- And it came to pass in the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee, in the second year, that
is, the year in which Abraham died, that Isaac and Ishmael came from the Well of the Oath to
celebrate the feast of weeks -that is, the feast of the first fruits of the harvest-to Abraham,
their
father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come.
- For Isaac had many
possessions in
Beersheba, and Isaac was wont to go and see his possessions and to return to his father.
- And in those days Ishmael came to see his father, and they both came together, and Isaac offered
a sacrifice
for a burnt offering, and presented it on the altar of his father which he had made in
Hebron.
- And he offered a thank offering and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and
Rebecca made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Jacob, her son, to take them to
Abraham, his father, from the first fruits of the land, that he might eat and bless the Creator of all
things before he died.
- And Isaac, too, sent by the hand of Jacob to Abraham a best thank offering, that he
might eat and
drink.
- And he eat and drank, and blessed the Most High God,
Who hath created heaven and earth,
Who hath made all the fat things of the earth,
And given them to the children of men
That they might eat and drink and bless their Creator.
- 'And now I give thanks unto Thee, my God, because thou hast caused me to see this
day: behold, I am one hundred three score and fifteen years, an old man and full of days, and all
my days have
been unto me peace.
- The sword of the adversary has not overcome me in all that Thou
hast given
me and my children all the days of my life until this day.
- My God, may Thy mercy and
Thy peace be upon Thy servant, and upon the seed of his sons, that they may be to Thee a chosen
nation and an inheritance from amongst all the nations of the earth from henceforth unto all the
days of the
generations of the earth, unto all the ages.'
- And he called Jacob and said: 'My son
Jacob, may the God of all bless thee and strengthen thee to do righteousness, and His will before
Him, and may He choose thee and thy seed that ye may become a people for His inheritance
according to His will
alway.
- And do thou, my son, Jacob, draw near and kiss me.' And he drew near and
kissed him, and he said:
'Blessed be my son Jacob
And all the sons of God Most High, unto all the ages:
May God give unto thee a seed of righteousness;
And some of thy sons may He sanctify in the midst of the whole earth;
May nations serve thee,
And all the nations bow themselves before thy seed.
- Be strong in the presence of men,
And exercise authority over all the seed of Seth.
Then thy ways and the ways of thy sons will be justified,
So that they shall become a holy nation.
- May the Most High God give thee all the blessings
Wherewith He has blessed me
And wherewith He blessed Noah and Adam;
May they rest on the sacred head of thy seed from generation to generation for ever.
- And may He cleanse thee from all unrighteousness and impurity,
That thou mayest be forgiven all the transgressions; which thou hast committed
ignorantly.
And may He strengthen thee,
And bless thee.
And mayest thou inherit the whole earth,
- And may He renew His covenant with thee.
That thou mayest be to Him a nation for His inheritance for all the ages,
And that He may be to thee and to thy seed a God in truth and righteousness throughout
all the days of the earth.
- And do thou, my son Jacob, remember my words,
And observe the commandments of Abraham, thy father:
Separate thyself from the nations,
And eat not with them:
And do not according to their works,
And become not their associate;
For their works are unclean,
And all their ways are a Pollution and an abomination and uncleanness.
- They offer their sacrifices to the dead
And they worship evil spirits,
And they eat over the graves,
And all their works are vanity and nothingness.
- They have no heart to understand
And their eyes do not see what their works are,
And how they err in saying to a piece of wood: 'Thou art my God,'
And to a stone: 'Thou art my Lord and thou art my deliverer.'
[And they have no heart.]
- And as for thee, my son Jacob,
May the Most High God help thee
And the God of heaven bless thee
And remove thee from their uncleanness and from all their error.
- Be thou ware, my son Jacob, of taking a wife from any seed of the daughters of Canaan;
For all his seed is to be rooted out of the earth.
- For, owing to the transgression of Ham, Canaan erred,
And all his seed shall be destroyed from off the earth and all the residue thereof,
And none springing from him shall be saved on the day of judgment.
- And as for all the worshippers of idols and the profane
(b) There shall be no hope for them in the land of the living;
(c) And there shall be no remembrance of them on the earth;
(c) For they shall descend into Sheol,
(d) And into the place of condemnation shall they go,
As the children of Sodom were taken away from the earth
So will all those who worship idols be taken away.
- Fear not, my son Jacob,
And be not dismayed, O son of Abraham:
May the Most High God preserve thee from destruction,
And from all the paths of error may he deliver thee.
- This house have I built for myself that I might put my name upon it in the earth: [it is
given to thee and to thy seed for ever], and it will be named the house of Abraham; it is given to
thee and to thy seed for ever; for thou wilt build my house and establish my name before God for
ever: thy seed and thy name will stand throughout all generations of the earth.'
- And he ceased commanding him and blessing him.
- And the two lay together on one
bed, and Jacob slept in the bosom of Abraham, his father's father and he kissed him seven times,
and his
affection and his heart rejoiced over him.
- And he blessed him with all his heart and
said: 'The Most High God, the God of all, and Creator of all, who brought me forth from Ur of
the Chaldees that he might give me this land to inherit it for ever, and that I might establish a holy
seed-blessed
be the Most High for ever.'
- And he blessed Jacob and said: 'My son, over whom with
all my heart and my affection I rejoice, may Thy grace and Thy mercy be lift up upon him and
upon his seed
alway.
- And do not forsake him, nor set him at nought from henceforth unto the days
of eternity, and may Thine eyes be opened upon him and upon his seed, that Thou mayst preserve
him, and
bless him, and mayest sanctify him as a nation for Thine inheritance;
- And bless him with
all Thy blessings from henceforth unto all the days of eternity, and renew Thy covenant and Thy
grace with him and with his seed according to all Thy good pleasure unto all the generations of
the earth.'