Addition
GENESIS
29%
JASHER
13%
JUBILEES
58%
Exposition
YHWH blesses Jacob and renames him to Israel a 2nd time
Genesis 35:9-13, Jasher 36:8, Jubilees 32:17-20
Rising Action
Jacob sets up a pillar, pours a drink offering, and calls the place Bethel
Genesis 35:14-15
Climax
Jacob dreams of the history of the ages on 7 tablets
Jubilees 32:21-26
Falling Action
Jacob celebrates Addition
Jubilees 32:27-29
M: 8 | D: 11 | Benjamin is born
Genesis 35:16-18, Jasher 36:9-10, 12, Jubilees 32:33
Rachel died
Genesis 35:19-20, Jasher 36:11, Jubilees 32:34
Resolution
M: 10 | D: 1 | Jacob dwells beyond the tower of Edar to the south of Madaladra’ef before meeting his father
Genesis 35:21, Jasher 36:13, Jubilees 33:1
YHWH blesses Jacob and renames him to Israel a 2nd timei, ii
Genesis 35:9
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
Genesis 35:10
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
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.
Jubilees 32:17
17 And the Lord appeared to him by night and blessed him and said unto him: ‘Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall they name thy name.’
Genesis 35:11
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Jubilees 32:18
18 And He said unto him again: ‘I am the Lord who created the heaven and the earth, and I will increase thee and multiply thee exceedingly, and kings shall come forth from thee, and they shall judge everywhere wherever the foot of the sons of men has trodden.
Jubilees 32:19
19 And I will give to thy seed all the earth which is under heaven, and they shall judge all the nations according to their desires, and after that they shall get possession of the whole earth and inherit it for ever.’
Genesis 35:12
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Genesis 35:13
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Jubilees 32:20
20 And He finished speaking with him, and He went up from him. and Jacob looked till He had ascended into heaven.
Jacob sets up a pillar, pours a drink offering, and calls the place Bethel
Genesis 35:14-15
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Jacob dreams of the history of the ages on 7 tablets
Jubilees 32:21-26
21 And he saw in a vision of the night, and behold an angel descended from heaven with seven tablets in his hands, and he gave them to Jacob, and he read them and knew all that was written therein which would befall him and his sons throughout all the ages.
22 And he showed him all that was written on the tablets, and said unto him: ‘Do not build this place, and do not make it an eternal sanctuary, and do not dwell here; for this is not the place. Go to the house of Abraham thy father and dwell with Isaac thy father until the day of the death of thy father.
23 For in Egypt thou shalt die in peace, and in this land thou shalt be buried with honour in the sepulchre of thy fathers, with Abraham and Isaac.
24 Fear not, for as thou hast seen and read it, thus shall it all be; and do thou write down everything as thou hast seen and read.’
25 And Jacob said: ‘Lord, how can I remember all that I have read and seen? ‘And he said unto him: ‘I will bring all things to thy remembrance.’
26 And he went up from him, and he awoke from his sleep, and he remembered everything which he had read and seen, and he wrote down all the words which he had read and seen.
Jacob celebrates Addition
Jubilees 32:27-29
27 And he celebrated there yet another day, and he sacrificed thereon according to all that he sacrificed on the former days, and called its name ‘Addition,’ for this day was added and the former days he called ‘The Feast ‘.
28 And thus it was manifested that it should be, and it is written on the heavenly tablets: wherefore it was revealed to him that he should celebrate it, and add it to the seven days of the feast.
29 And its name was called ‘Addition,’ because that it was recorded amongst the days of the feast days, according to the number of the days of the year.
Month: 8
Day: 11
Benjamin is born
Genesis 35:16
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Jasher 36:9-10
9 And at that time Jacob and all belonging to him journeyed from Bethel to go to his father’s house, to Hebron.
10 And whilst they were going on the road, and there was yet but a little way to come to Ephrath, Rachel bare a son and she had hard labor and she died.
Genesis 35:17
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Genesis 35:18
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Jasher 36:12
12 And Jacob called the name of his son that was born to him, which Rachel bare unto him, Benjamin, for he was born to him in the land on the right hand.
Jubilees 32:33
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.]
Rachel diediii
Genesis 35:19-20
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
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 32:34
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.
Month: 10
Day: 1
Jacob dwells beyond the tower of Edar to the south of Madaladra’ef before meeting his father
Genesis 35:21
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Jubilees 33:1
1 And Jacob went and dwelt to the south of Magdaladra’ef. And he went to his father Isaac, he and Leah his wife, on the new moon of the tenth month.
Jasher 36:13
13 And it was after the death of Rachel, that Jacob pitched his tent in the tent of her handmaid Bilhah.
i. Jasher 36:8 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 sets Jacob’s age to 105, not 100.
ii. This is the second time Jacob’s name was changed to Israel. The first time is in Genesis 32:27-28.
iii. Jasher 28:26-28 states that Rachel was born when Jacob was 56. Jasher 36:11 says Rachel died at 45 meaning that Jacob should be 101 but Jasher 36:8 says he was 100. According to Jubilees 32:33, the year 2143 is 49 years after Rachel’s birth, not 45. See the comments in Jasher 36:3 to see why this would be more accurate.
Exposition
YHWH blesses Jacob and renames him to Israel a 2nd time
Genesis 35:9-13, Jasher 36:8, Jubilees 32:17-20
Rising Action
Jacob sets up a pillar, pours a drink offering, and calls the place Bethel
Genesis 35:14-15
Climax
Jacob dreams of the history of the ages on 7 tablets
Jubilees 32:21-26
Falling Action
Jacob celebrates Addition
Jubilees 32:27-29
M: 8 | D: 11 | Benjamin is born
Genesis 35:16-18, Jasher 36:9-10, 12, Jubilees 32:33
Rachel died
Genesis 35:19-20, Jasher 36:11, Jubilees 32:34
Resolution
M: 10 | D: 1 | Jacob dwells beyond the tower of Edar to the south of Madaladra’ef before meeting his father
Genesis 35:21, Jasher 36:13, Jubilees 33:1
This chart shows who was alive in years 2214-2219.
Years with question marks are estimates.