Book of Jubilees: The Book of Jubilees: Jacob's Flight with his Family: his Covenant with Laban (xxix. 1-12)

Jacob's Flight with his Family: his Covenant with Laban (xxix. 1-12; cf. Gen, xxxi.).

XXIX. And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Laban went to shear his sheep; for they were distant from him a three days' journey. 2. And Jacob saw that Laban was going to shear his

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2 9. But before they used to call the land of Gilead the land of the Rephaim; 3 for it was the land of the Rephaim, and the Rephaim were born (there), giants whose height was ten, nine, eight down to seven cubits. 10. 4 And their habitation was from the land of the children of Ammon to Mount Hermon, and the seats of their kingdom were Karnaim and

1 and Edrei, and Mîsûr, 2 and Beon. 3 11. And the Lord destroyed them because of the evil of their deeds; for they were very malignant, and the Amorites dwelt in their stead, wicked and sinful, and there is no people to-day which hath wrought to the full all their sins, and they have no longer length of life on the earth. 4 12. And Jacob sent away Laban, and he departed into Mesopotamia, the land of the East, and Jacob returned to the land of Gilead.

Footnotes

150:1 Gen. XXX. 28 has "appoint me thy wages."

150:2 A wrong rendering of the Hebrew (Gen. xxx. 32), which means "speckled" (nāḳōd).

150:3 Speckled and black, variously marked LXX ποικίλα καὶ σποδοιεδῆ ῥαντά does not represent σποδοειδῆ.

150:4 And sheep so LXX (Gen. xxx. 43); but MT and other versions omit.

151:1 So LXX (Gen. xxxi. 20) and Targ. Onkelos; but MT Sam., Vulg., ''stole" (the heart of Laban).

151:2 Cf. Gen. xxxi. 47 ("Galeed" = "Heap of Witness").

151:3 Cf. Gen. xiv. 5.

151:4 The places here mentioned were, perhaps, associated with Maccabean victories in the mind of our author (Charles).

152:1 In MT of Gen. xiv. 5, Asheroth-karnaim is one place; but Syr. and some MSS. of LXX support our text. Karnaim was captured by. Judas Maccabæus (1 Macc. 43 f.).

152:2 In Deut. iii. 10 "plain" = mîshôr.

152:3 = probably the Bæan of 1 Macc. v. 4 f., which was destroyed by Judas.

152:4 Judas "must have nearly annihilated" the Amorites (Charles).

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