Study Notes Week 26

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Aloud together to hear the Word (Leviticus 23:1-3; Nehemiah 8:1-4; Luke 4:16-17)

26:1 There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. 2 [Elohim]^(LXX) appeared to him, and said, “Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. 3 Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your seed, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give all these lands to your seed. In your seed all the nations of the land will be blessed, 5 because Abraham [your father]^(LXX) obeyed my voice, and guarded my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my Torot.” 6 Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “[She is]^(LXX) my wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.” 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebekah, his wife. 9 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?' ” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.' ” 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!” 11 Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.” 12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped [barley]^(LXX) in the same year one hundred times what he planted. [Elohim]^(LXX) blessed him. 13 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great. 14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him. 15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with dirt. 16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” 17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which [the servants of Abraham his father dug];^(LXX) for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water. 20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah. 22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now [Elohim]^(LXX) has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” 23 He went up from there to Be'ersheba. 24 [Elohim]^(LXX) appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the Elohim of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake.” 25 He built an altar there, and called on name of YHWH, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well. 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We saw plainly that [Elohim]^(LXX) was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between us and you, and let's cut a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of [Elohim].”^(LXX)(mss) 30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 The same day, Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We [did not]^(LXX)(mss) find water.” 33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Be'ersheba” to this day. 34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebekah.

Torah Portion Summary
Context and coherence (Nehemiah 8:8)

Genesis 25:19-34 Review

1. Genesis 25:19 And these are the birthings of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham brought forth Isaac.
2. Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. 21 Isaac interceded to the LORD^(LXX)(mss) for his wife, because she was barren. [And his Elohim listened],^(LXX) and Rebekah his wife conceived.
   1. Genesis 24:62-66 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South. 63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming. 64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my lord.” She took her veil, and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
   2. Genesis 24:67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
3. Genesis 25:22-23 The sons struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She walked to seek [Elohim].^(LXX) 23 [He]^(LXX) said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
4. Genesis 25:24-26 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. 26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
   1. 20 years of barrenness for Rebekah since Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah (cf. Genesis 25:20)
5. Genesis 25:27-34 The boys grew. Esau was a knowing hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a perfect man, living in tents. 28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his wild game. Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. 30 Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom. 31 Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.” 32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau devalued his birthright.

Genesis 25:1-34

1. Genesis 26:1 There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
   1. Genesis 10:13-14 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim, which the Philistines descended from, and Caphtorim.
   2. 1 Chronicles 1:11-12 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistines, and Caphthorim.
      1. Casluhim = כַּסְלֻחִים kashluchim (H3695) are a people or tribe descended from Mizraim (Egypt) progenitors of the Philistines and Caphtorim. כַּסְלֻחִים kashluchim is of foreign derivation and likely comes from a word that means “to be fortified”.
      2. Philistines = פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelisti (H6429) literally means “of Philistia” and are inhabitants of the land of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor to the western seacoast of Canaan. פְּלֶשֶׁת peleset means “land of the sojourners” and is the general territory on the west coast of Canaan or the entire country of Palestine. פָּלַשׁ palash (H6428) is a root of both of these words and means “to roll or wallow” in the dust or ashes while in mourning (cf. Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 25:34; Ezekiel 27:30; Micah 1:10). In relation to sojourning, these words likely mean “rolling around” to or through different lands not ones own.
      3. Palestine and Philistine are not the same thing, though they are related etymologically. The name “Palestine” derives from the ancient Philistines, but the term “Palestinian” refers to the modern inhabitants of the region, including Arabs, Jews, and others. The Philistines were an ancient people who inhabited the region between the 12th century B.C. and the 6th century B.C., while Palestinians are the current residents of the region, a diverse group with various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
         1. Jeremiah 47:4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for YHWH will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
         2. This destruction happened around 600 B.C. and by the 5th century B.C., all historical and archaeological trace of the ancient Philistines had disappeared. “Since the Philistines were completely destroyed during the sixth to fourth centuries B.C.E, it is clear that no modern nation comes from them, including the Palestinians.” – Caleb Howells
            https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/09/palestinians-ancient-philistines/
         3. Long before the 2nd Century, the Greeks began using the term ‘Palestine’ to refer to the whole region between Egypt and Phoenicia (cf. Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus, 1.6.2). This term does come directly from ‘Philistine.’ The Greeks used this for the whole region because they were obviously more familiar with the coastal nation (the Philistines) than the inland one (the Israelites). Eventually, after the Jewish-Roman wars of the first and second centuries [A.D.], the Romans began using the term ‘Syria Palaestina’ for the entire area formerly covered by Judea and Samaria. This term for the region remained popular, evolving into the ‘Palestine’ of modern times. Gradually, in modern times, the people who lived there started identifying as Palestinians.” – Caleb Howells https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/09/palestinians-ancient-philistines/
         4. Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus, 1.6.2…Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt, though it retained the name of one only, the Philistim; for the Greeks call part of that country Palestine. As for the rest, Ludieim, and Enemim, and Labim, who alone inhabited in Libya, and called the country from himself, Nedim, and Phethrosim, and Chesloim, and Cephthorim, we know nothing of them besides their names; for the Ethiopic war which we will describe hereafter, was the cause that those cities were overthrown.
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2. Genesis 26:2 [Elohim]^(LXX) appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about…
   1. Genesis 12:9 Abram traveled, still going on toward the South. 10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
3. Genesis 26:3-4 …Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your seed, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give all these lands to your seed. In your seed all the nations of the land will be blessed,
   1. In Genesis 12:3, we are told that “[Elohim]^(LXX) [had]^(LXX) said to Abram when he was in Mesopotamia before he went to Haran (cf. Acts 7:2-3), “I will make of you a great nation…All the families of the land will be blessed through you.”
   2. Genesis 15:1-21 After these words, the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. [I will shield you. Your wage will be exceedingly much]”^(LXX) 2 Abram said, “[Lord],^(LXX) what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram said, “Behold, you have given no seed to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Behold, the word of [Elohim]^(LXX) came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come from your own bowels will be your heir.” 5 [And he]^(LXX) brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your seed will be.” 6 He believed [in Elohim],^(LXX) and it was imputed to him for righteousness. 7 He said to Abram, “I am [Elohim]^(LXX) who brought you out of Ur Kasdim, to give you this land to inherit it.” 8 He said, “[Lord],^(LXX) how will I know that I will inherit it?” 9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young dove.” 10 He brought him all these, and cut them in two in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t cut the birds in two. 11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 When the sun was going down, a trance fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him. 13 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. 14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth; 15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.” 17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 In that day [Elohim]^(LXX)(mss) cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, [the Hivites],^(LXX) the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
   3. Genesis 22:14-18 Abraham called the name of that place, [Elohim]^(DSS) Yireh. As it is said to this day, “On a mountain [Elohim]^(DSS) appeared.” 15 The angel of [Elohim]^(mss) called to Abraham a second time out of the heavens, 16 and said, I have sworn by myself,’ says YHWH, ‘because you have done this word, and have not withheld your son, your [beloved]^(LXX) one, [from me]^(LXX) 17 I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. 18 All the nations of the land will be blessed by your seed, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”
      1. Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn’t say, “To seeds”, as of many, but as of one, “To your seed”, which is Messiah.
      2. Because of Abraham’s faithfulness and obedience to sacrifice his beloved, only son, Isaac, ALL THE NATIONS OF THE LAND will now be blessed by Yeshua (cf. Galatians 3:16)
4. Genesis 26:5 …because Abraham [your father]^(LXX) obeyed my voice, and guarded my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my Torot.”
   1. Genesis 18:18-19 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the land will be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his sons and his household after him, that they may keep the way of [Elohim],^(mss) to do righteousness and justice; to the end that [Elohim]^(LXX) may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
5. Genesis 26:6-7 Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “[She is]^(LXX) my wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
   1. Genesis 12:9-13 Abram traveled, still going on toward the South. 10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at. 12 It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive. 13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
   2. Genesis Apocryphon 1Q20 Column 19 I, Abraham built and altar (at Bethel) and called to God, praising him. I then went to the Holy mountain and to Hebron where I lived for two years. Because there was famine in the land my family and I traveled to Egypt where grain was plentiful. I went across the branches of the Nile to enter Egypt, the land of the sons of Ham. I had a dream about a cedar tree and a date-palm tree. When people came to cut down the cedar tree, the date-palm tree objected, saying that they were grown from a single root. The cedar tree was spared. I became fearful of the dream and told it to my wife. I explained it as it pertained to us telling Sarah that the men will come for her and try to kill me. I warned Sarah that she must tell everyone that I am her brother so that my life can be spared. She became scared and did not want to go to Zoan for fear of being seen. Five years later, councilors of the Egyptians court and advisors of the Pharaoh of Zoan came, having heard the words of my wife. They brought gifts and requested knowledge from me. I read to them from the Book of the words of Enoch.
   3. Genesis 20:1-3 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He sojourned in Gerar. 2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But Elohim came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is married to a husband.”
6. Genesis 26:8-11 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebekah, his wife. 9 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’ ” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’ ” 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!” 11 Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
   1. Genesis 20:8-18 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. [All]^(LXX) the men were very scared. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my reign a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!” 10 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?” 11 Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of Elohim is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’ 12 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 When Elohim caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ‘ ” 14 Abimelech took [a thousand double-drachmas,]^(LXX) sheep, and cattle, male servants and maids, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah, his wife, to him. 15 Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.” 16 To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.” 17 Abraham prayed to [the Elohim].^(MTT) So Elohim healed Abimelech, his wife, and his maids, and they bore. 18 For [Elohim]^(LXX) had closed up tight all the bowels of the house of Abimelech, upon the word of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
7. Genesis 26:12-14 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped [barley]^(LXX) in the same year one hundred times what he planted. [Elohim]^(LXX) blessed him. 13 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great. 14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
8. Genesis 26:15-22 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with dirt. 16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” 17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which [the servants of Abraham his father dug];^(LXX) for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water. 20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah. 22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now [Elohim]^(LXX) has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
   1. Jubilees 24:14-20 And Isaac waxed strong among the Philistines, and he got many possessions, oxen and sheep and camels and donkeys and a great household. 15. And he sowed in the land of the Philistines and brought in a hundred-fold, and Isaac became exceedingly great, and the Philistines envied him. 16. Now all the wells which the servants of Abraham had dug during the life of Abraham, the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and filled them with dirt. 17. And Abimelech said unto Isaac: “Go from us, for thou art much mightier than we”; and Isaac departed thence in the first year of the seventh week, [2101 A.M.] and sojourned in the valleys of Gerar. 18. And they dug again the wells of water which the servants of Abraham, his father, had dug, and which the Philistines had closed after the death of Abraham his father, and he called their names as Abraham his father had named them. 19. And the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley, and found living water, and the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying: “The water is ours; ” and Isaac called the name of the well “Perversity,” because they had been perverse with us. 20. And they dug a second well, and they strove for that also, and he called its name “Enmity.” And he arose from thence and they dug another well, and for that they strove not, and he called the name of it “Room,” and Isaac said: “Now the Lord hath made room for us, and we have increased in the land.”
9. Genesis 26:23-25 He went up from there to Be’ersheba. 24 [Elohim]^(LXX) appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the Elohim of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 He built an altar there, and called on name of YHWH, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
   1. Jubilees 24:21-24 And he went up from thence to the Well of the Oath in the first year of the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee. 22. And the Lord appeared to him that night, on the new moon of the first new moon, [2108 A.M.] and said unto him: “I am the Elohim of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee and will surely multiply thy seed as the sand of the land, for the sake of Abraham my servant.” 23. And he built an altar there, which Abraham his father had first built, and he called upon the name of the Lord, and he offered slaughter to the Elohim of Abraham his father. 24. And they dug a well and they found living water.
10. Genesis 26:26-33 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We saw plainly that [Elohim]^(LXX) was with you. (cf. Genesis 26:3) We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between us and you, and let’s cut a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of [Elohim].”^(LXX)(mss) 30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We [did not]^(LXX)(mss) find water.” 33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Be’ersheba” to this day.
    1. Jubilees 24:25-33. And the servants of Isaac dug another well and did not find water, and they went and told Isaac that they had not found water, and Isaac said: “I have sworn this day to the Philistines and this thing hath been announced to us.” 26. And he called the name of that place the “Well of the Oath”; for there he had sworn to Abimelech and Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol the prefect of his host. 27. And Isaac knew that day that under constraint he had sworn to them to make peace with them. 28. And Isaac on that day cursed the Philistines and said: “Cursed be the Philistines unto the day of wrath and indignation from the midst of all nations; may Elohim make them a derision and a curse and an object of wrath and indignation in the hands of the sinners the Nations and in the hands of the Kittim. 29. And whoever escapeth the sword of the enemy and the Kittim, may the righteous nation root out in judgment from under the heavens; for they will be the enemies and foes of my children throughout their generations upon the land. 30. And no remnant will be left to them, Nor one that will be saved on the day of the wrath of judgment; For for destruction and rooting out and expulsion from the land is the whole seed of the Philistines (reserved), And there will no longer be left for these Caphtorim a name or a seed on the land (cf. Jeremiah 47:4). 31. For though he ascend unto the heavens, Thence will he be brought down, And though he make himself strong on land, Thence will he be dragged forth, And though he hide himself amongst the nations, Even from thence will he be rooted out; And though he descend into Sheol, There also will his condemnation be great, And there also he will have no peace. 32. And if he go into captivity, By the hands of those that seek his life will they slay him on the way, And neither name nor seed will be left to him on all the land; For into eternal malediction will he depart.” 33. And thus is it written and engraved concerning him on the heavenly tables, to do unto him on the day of judgment, so that he may be rooted out of the land.
11. Genesis 26:34-35 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife oman Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebekah.
    1. Genesis 25:19-23 And these are the birthings of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham brought forth Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. 21 Isaac interceded to the LORD^(LXX)(mss) for his wife, because she was barren. [And his Elohim listened],^(LXX) and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The sons struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She walked to seek [Elohim].^(LXX) 23 [He]^(LXX) said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
       1. Jubilees 19:13-31 And in the sixth week, in the second year thereof, [2046 A.M.] Rebecca bare to Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau, and Jacob was a smooth and upright man, and Esau was fierce, a man of the field, and hairy, and Jacob dwelt in tents. 14. And the youths grew, and Jacob learned to write; but Esau did not learn, for he was a man of the field and a hunter, and he learnt war, and all his deeds were fierce. 15. And Abraham loved Jacob, but Isaac loved Esau. 16. And Abraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Jacob should his name and seed be called; and he called Rebecca and gave commandment regarding Jacob, for he knew that she (too) loved Jacob much more than Esau. 17. And he said unto her: “My daughter, watch over my son Jacob, For he will be in my stead on the land, And for a blessing in the midst of the children of men, And for the glory of the whole seed of Shem. 18. For I know that the Lord will choose him to be a people for possession unto Himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the land. 19. And behold, Isaac my son loveth Esau more than Jacob, but I see that thou truly lovest Jacob. 20. Add still further to thy kindness to him, And let thine eyes be upon him in love; For he will be a blessing unto us on the land from henceforth unto all generations of the land. 21. Let thy hands be strong And let thy heart rejoice in thy son Jacob; For I have loved him far beyond all my sons. He will be blessed for ever, And his seed will fill the whole land. 22. If a man can number the sand of the land, His seed also will be numbered. 23. And all the blessings wherewith the Lord hath blessed me and my seed will belong to Jacob and his seed alway. 24. And in his seed will my name be blessed, and the name of my fathers, Shem, and Noaḥ̣, and Enoch, and Mahalalel, and Enos, and Seth, and Adam. 25. And these will serve To lay the foundations of the heavens, And to strengthen the land, And to renew all the luminaries which are in the firmament.” 26. And he called Jacob before the eyes of Rebecca his mother, and kissed him, and blessed him, and said: 27. “Jacob, my beloved son, whom my soul loveth, may Elohim bless thee from above the firmament, and may He give thee all the blessings wherewith He blessed Adam, and Enoch, and Noaḥ̣, and Shem; and all the things of which He told me, and all the things which He promised to give me, may He cause to cleave to thee and to thy seed for ever, according to the days of the heavens above the land. 28. And the spirits of Mastema will not rule over thee or over thy seed to turn thee from the Lord, who is thy Elohim from henceforth for ever. 29. And may the Lord Elohim be a father to thee and thou the first-born son, and to the people alway. Go in peace, my son.” 30. And they both went forth together from Abraham. 31. And Rebecca loved Jacob, with all her heart and with all her soul, very much more than Esau; but Isaac loved Esau much more than Jacob.
    2. Jubilees 25:1-23 And in the second year of this week in this jubilee, [2109 A.M.] Rebecca called Jacob her son, and spake unto him, saying: “My son, do not take thee a woman of the daughters of Canaan, as Esau, thy brother, who took him two wives of the daughters of Canaan, and they have embittered my soul with all their unclean deeds: for all their deeds are fornication and coveting, and there is no righteousness with them, for (their deeds) are evil. 2. And I, my son, love thee exceedingly, and my heart and my affection bless thee every hour of the day and watch of the night. 3. And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and do the will of thy mother, and do not take thee a woman of the daughters of this land, but only of the house of my father, and of my father’s kindred. Thou wilt take thee a woman of the house of my father, and the Most High Elohim will bless thee, and thy children will be a righteous generation and a holy seed.” 4. And then spake Jacob to Rebecca, his mother, and said unto her: “Behold, mother, I am nine weeks of years old, and I neither know nor have I touched any woman, nor have I betrothed myself to any, nor even think of taking me a woman of the daughters of Canaan. 5. For I remember, mother, the words of Abraham, our father, for he commanded me not to take a woman of the daughters of Canaan, but to take me a woman from the seed of my father’s house and from my kindred. 6. I have heard before that daughters have been born to Laban, thy brother, and I have set my heart on them to take a woman from amongst them. 7. And for this reason I have guarded myself in my spirit against sinning or being corrupted in all my ways throughout all the days of my life; for with regard to coveting and fornication, Abraham, my father, gave me many commands. 8. And, despite all that he hath commanded me, these two and twenty years my brother hath striven with me, and spoken frequently to me and said: ‘My brother, take to wife a sister of my two wives’; but I refuse to do as he hath done. 9. I swear before thee, mother, that all the days of my life I will not take me a woman from the daughters of the seed of Canaan, and I will not act wickedly as my brother hath done. 10. Fear not, mother; be assured that I will do thy will and walk in uprightness, and not corrupt my ways for ever.” 11. And thereupon she lifted up her face to the heavens and extended the fingers of her hands, and opened her mouth and blessed the Most High Elohim, who had created the heavens and the land, and she gave Him thanks and praise. 12. And she said: “Blessed be the Lord Elohim, and may His holy name be blessed for ever and ever, who hath given me Jacob as a pure son and a holy seed; for He is Thine, and Thine will his seed be continually and throughout all the generations for evermore. 13. Bless him, O Lord, and place in my mouth the blessing of righteousness, that I may bless him.” 14. And at that hour, when the spirit of righteousness descended into her mouth, she placed both her hands on the head of Jacob, and said: 15. “Blessed art thou, Lord of righteousness and Elohim of the ages; And may He bless thee beyond all the generations of men. May He give thee, my son, the path of righteousness, And reveal righteousness to thy seed. 16. And may He make thy sons many during thy life, And may they arise according to the number of the new moons of the year. And may their sons become many and great beyond the stars of the heavens, And their numbers be more than the sand of the sea. 17. And may He give them this goodly land–as He said He would give it to Abraham and to his seed after him always — And may they hold it as a possession for ever. 18. And may I see (born) unto thee, my son, blessed children during my life, And a blessed and holy seed may all thy seed be. 19. And as thou hast refreshed thy mother’s spirit during †my† life, The womb of her that bare thee blesseth thee, [My affection] and my breasts bless thee And my mouth and my tongue praise thee greatly. 20. Increase and spread over the land, And may thy seed be perfect in the joy of the heavens and land for ever; And may thy seed rejoice, And on the great day of peace may it have peace. 21. And may thy name and thy seed endure to all the ages, And may the Most High Elohim be their Elohim, And may the Elohim of righteousness dwell with them, And by them may His sanctuary be built unto all the ages. 22. Blessed be he that blesseth thee, And all flesh that curseth thee falsely may it be cursed.” 23. And she kissed him, and said to him “May the Lord of the world love thee As the heart of thy mother and her affection rejoice in thee and bless thee.” And she ceased from blessing.