever . . .
Genesis 3:15
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Jasher 1:11
11 And Adam and his wife transgressed the command of God which he commanded them, and God knew it, and his anger was kindled against them and he cursed them.
Genesis 3:16-19
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Jubilees 3:24-25
24 And He was wroth with the woman, because she harkened to the voice of the serpent, and did eat; and He said unto her: ‘I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy pains: in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy return shall be unto thy husband, and he will rule over thee.’25 And to Adam also he said, ‘ Because thou hast harkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat thereof, cursed be the ground for thy sake: thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat thy bread in the sweat of thy face, till thou returnest to the earth from whence thou wast taken; for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return.’
Genesis 3:20
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Jasher 1:5b
5b and Adam called her name Eve, for she was the mother of all living.
Jubilees 3:33
33 And Adam called the name of his wife Eve.
YHWH clothes Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:21
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Jubilees 3:26
26 And He made for them coats of skin, and clothed them, and sent them forth from the Garden of Eden.
YHWH banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden
Genesis 3:22
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 3:23
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Jasher 1:12a
12a And the Lord God drove them that day from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken, and they went and dwelt at the east of the garden of Eden;
Jubilees 3:35
35 Now he tilled the land as he had been instructed in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 3:24
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Day: 18
Adam offers a sacrifice, the beasts can no longer speak, beasts are banished from the garden, and only humans cover their nakedness
Jubilees 3:27-31
27 And on that day on which Adam went forth from the Garden, he offered as a sweet savour an offering, frankincense, galbanum, and stacte, and spices in the morning with the rising of the sun from the day when he covered his shame.28 And on that day was closed the mouth of all beasts, and of cattle, and of birds, and of whatever walks, and of whatever moves, so that they could no longer speak: for they had all spoken one with another with one lip and with one tongue.29 And He sent out of the Garden of Eden all flesh that was in the Garden of Eden, and all flesh was scattered according to its kinds, and according to its types unto the places which had been created for them.30 And to Adam alone did He give (the wherewithal) to cover his shame, of all the beasts and cattle.31 On this account, it is prescribed on the heavenly tablets as touching all those who know the judgment of the law, that they should cover their shame, and should not uncover themselves as the Gentiles uncover themselves.
Month: 4
Day: 1
Adam and Eve dwell in Elda where they were created
Jubilees 3:32
32 And on the new moon of the fourth month, Adam and his wife went forth from the Garden of Eden, and they dwelt in the land of Elda in the land of their creation.
