The Cave of Treasures 50
Jacob’s Sons; The Death of Isaac
Jacob was seventy-seven years old when he received Isaac's blessing and eighty-nine when he begot Reuben by Leah.
1acob was seventy-seven years old when he received the blessing of Isaac, his father, and he was eighty-nine years old when he begot Reuben, his firstborn, by Leah. The sons of Jacob are these:— Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon; these are the sons of Leah. Joseph and Benjamin were the sons of Rachel.
2 Gad and Asher were the sons of Zilpah, the handmaiden of Leah. Dan and Naphtali were the sons of Bilhah, the handmaiden of Rachel. And after twenty years Jacob returned to Isaac his father. And all the days of the life of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years—until the thirty-first year of the life of Levi—and he died in the one hundred and twentieth year of the life of Jacob.
3 Twenty-three years after Jacob went up from Harran, Joseph was sold to the Midianites; he was sold during the lifetime of Isaac, and they mourned for him. When Isaac died Jacob and Esau, his sons, buried him with Abraham and Sara. Seven years later Rebecca died, and was buried with Abraham, and Isaac, and Sara; and Rachel died and was buried with them.
4 And Judah, the son of Jacob, took unto himself to wife Shi’ (Shuah), the Canaanitess, and his father was grieved because he had taken to wife a woman of the seed of Canaan. And Jacob said unto Judah, “May the Lord God of our fathers Abraham and Isaac not permit the seed of Canaan to be mingled with our families.”
5 And there were born unto Judah by Shuah, the Canaanite woman, ‘Îr (Er), Onan, and Shéla (Shelah). And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, Tamar, and he consorted with her unnaturally, and God put him to death. And Judah gave Támár to Ônân, and as soon as his seed became available for Tamar he wasted it, and him also did God put to death.
6 Thus, God did not permit the seed of Canaan to mingle with the seed of Jacob, even as Jacob prayed God that the seed of Canaan, the firstborn of the lascivious Ham, might not be mingled among the generations of the Fathers. And God made Támár go out to the roadside, and Judah lay with her in the passion of fornication, and she conceived and brought forth Peres (Pharez) and Zarah.
Did You Know?
Jacob was seventy-seven years old when he received Isaac's blessing and eighty-nine when he begot Reuben by Leah.
All the days of Isaac's life were one hundred and eighty years, ending in the one hundred and twentieth year of Jacob.
Twenty-three years after Jacob went up from Harran, Joseph was sold to the Midianites while Isaac still lived.
Seven years after Isaac's burial by Jacob and Esau, Rebecca died and was buried with Abraham, Isaac, and Sara.
Judah lay with Tamar by the roadside after Er and Onan died, and she brought forth Peres and Zarah.
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