Discrepancies
In any complex text, there can be moments where differing interpretations or perspectives lead to varying understandings. Below is a list of discrepancies that have been identified, highlighting areas where interpretations may diverge or details may not align seamlessly. These points invite further exploration and discussion, offering an opportunity to deepen our engagement with the text.
What did Cain use to kill Abel?
Jasher 1:25
25 And Cain hastened and rose up, and took the iron part of his ploughing instrument, with which he suddenly smote his brother and he slew him, and Cain spilt the blood of his brother Abel upon the earth, and the blood of Abel streamed upon the earth before the flock.
Jubilees 4:31-32
31 At the close of this jubilee Cain was killed after him in the same year; for his house fell upon him and he died in the midst of his house, and he was killed by its stones; for with a stone he had killed Abel, and by a stone was he killed in righteous judgment.
32 For this reason it was ordained on the heavenly tablets: With the instrument with which a man kills his neighbour with the same shall he be killed; after the manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall they deal with him.’
Jasher 1:25 (3. Rejection) states that Cain killed Abel with the iron part of his plowing instrument and Jubilees 4:31 (8. Ascension) states that Abel was killed with a stone.
How did Cain die?
Jasher 2:27-28
27 And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.
28 And the arrows entered Cain’s body although he was distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died.
Jubilees 4:31-32
31 At the close of this jubilee Cain was killed after him in the same year; for his house fell upon him and he died in the midst of his house, and he was killed by its stones; for with a stone he had killed Abel, and by a stone was he killed in righteous judgment.
32 For this reason it was ordained on the heavenly tablets: With the instrument with which a man kills his neighbour with the same shall he be killed; after the manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall they deal with him.’
From the account in the book of Jasher (7. Death), Lamech shot an arrow at Cain thinking he was a beast and killed him. From the account in the book of Jubilees (8. Ascension), Cain was killed by his own house falling on him.
Who is Rake'el?
Jasher 5:15-16
15 And thou shalt raise up seed, and thy children with thee, in the midst of the earth; and Noah went and took a wife, and he chose Naamah the daughter of Enoch, and she was five hundred and eighty years old.
Jubilees 4:33
33 And in the twenty-fifth [1205 A.M.] jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was `Emzârâ, the daughter of Râkê’êl, the daughter of his father’s brother, in the first year in the fifth week [1207 A.M.]: and in the third year thereof she bare him Shem, in the fifth year thereof [1209 A.M.] she bare him Ham, and in the first year in the sixth week [1212 A.M.] she bare him Japheth.
If Emzara is Naamah, then that would mean that Rake’el is Enoch (10. Pleading). However, this seems strange since earlier in Jubilees 4:16 and 4:22 Enoch is not associated as Rake’el. Also, the phrase “the daughter of his father’s brother” doesn’t make sense either since Enoch is not the brother of anyone’s line that reaches Noah. It’s also interesting to note that Naamah (7. Death), the daughter of Lamech from Cain’s line is born around the same time as Enoch’s daughter Naamah is born.
What is the birth order of Noah's sons?
Genesis 5:32
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Jasher 5:17-18
17 And Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, God has enlarged me in the earth; and she conceived again and bare a son, and he called his name Shem, saying, God has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst of the earth.
18 And Noah was five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare Ham and the boys grew up and went in the ways of the Lord, in all that Methuselah and Noah their father taught them.
Jubilees 4:33
33 And in the twenty-fifth [1205 A.M.] jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was `Emzârâ, the daughter of Râkê’êl, the daughter of his father’s brother, in the first year in the fifth week [1207 A.M.]: and in the third year thereof she bare him Shem, in the fifth year thereof [1209 A.M.] she bare him Ham, and in the first year in the sixth week [1212 A.M.] she bare him Japheth.
In Genesis, Jasher, and Jubilees (10. Pleading), Ham is the secondborn. However, there is a difference in Jasher which says that Japheth was firstborn and Ham was thirdborn. Because the order in Jubilees matches with Genesis, I went with that order.
How was the tower of Babel destroyed?
Jasher 9:38
38 And as to the tower which the sons of men built, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up one third part thereof, and a fire also descended from heaven and burned another third, and the other third is left to this day, and it is of that part which was aloft, and its circumference is three days’ walk.
Jubilees 10:26
26 And the Lord sent a mighty wind against the tower and overthrew it upon the earth, and behold it was between Asshur and Babylon in the land of Shinar, and they called its name ‘Overthrow’.
The book of Jasher gives a detailed account of YHWH using a sinkhole to destroy 1/3rd of the tower, fire from heaven to destroy another 1/3rd of the tower, and the last 1/3rd remains. The book of Jubilees just states that a mighty wind overthrew the tower.
How did Haran die?
Jasher 12:22-26
22 And the king’s servants took Abram and his brother, and they stripped them of all their clothes excepting their lower garments which were upon them.
23 And they bound their hands and feet with linen cords, and the servants of the king lifted them up and cast them both into the furnace.
24 And the Lord loved Abram and he had compassion over him, and the Lord came down and delivered Abram from the fire and he was not burned.
25 But all the cords with which they bound him were burned, while Abram remained and walked about in the fire.
26 And Haran died when they had cast him into the fire, and he was burned to ashes, for his heart was not perfect with the Lord; and those men who cast him into the fire, the flame of the fire spread over them, and they were burned, and twelve men of them died.
Jubilees 12:12-14
12 And in the sixtieth year of the life of Abram, that is, in the fourth week, in the fourth year thereof, [1936 A.M.] Abram arose by night, and burned the house of the idols, and he burned all that was in the house and no man knew it.
13 And they arose in the night and sought to save their gods from the midst of the fire.
14 And Haran hasted to save them, but the fire flamed over him, and he was burnt in the fire, and he died in Ur of the Chaldees before Terah his father, and they buried him in Ur of the Chaldees.
In the book of Jasher (19. Fire), Haran died when he was thrown into a furnace with Abram. In the book of Jubilees, Haran died when he entered a burning buildingto save his idols.
Whose sister is Timna?
Genesis 36:22
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
Jasher 36:27
27 And the children of Lotan were Hori, Heman and their sister Timna, that is Timna who came to Jacob and his sons, and they would not give ear to her, and she went and became a concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau, and she bare to him Amalek.
Jasher 36:27 (42. Hybrid Heist) is more ambiguous as to whether Timna is the sister to Lotan or his daughter, however, Genesis 36:22 says Timna was Lotan’s sister.
Did Jacob dwell in Shechem or Succoth first?
Genesis 33:17-19
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
Jasher 33:1-4
1 And in some time after Jacob went away from the borders of the land, and he came to the land of Shalem, that is the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, and he rested in front of the city.
2 And he bought a parcel of the field which was there, from the children of Hamor the people of the land, for five shekels.
3 And Jacob there built himself a house, and he pitched his tent there, and he made booths for his cattle, therefore he called the name of that place Succoth.
4 And Jacob remained in Succoth a year and six months.
Jasher 33:1-2 (56. Wrestling) has Jacob in Shalem first and Succoth second in Jasher 33:3-4. Genesis 33:17-19 has it in reverse so I’m going with the Genesis account. Jasher 33:4 says that Jacob remained in Succoth for 18 months which is difficult to reconcile with Jubilees 30:1 so I’m placing this event before Jacob goes to Shalem which is how Genesis has it.
Why is Duke Korah listed as a son of Eliphaz?
Genesis 36:11-12
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
Genesis 36:15-16
15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Jasher 36:23a
23a These are the children of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Eliphaz the son of Esau were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and Amalex,
It seems like Duke Korah doesn’t belong in the Genesis 36:16 (62. Uncovered) list.
How long did the peace treaty last with the Canaanites?
Jasher 40:52
52 And there was peace from that day forward between the sons of Jacob and the kings of the Canaanites, until the children of Israel came to inherit the land of Canaan.
Jubilees 34:9
9 And he returned in peace, and made peace with them, and they became his servants, until the day that he and his sons went down into Egypt.
Jasher 40:52 (63. Carnage) indicates that the peace treaty lasts until the Israelites enter the Promised Land in the book of Joshua. Jubilees 34:9 indicates that the peace treaty lasts until the Israelites enter Egypt which is at the end of the book of Genesis.
When did Dinah die?
Jasher 45:2
2 And Eliuram the wife of Reuben conceived and bare him Hanoch, Palu, Chetzron and Carmi, four sons; and Simeon his brother took his sister Dinah for a wife, and she bare unto him Memuel, Yamin, Ohad, Jachin and Zochar, five sons.
Jasher 54:84
84 And he sent to his sister Dinah garments of silver and gold, and frankincense and myrrh, and aloes and women’s ornaments in great plenty, and he sent the same from the wives of Pharaoh to the wives of Benjamin.
Jubilees 34:15
15 And on that day Bilhah heard that Joseph had perished, and she died mourning him, and she was living in Qafratef, and Dinah also, his daughter, died after Joseph had perished.
Jubilees 34:15 (64. Sold) seems to indicate that Dinah died in the same year that Joseph “died”, her being 17 at the time, however, Jasher 45:2 (65. Overseer) says that Simeon married Dinah this year and had 5 sons. Also in 21 years, Joseph gives Dinah provisions (75. Divulge). Though her death is not mentioned in any other place, we could assume that she died of natural causes at the age of 123.
When did Esau die?
Jasher 56:63-64
63 And Chushim was dumb and deaf, still he understood the voice of consternation amongst men.
64 And he asked, saying, Why do you not bury the dead, and what is this great consternation? and they answered him the words of Esau and his sons; and he ran to Esau in the midst of the battle, and he slew Esau with a sword, and he cut off his head, and it sprang to a distance, and Esau fell amongst the people of the battle.
Jubilees 38:2
2 Then Jacob bent his bow and sent forth the arrow and struck Esau, his brother (on his right breast) and slew him.
If Jubilees 38:2 (67. Oath Breakers) is correct, then Esau died when he was 120 years old and all the following events involving him didn’t happen. However, if Jasher 56:63-64 (78. Dispossession) is correct, Esau would have died during the same year as Jacob at the age of 150.
Did Esau appoint his wife Aholibamah as Duke?
Genesis 36:40-43
40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Jasher 36:24-25
24 And the sons of Jeush were Timnah, Alvah, Jetheth; and the sons of Yaalam were Alah, Phinor and Kenaz.
25 And the sons of Korah were Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel and Eram; these are the families of the sons of Esau according to their dukedoms in the land of Seir.
Duke Aholibamah is missing from the list in Jasher (69. Dreams). Aholibamah is the 4th wife of Esau and the mother of Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah (51. Relocation). Did Esau appoint his wife as a Duke?
Did Joseph gather food for the famine the year Isaac died?
Jubilees 40:12-13
12 And in that year Isaac died. And it came to pass as Joseph had said in the interpretation of his two dreams, according as he had said it, there were seven years of plenty over all the land of Egypt, and the land of Egypt abundantly produced, one measure (producing) eighteen hundred measures.
13 And Joseph gathered food into every city until they were full of corn until they could no longer count and measure it for its multitude.
Jubilees 40:12 (71. Domination) states Joseph gathered during the year Isaac died which is impossible because Joseph was 24 when Isaac was 180, not 30. Genesis 41:46, Jasher 49:38, and Jubilees 40:11 (70. Diligence) state that Joseph was 30 years old and Jubilees 46:3 (80. Disaster) states Joseph was in prison for 3 years meaning he got out of prison at age 30.
Who is the mother of Simeon's children?
Jasher 45:2b-3
2b and Simeon his brother took his sister Dinah for a wife, and she bare unto him Memuel, Yamin, Ohad, Jachin and Zochar, five sons.
3 And he afterward came to Bunah the Canaanitish woman, the same is Bunah whom Simeon took captive from the city of Shechem, and Bunah was before Dinah and attended upon her, and Simeon came to her, and she bare unto him Saul.
Jasher 59:8
8 And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zochar and Saul, the son of the Canaanitish woman.
Concerning Simeon’s children in Jasher 59:8 (80. Disaster), Jasher 45:2-3 (65. Overseer) says that Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zochar were born from Dinah and that Saul was born from Bunah, the Canaanitish woman.
How old was Mahalaleel when Jared was born?
Genesis 5:15
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Jasher 2:37
37 And Mahlallel the son of Cainan lived sixty-five years and he begat Jared; and Jared lived sixty-two years and he begat Enoch.
Jubilees 4:15
15 And in the second week of the tenth jubilee [449-55 A.M.] Mahalalel took unto him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Barakiel the daughter of his father’s brother, and she bare him a son in the third week in the sixth year, [461 A.M.] and he called his name Jared, for in his days the angels of the Lord descended on the earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men, and that they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.
Jubilees 4:15 (5. Descent) states that Jared was born in 461 but Genesis 5:15 and Jasher 2:37 state that Jared was born when Mahalaleel was 65 which was in year 460.
How old was Jared when Enoch was born?
Genesis 5:18
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Jasher 2:37
37 And Mahlallel the son of Cainan lived sixty-five years and he begat Jared; and Jared lived sixty-two years and he begat Enoch.
Jubilees 4:16
16 And in the eleventh jubilee [512-18 A.M.] Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Râsûjâl, a daughter of his father’s brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, [522 A.M.] and she bare him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch.
Both Jasher 2:37 and Jubilees 4:16 (5. Descent) state that it was Jared bore Enoch at 62 years, whereas Genesis states it was when he was 162 years.
How old was Methuselah when Lamech was born?
Genesis 5:25
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
Jasher 3:13
13 And these are the generations of Enoch, Methuselah, Elisha, and Elimelech, three sons; and their sisters were Melca and Nahmah, and Methuselah lived eighty-seven years and he begat Lamech.
Jubilees 4:27
27 And in the fourteenth jubilee [652 A.M.] Methuselah took unto himself a wife, Edna the daughter of Azrial, the daughter of his father’s brother, in the third week, in the first year of this week, [701-7 A.M.] and he begat a son and called his name Lamech.
The years mentioned in Jubilees 4:27 (6. Judgment) are confusing. It starts by saying that Methuselah married Edna in 652 which is in the 3rd week of the 14th jubilees, but goes on to say that it occurred in the 3rd week of the 15th jubilee in 701-707. However, I’ve placed Lamech’s birth in 674 of the book of Jubilees timeline which is the year 874 in the main timeline. Genesis 5:25 says Lamech was born 187 years after Methuselah was born but Jasher 3:13 states it was 87 years afterward.
How old was Lamech when Seth died?
Jasher 4:9
9 In those days when Lamech the son of Methuselah was one hundred and sixty years old, Seth the son of Adam died.
According to Jasher 4:9 (9. Purging), Lamech was 160 when Seth died. If Lamech was born in 874, then we would have been 168.
How old was Lamech when he died and how long did he live after his first son was born?
Genesis 5:28-31
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Jasher 4:11-14
11 And Lamech was one hundred and eighty years old when he took Ashmua, the daughter of Elishaa the son of Enoch his uncle, and she conceived.
Jasher 5:19-20
19 And Lamech the father of Noah, died in those days; yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father, and he died in the hundred and ninety-fifth year of the life of Noah.
20 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy years, and he died.
The book of Genesis states that Lamech lived 182 years (9. Purging) and begat Noah. Lamech then lived 595 more years and died at age 777 (10. Pleading). The book of Jasher states that Lamech lived 180 years and begat Noah. Lamech then lived 195 more years and died at age 770.
How old was Noah when Jared died?
Jasher 5:4
4 And Jared the son of Mahlallel died in those days, in the three hundred and thirty-sixth year of the life of Noah; and all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
If Jared was born in 460 and lived 962 years, his death would be in the year 1422, however, Jasher 5:4 (9. Purging) states that it was in the 336th year of the life of Noah which would put his death 30 years earlier in the year 1392. Noah was 366 when Jared died.
How long did it take to build the ark?
Jasher 5:34
34 In his five hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to make the ark, and he made the ark in five years, as the Lord had commanded.
Jubilees 5:22
22 And Noah made the ark in all respects as He commanded him, in the twenty-seventh jubilee of years, in the fifth week in the fifth year (on the new moon of the first month). [1307 A.M.]
Jubilees 5:22 (10. Pleading) suggests that Noah built the ark the year before the flood whereas Jasher 5:33-34 suggests it was 5 years before the flood.
How old was Methuselah when he died?
Genesis 5:27
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Jasher 5:36
36 And it was at that time Methuselah the son of Enoch died, nine hundred and sixty years old was he, at his death.
Jasher (10. Pleading) states that Methuselah lived for 960 years whereas Genesis states that he lived for 969 years.
What day did the earth dry after the flood?
Genesis 8:14
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Jasher 6:39
39 At that time, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry, but Noah and his sons, and those that were with him, did not go out from the ark until the Lord told them.
Jubilees 5:31-32
31 And the waters disappeared from above the earth in the fifth week in the seventh year [1309 A.M.] thereof, and on the seventeenth day in the second month the earth was dry.
32 And on the twenty-seventh thereof he opened the ark, and sent forth from it beasts, and cattle, and birds, and every moving thing.
The book of Genesis and Jasher (11. Deluge) state that the earth was dry on the 27th day of the 2nd month. The book of Jubilees states that the earth was dry on the 17th day of the 2nd month and that on the 27th day Noah opened the ark for the animals to leave.
How old was Shem when Arphaxad was born?
Genesis 11:10
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Shem was born in 1556 and his son, Arphaxad, was born 102 years later, not 100 years later (13. Drunkenness).
How old was Arphaxad when Salah was born?
Genesis 11:12
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Jubilees 8:1
1 In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week, [1373 A.M.] in the beginning thereof Arpachshad took to himself a wife and her name was Rasu’eja, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam, and she bare him a son in the third year in this week, [1375 A.M.] and he called his name Kainam.
Jubilees 8:5
5 And in the thirtieth jubilee, [1429 A.M.] in the second week, in the first year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Melka, the daughter of Madai, the son of Japheth, and in the fourth year [1432 A.M.] he begat a son, and called his name Shelah; for he said: ‘Truly I have been sent.’
Jubilees (13. Drunkenness, 14. Nimrod) has Arphaxad being born in 1311, married to Rasu’eja in 1373 (age 62), has Kainam for a son in 1375 (age 64), marries Melka in 1429 (age 118), and has Shelah as a son in 1432 (age 121). However, Genesis states that Salah was born to Arphaxad when he was 35.
How old was Abram when he separated himself from his father?
Jasher 9:4-5
4 Haran was forty-two years old when he begat Sarai, which was in the tenth year of the life of Abram; and in those days Abram and his mother and nurse went out from the cave, as the king and his subjects had forgotten the affair of Abram.
5 And when Abram came out from the cave, he went to Noah and his son Shem, and he remained with them to learn the instruction of the Lord and his ways, and no man knew where Abram was, and Abram served Noah and Shem his son for a long time.
Jubilees 11:15
15 And the child began to understand the errors of the earth that all went astray after graven images and after uncleanness, and his father taught him writing, and he was two weeks of years old, [1890 A.M.] and he separated himself from his father, that he might not worship idols with him.
The book of Jubilees (18. Skeptical) states that Abram was 14 when he separated from his father and the book of Jasher seems to indicate he was 10. The book of Jasher states that Sarai was born when Abram was 10 and it was ‘in those days’ that Abram left his father.
Why is there a time difference between Abram burning his father's idols and him leaving Haran in both Jasher and Jubilees?
Jasher 11:13
13 And in the fiftieth year of the life of Abram son of Terah, Abram came forth from the house of Noah, and went to his father’s house.
Jasher 13:5
5 Arise now, take thy wife and all belonging to thee and go to the land of Canaan and remain there, and I will there be unto thee for a God, and I will bless thee. And Abram rose and took his wife and all belonging to him, and he went to the land of Canaan as the Lord had told him; and Abram was fifty years old when he went from Haran.
Jubilees 12:12
12 And in the sixtieth year of the life of Abram, that is, in the fourth week, in the fourth year thereof, [1936 A.M.] Abram arose by night, and burned the house of the idols, and he burned all that was in the house and no man knew it.
Jubilees 12:16
16 And in the sixth week, in the fifth year thereof, [1951 A.M.] Abram sat up throughout the night on the new moon of the seventh month to observe the stars from the evening to the morning, in order to see what would be the character of the year with regard to the rains, and he was alone as he sat and observed.
Jubilees 12:28
28 And it came to pass in the seventh year of the sixth week [1953 A.M.] that he spoke to his father and informed him, that he would leave Haran to go into the land of Canaan to see it and return to him.
Jasher 13:5 (20. Separation) states that Abram was 50 when he left Haran which can’t be true since Jasher 11:13 (19. Fire) states Abram was 50 years old when he destroyed his father’s idols and married Sarai. He had to have been 55 at this time. Jubilees 12:16 states that 15 years have passed since Jubilees 12:12 when he destroyed his father’s idols and that Abram is now 75 when he left for Haran, but that’s not true either. Also, Jubilees 12:28 indicates that Abram left Haran 2 years after YHWH told Abram to leave while Jasher 13:5 has him leaving immediately.
How old was Abram when Noah died?
Jasher 13:9
9 At that time, at the end of three years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, in that year Noah died, which was the fifty-eighth year of the life of Abram; and all the days that Noah lived were nine hundred and fifty years and he died.
Jasher 13:9 (21. Obedience) says Abram was 58 when Noah died but he was probably 57.
How old was Abram when he went to Gerar?
Jasher 20:1
1 And at that time Abraham journeyed from the plain of Mamre, and he went to the land of the Philistines, and he dwelt in Gerar; it was in the twenty-fifth year of Abraham’s being in the land of Canaan, and the hundredth year of the life of Abraham, that he came to Gerar in the land of the Philistines.
Abram was 99, not 100 (30. Rehash).
How long was Abram in Gerar?
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.
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.
Jubilees 10:10-13 (31. Celebration) keeps up with the year, month, and day of the events that occur in Gerar. The difference between Jasher and Jubilees is 4 months.
How old was Lot when he died?
Jasher 24:22
22 And Lot the son of Haran also died in those days, in the thirty-ninth year of the life of Isaac, and all the days that Lot lived were one hundred and forty years and he died.
According to Jasher 9:2 (18. Skeptical), Haran was 39 when he married his wife which was in the year 1956. Jubilees 12:10a says this was in the 3rd year of the 3rd week. Jubilees 12:10b says that Lot was born 4 years later which would be 1960. If Lot lived for 140 years, then his death would be 2100, not 2088. However, the 39th year of Isaac’s life (36. Burial) is in the year 2088 and if we subtract 140 years, we would place Lot’s birth in the year 1948, not 1960. Therefore, Lot was 128 when he died, not 140.
How old was Nimrod when he died?
Jasher 27:15
15 And when Nimrod the son of Cush died, his men lifted him up and brought him in consternation, and buried him in his city, and all the days that Nimrod lived were two hundred and fifteen years and he died.
Jasher 27:15 (40. Exploitation) says that Nimrod lived for 215 years, but it makes more sense for him to have lived for 452 years based on the ages of his contemporaries.
How old was Shem when he died?
Genesis 11:10-11
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Jasher 28:24
24 And it came to pass in those days, in the hundred and tenth year of the life of Isaac, that is in the fiftieth year of the life of Jacob, in that year died Shem the son of Noah; Shem was six hundred years old at his death.
Both Genesis (13. Drunkenness, 43. Quarrel) and Jasher state that Shem was 600 years old at the time of his death. It seems more likely that Shem died in 2159 (Jubilee 2095) rather than 2156 since Jasher 28:18 says Jacob learned from Shem and Eber for 32 years which would end in 2159, Isaac was 110 years old at the time of his death, and Jacob was 50 years old at the time of his death. This puts Shem’s death at age 603.
How old was Jacob when Ishmael died?
Jasher 29:18
18 And Ishmael the son of Abraham died in those days, in the sixty-fourth year of the life of Jacob, and all the days that Ishmael lived were one hundred and thirty-seven years and he died.
Jasher 29:18 (45. Forbid) says Jacob was 64 years old, but he was more than likely 63.
How old was Jacob when Joseph was born?
Jasher 31:21
21 And God heard her and opened her womb, and Rachel conceived and bare a son, and she said, The Lord has taken away my reproach, and she called his name Joseph, saying, May the Lord add to me another son; and Jacob was ninety-one years old when she bare him.
Since Jubilees 28:19-24 (53. Desperation) keeps up with the year, month, and day of each of Jacob’s son’s births, Jacob is more than likely 96 when Joseph is born, not 91.
How long did it take Laban to catch up with Jacob?
Genesis 31:22-23
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Jubillees 29:5
5 And in the seventh year of the fourth week Jacob turned (his face) toward Gilead in the first month, on the twenty-first thereof. [2135 A.M.] And Laban pursued after him and overtook Jacob in the mountain of Gilead in the third month, on the thirteenth thereof.
Jubilees 29:5 (55. Obstructed) says it took Laban 7 weeks to catch up with Jacob whereas Genesis 31:23 says it took 7 days.
How much was the present given to Esau?
Genesis 32:13-15
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Jasher 32:41-42
41 And Jacob tarried that night with his servants in their camps, and he resolved with his servants to give unto Esau a present from all that he had with him, and from all his property; and Jacob rose up in the morning, he and his men, and they chose from amongst the cattle a present for Esau.
42 And this is the amount of the present which Jacob chose from his flock to give unto his brother Esau: and he selected two hundred and forty head from the flocks, and he selected from the camels and asses thirty each, and of the herds he chose fifty kine.
Genesis (56. Wrestling) has 550 animals listed whereas Jasher has 350 animals listed.
How old was Dinah when she was defiled?
Jubillees 30:2
2 And there they carried off Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, into the house of Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite, the prince of the land, and he lay with her and defiled her, and she was a little girl, a child of twelve years.
According to Jubilees 28:23 (53. Desperation), Dinah was born in the year 2134 which means that in the year 2143 as stated in Jubilees 30:1 (56. Wrestling) she would be 9, not 12 as Jubilees 30:2 (57. Retaliation) states. Because all of the following events occur after the defilement of Dinah, placing the year 3 years into the future causes chronological problems.
How old was Jacob when he arrived in Bethel?
Jasher 36:3
3 And Jacob was ninety-nine years old when he went up to Bethel, and Jacob and his sons and all the people that were with him, remained in Bethel in Luz, and he there built an altar to the Lord who appeared unto him, and Jacob and his sons remained in Bethel six months.
Because Jasher 31:21 (53. Desperation), which states that Jacob was 91 when Joseph was born even though he was actually 96, is off by 5 years, Jasher 36:3 (59. Foreshadowing) is off by 6 years making Jacob 105 years old. Also, Jubilees 31:27 states that Isaac is 165 years old during this time.
How old was Jacob when YHWH changed his name the 2nd time?
Jasher 36:8
8 And Jacob was a hundred years old when the Lord appeared unto him, and blessed him and called his name Israel, and Rachel the wife of Jacob conceived in those days.
Jasher 36:8 (61. Addition) states that Jacob is 100 years old. Jubilees 32:33 says that Benjamin is born during this same year. This statement in combination with the comments in Jasher 36:3 (59. Foreshadowing) sets Jacob’s age to 105, not 100.
How old was Rachel when she died?
Jasher 36:11
11 And Jacob buried her in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem, and he set a pillar upon her grave, which is there unto this day; and the days of Rachel were forty-five years and she died.
Jubilees 32:33-34
33 And Rachel bare a son in the night, and called his name ‘Son of my sorrow ‘; for she suffered in giving him birth: but his father called his name Benjamin, on the eleventh of the eighth month in the first of the sixth week of this jubilee. [2143 A.M.]
34 And Rachel died there and she was buried in the land of Ephrath, the same is Bethlehem, and Jacob built a pillar on the grave of Rachel, on the road above her grave.
According to Jubilees 32:33 (61. Addition), the year 2143 is 49 years after Rachel’s birth, not 45. This event occurred when Jacob was 105.
How old was Jacob when he returned to Shechem?
Jasher 37:1
1 And in the one hundred and fifth year of the life of Jacob, that is the ninth year of Jacob’s dwelling with his children in the land of Canaan, he came from Padan-aram.
See the comments in Jasher 31:21 (53. Desperation) to see why Jacob is 110, not 105. Also, this is the 13th year from when Jacob left Padan-aram (63. Carnage), not the 9th.
How many sons and how many servants battled the Canaanites and Amorites?
Jasher 37:12
12 And the sons of Jacob heard this and their anger was kindled exceedingly at the words of the kings of Canaan, and ten of the sons of Jacob hastened and rose up, and each of them girt on his weapons of war; and there were one hundred and two of their servants with them equipped in battle array.
Jubilees 34:6
6 And he arose from his house, he and his three sons and all the servants of his father, and his own servants, and he went against them with six thousand men, who carried swords.
Jasher 37:12 (63. Carnage) mentions 10 of Jacob’s sons whereas Jubilees 34:6 mentions 3. However, Jasher tells a detailed account by mentioning the sons by name whereas Jubilees simply summarizes the events. Also, Jasher 37:12 mentions 102 servants whereas Jubilees 34:6 mentions 6,000.
How old was Jacob and Leah when Leah died?
Jasher 41:2
2 And it was in those days, in that year, being the hundred and sixth year of the life of Jacob, in the tenth year of Jacob’s coming from Padan-aram, that Leah the wife of Jacob died; she was fifty-one years old when she died in Hebron.
Jubilees 36:21
21 And Leah his wife died in the fourth year of the second week of the forty-fifth jubilee, [2167 A.M.] and he buried her in the double cave near Rebecca his mother to the left of the grave of Sarah, his father’s mother
Jubilees 37:1
1 And on the day that Isaac the father of Jacob and Esau died, [2162 A.M.] the sons of Esau heard that Isaac had given the portion of the elder to his younger son Jacob and they were very angry.
Jubilees 37:14
14 And notwithstanding all this, Jacob knew not that they were coming against him to battle, and he was mourning for Leah, his wife, until they approached very near to the tower with four thousand warriors and chosen men of war.
See the comments in Jasher 31:21 (53. Desperation) to see why Leah is 55 and not 51. There is a difference of 18 years from when Jasher 41:2 (64. Sold) states when Leah died and Jubilees 36:21 (66. Mutality) which states she died when she was 73. It’s also odd that Jubilees 37:1, 14 (67. Oath Breakers) has Jacob mourning Leah’s death in 2162 which is 5 years before Jubilees 36:21 says she died making her 68 at the time of her death. Also, this is the 14th year from when Jacob left Padan-aram, not the 10th.
How old was Joseph when he brought an evil report concerning his brothers?
Genesis 37:2
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Jasher 41:9
9 And Joseph was seventeen years old, and he was still magnifying himself above his brethren, and thought of raising himself above them.
Jasher 59:20
20 And Joseph lived in the land of Egypt ninety-three years, and Joseph reigned over all Egypt eighty years.
Jubilees 34:10
10 And in the seventh year of this week [2149 A.M.] he sent Joseph to learn about the welfare of his brothers from his house to the land of Shechem, and he found them in the land of Dothan.
Jubilees 39:2
2 And Joseph was seventeen years old when they took him down into the land of Egypt, and Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief cook bought him.
Jubilees 46:3
3 And Joseph died being a hundred and ten years old; seventeen years he lived in the land of Canaan, and ten years he was a servant, and three years in prison, and eighty years he was under the king, ruling all the land of Egypt.
Jubilees 34:10 (64. Sold) states that the year is 2149 but Joseph was 15 during that year. Genesis 37:2, Jasher 41:9, Jubilees 39:2 (65. Overseer), and Jubilees 46:3 (80. Disaster) state that Joseph was 17. Jasher 59:20 states that Joseph was in Egypt for 93 years which also confirms that he was 17 at this time.
How old was Rebekah when she died?
Jasher 36:6
6 And the life of Rebecca was one hundred and thirty-three years, and she died and when Jacob heard that his mother Rebecca was dead he wept bitterly for his mother, and made a great mourning for her, and for Deborah her nurse beneath the oak, and he called the name of that place Allon-bachuth.
Jubilees 35:1
1 And in the first year of the first week of the forty-fifth jubilee [2157 A.M.] Rebecca called Jacob, her son, and commanded him regarding his father and regarding his brother, that he should honour them all the days of his life.
Jubilees 35:27
27 And they eat and drank, she and her sons that night, and she died, three jubilees and one week and one year old, on that night, and her two sons, Esau and Jacob, buried her in the double cave near Sarah, their father’s mother.
Jubilees 35:27 (66. Mutuality) states that Rebekah was 155 years old when she died. If she died in 2157 according to Jubilees 35:1 then she would be 149. Jasher 36:6 says she was 133. Since Isaac died in the year 2229 at age 180 and Rebekah is asking her sons to honor Isaac, then she probably died in 2228.
How much did Joseph give to Benjamin?
Genesis 43:34
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of their’s. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Jasher 53:14
14 And Benjamin went up before Joseph and sat upon the throne, and the men beheld the acts of Joseph, and they were astonished at them; and the men ate and drank at that time with Joseph, and he then gave presents unto them, and Joseph gave one gift unto Benjamin, and Manasseh and
Ephraim saw the acts of their father, and they also gave presents unto him, and Osnath gave him one present, and they were five presents in the hand of Benjamin.
Jubilees 42:23
23 And they eat before him and he gave them all a portion, but the portion of Benjamin was seven times larger than that of any of theirs.
The book of Genesis (74. Disguise) tells us that Benjamin received 5 times the mess as his brothers. The book of Jasher tells us that Joseph, Manasseh, Ephraim, Asenath, and one other each gave one present to Benjamin for a total of 5. The book of Jubilees tells us that Benjamin received a portion that was 7 times larger than the others.
How old was Jacob when he arrived in Egypt?
Genesis 47:9
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Jasher 55:26
26 In the second year, that is in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Jacob, Joseph maintained his father and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread according to their little ones, all the days of the famine; they lacked nothing.
Jubilees 45:1
1 And Israel went into the country of Egypt, into the land of Goshen, on the new moon of the fourth [2172 A.M]. month, in the second year of the third week of the forty-fifth jubilee.
Jubilees 45:6
6 And Joseph had given to his father and to his brothers as a gift the right of dwelling in the land of Goshen and in Rameses and all the region round about, which he ruled over before Pharaoh. And Israel and his sons dwelt in the land of Goshen, the best part of the land of Egypt and Israel was one hundred and thirty years old when he came into Egypt.
Jubilees 45:1 (76. Delight) states that Jacob’s family arrived in Egypt in the year 2172 which is 2 years into the 7 years of famine. Genesis 47:9, Jasher 55:26, and Jubilees 45:6 state that Jacob was 130 years old, but this was probably an estimate since he was 134 at this time.
How old was Jacob when he died?
Genesis 47:28
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Jasher 56:1
1 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty seven years.
Jubilees 45:13
13 And Israel lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and all the days which he lived were three jubilees, one hundred and forty-seven years, and he died in the fourth [2188 A.M.] year of the fifth week of the forty-fifth jubilee.
See notes on Jubilees 45:1 (76. Delight) on the age difference for Jacob. He would be 150 the year he died. Also note that having an age of 147 (77. Declaration) makes his age divisible by 3, 7, 21, and 49.
How old was Joseph when Pharaoh died?
Jasher 56:1
1 And it came to pass in the thirty-second year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, that is in the seventy-first year of the life of Joseph, in that year died Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Magron his son reigned in his stead.
Starting here in Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster), the book of Jasher keeps track of time based on when the Israelites went down to Egypt, which was in the year 2243 (76. Delight). With that year as a reference, Joseph would be 70, not 71 when Pharaoh died.
How old was Joseph when he died?
Genesis 50:22
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis 50:26
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Jasher 59:26
26 And Joseph was one hundred and ten years old when he died in the land of Egypt, and all his brethren and all his servants rose up and they embalmed Joseph, as was their custom, and his brethren and all Egypt mourned over him for seventy days.
Jubilees 46:3
3 And Joseph died being a hundred and ten years old; seventeen years he lived in the land of Canaan, and ten years he was a servant, and three years in prison, and eighty years he was under the king, ruling all the land of Egypt.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Joseph’s age at 109, not 110.
How old was Zebulun when he died?
Jasher 61:3
3 And Zebulun the son of Jacob died in that year, that is the seventy-second year of the going down of the Israelites to Egypt, and Zebulun died a hundred and fourteen years old, and was put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Zebulun’s age at 110, not 114 (82. Holiday).
How old was Simeon when he died?
Jasher 61:4
4 And in the seventy-fifth year died his brother Simeon, he was a hundred and twenty years old at his death, and he was also put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Zebulun’s age at 123, not 120 (82. Holiday).
How old was Reuben when he died?
Jasher 62:1
1 In that year, being the seventy-ninth year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, died Reuben the son of Jacob, in the land of Egypt; Reuben was a hundred and twenty-five years old when he died, and they put him into a coffin, and he was given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Reuben’s age at 129, not 125 (83. Avenge).
How old was Dan when he died?
Jasher 62:2
2 And in the eightieth year died his brother Dan; he was a hundred and twenty years at his death, and he was also put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Dan’s age at 125, not 120 (83. Avenge).
How old was Issachar when he died?
Jasher 62:3b
3b in the eighty-first year died Issachar the son of Jacob, in Egypt, and Issachar was a hundred and twenty-two years old at his death, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt, and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Issachar’s age at 121, not 122 (83. Avenge).
How old was Asher when he died?
Jasher 62:4
4 And in the eighty-second year died Asher his brother, he was a hundred and twenty-three years old at his death, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt, and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Asher’s age at 121, not 123 (83. Avenge).
How old was Gad when he died?
Jasher 62:5
5 And in the eighty-third year died Gad, he was a hundred and twenty-five years old at his death, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt, and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Gad’s age at 124, not 125 (83. Avenge).
What year of the reign of Hadad did he war with Moab?
Jasher 62:6
6 And it came to pass in the eighty-fourth year, that is the fiftieth year of the reign of Hadad, son of Bedad, king of Edom, that Hadad assembled all the children of Esau, and he got his whole army in readiness, about four hundred thousand men, and he directed his way to the land of Moab, and he went to fight with Moab and to make them tributary to him.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Hadad’s year of reign to his 3rd, not 50th when he battled Moab (83. Avenge).
How old was Naphtali when he died?
Jasher 62:24
24 And in the eighty-ninth year died Naphtali, he was a hundred and thirty-two years old, and he was put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Naphtali’s age at 131, not 132 (83. Avenge).
How old was Levi when he died?
Jasher 63:1
1 And in the ninety-third year died Levi, the son of Jacob, in Egypt, and Levi was a hundred and thirty-seven years old when he died, and they put him into a coffin and he was given into the hands of his children.
Refer to Jasher 56:1 (80. Disaster) for the Israelites going down to Egypt time scale, which puts Levi’s age at 138, not 137 (84. Smiting).
Why is the Messianic prophecy missing from Jasher and Jubilees?
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.
Though not contradictory, it is odd that Jasher and Jubilees do not include the Messianic prophecy.
What did Abraham tell Isaac when they went to sacrifice?
Genesis 22:2
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:8
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Jasher 23:2
2 And he said to him, Take now thy son, thine only son whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which shall be shown to thee, for there wilt thou see a cloud and the glory of the Lord.
Jasher 23:51
51 And Abraham answered his son Isaac, saying, The Lord has made choice of thee my son, to be a perfect burnt offering instead of the lamb.
Jubilees 18:2
2 And he said, Take thy beloved son whom thou lovest, (even) Isaac, and go unto the high country, and offer him on one of the mountains which I will point out unto thee.’
Jubilees 18:7
7 And he said, ‘God will provide for himself a sheep for a burnt-offering, my son.’ And he drew near to the place of the mount of God.
The beginning of Genesis 22, Jasher 23, and Jubilees 18 (35. Sacrifice) state that YHWH asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Later, when Isaac asks about the sacrifice, Genesis and Jubilees state that Abraham tells Isaac that a lamb/sheep would be the sacrifice, whereas Jasher states that Abraham confirms that Isaac is the sacrifice instead of a lamb.