In an epic journey through time, we witness divine promises unfold at the Well of the Oath, where Abraham and Sarah stand at the brink of destiny. Miraculous news of Sarah’s long-awaited pregnancy arrives, igniting a fervor of anticipation and joy. The heavenly decree foretells a future where Isaac, their promised son, will herald a lineage destined for greatness—a holy nation set apart to serve the Most High. As celebrations ripple through the land, the first Feast of Tabernacles takes shape, a testament to unwavering faith and a covenant with the divine.
Amidst the rising action, Lot’s daughters bear sons, founding the Moabite and Ammonite nations, as they chart new paths beyond the Jordan. Meanwhile, Isaac’s birth fulfills God’s promise, bringing laughter and renewal to Abraham and Sarah, who embrace parenthood in their twilight years. As Isaac’s life begins, Ishmael grows into a skilled archer, carving his own destiny under God’s guidance. The intertwining fates of these families weave a tapestry of hope, legacy, and divine purpose.
In a spectacular resolution, Isaac’s weaning is celebrated with a grand banquet, uniting luminaries and kin from distant lands. The joyous feast, graced by kings and patriarchs, strengthens bonds and ignites a sense of unity and purpose. As laughter and toasts fill the air, the passing of Serug marks the end of an era, while the promise of Isaac’s legacy shines brightly on the horizon, setting the stage for a new chapter in this epic saga of faith, family, and destiny.
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Genesis
25%
Jasher
31%
Jubilees
44%
Exposition
Jubilee: 42
Year: 2048
Month: 6
Day: 15
YHWH opens Sarah’s womb
Rising Action
The angels return and find Sarah pregnant with Isaac
Climax
Abram builds an altar and celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles
Falling Action
Moab born
Genesis 19:37
Jasher 19:58b
Benammi born
Genesis 19:38
Jasher 19:59
Lot’s family moves to the other side of Jordan
Isaac born
Genesis 21:1-3, 25:19
Jasher 21:1-2
Jubilees 16:13
Isaac circumcised
Genesis 21:4-7
Jasher 21:3
Jubilees 16:14
Ishmael learns the skills of an archer
Resolution
Isaac is weaned and Abraham hosts a great feast
Genesis 21:8
Jasher 21:4-8
Jubilees 17:1
Serug died
Genesis 11:23
Jasher 21:9-10
Jubilee: 42
Year: 2048
Month: 6
Day: 15
YHWH opens Sarah’s womb
Jubilees 16:12, 15
12 And in the middle of the sixth month the Lord visited Sarah and did unto her as He had spoken and she conceived.
15 And in the sixth year of the fourth week we came to Abraham, to the Well of the Oath, and we appeared unto him [as we had told Sarah that we should return to her, and she would have conceived a son.
Month: 7
The angels return and find Sarah pregnant with Isaac
Jubilees 16:16-19
16 And we returned in the seventh month, and found Sarah with child before us] and we blessed him, and we announced to him all the things which had been decreed concerning him, that he should not die till he should beget six sons more, and should see (them) before he died; but (that) in Isaac should his name and seed be called:
17 And (that) all the seed of his sons should be Gentiles, and be reckoned with the Gentiles; but from the sons of Isaac one should become a holy seed, and should not be reckoned among the Gentiles.
18 For he should become the portion of the Most High, and all his seed had fallen into the possession of God, that it should be unto the Lord a people for (His) possession above all nations and that it should become a kingdom and priests and a holy nation.
19 And we went our way, and we announced to Sarah all that we had told him, and they both rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Abram builds an altar and celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles
Jubilees 16:20-31
20 And he built there an altar to the Lord who had delivered him, and who was making him rejoice in the land of his sojourning, and he celebrated a festival of joy in this month seven days, near the altar which he had built at the Well of the Oath.
21 And he built booths for himself and for his servants on this festival, and he was the first to celebrate the feast of tabernacles on the earth.
22 And during these seven days he brought each day to the altar a burnt offering to the Lord, two oxen, two rams, seven sheep, one he-goat, for a sin offering, that he might atone thereby for himself and for his seed.
23 And, as a thank-offering, seven rams, seven kids, seven sheep, and seven he-goats, and their fruit offerings and their drink offerings; and he burnt all the fat thereof on the altar, a chosen offering unto the Lord for a sweet smelling savour.
24 And morning and evening he burnt fragrant substances, frankincense and galbanum, and stackte, and nard, and myrrh, and spice, and costum; all these seven he offered, crushed, mixed together in equal parts (and) pure.
25 And he celebrated this feast during seven days, rejoicing with all his heart and with all his soul, he and all those who were in his house, and there was no stranger with him, nor any that was uncircumcised.
26 And he blessed his Creator who had created him in his generation, for He had created him according to His good pleasure; for He knew and perceived that from him would arise the plant of righteousness for the eternal generations, and from him a holy seed, so that it should become like Him who had made all things.
27 And he blessed and rejoiced, and he called the name of this festival the festival of the Lord, a joy acceptable to the Most High God.
28 And we blessed him for ever, and all his seed after him throughout all the generations of the earth, because he celebrated this festival in its season, according to the testimony of the heavenly tablets.
29 For this reason it is ordained on the heavenly tablets concerning Israel, that they shall celebrate the feast of tabernacles seven days with joy, in the seventh month, acceptable before the Lord -a statute for ever throughout their generations every year.
30 And to this there is no limit of days; for it is ordained for ever regarding Israel that they should celebrate it and dwell in booths, and set wreaths upon their heads, and take leafy boughs, and willows from the brook.
31 And Abraham took branches of palm trees, and the fruit of goodly trees, and every day going round the altar with the branches seven times [a day] in the morning, he praised and gave thanks to his God for all things in joy.
Year: 2049
Month: 1
Moab born
Genesis 19:37
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Jasher 19:58b
58b and the first born called the name of her son Moab, saying, From my father did I conceive him; he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Genesis 19:38
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Jasher 19:59
59 And the younger also called her son Benami; he is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Jasher 24:23
23 And these are the children of Lot, that were born to him by his daughters, the name of the first born was Moab, and the name of the second was Benami.
Lot’s family moves to the other side of Jordan
Jasher 19:60
60 And after this Lot and his two daughters went away from there, and he dwelt on the other side of the Jordan with his two daughters and their sons, and the sons of Lot grew up, and they went and took themselves wives from the land of Canaan, and they begat children and they were fruitful and multiplied.
Month: 3
Day: 15
Isaac born i
Genesis 21:1-2
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Jasher 21:1
1 And it was at that time at the end of a year and four months of Abraham’s dwelling in the land of the Philistines in Gerar, that God visited Sarah, and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived and bare a son to Abraham.
Genesis 21:3, 25:19
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Jasher 21:2
2 And Abraham called the name of the son which was born to him, which Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Jubilees 16:13
13 And she bare a son in the third month, and in the middle of the month, at the time of which the Lord had spoken to Abraham, on the festival of the first fruits of the harvest, Isaac was born.
Day: 23
Isaac circumcised
Genesis 21:4-5
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Jasher 21:3
3 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac at eight days old, as God had commanded Abraham to do unto his seed after him; and Abraham was one hundred, and Sarah ninety years old, when Isaac was born to them
Jubilees 16:14
14 And Abraham circumcised his son on the eighth day: he was the first that was circumcised according to the covenant which is ordained for ever.
Genesis 21:6-7
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Ishmael learns the skills of an archer
Jasher 21:11-12
11 And Ishmael the son of Abraham was grown up in those days; he was fourteen years old when Sarah bare Isaac to Abraham.
12 And God was with Ishmael the son of Abraham, and he grew up, and he learned to use the bow and became an archer.
Year: 2050
Month: 3
Isaac is weaned and Abraham hosts a great feast
Genesis 21:8
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Jasher 21:4
4 And the child grew up and he was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast upon the day that Isaac was weaned.
Jubilees 17:1
1 And in the first year of the fifth week Isaac was weaned in this jubilee, [1982 A.M.] and Abraham made a great banquet in the third month, on the day his son Isaac was weaned.
Jasher 21:5-8
5 And Shem and Eber and all the great people of the land, and Abimelech king of the Philistines, and his servants, and Phicol, the captain of his host, came to eat and drink and rejoice at the feast which Abraham made upon the day of his son Isaac’s being weaned.
6 Also Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor his brother, came from Haran, they and all belonging to them, for they greatly rejoiced on hearing that a son had been born to Sarah.
7 And they came to Abraham, and they ate and drank at the feast which Abraham made upon the day of Isaac’s being weaned.
8 And Terah and Nahor rejoiced with Abraham, and they remained with him many days in the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 11:23
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Jasher 21:9-10
9 At that time Serug the son of Reu died, in the first year of the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
10 And all the days of Serug were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
Notes
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Jubilees 10:10-13 keeps up with the year, month, and day of the events that occur in Gerar. The difference between Jasher and Jubilees is 4 months.
