Addition
(1-minute read)
In a moment of divine power, God appeared to the 100-year-old Jacob, renaming him Israel and promising that nations and kings would rise from his lineage, inheriting the earth. As Jacob set up a sacred pillar at Bethel, he received a heavenly vision, revealing the future of his descendants and commanding him to remember and record all he had seen. Tragedy struck as Rachel, his beloved wife, died giving birth to Benjamin, the “Son of Sorrow,” and Jacob buried her, marking her grave with a pillar that stood as a testament to her memory. With his heart heavy, Jacob journeyed onward, reconnecting with his father Isaac as the winds of destiny continued to shape his life.
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Insignificant Characters
GENESIS
29%
JASHER
13%
JUBILEES
58%
Exposition
J:46 | Y: 2214 | M: 7 | D: 24 | 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
Jubilee: 46
Year: 2214
Month: 7
Day: 24
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.
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Exposition
J:46 | Y: 2214 | M: 7 | D: 24 | YHWH blesses Jacob and renames him to Israel a 2nd time
Genesis 35:9-13, Jasher 36:8, Jubilees 32:17-20
God appeared to Jacob again after he came out of Padanaram, when he was 100 years old, and blessed him. God said, “Your name is Jacob. But you will no longer be called Jacob—your name will be Israel.”
So He called him Israel. Then He said again, “I am the Lord Almighty, the one who created heaven and earth. Be fruitful and multiply. I will make you grow and increase greatly. Nations and kings will come from you, and your descendants will rule over every place the sons of men have walked. I will give your descendants all the land under heaven, and they will rule over the nations as they desire. After that, they will inherit the whole earth forever. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac—I will give it to you and to your descendants after you.”
When He finished speaking, He went up from Jacob, and Jacob watched until He had ascended into heaven. Around that same time, Rachel, Jacob’s wife, became pregnant.
Rising Action
Jacob sets up a pillar, pours a drink offering, and calls the place Bethel
Genesis 35:14-15
Jacob set up a pillar of stone in the place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering on it, and also poured oil over it. He named the place where God spoke with him “Bethel.”
Climax
Jacob dreams of the history of the ages on 7 tablets
Jubilees 32:21-26
That night, Jacob had a vision and saw an angel come down from heaven holding 7 tablets. The angel gave the tablets to Jacob, and he read them and understood everything written on them—everything that would happen to him and to his sons throughout all ages. The angel showed him all that was written on the tablets and said, “Do not build on this place, do not make it an eternal sanctuary, and do not settle here. This is not the place. Go to your father’s house, the house of Abraham, and live with your father Isaac until his death. You will die peacefully in Egypt, and you will be buried with honor in this land in the tomb of your ancestors, with Abraham and Isaac. Don’t be afraid. Everything you’ve read and seen will happen just as it was shown to you. Write it all down exactly as you saw and read it.”
Jacob asked, “Lord, how can I remember everything I’ve read and seen?”
The angel replied, “I will help you remember everything.”
Then the angel went up from him, and Jacob woke up. He remembered everything he had seen and read, and he wrote down all the words.
Falling Action
Jacob celebrates Addition
Jubilees 32:27-29
Jacob celebrated another day there, offering sacrifices just like he had on the previous days. He called this day “Addition,” because it was added to the others, which he called “The Feast.”
It was revealed to him that this day should be celebrated and added to the 7 days of the feast, and it is written on the heavenly tablets. Its name was called “Addition” because it was recorded as one of the feast days, according to the number of days in the year.
M: 8 | D: 11 | Benjamin is born
Genesis 35:16-18, Jasher 36:9-10, 12, Jubilees 32:33
At that time, Jacob and all who were with him left Bethel to go to his father’s house in Hebron. While they were on the road and still had a short distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into difficult labor. The midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid. You will have this son too.”
Rachel gave birth to a son during the night and named him Benoni, meaning “Son of my sorrow,” because she suffered greatly during childbirth. But Jacob named him Benjamin, because he was born in the land on the right hand, on the 11th day of the 8th month in the 1st year of the 6th week of that jubilee.
Rachel died
Genesis 35:19-20, Jasher 36:11, Jubilees 32:34
Rachel died, and Jacob buried her on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. He set up a pillar over her grave, right beside the road. That pillar still marks Rachel’s grave to this day. Rachel lived for 45 years before she died.
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
Jacob moved his camp and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Edar, settling to the south of Magdaladra’ef. Then he went to visit his father Isaac, taking Leah, his wife, with him on the new moon of the 10th month. After Rachel’s death, Jacob set up his tent in the tent that had belonged to her handmaid, Bilhah.
This chart shows who was alive in the year 2214.