Division
In the tumultuous 32nd jubilee, amid the burgeoning dominion of Noah’s descendants, Eber, son of Peleg, defied convention by claiming Azûrâd, daughter of Nebrod, as his beloved bride. Their union heralded the birth of Peleg, a child destined to reshape the very fabric of the world. As the generations divided the earth among themselves in the shadows of Noah’s prophetic blessings, Shem, Ham, and Japheth carved out their realms under divine decree. Each inherited a distinct domain—Shem the fertile heartlands, Ham the blistering south, and Japheth the icy north—binding their fate with an unbreakable covenant.
Yet, in the third week of this epochal jubilee, chaos descended as malevolent spirits, led by Mastêmâ, sought to corrupt Noah’s descendants. In their darkest hour, Noah’s sons turned to their father, recounting the horrors wrought upon their lands. Noah, in a desperate plea to the heavens, beseeched divine intervention, casting prayers to imprison these dark spirits and safeguard the righteous. With the Lord’s command, Noah’s sons bound the malevolent forces, though Mastêmâ, pleading for leniency, secured dominion over a tenth of the spirits to execute his own judgment.
Amidst the spiritual warfare, Noah received celestial guidance to harness the knowledge of these dark arts, crafting remedies to shield his descendants from the shadows’ grasp. Entrusting this sacred lore to his son Shem, Noah secured a legacy of salvation against the encroaching darkness, ensuring resilience for generations to come. Thus, amid the fractured realms and spiritual turmoil, the saga of Peleg and the covenant of Noah’s sons echoed through the annals of time, a testament to humanity’s enduring struggle against both earthly division and celestial malevolence.
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JUBILEES
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Exposition
Y: 1755 | Eber marries Azurad
Jubilees 8:7b
Y: 1758 | Peleg born
Genesis 10:25a, 11:16, Jasher 7:19c, Jubilees 8:8
Rising Action
Y: 1760 | The earth is divided into 3 parts
Jubilees 8:9-30, 9:1-15
J: 37 | Y: 1772 | Joktan born
Genesis 10:25b, Jasher 7:20
Climax
Y: 1774 | Demons lead astray Noah’s children
Jubilees 10:1-2
Noah prays to YHWH
Jubilees 10:3-6
Falling Action
YHWH tells Noah’s sons to bind the demons
Jubilees 10:7
Mastema pleads for some to remain unbound
Jubilees 10:8-9
Resolution
The angels teach Noah medicine
Jubilees 10:10-14
Year: 1755
Eber marries Azurad
Jubilees 8:7b
7b and he took unto himself a wife, and her name was ‘Azûrâd, the daughter of Nebrod, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week, in the third year thereof. [1564 A.M.]
Year: 1758
Peleg borni
Genesis 10:25a
25a And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided;
Genesis 11:16
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Jasher 7:19c
19c and to Eber were born two children, the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided, and in the latter days, the earth was divided.
Jubilees 8:8
8 And in the sixth year [1567 A.M.] thereof, she bare him son, and he called his name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth amongst themselves: for this reason he called his name Peleg.
Year: 1760
The earth is divided into 3 parts
Jubilees 8:9-30
9 And they divided (it) secretly amongst themselves, and told it to Noah.
10 And it came to pass in the beginning of the thirty-third jubilee [1569 A.M.] that they divided the earth into three parts, for Shem and Ham and Japheth, according to the inheritance of each, in the first year in the first week, when one of us who had been sent, was with them.
11 And he called his sons, and they drew nigh to him, they and their children, and he divided the earth into the lots, which his three sons were to take in possession, and they reached forth their hands, and took the writing out of the bosom of Noah, their father.
12 And there came forth on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth which he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the generations of eternity, from the middle of the mountain range of Rafa, from the mouth of the water from the river Tina, and his portion goes towards the west through the midst of this river, and it extends till it reaches the water of the abysses, out of which this river goes forth and pours its waters into the sea Me’at, and this river flows into the great sea. And all that is towards the north is Japheth’s, and all that is towards the south belongs to Shem.
13 And it extends till it reaches Karaso: this is in the bosom of the tongue which looks towards the south.
14 And his portion extends along the great sea, and it extends in a straight line till it reaches the west of the tongue which looks towards the south: for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea.
15 And it turns from here towards the south towards the mouth of the great sea on the shore of (its) waters, and it extends to the west to ‘Afra, and it extends till it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river.
16 And it extends towards the east, till it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south thereof, [to the south] and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds till it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.
17 This portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it for ever unto his generations for evermore.
18 And Noah rejoiced that this portion came forth for Shem and for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his mouth in prophecy; for he had said: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Shem And may the Lord dwell in the dwelling of Shem.’
19 And he knew that the Garden of Eden is the holy of holies, and the dwelling of the Lord, and Mount Sinai the centre of the desert, and Mount Zion -the centre of the navel of the earth: these three were created as holy places facing each other.
20 And he blessed the God of gods, who had put the word of the Lord into his mouth, and the Lord for evermore.
21 And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons unto the generations for ever -the whole land of Eden and the whole land of the Red Sea, and the whole land of the east and India, and on the Red Sea and the mountains thereof, and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftur, and all the mountains of Sanir and ‘Amana, and the mountains of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and Babel, and Susan and Ma’edai, and all the mountains of Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious land, and all that is in it is very good.
22 And for Ham came forth the second portion, beyond the Gihon towards the south to the right of the Garden, and it extends towards the south and it extends to all the mountains of fire, and it extends towards the west to the sea of ‘Atel and it extends towards the west till it reaches the sea of Ma’uk -that (sea) into which everything which is not destroyed descends.
23 And it goes forth towards the north to the limits of Gadir, and it goes forth to the coast of the waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea till it draws near to the river Gihon, and goes along the river Gihon till it reaches the right of the Garden of Eden.
24 And this is the land which came forth for Ham as the portion which he was to occupy for ever for himself and his sons unto their generations for ever.
25 And for Japheth came forth the third portion beyond the river Tina to the north of the outflow of its waters, and it extends north- easterly to the whole region of Gog, and to all the country east thereof.
26 And it extends northerly to the north, and it extends to the mountains of Qelt towards the north, and towards the sea of Ma’uk, and it goes forth to the east of Gadir as far as the region of the waters of the sea.
27 And it extends until it approaches the west of Fara and it returns towards ‘Aferag, and it extends easterly to the waters of the sea of Me’at.
28 And it extends to the region of the river Tina in a north-easterly direction until it approaches the boundary of its waters towards the mountain Rafa, and it turns round towards the north.
29 This is the land which came forth for Japheth and his sons as the portion of his inheritance which he should possess for himself and his sons, for their generations for ever; five great islands, and a great land in the north.
30 But it is cold, and the land of Ham is hot, and the land of Shem is neither hot nor cold, but it is of blended cold and heat.
Jubilees 9:1-15
1 And Ham divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Cush towards the east, and to the west of him for Mizraim, and to the west of him for Put, and to the west of him [and to the west thereof] on the sea for Canaan.
2 And Shem also divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Ham and his sons, to the east of the river Tigris till it approaches the east, the whole land of India, and on the Red Sea on its coast, and the waters of Dedan, and all the mountains of Mebri and Ela, and all the land of Susan and all that is on the side of Pharnak to the Red Sea and the river Tina.
3 And for Asshur came forth the second Portion, all the land of Asshur and Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascends and skirts the river.
4 And for Arpachshad came forth the third portion, all the land of the region of the Chaldees to the east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Red Sea, and all the waters of the desert close to the tongue of the sea which looks towards Egypt, all the land of Lebanon and Sanir and ‘Amana to the border of the Euphrates.
5 And for Aram there came forth the fourth portion, all the land of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north of the Chaldees to the border of the mountains of Asshur and the land of ‘Arara.
6 And there came forth for Lud the fifth portion, the mountains of Asshur and all appertaining to them till it reaches the Great Sea, and till it reaches the east of Asshur his brother.
7 And Japheth also divided the land of his inheritance amongst his sons.
8 And the first portion came forth for Gomer to the east from the north side to the river Tina; and in the north there came forth for Magog all the inner portions of the north until it reaches to the sea of Me’at.
9 And for Madai came forth as his portion that he should posses from the west of his two brothers to the islands, and to the coasts of the islands.
10 And for Javan came forth the fourth portion every island and the islands which are towards the border of Lud.
11 And for Tubal there came forth the fifth portion in the midst of the tongue which approaches towards the border of the portion of Lud to the second tongue, to the region beyond the second tongue unto the third tongue.
12 And for Meshech came forth the sixth portion, all the region beyond the third tongue till it approaches the east of Gadir.
13 And for Tiras there came forth the seventh portion, four great islands in the midst of the sea, which reach to the portion of Ham [and the islands of Kamaturi came out by lot for the sons of Arpachshad as his inheritance].
14 And thus the sons of Noah divided unto their sons in the presence of Noah their father, and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on every one that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen (to him) by his lot.
15 And they all said, ‘So be it; so be it ‘ for themselves and their sons for ever throughout their generations till the day of judgment, on which the Lord God shall judge them with a sword and with fire for all the unclean wickedness of their errors, wherewith they have filled the earth with transgression and uncleanness and fornication and sin.
Jubilee: 37
Year: 1772
Joktan bornii
Genesis 10:25b
25b and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Jasher 7:20
20 And the name of the second was Yoktan, meaning that in his day the lives of the sons of men were diminished and lessened.
Year: 1774
Demons lead astray Noah's children
Jubilees 10:1-2
1 And in the third week of this jubilee the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of the sons of Noah, and to make to err and destroy them.
2 And the sons of Noah came to Noah their father, and they told him concerning the demons which were leading astray and blinding and slaying his sons’ sons.
Noah prays to YHWH
Jubilees 10:3-6
3 And he prayed before the Lord his God, and said: ‘God of the spirits of all flesh, who hast shown mercy unto me And hast saved me and my sons from the waters of the flood, And hast not caused me to perish as Thou didst the sons of perdition; For Thy grace has been great towards me, And great has been Thy mercy to my soul; Let Thy grace be lift up upon my sons, And let not wicked spirits rule over them Lest they should destroy them from the earth.
4 But do Thou bless me and my sons, that we may increase and Multiply and replenish the earth.
5 And Thou knowest how Thy Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, acted in my day: and as for these spirits which are living, imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation, and let them not bring destruction on the sons of thy servant, my God; for these are malignant, and created in order to destroy.
6 And let them not rule over the spirits of the living; for Thou alone canst exercise dominion over them. And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from henceforth and for evermore.’
YHWH tells Noah’s sons to bind the demons
Jubilees 10:7
7 And the Lord our God bade us to bind all.
Mastema pleads for some to remain unbound
Jubilees 10:8-9
8 And the chief of the spirits, Mastêmâ, came and said: ‘Lord, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them harken to my voice, and do all that I shall say unto them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my will on the sons of men; for these are for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great is the wickedness of the sons of men.’
9 And He said: Let the tenth part of them remain before him, and let nine parts descend into the place of condemnation.’
The angels teach Noah medicine
Jubilees 10:10-14
10 And one of us He commanded that we should teach Noah all their medicines; for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness.
11 And we did according to all His words: all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject before Satan on the earth.
12 And we explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth.
13 And Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from (hurting) the sons of Noah.
14 And he gave all that he had written to Shem, his eldest son; for he loved him exceedingly above all his sons.
i. It’s estimated that the third generation after the flood was born between 1716-1757.
ii. It’s estimated that the fourth generation after the flood was born between 1744-1785.
Exposition
Y: 1755 | Eber marries Azurad
Jubilees 8:7b
And he took to himself a wife and her name was ‘Azûrâd, the daughter of Nebrod, in the 32nd jubilee, in the 7th week, in the 3rd year.
Y: 1758 | Peleg born
Genesis 10:25a, 11:16, Jasher 7:19c, Jubilees 8:8
And Eber lived 34 years, and in the 6th year, Azurad bore him a son, and he called his name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth among themselves.
Rising Action
Y: 1760 | The earth is divided into 3 parts
Jubilees 8:9-30, 9:1-15
And they divided the earth secretly among themselves and told it to Noah. And it came to pass at the beginning of the 33rd jubilee that they divided the earth into 3 parts, for Shem and Ham and Japheth, according to the inheritance of each, in the 1st year in the 1st week, when one of us who had been sent, was with them. And he called his sons, and they drew near to him, they and their children, and he divided the earth into the lots, which his 3 sons were to take in possession, and they reached forth their hands, and took the writing out of the bosom of Noah, their father.
And there came forth on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth which he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the generations of eternity, from the middle of the mountain range of Rafa, from the mouth of the water from the river Tina, and his portion goes towards the west through the midst of this river, and it extends until it reaches the water of the abysses, out of which this river goes forth and pours its waters into the sea Me’at, and this river flows into the great sea.
And all that is towards the north is Japheth’s, and all that is towards the south belongs to Shem. And it extends until it reaches Karaso: this is in the bosom of the tongue which looks towards the south. And his portion extends along the great sea, and it extends in a straight line till it reaches the west of the tongue which looks towards the south: for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea. And it turns from here towards the south towards the mouth of the great sea on the shore of its waters, and it extends to the west to ‘Afra, and it extends until it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river. And it extends towards the east, till it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south thereof, to the south and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds until it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina. This portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it forever unto his generations for evermore. And Noah rejoiced that this portion came forth for Shem and for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his mouth in prophecy; for he had said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem And may the Lord dwell in the dwelling of Shem.”
And he knew that the Garden of Eden is the holy of holies, and the dwelling of the Lord, and Mount Sinai the center of the desert, and Mount Zion -the center of the navel of the earth: these 3 were created as holy places facing each other. And he blessed the God of gods, who had put the word of the Lord into his mouth, and the Lord forevermore. And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons unto the generations forever -the whole land of Eden and the whole land of the Red Sea, and the whole land of the east and India, and on the Red Sea and the mountains thereof, and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftur, and all the mountains of Sanir and ‘Amana, and the mountains of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and Babel, and Susan and Ma’edai, and all the mountains of Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious land, and all that are in it is very good.
And for Ham came forth the second portion, beyond the Gihon towards the south to the right of the Garden, and it extends towards the south and it extends to all the mountains of fire, and it extends towards the west to the sea of ‘Atel and it extends towards the west until it reaches the sea of Ma’uk -that sea into which everything which is not destroyed descends. And it goes forth towards the north to the limits of Gadir, and it goes forth to the coast of the waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea until it draws near to the river Gihon, and goes along the river Gihon until it reaches the right of the Garden of Eden. And this is the land which came forth for Ham as the portion which he was to occupy forever for himself and his sons to their generations forever.
And for Japheth came forth the 3rd portion beyond the river Tina to the north of the outflow of its waters, and it extends northeasterly to the whole region of Gog, and to all the country east thereof. And it extends northerly to the north, and it extends to the mountains of Qelt towards the north, and towards the sea of Ma’uk, and it goes forth to the east of Gadir as far as the region of the waters of the sea. And it extends until it approaches the west of Fara and it returns towards ‘Aferag, and it extends easterly to the waters of the sea of Me’at. And it extends to the region of the river Tina in a north-easterly direction until it approaches the boundary of its waters towards the mountain Rafa, and it turns round towards the north. This is the land which came forth for Japheth and his sons as the portion of his inheritance that he should possess for himself and his sons, for their generations forever; 5 great islands, and a great land in the north. But it is cold, and the land of Ham is hot, and the land of Shem is neither hot nor cold, but it is of blended cold and heat.
And Ham divided among his sons, and the first portion came forth for Cush towards the east, and to the west of him for Mizraim, and to the west of him for Put, and to the west of him and to the west thereof on the sea for Canaan.
And Shem also divided among his sons, and the 1st portion came forth for Ham and his sons, to the east of the river Tigris until it approaches the east, the whole land of India, and on the Red Sea on its coast, and the waters of Dedan, and all the mountains of Mebri and Ela, and all the land of Susan and all that is on the side of Pharnak to the Red Sea and the river Tina.
And for Asshur came forth the 2nd Portion, all the land of Asshur and Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascends and skirts the river.
And for Arpachshad came forth the 3rd portion, all the land of the region of the Chaldees to the east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Red Sea, and all the waters of the desert close to the tongue of the sea which looks towards Egypt, all the land of Lebanon and Sanir and ‘Amana to the border of the Euphrates.
And for Aram, there came forth the 4th portion, all the land of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north of the Chaldees to the border of the mountains of Asshur and the land of ‘Arara.
And there came forth for Lud the 5th portion, the mountains of Asshur and all appertaining to them until it reaches the Great Sea and until it reaches the east of Asshur his brother.
And Japheth also divided the land of his inheritance among his sons. And the f1st portion came forth for Gomer to the east from the north side to the river Tina, and in the north there came forth for Magog all the inner portions of the north until it reaches to the sea of Me’at.
And for Madai came forth as his portion that he should posses from the west of his 2 brothers to the islands, and to the coasts of the islands. And for Javan came forth the 4th portion of every island and the islands which are towards the border of Lud.
And for Tubal there came forth the 5th portion in the midst of the tongue which approaches towards the border of the portion of Lud to the 2nd tongue, to the region beyond the 2nd tongue to the 3rd tongue.
And for Meshech came forth the 6th portion, all the region beyond the 3rd tongue until it approaches the east of Gadir.
And for Tiras, there came forth the 7th portion, 4 great islands in the midst of the sea, which reach to the portion of Ham, and the islands of Kamaturi came out by lot for the sons of Arpachshad as his inheritance.
And thus the sons of Noah divided to their sons in the presence of Noah their father, and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on everyone that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen to him by his lot. And they all said, “So be it; so be it” for themselves and their sons forever throughout their generations until the day of judgment, on which the Lord God shall judge them with a sword and with fire for all the unclean wickedness of their errors, wherewith they have filled the earth with transgression and uncleanness and fornication and sin.
J: 37 | Y: 1772 | Joktan born
Genesis 10:25b, Jasher 7:20
And the name of the 2nd was Joktan, meaning that in his day the lives of the sons of men were diminished and lessened.
Climax
Y: 1774 | Demons lead astray Noah’s children
Jubilees 10:1-2
And in the 3rd week of this jubilee, the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of the sons of Noah and to err and destroy them. And the sons of Noah came to Noah their father, and they told him concerning the demons which were leading astray and blinding and slaying his sons’ sons.
Noah prays to YHWH
Jubilees 10:3-6
And he prayed before the Lord his God and said: “God of the spirits of all flesh, who has shown mercy to me And has saved me and my sons from the waters of the flood and has not caused me to perish as You did the sons of perdition; for Your grace has been great towards me, and great has been Your mercy to my soul; let Your grace lift up upon my sons, and let not wicked spirits rule over them unless they should destroy them from the earth. But bless me and my sons, that we may increase and multiply and replenish the earth? You know how Your Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, acted in my day: and as for these spirits which are living, imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation, and let them not bring destruction on the sons of thy servant, my God; for these are malignant, and created in order to destroy. And let them not rule over the spirits of the living; for You alone can exercise dominion over them. And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from henceforth and forevermore.”
Falling Action
YHWH tells Noah’s sons to bind the demons
Jubilees 10:7
And the Lord our God bade us to bind all.
Mastema pleads for some to remain unbound
Jubilees 10:8-9
And the chief of the spirits, Mastêmâ, came and said: “Lord, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them listen to my voice, and do all that I shall say to them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my will on the sons of men; for these are for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great is the wickedness of the sons of men.”
And He said: “Let the 10th part of them remain before him, and let 9 parts descend into the place of condemnation.”
Resolution
The angels teach Noah medicine
Jubilees 10:10-14
And one of us He commanded that we should teach Noah all their medicines; for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness. And we did according to all His words: all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation and a 10th part of them we left that they might be subject before Satan on the earth. And we explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth. And Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from hurting the sons of Noah. And he gave all that he had written to Shem, his eldest son; for he loved him exceedingly above all his sons.
This chart shows who was alive in years 1657-1939.