Declaration
GENESIS
60%
JASHER
23%
JUBILEES
17%
Exposition
J: 47 | Y: 2259 | Jacob lived for 147 years
Genesis 47:28, Jasher 56:1, Jubilees 45:13
Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 47:29-31, Jasher 56:2-5
Rising Action
Joseph brings Manasseh and Ephraim to Jacob
Genesis 48:1-2
Jacob speaks with Joseph
Genesis 48:3-7
Climax
Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
Genesis 48:8-22
Jacob blesses the rest of his grandsons
Jasher 56:6
Jacob calls his sons to him
Genesis 49:1-2, Jasher 56:7
Jacob prophesies over Reuben
Genesis 49:3-4
Jacob prophesies over Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:5-7
Jacob prophesies over Judah
Genesis 49:8-12, Jasher 56:8-9
Jacob prophesies over Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
Jacob prophesies over Issachar
Genesis 49:14-15
Jacob prophesies over Dan
Genesis 49:16-18
Jacob prophesies over Gad
Genesis 49:19
Jacob prophesies over Asher
Genesis 49:20
Jacob prophesies over Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
Jacob prophesies over Joseph
Genesis 49:22-26
Jacob prophesies over Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
Jacob finishes blessing his sons
Genesis 49:28, Jubilees 45:14
Falling Action
Jacob reminds them to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 49:29-32, Jasher 56:10
Jacob gives his sons burial instructions
Jasher 56:11-14
Jacob gives final commands to his sons
Jasher 56:15-19
Jacob prophesies about the coming troubles
Jasher 56:20-21
Resolution
Jacob died
Genesis 49:33, Jasher 56:22, Jubilees 45:15a
Jacob bequeaths his books to Levi
Jubilees 45:16
Jubilee: 47
Year: 2259
Jacob lived for 147 yearsi
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.
Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 47:29-31
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
Jasher 56:2-4
2 At that time Jacob was attacked with that illness of which he died and he sent and called for his son Joseph from Egypt, and Joseph his son came from Egypt and Joseph came unto his father.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph and unto his sons, Behold I die, and the God of your ancestors will visit you, and bring you back to the land, which the Lord sware to give unto you and unto your children after you, now therefore when I am dead, bury me in the cave which is in Machpelah in Hebron in the land of Canaan, near my ancestors.
4 And Jacob made his sons swear to bury him in Machpelah, in Hebron, and his sons swore unto him concerning this thing.
Jasher 56:5
5 And he commanded them, saying, Serve the Lord your God, for he who delivered your fathers will also deliver you from all trouble.
Joseph brings Manasseh and Ephraim to Jacob
Genesis 48:1-2
1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Jacob speaks with Joseph
Genesis 48:3-7
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
Genesis 48:8-22
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Jacob blesses the rest of his grandsons
Jasher 56:6
6 And Jacob said, Call all your children unto me, and all the children of Jacob’s sons came and sat before him, and Jacob blessed them, and he said unto them, The Lord God of your fathers shall grant you a thousand times as much and bless you, and may he give you the blessing of your father Abraham; and all the children of Jacob’s sons went forth on that day after he had blessed them.
Jacob calls his sons to him
Genesis 49:1-2
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Jasher 56:7
7 And on the next day Jacob again called for his sons, and they all assembled and came to him and sat before him, and Jacob on that day blessed his sons before his death, each man did he bless according to his blessing; behold it is written in the book of the law of the Lord appertaining to Israel.
Jacob prophesies over Reuben
Genesis 49:3-4
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Jacob prophesies over Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:5-7
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Jacob prophesies over Judah
Genesis 49:8
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
Jasher 56:8
8 And Jacob said unto Judah, I know my son that thou art a mighty man for thy brethren; reign over them, and thy sons shall reign over their sons forever.
Jasher 56:9
9 Only teach thy sons the bow and all the weapons of war, in order that they may fight the battles of their brother who will rule over his enemies.
Genesis 49:9-12
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Jacob prophesies over Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Jacob prophesies over Issachar
Genesis 49:14-15
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Jacob prophesies over Dan
Genesis 49:16-18
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Jacob prophesies over Gad
Genesis 49:19
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Jacob prophesies over Asher
Genesis 49:20
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Jacob prophesies over Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Jacob prophesies over Joseph
Genesis 49:22-26
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Jacob prophesies over Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Jacob finishes blessing his sons
Genesis 49:28
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Jubilees 45:14
14 And Israel blessed his sons before he died and told them everything that would befall them in the land of Egypt; and he made known to them what would come upon them in the last days, and blessed them and gave to Joseph two portions in the land.
Jacob reminds them to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 49:29-30
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Jasher 56:10
10 And Jacob again commanded his sons on that day, saying, Behold I shall be this day gathered unto my people; carry me up from Egypt, and bury me in the cave of Machpelah as I have commanded you.
Genesis 49:31-32
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
Jacob gives his sons burial instructions
Jasher 56:11-14
11 Howbeit take heed I pray you that none of your sons carry me, only yourselves, and this is the manner you shall do unto me, when you carry my body to go with it to the land of Canaan to bury me,
12 Judah, Issachar and Zebulun shall carry my bier at the eastern side; Reuben, Simeon and Gad at the south, Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin at the west, Dan, Asher and Naphtali at the north.
13 Let not Levi carry with you, for he and his sons will carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord with the Israelites in the camp, neither let Joseph my son carry, for as a king so let his glory be; howbeit, Ephraim and Manasseh shall be in their stead.
14 Thus shall you do unto me when you carry me away; do not neglect any thing of all that I command you; and it shall come to pass when you do this unto me, that the Lord will remember you favorably and your children after you forever.
Jacob gives final commands to his sons
Jasher 56:15-19
15 And you my sons, honor each his brother and his relative, and command your children and your children’s children after you to serve the Lord God of your ancestors all the days.
16 In order that you may prolong your days in the land, you and your children and your children’s children for ever, when you do what is good and upright in the sight of the Lord your God, to go in all his ways.
17 And thou, Joseph my son, forgive I pray thee the prongs of thy brethren and all their misdeeds in the injury that they heaped upon thee, for God intended it for thine and thy children’s benefit.
18 And O my son leave not thy brethren to the inhabitants of Egypt, neither hurt their feelings, for behold I consign them to the hand of God and in thy hand to guard them from the Egyptians; and the sons of Jacob answered their father saying, O, our father, all that thou hast commanded us, so will we do; may God only be with us.
19 And Jacob said unto his sons, So may God be with you when you keep all his ways; turn not from his ways either to the right or the left in performing what is good and upright in his sight.
Jacob prophesies about the coming troubles
Jasher 56:20-21
20 For I know that many and grievous troubles will befall you in the latter days in the land, yea your children and children’s children, only serve the Lord and he will save you from all trouble.
21 And it shall come to pass when you shall go after God to serve him and will teach your children after you, and your children’s children, to know the Lord, then will the Lord raise up unto you and your children a servant from amongst your children, and the Lord will deliver you through his hand from all affliction, and bring you out of Egypt and bring you back to the land of your fathers to inherit it securely.
Jacob died
Genesis 49:33
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Jasher 56:22
22 And Jacob ceased commanding his sons, and he drew his feet into the bed, he died and was gathered to his people.
Jubilees 45:15a
15a And he slept with his fathers
Jacob bequeaths his books to Levi
Jubilees 45:16
16 And he gave all his books and the books of his fathers to Levi his son that he might preserve them and renew them for his children until this day.
i. See notes on Jubilees 45:1 on the age difference for Jacob. He would be 150 the year he died. Also note that having an age of 147 makes his age divisible by 3, 7, 21, and 49.
Exposition
J: 47 | Y: 2259 | Jacob lived for 147 years
Genesis 47:28, Jasher 56:1, Jubilees 45:13
Jacob asks Joseph to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 47:29-31, Jasher 56:2-5
Rising Action
Joseph brings Manasseh and Ephraim to Jacob
Genesis 48:1-2
Jacob speaks with Joseph
Genesis 48:3-7
Climax
Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
Genesis 48:8-22
Jacob blesses the rest of his grandsons
Jasher 56:6
Jacob calls his sons to him
Genesis 49:1-2, Jasher 56:7
Jacob prophesies over Reuben
Genesis 49:3-4
Jacob prophesies over Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:5-7
Jacob prophesies over Judah
Genesis 49:8-12, Jasher 56:8-9
Jacob prophesies over Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
Jacob prophesies over Issachar
Genesis 49:14-15
Jacob prophesies over Dan
Genesis 49:16-18
Jacob prophesies over Gad
Genesis 49:19
Jacob prophesies over Asher
Genesis 49:20
Jacob prophesies over Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
Jacob prophesies over Joseph
Genesis 49:22-26
Jacob prophesies over Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
Jacob finishes blessing his sons
Genesis 49:28, Jubilees 45:14
Falling Action
Jacob reminds them to bury him in Machpelah
Genesis 49:29-32, Jasher 56:10
Jacob gives his sons burial instructions
Jasher 56:11-14
Jacob gives final commands to his sons
Jasher 56:15-19
Jacob prophesies about the coming troubles
Jasher 56:20-21
Resolution
Jacob died
Genesis 49:33, Jasher 56:22, Jubilees 45:15a
Jacob bequeaths his books to Levi
Jubilees 45:16
This chart shows who was alive in the year 2259.
Years with question marks are estimates.