In a world reborn from the ravages of the flood, Noah and his sons embark on a journey to reshape humanityâs destiny. Amidst the backdrop of verdant vineyards on Mount Lubar, Noah, the patriarch, celebrates a bountiful harvest with a sacred feast, only for tragedy to strike when Ham, driven by curiosity, exposes his fatherâs vulnerability. This act of betrayal sets off a chain of events as Shem and Japheth, with reverent care, seek to restore their fatherâs dignity, while Noahâs wrathful curse upon Canaan echoes ominously through the generations.
As Noah imparts the sacred commandments to his descendants, he warns them of the perils that once led to mankindâs downfall: the forbidden unions of the Watchers, the birth of monstrous giants, and the rivers of bloodshed that polluted the earth. His plea for righteousness and harmony is a desperate bid to prevent history from repeating itself. Despite his warnings, tensions rise among his sons, threatening to unravel the fragile peace. Ham, embittered by his fatherâs curse, parts ways to forge his own path, while Japheth, driven by envy, builds his own city, and Shem, ever faithful, remains by Noahâs side, establishing a new legacy close to home.
In the shadow of Mount Lubar, three cities emerge, each named after the wives of Noahâs sons, marking the divergent paths of a family striving to balance duty, ambition, and the haunting specters of their past. The saga of Noah and his lineage unfolds with dramatic tension and profound moral stakes, as the seeds of future conflict and redemption are sown in the fertile grounds of their new world.
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Genesis
25%
Jasher
10%
Jubilees
65%
Exposition
Arphaxad born
Genesis 10:21-22, 11:10
Jasher 7:15a, 19a
Jubilees 7:18
Ham steals the garments of YHWH
Jubilee: 34-35
Year: 1658-1680
First generation after the flood is born
Genesis 10:1-2, 6
Jasher 7:1-2, 10a
Jubilees 7:19
Rising Action
Noah planted a vineyard
Genesis 9:20
Jubilees 7:1a
Jubilee: 35
Year: 1668
Month: 7
Fruit produced from the vineyard
Year: 1669
Month: 1
Day: 1
Noah makes wine and celebrates
Climax
Noah gets drunk, naked, and sleeps in his tent
Genesis 9:21
Jubilees 7:7
Ham sees his fatherâs nakedness
Genesis 9:22
Jubilees 7:8
Shem and Japheth cover their fatherâs nakedness
Genesis 9:23
Jubilees 7:9
Noah awakens and issues curses and blessings
Genesis 9:24-27
Jubilees 7:10-12
Falling Action
Noah gives instructions to his sons
Resolution
Each of Noahâs sons build cities and name them after their wives
Jubilee: 34
Year: 1659
Arphaxad born i
Genesis 10:21
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Genesis 10:22, 11:10
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Jasher 7:15a, 19a
15a And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram, five sons;
19a These are the generations of Shem; Shem begat Arpachshad
Jubilees 7:18
18 And these are the sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad -this (son) was born two years after the flood- and Lud, and Aram.
Ham steals the garments of YHWH
Jasher 7:27
27 And in their going out, Ham stole those garments from Noah his father, and he took them and hid them from his brothers.
Jubilee: 34-35
Year: 1658-1680
First generation after the flood is born ii
Genesis 10:1
1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Jasher 7:1
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham and Shem; and children were born to them after the flood, for they had taken wives before the flood.
Genesis 10:2
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Jasher 7:2
2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.
Jubilees 7:19
19 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan, Tubal and Meshech and Tiras: these are the sons of Noah.
Genesis 10:6
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Jasher 7:10a
10a And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mitzraim, Phut and Canaan, four sons;
Jubilee: 34
Year: 1665
Noah planted a vineyard
Genesis 9:20
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Jubilees 7:1a
1a And in the seventh week in the first year [1317 A.M.] thereof, in this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain on which the ark had rested, named Lubar, one of the Ararat Mountains,
Jubilee: 35
Year: 1668
Month: 7
Fruit produced from the vineyard
Jubilees 7:1b
1b and they produced fruit in the fourth year, [1320 A.M.] and he guarded their fruit, and gathered it in this year in the seventh month.
Year: 1669
Month: 1
Day: 1
Noah makes wine and celebrates
Jubilees 7:2-6
2 And he made wine therefrom and put it into a vessel, and kept it until the fifth year, [1321 A.M.] until the first day, on the new moon of the first month.
3 And he celebrated with joy the day of this feast, and he made a burnt sacrifice unto the Lord, one young ox and one ram, and seven sheep, each a year old, and a kid of the goats, that he might make atonement thereby for himself and his sons.
4 And he prepared the kid first, and placed some of its blood on the flesh that was on the altar which he had made, and all the fat he laid on the altar where he made the burnt sacrifice, and the ox and the ram and the sheep, and he laid all their flesh upon the altar.
5 And he placed all their offerings mingled with oil upon it, and afterwards he sprinkled wine on the fire which he had previously made on the altar, and he placed incense on the altar and caused a sweet savour to ascend acceptable before the Lord his God.
6 And he rejoiced and drank of this wine, he and his children with joy.
Noah gets drunk, naked, and sleeps in his tent
Genesis 9:21
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Jubilees 7:7
7 And it was evening, and he went into his tent, and being drunken he lay down and slept, and was uncovered in his tent as he slept.
Ham sees his father's nakedness
Genesis 9:22
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Jubilees 7:8
8 And Ham saw Noah his father naked, and went forth and told his two brethren without.
Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness
Genesis 9:23
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fatherâs nakedness.
Jubilees 7:9
9 And Shem took his garment and arose, he and Japheth, and they placed the garment on their shoulders and went backward and covered the shame of their father, and their faces were backward.
Noah awakens and issues curses and blessings
Genesis 9:24-27
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Jubilees 7:10-12
10 And Noah awoke from his sleep and knew all that his younger son had done unto him, and he cursed his son and said: âCursed be Canaan; an enslaved servant shall he be unto his brethren.â
11 And he blessed Shem, and said: âBlessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.
12 God shall enlarge Japheth, and God shall dwell in the dwelling of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.â
Year: 1672
Noah gives instructions to his sons
Jubilees 7:20-39
20 And in the twenty-eighth jubilee [1324-1372 A.M.] Noah began to enjoin upon his sonsâ sons the ordinances and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity.
21 For owing to these three things came the flood upon the earth, namely, owing to the fornication wherein the Watchers against the law of their ordinances went a whoring after the daughters of men, and took themselves wives of all which they chose: and they made the beginning of uncleanness.
22 And they begat sons the Naphidim, and they were all unlike, and they devoured one another: and the Giants slew the Naphil, and the Naphil slew the Eljo, and the Eljo mankind, and one man another.
23 And every one sold himself to work iniquity and to shed much blood, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
24 And after this they sinned against the beasts and birds, and all that moves and walks on the earth: and much blood was shed on the earth, and every imagination and desire of men imagined vanity and evil continually.
25 And the Lord destroyed everything from off the face of the earth; because of the wickedness of their deeds, and because of the blood which they had shed in the midst of the earth He destroyed everything.
26 âAnd we were left, I and you, my sons, and everything that entered with us into the ark, and behold I see your works before me that ye do not walk in righteousness: for in the path of destruction ye have begun to walk, and ye are parting one from another, and are envious one of another, and (so it comes) that ye are not in harmony, my sons, each with his brother.
27 For I see, and behold the demons have begun (their) seductions against you and against your children and now I fear on your behalf, that after my death ye will shed the blood of men upon the earth, and that ye, too, will be destroyed from the face of the earth.
28 For whoso sheddeth manâs blood, and whoso eateth the blood of any flesh, shall all be destroyed from the earth.
29 And there shall not be left any man that eateth blood, or that sheddeth the blood of man on the earth, Nor shall there be left to him any seed or descendants living under heaven; For into Sheol shall they go, And into the place of condemnation shall they descend, And into the darkness of the deep shall they all be removed by a violent death.
30 There shall be no blood seen upon you of all the blood there shall be all the days in which ye have killed any beasts or cattle or whatever flies upon the earth, and work ye a good work to your souls by covering that which has been shed on the face of the earth.
31 And ye shall not be like him who eats with blood, but guard yourselves that none may eat blood before you: cover the blood, for thus have I been commanded to testify to you and your children, together with all flesh.
32 And suffer not the soul to be eaten with the flesh, that your blood, which is your life, may not be required at the hand of any flesh that sheds (it) on the earth.
33 For the earth will not be clean from the blood which has been shed upon it; for (only) through the blood of him that shed it will the earth be purified throughout all its generations.
34 And now, my children, harken: work judgment and righteousness that ye maybe planted in righteousness over the face of the whole earth, and your glory lifted up before my God, who saved me from the waters of the flood.
35 And behold, ye will go and build for yourselves cities, and plant in them all the plants that are upon the earth, and moreover all fruit-bearing trees.
36 For three years the fruit of everything that is eaten will not be gathered: and in the fourth year its fruit will be accounted holy [and they will offer the first-fruits], acceptable before the Most High God, who created heaven and earth and all things. Let them offer in abundance the first of the wine and oil (as) first-fruits on the altar of the Lord, who receives it, and what is left let the servants of the house of the Lord eat before the altar which receives (it).
37 And in the fifth year make ye the release so that ye release it in righteousness and uprightness, and ye shall be righteous, and all that you plant shall prosper.
38 For thus did Enoch, the father of your father command Methuselah, his son, and Methuselah his son Lamech, and Lamech commanded me all the things which his fathers commanded him.
39 And I also will give you commandment, my sons, as Enoch commanded his son in the first jubilees: whilst still living, the seventh in his generation, he commanded and testified to his son and to his sonâs sons until the day of his death.â
Year: 1681
Each of Noah's sons build cities and name them after their wives
Jubilees 7:13-17
13 And Ham knew that his father had cursed his younger son, and he was displeased that he had cursed his son. And he parted from his father, he and his sons with him, Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
14 And he built for himself a city and called its name after the name of his wife Neâelatamaâuk.
15 And Japheth saw it, and became envious of his brother, and he too built for himself a city, and he called its name after the name of his wife âAdataneses.
16 And Shem dwelt with his father Noah, and he built a city close to his father on the mountain, and he too called its name after the name of his wife Sedeqetelebab.
17 And behold these three cities are near Mount Lubar; Sedeqetelebab fronting the mountain on its east; and Naâeltamaâuk on the south; âAdatanâeses towards the west.
Notes
i
Shem was born in 1556 and his son, Arphaxad, was born 102 years later, not 100 years later.
ii
Itâs estimated that the first generation after the flood was born between 1658-1680.
