Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Marriage of Jacob and Esau

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 38:15

In chapter 38, we read about what happened after Jacob’s sons came into conflict with the sons of Esau in the mountains of Seir. The sons of Jacob, fierce and determined, pressed h...

PatriarchsJosephEgypt

Jerusalem the Golden and Jobab

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 38:19

The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered canonical by some but excluded from the Hebrew Bible as we know it, gives us glimpses into that world. It’s a retelling of Genes...

Holy Land

Legacy of the Forefathers and Joseph

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 39:3

Our story picks up with Joseph, a mere seventeen years old, ripped from his family and sold into slavery in Egypt. Talk about a rough start! The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating tex...

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Marriage of Joseph

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 39:7

It’s a universal human experience, and it echoes through our sacred stories. Take the tale of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, for example. We know the story well from Genesis, but the ...

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Jacob's Prayer and Benjamin

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 42:23

The famine in the land was brutal. The people were starving. Desperate, Jacob turned to his sons: "Go again," he pleaded, "and procure food for us, that we die not." But his sons w...

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Kingdom of Moses and Egyptian

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 48:1

We all know the story of Moses striking down the Egyptian taskmaster to save a Hebrew slave. But what happens next? The Book of Jubilees, a text considered canonical by some but ex...

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Face of Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 48:9

We all know the story of the plagues visited upon Egypt. Blood, frogs, locusts… a greatest hits album of divine retribution. But what about the behind-the-scenes details? What abou...

MosesHoly LandEgypt

Fruits of the Land and Mast

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 48:23

We all know the story: the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, the Israelites' triumphant escape from Egypt. But what about the behind-the-scenes cosmic drama? The Book of Jubilee...

Holy Land

Acts of Creation and Sabbath

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 50:9

A world without evil. Sounds pretty good. The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints just such a picture. It's not part of the standard Hebrew Bible, but ...

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