Parshat Noach

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The story of Noah and the great flood, the ark, the covenant of the rainbow, the Tower of Babel, and the generations from Noah to Abraham. Genesis 6:9-11:32.

Noah Before the Altar

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:4

After all that devastation, how did Noah make things right again, not just with God, but with the very earth itself? Well, the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating ancient Jewish text, ...

Noah & FloodTempleRepentanceSacrifice

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:43

The passage we’re looking at today comes from chapter 6, and it's all about Noah and the flood. But it's not just a retelling of the familiar story. It's about marking time, about ...

Noah & Flood

The Great Flood of Canaan

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:18

It all goes back to a rather dramatic episode after the flood, as recounted in the Book of Jubilees. Now, we know the story: Noah's son, Ham, sees his father in a… well, let’s just...

Holy Land

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

Watchers: Noah at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:26

We know he built an altar, offered sacrifices (Genesis 8:20), and, well, planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20-21). But what about teaching? Did he just let humanity wander off to rebui...

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Wanderings of Noah and Talk

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...

Noah & FloodExile

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:46

It’s a thread woven through so much of Jewish thought, and it surfaces powerfully in the Book of Jubilees. This ancient text, considered canonical by some but not included in the s...

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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 and Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 9:11

We're not talking politics here, but something far older, something almost mythical. Let's turn to the Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text also known as Lesser Genesis, that o...

Moses