Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

What Noah Did After Leaving the Ark

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:1

We usually picture him releasing the dove, seeing the rainbow, and then…poof! The story fades. But Jewish tradition, especially in texts outside the Bible, fills in those gaps. Let...

Noah & Flood

Noah's Sacrifice After Leaving the Ark

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:5

This book, considered scripture by some and a valuable historical source by others, gives us a detailed look into the life of figures from the Hebrew Bible. Today, we’re focusing o...

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Ham Saw His Father Naked and Was Cursed

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:14

Specifically, we're going to look at chapter 7, a small but potent piece of the narrative. It centers around a rather embarrassing incident involving Noah, his sons Shem, Ham, and ...

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Shem's Journey

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:22

We often picture Noah stepping off the ark and... well, what? Where did he go? What did he do? The Book of Jubilees, a text not found in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by s...

Noah & Flood

Noah's Burden After Surviving the Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:34

We usually think of him as just relieved, planting vineyards, maybe a little… tipsy. But imagine being Noah. You’ve just survived the unimaginable. The entire world, wiped clean. Y...

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Arpachshad's Testimony Passed Down for Generations

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:1

We're talking about a time when the memory of the cataclysm was still fresh, a time of rebuilding, both literally and figuratively. And smack dab in the middle of this is Arpachsha...

Creation

Eber and Noah of Shelah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:9

The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, tells us that Eber had something important to write down. But, as it says, "he wrote it down an...

Noah & Flood

Noah Divided the World Among His Three Sons

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:19

How did they decide who got what? Well, the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating ancient Jewish text considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, gives us a glimpse into that ...

Noah & Flood

Noah Blessed God and Divided the Earth

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:34

It’s a question that’s echoed through generations. According to the Book of Jubilees, it was Noah himself who laid out the boundaries. Imagine Noah, fresh off the Ark, surveying a ...

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