Disaster
[Summary]
Major Characters
Minor Characters
Insignificant Characters
GENESIS
10%
JASHER
76%
JUBILEES
14%
Exposition
J: 47 | Y: 2262 | The beginning of the kings over Edom
Genesis 36:31, Jubilees 38:15
The children of Esau anointed Bela as their king
Genesis 36:32, Jasher 57:38-45, Jubilees 38:16
Y: 2274 | Pharaoh died and Magron his son reigns as Pharaoh
Jasher 58:1-4
Pharaoh entrusts Joseph with Egypt’s governance for 40 years
Jasher 58:5-13
Rising Action
Y: 2292 | The children of Esau recruit an army to battle the sons of Jacob in Rameses
Jasher 58:14-17
Climax
They battle and the children of Esau lose
Jasher 58:18-20
Esau’s people retreat and the children of Jacob pursue them and kill them
Jasher 58:21-23
Falling Action
Zepho and the other captives are put in harsher conditions
Jasher 58:24
The remaining people of Esau retreat to Seir
Jasher 58:25
Resolution
Jobab reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:33, Jasher 58:26-28, Jubilees 38:17
Y: 2302 | Husham reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:34, Jasher 58:29-30, Jubilees 38:18
A review of the children of Israel
Jasher 59:1-19
Y: 2313 | The children of Israel dwelled in one accord in Egypt for 70 years
Jubilees 46:1-2
Joseph lived for 110 years
Genesis 50:22, Jasher 59:20, Jubilees 46:3
Joseph calls his family to visit him
Genesis 50:23, Jasher 59:21
Joseph prophesies that his family will inherit the promised land
Genesis 50:24, Jasher 59:22
Joseph makes his family swear that they will bring his bones into the promised land
Genesis 50:25, Jasher 59:23-24, Jubilees 46:5-7
Joseph died, was embalmed, put into a coffin, and buried by the river Sihor
Genesis 50:26, Jasher 59:25-27, Jubilees 46:4, 8
The governance of Egypt transferred to Pharaoh and the Egyptians began to rule over the Israelites
Jasher 59:28
Jubilee: 47
Year: 2262
The beginning of the kings over EdomI
Genesis 36:31
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Jubilees 38:15
15 And these are the kings that reigned in Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel [until this day] in the land of Edom.
The children of Esau anointed Bela as their king
Jasher 57:38-43
38 And it came to pass in those days, that the children of Esau resolved to crown a king over them in the land of which they became possessed. And they said to each other, Not so, for he shall reign over us in our land, and we shall be under his counsel and he shall fight our battles, against our enemies, and they did so.
39 And all the children of Esau swore, saying, That none of their brethren should ever reign over them, but a strange man who is not of their brethren, for the souls of all the children of Esau were embittered every man against his son, brother and friend, on account of the evil they sustained from their brethren when they fought with the children of Seir.
40 Therefore the sons of Esau swore, saying, From that day forward they would not choose a king from their brethren, but one from a strange land unto this day.
41 And there was a man there from the people of Angeas king of Dinhabah; his name was Bela the son of Beor, who was a very valiant man, beautiful and comely and wise in all wisdom, and a man of sense and counsel; and there was none of the people of Angeas like unto him.
42 And all the children of Esau took him and anointed him and they crowned him for a king, and they bowed down to him, and they said unto him, May the king live, may the king live.
43 And they spread out the sheet, and they brought him each man earrings of gold and silver or rings or bracelets, and they made him very rich in silver and in gold, in onyx stones and bdellium, and they made him a royal throne, and they placed a regal crown upon his head, and they built a palace for him and he dwelt therein, and he became king over all the children of Esau.
Genesis 36:32
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Jubilees 38:16
16And Balaq, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Danaba.
Jasher 57:44-45
44 And the people of Angeas took their hire for their battle from the children of Esau, and they went and returned at that time to their master in Dinhabah.
45 And Bela reigned over the children of Esau thirty years, and the children of Esau dwelt in the land instead of the children of Seir, and they dwelt securely in their stead unto this day.
Year: 2274
Pharaoh died and Magron his son reigns as Pharaohii
Jasher 58:1-4
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.
2 And Pharaoh commanded Joseph before his death to be a father to his son, Magron, and that Magron should be under the care of Joseph and under his counsel.
3 And all Egypt consented to this thing that Joseph should be king over them, for all the Egyptians loved Joseph as of heretofore, only Magron the son of Pharaoh sat upon, his father’s throne, and he became king in those days in his father’s stead.
4 Magron was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and forty years he reigned in Egypt, and all Egypt called his name Pharaoh after the name of his father, as it was their custom to do in Egypt to every king that reigned over them.
Pharaoh entrusts Joseph with Egypt’s governance for 40 years
Jasher 58:5-13
5 And it came to pass when Pharaoh reigned in his father’s stead, he placed the laws of Egypt and all the affairs of government in the hand of Joseph, as his father had commanded him.
6 And Joseph became king over Egypt, for he superintended over all Egypt, and all Egypt was under his care and under his counsel, for all Egypt inclined to Joseph after the death of Pharaoh, and they loved him exceedingly to reign over them.
7 But there were some people amongst them, who did not like him, saying, No stranger shall reign over us; still the whole government of Egypt devolved in those days upon Joseph, after the death of Pharaoh, he being the regulator, doing as he liked throughout the land without any one interfering.
8 And all Egypt was under the care of Joseph, and Joseph made war with all his surrounding enemies, and he subdued them; also all the land and all the Philistines, unto the borders of Canaan, did Joseph subdue, and they were all under his power and they gave a yearly tax unto Joseph.
9 And Pharaoh king of Egypt sat upon his throne in his father’s stead, but he was under the control and counsel of Joseph, as he was at first under the control of his father.
10 Neither did he reign but in the land of Egypt only, under the counsel of Joseph, but Joseph reigned over the whole country at that time, from Egypt unto the great river Perath.
11And Joseph was successful in all his ways, and the Lord was with him, and the Lord gave Joseph additional wisdom, and honor, and glory, and love toward him in the hearts of the Egyptians and throughout the land, and Joseph reigned over the whole country forty years.
12 And all the countries of the Philistines and Canaan and Zidon, and on the other side of Jordan, brought presents unto Joseph all his days, and the whole country was in the hand of Joseph, and they brought unto him a yearly tribute as it was regulated, for Joseph had fought against all his surrounding enemies and subdued them, and the whole country was in the hand of Joseph, and Joseph sat securely upon his throne in Egypt.
13 And also all his brethren the sons of Jacob dwelt securely in the land, all the days of Joseph, and they were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly in the land, and they served the Lord all their days, as their father Jacob had commanded them.
Year: 2292
The children of Esau recruit an army to battle the sons of Jacob in Rameses
Jasher 58:14-17
14 And it came to pass at the end of many days and years, when the children of Esau were dwelling quietly in their land with Bela their king, that the children of Esau were fruitful and multiplied in the land, and they resolved to go and fight with the sons of Jacob and all Egypt, and to deliver their brother Zepho, the son of Eliphaz, and his men, for they were yet in those days slaves to Joseph.
15 And the children of Esau sent unto all the children of the east, and they made peace with them, and all the children of the east came unto them to go with the children of Esau to Egypt to battle.
16 And there came also unto them of the people of Angeas, king of Dinhabah, and they also sent unto the children of Ishmael and they also came unto them.
17 And all this people assembled and came unto Seir to assist the children of Esau in their battle, and this camp was very large and heavy with people, numerous as the sand of the sea, about eight hundred thousand men, infantry and cavalry, and all these troops went down to Egypt to fight with the sons of Jacob, and they encamped by Rameses.
They battle and the children of Esau lose
Jasher 58:18-20
18 And Joseph went forth with his brethren with the mighty men of Egypt, about six hundred men, and they fought with them in the land of Rameses; and the sons of Jacob at that time again fought with the children of Esau, in the fiftieth year of the sons of Jacob going down to Egypt, that is the thirtieth year of the reign of Bela over the children of Esau in Seir.
19 And the Lord gave all the mighty men of Esau and the children of the east into the hand of Joseph and his brethren, and the people of the children of Esau and the children of the east were smitten before Joseph.
20 And of the people of Esau and the children of the east that were slain, there fell before the sons of Jacob about two hundred thousand men, and their king Bela the son of Beor fell with them in the battle, and when the children of Esau saw that their king had fallen in battle and was dead, their hands became weak in the combat.
Esau’s people retreat and the children of Jacob pursue them and kill them
Jasher 58:21-23
21 And Joseph and his brethren and all Egypt were still smiting the people of the house of Esau, and all Esau’s people were afraid of the sons of Jacob and fled from before them.
22 And Joseph and his brethren and all Egypt pursued them a day’s journey, and they slew yet from them about three hundred men, continuing to smite them in the road; and they afterward turned back from them.
23 And Joseph and all his brethren returned to Egypt, not one man was missing from them, but of the Egyptians there fell twelve men.
Zepho and the other captives are put in harsher conditions
Jasher 58:24
24 And when Joseph returned to Egypt he ordered Zepho and his men to be additionally bound, and they bound them in irons and they increased their grief.
The remaining people of Esau retreat to Seir
Jasher 58:25
25 And all the people of the children of Esau, and the children of the east, returned in shame each unto his city, for all the mighty men that were with them had fallen in battle.
Jobab reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:33
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Jasher 58:26
26 And when the children of Esau saw that their king had died in battle they hastened and took a man from the people of the children of the east; his name was Jobab the son of Zarach, from the land of Botzrah, and they caused him to reign over them instead of Bela their king.
Jubilees 38:17
17 And Balaq died, and Jobab, the son of Zara of Boser, reigned in his stead.
Jasher 58:27-28
27 And Jobab sat upon the throne of Bela as king in his stead, and Jobab reigned in Edom over all the children of Esau ten years, and the children of Esau went no more to fight with the sons of Jacob from that day forward, for the sons of Esau knew the valor of the sons of Jacob, and they were greatly afraid of them.
28 But from that day forward the children of Esau hated the sons of Jacob, and the hatred and enmity were very strong between them all the days, unto this day.
Year: 2302
Husham reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:34
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
Jasher 58:29
29 And it came to pass after this, at the end of ten years, Jobab, the son of Zarach, from Botzrah, died, and the children of Esau took a man whose name was Chusham, from the land of Teman, and they made him king over them instead of Jobab, and Chusham reigned in Edom over all the children of Esau for twenty years.
Jubilees 38:18
18 And Jobab died, and ‘Asam, of the land of Teman, reigned in his stead.
Jasher 58:30
30 And Joseph, king of Egypt, and his brethren, and all the children of Israel dwelt securely in Egypt in those days, together with all the children of Joseph and his brethren, having no hindrance or evil accident and the land of Egypt was at that time at rest from war in the days of Joseph and his brethren.
A review of the children of Israeliii
Jasher 59:1-19
1 And these are the names of the sons of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, who had come with Jacob, all the sons of Jacob came unto Egypt, every man with his household.
2 The children of Leah were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, and their sister Dinah.
3 And the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
4 And the sons of Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah, were Gad and Asher.
5 And the sons of Bilhah, the handmaid of Rachel, were Dan and Naphtali.
6 And these were their offspring that were born unto them in the land of Canaan, before they came unto Egypt with their father Jacob.
7 The sons of Reuben were Chanoch, Pallu, Chetzron and Carmi.
8 And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zochar and Saul, the son of the Canaanitish woman.
9 And the children of Levi were Gershon, Kehath and Merari, and their sister Jochebed, who was born unto them in their going down to Egypt.
10 And the sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zarach.
11 And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.
12 And the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Job and Shomron.
13 And the sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon and Jachleel, and the son of Dan was Chushim.
14 And the sons of Naphtali were Jachzeel, Guni, Jetzer and Shilam.
15 And the sons of Gad were Ziphion, Chaggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.
16 And the children of Asher were Jimnah, Jishvah, Jishvi, Beriah and their sister Serach; and the sons of Beriah were Cheber and Malchiel.
17 And the sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Achi, Rosh, Mupim, Chupim and Ord.
18 And the sons of Joseph, that were born unto him in Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim.
19 And all the souls that went forth from the loins of Jacob, were seventy souls; these are they who came with Jacob their father unto Egypt to dwell there: and Joseph and all his brethren dwelt securely in Egypt, and they ate of the best of Egypt all the days of the life of Joseph.
Year: 2313
The children of Israel dwelled in one accord in Egypt for 70 years
Jubilees 46:1-2
1 And it came to pass that after Jacob died the children of Israel multiplied in the land of Egypt, and they became a great nation, and they were of one accord in heart, so that brother loved brother and every man helped his brother, and they increased abundantly and multiplied exceedingly, ten [2242 A.M.] weeks of years, all the days of the life of Joseph.
2 And there was no Satan nor any evil all the days of the life of Joseph which he lived after his father Jacob, for all the Egyptians honoured the children of Israel all the days of the life of Joseph.
Joseph lived for 110 years
Genesis 50:22
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Jasher 59:20
20 And Joseph lived in the land of Egypt ninety-three years, and Joseph reigned over all Egypt eighty years.
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.
Joseph calls his family to visit him
Jasher 59:21
21 And when the days of Joseph drew nigh that he should die, he sent and called for his brethren and all his father’s household, and they all came together and sat before him.
Genesis 50:23
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
Joseph prophesies that his family will inherit the promised land
Genesis 50:24
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Jasher 59:22
22 And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto the whole of his father’s household, Behold I die, and God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land which he swore to your fathers to give unto them.
Joseph makes his family swear that they will bring his bones into the promised land
Genesis 50:25
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Jasher 59:23-24
23 And it shall be when God shall visit you to bring you up from here to the land of your fathers, then bring up my bones with you from here.
24 And Joseph made the sons of Israel to swear for their seed after them, saying, God will surely visit you and you shall bring up my bones with you from here.
Jubilees 46:5
5 And he commanded the children of Israel before he died that they should carry his bones with them when they went forth from the land of Egypt.
Jubilees 46:6-7
6 And he made them swear regarding his bones, for he knew that the Egyptians would not again bring forth and bury him in the land of Canaan, for Makamaron, king of Canaan, while dwelling in the land of Assyria, fought in the valley with the king of Egypt and slew him there, and pursued after the Egyptians to the gates of ‘Ermon.
7 But he was not able to enter, for another, a new king, had become king of Egypt, and he was stronger than he, and he returned to the land of Canaan, and the gates of Egypt were closed, and none went out and none came into Egypt.
Joseph died, was embalmed, put into a coffin, and buried by the river Sihoriv
Jasher 59:25
25 And it came to pass after this that Joseph died in that year, the seventy-first year of the Israelites going down to Egypt.
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 46:4
4 And he died and all his brethren and all that generation.
Jubilees 46:8
8 And Joseph died in the forty-sixth jubilee, in the sixth week, in the second year, and they buried him in the land of Egypt, and [2242 A.M.] all his brethren died after him.
Jasher 59:27
27 And they put Joseph in a coffin filled with spices and all sorts of perfume, and they buried him by the side of the river, that is Sihor, and his sons and all his brethren, and the whole of his father’s household made a seven day’s mourning for him.
The governance of Egypt transferred to Pharaoh and the Egyptians began to rule over the Israelites
Jasher 59:28
28 And it came to pass after the death of Joseph, all the Egyptians began in those days to rule over the children of Israel, and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who reigned in his father’s stead, took all the laws of Egypt and conducted the whole government of Egypt under his counsel, and he reigned securely over his people.
i. It seems like the more consistent time scale is when the Israelites arrived in Egypt, which was the year 2243. I’ll refer to this in the comments section as, “Israelites entering Egypt time scale”.
ii. By using the “Israelites entering Egypt time scale”, this would mean that Joseph is 70, not 71.
iii. Concerning Simeon’s children in Jasher 59:8, Jasher 45:2-3 says that Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zochar were born from Dinah and that Saul was born from Bunah, the Canaanitish woman.
iv. According to Genesis 50:22, 26, Jasher 59:20, 26, and Jubilees 46:3, Joseph was 110 when he died but according to the “Israelites entering Egypt time scale” Joseph was 109 when he died.
Exposition
J: 47 | Y: 2262 | The beginning of the kings over Edom
Genesis 36:31, Jubilees 38:15
The children of Esau anointed Bela as their king
Genesis 36:32, Jasher 57:38-45, Jubilees 38:16
Y: 2274 | Pharaoh died and Magron his son reigns as Pharaoh
Jasher 58:1-4
Pharaoh entrusts Joseph with Egypt’s governance for 40 years
Jasher 58:5-13
Rising Action
Y: 2292 | The children of Esau recruit an army to battle the sons of Jacob in Rameses
Jasher 58:14-17
Climax
They battle and the children of Esau lose
Jasher 58:18-20
Esau’s people retreat and the children of Jacob pursue them and kill them
Jasher 58:21-23
Falling Action
Zepho and the other captives are put in harsher conditions
Jasher 58:24
The remaining people of Esau retreat to Seir
Jasher 58:25
Resolution
Jobab reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:33, Jasher 58:26-28, Jubilees 38:17
Y: 2302 | Husham reigns over the children of Esau
Genesis 36:34, Jasher 58:29-30, Jubilees 38:18
A review of the children of Israel
Jasher 59:1-19
Y: 2313 | The children of Israel dwelled in one accord in Egypt for 70 years
Jubilees 46:1-2
Joseph lived for 110 years
Genesis 50:22, Jasher 59:20, Jubilees 46:3
Joseph calls his family to visit him
Genesis 50:23, Jasher 59:21
Joseph prophesies that his family will inherit the promised land
Genesis 50:24, Jasher 59:22
Joseph makes his family swear that they will bring his bones into the promised land
Genesis 50:25, Jasher 59:23-24, Jubilees 46:5-7
Joseph died, was embalmed, put into a coffin, and buried by the river Sihor
Genesis 50:26, Jasher 59:25-27, Jubilees 46:4, 8
The governance of Egypt transferred to Pharaoh and the Egyptians began to rule over the Israelites
Jasher 59:28
This chart shows who was alive in years 2262-22313.
Years with question marks are estimates.