Jasher 12: 57-70

May 7, 2024 (Gregorian Calendar)
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Ancient Book of Jasher

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Jasher 12: 57-70
57 Now therefore my king, surely thou knowest that it is now fifty-two years
since thy sages saw this at the birth of Abram, and if my king will suffer Abram
to live in the earth it will be to the injury of my lord and king,
for all the days that Abram liveth neither thou nor thy kingdom will be established,
for this was known formerly at his birth; and why will not my king slay him,
that his evil may be kept from thee in latter days?
58 And Nimrod hearkened to the voice of Anuki, and he sent some of his servants
in secret to go and seize Abram, and bring him before the king to suffer death.
59 And Eliezer, Abram’s servant whom the king had given him, was at that time in the presence of the king, and he heard what Anuki had advised the king, and what the king had said to cause Abram’s death.
60 And Eliezer said to Abram, Hasten, rise up and save thy soul,
that thou mayest not die through the hands of the king, for thus did he see in a dream concerning thee,
and thus did Anuki interpret it, and thus also did Anuki advise the king concerning thee.
61 And Abram hearkened to the voice of Eliezer, and Abram hastened
and ran for safety to the house of Noah and his son Shem,
and he concealed himself there and found a place of safety;
and the king’s servants came to Abram’s house to seek him,
but they could not find him, and they searched through out the country and he was not to be found,
and they went and searched in every direction and he was not to be met with.
62 And when the king’s servants could not find Abram they returned to the king,
but the king’s anger against Abram was stilled, as they did not find him,
and the king drove from his mind this matter concerning Abram.
63 And Abram was concealed in Noah’s house for one month, until the king had forgotten this matter,
but Abram was still afraid of the king; and Terah came to see Abram
his son secretly in the house of Noah, and Terah was very great in the eyes of the king.
64 And Abram said to his father, Dost thou not know that the king thinketh to slay me,
and to annihilate my name from the earth by the advice of his wicked counsellors?
65 Now whom hast thou here and what hast thou in this land? Arise,
let us go together to the land of Canaan, that we may be delivered from his hand,
lest thou perish also through him in the latter days.
66 Dost thou not know or hast thou not heard, that it is not through love that Nimrod
giveth thee all this honor, but it is only for his benefit that he bestoweth all this good upon thee?
67 And if he do unto thee greater good than this, surely these are only vanities of the world,
for wealth and riches cannot avail in the day of wrath and anger.
68 Now therefore hearken to my voice, and let us arise and go to the land of Canaan,
out of the reach of injury from Nimrod; and serve thou the Lord who created thee in the earth
and it will be well with thee; and cast away all the vain things which thou pursuest.
69 And Abram ceased to speak, when Noah and his son Shem answered Terah, saying,
True is the word which Abram hath said unto thee.
70 And Terah hearkened to the voice of his son Abram, and Terah did all that Abram said,
for this was from the Lord, that the king should not cause Abram’s death.

“This is one of the apocryphal Books of Jasher. There are several (as many as five) separate works by this title, all composed much later than Biblical times. This particular one is a translation of a Hebrew book printed in 1613. Sepir Ha Yasher, the Hebrew title of this book, means the ‘Book of the Upright’, or ‘the Upright or Correct Record’. This title was misread as ‘Jasher’, and at some point Jasher was treated as a proper name; however, the pronoun ‘the’ (Hebrew ‘ha’) never preceeds proper names. There is also another spurious Book of Jasher, published 1750, in which Jasher is treated as the name of the author.

“This text covers much of the same ground as the traditional Mosaic books of the Bible, from the creation of the world to the death of Moses, albeit with several minor variations.

“Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?”–Joshua 10: 13
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
“Behold it is written in the Book of Jasher.”–II. Samuel 1: 18
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) (Sacred Texts)

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