Book of Jasher (Sefer haYashar) 10

~130~ And it came to pass at the time of the year, that the sons of Jacob traveled from Nablus, and returned and came to Hebron to their father Yitzchak and dwelt there. But their flocks and herds and all that they had grazed in Nablus every day, because there was good and fat pasture in Nablus in those days. And Jacob and his sons and all their household dwelt in the valley of Hebron. And it came to pass in those days in that year, the year of one hundred and six years of Jacob's life, that in the tenth year Jacob came from Padan Aram. And Leah, Jacob's wife, died that year, fifty-one years old when she died in Hebron. And Jacob and his sons buried her in the cave of the Field of the Machpelah which is in Hebron, which Abraham bought from the sons of Hat for a grave estate. And the sons of Jacob dwelt with their father in the valley of Hebron, and all the inhabitants of the land knew of their prowess, and they were heard throughout the land. And Yosef son of Jacob and Benjamin his brother, the sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were still small in those days, and did not go out with their brothers in their wars in all the cities of the Amorites. And Joseph saw the bravery of his brothers and their greatness and praised them and praised them, but he magnified his soul over them and exalted himself in his soul towards them. And also Jacob his father loved him more than all his sons because he was the son of Zakonum, and he made him a striped shirt out of his love for him. And Joseph saw that his father loved him more than all his brothers, and Joseph even more, and Joseph married his brother and brought his brothers a bad slander about them. And the sons of Jacob saw all the deeds of Joseph, their brother with them, and that their father loved him more than all of them, and they hated him and could not speak of peace all the days.

~131~ And Joseph was seventeen years old and he was still growing his soul over his brothers, and he said to be proud of them. At that time he had a dream and came to his brothers and told them his dream. And he said to them, I dreamed a dream, and behold, we are all heaving sheaves in the field, and my sheaf will rise and stand in the land, and your sheaves will go around it and bow down to it. And his brothers answered him and said to him, "What is this dream that you dreamed, say in your heart to reign or rule over us." And it came again and the word was told to Jacob his father, and Jacob kissed Joseph when he heard the words from his mouth and Jacob blessed Joseph. And the sons of Jacob saw that their father blessed Joseph and kissed him, and they loved him very much, and they became very jealous of him and hated him even more. And it came to pass after that, that Joseph dreamed yet another dream, and told the dream to his father in front of his brothers. And Joseph said to his father and to his brothers, Behold, I have dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bow down to me. And his father heard Joseph's words and his dream, and saw that his brothers hated Joseph because of this. And Jacob argued with Yosef in front of his brothers about this thing, saying, what is this dream that you dreamed and you will raise your soul over your brothers who are older than you. Think in your heart that let me and your mother and your eleven brothers come to worship you, because you will speak like these words. And his brothers were jealous of him for all his words and dreams and added more to hate him, and Jacob kept the dreams in his heart.

~132~ And it came to pass today that the sons of Jacob went to feed their father's sheep in Nablus, for they were still feeding in Nablus in those days. And it came to pass that the sons of Jacob were shepherds in the field that day, and they lingered and passed by when he had gathered all the provisions, and they did not come. And Jacob saw that his sons had delayed in Nablus, and Jacob said in his heart lest the men of Nablus rise up against them to fight them, therefore he delayed their coming this day. And Jacob called his son Joseph and sent him to say, aren't your brothers shepherding in Nablus today and here they haven't come yet, please go and see where they are and tell me the peace of your brother and the peace of the flock. And Jacob sent his son Joseph from the valley of Hebron, and Joseph came to his brother Shechema and did not find them. And Joseph went in the field near Nablus to see where his brothers had turned, and he went and got lost on the way in the desert and did not know where he was going. And the angel of the Lord found him wandering on the road in the field, and Joseph said to him, Joseph, where shall you go, and what will you ask for? And Joseph said to the angel of God, I am asking for my brothers, haven't you heard where they are grazing. And the angel of the Lord said to Joseph, I saw your brothers shepherding here and I heard them saying to go to their fields. And Joseph heard the voice of God's angel and went to Dotina to his brothers, and found them shepherds in Dotina. And Joseph came to his brothers, and before he could approach them, his brothers saw him from afar and consulted him to kill him. And Simeon said to his brother, behold, the owner of dreams has come to us this day. And now they went and killed him and threw him into one of the pits in this desert, and our father asked him for it, and we said, "An evil animal has eaten him." And Reuben heard the words of his brothers about Yosef and said to them, Do not do this thing and how did we behave before Jacob our father. But they threw him into this pit to die there and do not send a hand to spill his blood, and Reuben said so in order to save him from their hands to return him to his father.

~133~ And it happened when Joseph came to his brothers and sat before them, and they stood over him and held him and beat him to the ground and stripped him of the Passim robe that was on him. And they took him and threw him into the cistern, and the cistern is empty, there is no water in it but snakes and scorpions. And Joseph was afraid of the snakes and scorpions in the pit and Joseph cried out with a loud voice, and God hid the snakes and scorpions in the walls of the pit and they did not harm Joseph. And Joseph called out of the pit to his brothers and said to them, What have I done to you and what have I sinned, why will you not see before God through me. Am I not selfish, yourselves and your flesh, and Jacob your father is my father, and why do you do this thing to me today and how will you stand before Jacob my father. And he shouted and called to his brother from the pit and said, Yehuda Reuben Shimon and Levi my brother Shauni from the darkness in which you put me and have seen today the face of God and the face of Jacob my father. And if I have sinned against you, aren't you the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who if they saw an orphan, they would pity him, and if he was hungry, they would feed him bread, and if he was thirsty, they would give him water, and if he was naked, they would cover him. And how will you not have mercy on your brother because I am your own and your flesh, and if I have sinned against you do not do it for my father. And Yosef spoke all these things from the pit, and his brothers did not listen to him and did not incline their ears to all the words of Yosef, and he was shouting and crying in the pit. And Joseph said, May my father know today the deed my brothers did to me and the things they spoke to me today. And all his brothers heard his cry and his cry in the pit, and his brothers went and moved away from the pit so that they would not hear Joseph's cry and his cry in the pit. And they went and sat on the other side as far away as bowmen, and sat there to eat bread.

~134~ And they were eating and consulted together what to do with him, whether to kill him or to return him to his father. They will look up and lift up their eyes and see, and behold, a host of Ishmaelites is coming from afar from the road of Gilead, going down from Egypt. And Yehuda said to them, "What do we do, for we will kill our brother, lest God require him of him?" This is the advice you will give him, and here is this guest of the Ishmaelites coming to us going through Egypt. Now go and deliver him to them, and let not our hands be on him, and they will lead him on their way, and he will perish among the people of the whole land, and we will not kill him in our hands. And the thing was good in the eyes of his brothers, and they did as Judah said. And it happened that they were talking about this and before the host of the Ishmaelites came against them, and seven people from the states and merchants passed from among them. And it came to pass before them, and they thirsted for water, and they lifted up their eyes, and they saw the pit where Joseph was there, and they saw, and behold, every fowl of its kind was upon it. And those religious people ran to the well to drink water, because they thought there was water in it. And they came before the pit and heard the voice of Yosef shouting and crying in the pit, and they looked into the pit and saw and behold a handsome young man with a very beautiful appearance. And they called him and said to him, who are you and who brought you here and who put you in this pit in the desert. And they all gave their hand and carried Joseph and pulled him up from the pit, and took him and went their way. And they passed by his brother, and his brother saw Joseph in the hand of the Midianites. And they said to them, why do you do this thing to take our servant from us and go away. Are we not the ones who put this boy in the pit because he rebelled against us, and you come and lift him up and lead him away, and now give us our servant.

~135~ And the rulers answered and said to the sons of Jacob, this one is your servant or this one will serve you. Perhaps you are all his servants because he is the most handsome and the most handsome of all of you, and he is the best seer of all of you, and why do you all speak to us falsely? And now we will not listen to your words and we will not listen to you, because we found the boy in a pit in the desert and took him and went. And all the sons of Jacob approached them and stood up against them and said to them, Give us our servants and why will you all die by the sword. And the statesmen shouted at them and they all drew their swords, and went to fight the sons of Jacob. And here Shimon got up from his seat over them, and he skipped across the land and drew his sword and approached the Midianites. And he shouted a great shout before them and his shout was heard afar off, and the earth shook from the shout of Simon. And the statesmen were afraid of Shimon and the sound of his shouting, and they fell on their faces and were greatly frightened. And Shimon said to them, Am I not myself, Shimon son of Jacob the Hebrew, who destroyed the whole city of Nablus by myself and the cities of the Amorites with my brothers. Thus will God do to me and thus will he add, because if all the people of Midian, your brothers, and the kings of Canaan came with you, they would not be able to fight me. And now give the boy whom you have taken, lest I give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. And the statesmen were still afraid of Shimon, and they approached the sons of Jacob with fear and terror and soft words to say. Because you said this boy is your servant and he will rebel against you, therefore you put him in a pit, and what will you do with a slave who will rebel against his master. Now they sold it to us and she gave you everything you wanted in it, and God wanted to do this so that the sons of Jacob would not kill their brothers.

~136~ And the rulers saw Yosef as handsome and beautiful in appearance, and they coveted him in their hearts and were strong enough to buy him from his brother. And the sons of Jacob obeyed the Midianites, and sold their brother Joseph to them for twenty pieces of silver, and their brother Reuben was not with them. And the Midianites took Joseph, and they went to Gilead on their way. They are walking on the road and the rulers will be comforted for what they did, who bought the boy. And they said one to another, What is this thing that we have done, that we have taken from the Hebrews this young man who is beautiful in appearance and beautiful in appearance. Perhaps because a thief steals from the land of the Hebrews, why did we do this thing, and it was if he was asked and found in our hands and we gave him. And not tough and strong people, when you saw the heroism of one of them today, sell him to us. Perhaps because they stole him from his country with their power and heavy arm, therefore they sold him for a small price that you gave them. And it came to pass in their words, that they saw, and behold, the host of the Ishmaelites coming at the beginning, which the sons of Jacob saw, going and coming towards the Midianites. And the rulers said one to another, Go and sell this boy to the hospitality of the Ishmaelites who are coming to meet us, and we will also take the little price we gave for him and take advantage of his pasture, and they did so. And they came as far as those Ishmaelites, and the Midianites sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, which they gave to his brother. And the statesmen went on their way to Gilead. And the Ishmaelites took Joseph and mounted him on the camels, and led him away from Egypt. And Yosef heard that the Ishmaelites were coming from Egypt, and Yosef cried out and wept over this because he had moved away from the land of Canaan from his father. And Joseph wept greatly for the camel he was riding on, and one of them saw him and took him down from the camel and he walked on his feet. And yet Yosef was shouting and crying, and said, "My father, my father." And one of those Ishmaelites stood up over him and struck Joseph on the cheek, and Joseph cried even more. And Joseph was tired on the way and could not walk because of his anger, and they all beat him and tortured him on the way and frightened him so that he would become deaf from crying. And the Lord saw the poverty of Joseph and his labor, and the Lord descended upon those people darkness and panic and dried up the hand of all who beat him. And they said one to another, what is this thing that God has done for us in this way. And they did not know that this thing happened to them because of Joseph.

~137~ And the people walked along the road and passed by the Euphrates road, which is with Rachel's burial place. And Joseph reached his mother's grave and hurried, and Joseph ran to his mother's grave and said, "My mother, my mother, gave birth to me in my skin, and rise up and see how your son is sold as a slave and there is no mercy." Get up and see your son and look at him and see, the tears of my eyes flowing down my cheeks. My mother, my mother, my skin and the summer, get up and see your son and weep with him for his trouble, and see the cruel heart of my brother. My mother's skin is my skin and the summer of your years, my standing and the values ​​of your wars against my brother Icha stripped me of my rank. And they sold me to this slave twice, and separated me from my father and there is no mercy. Prepare your case against them before God, and see who God will justify in the trial and who he will condemn. Rise up, my mother, rise up from your sleep and see my father, his soul and his heart mourn for me on this day I stand, and comfort him and speak to his heart. And Joseph continued to speak like these words and cried out and Joseph wept bitterly at his mother's grave and he was able to speak, and he stood like a stone on the grave because of his heart. And Joseph heard a voice speaking to him from under the earth, and he answered with a heart murmur and with a voice of weeping and supplication like these words. My son, my son Joseph, my son, I heard the sound of your crying and the sound of your shouts, I saw your tears. I knew your trouble, my son, and I felt sorry for you, and added sorrow to my sorrow. And now my son Joseph, my son, wait on the Lord and trust him and do not fear because the Lord is with you, he will save you from all trouble. Get up my son and go away from Egypt with your Lord and don't be afraid because God is with you my son, and add to the speech to Joseph like these words and stand still. And Yosef heard this thing and was very saddened by it, and Yosef continued to weep. And after that one of those Ishmaelites saw him shouting and crying on the grave, and his nose was pointed at him, and they drove him away and beat him and cursed him. And Joseph said to the people, I will find favor in your eyes that you will restore me to my father's house and he will enrich you with great wealth. And they answered him saying, aren't you a slave, where is your father, and if you have your father, you would not sell to a slave for this little price twice. And they were very angry with him, and they added to his beatings and tormented him more, and Joseph wept bitterly. And the Lord saw Joseph's poverty, and Joseph the Lord punished the people and sent them away.

~138~ And God sent a very strong wind upon them, and the earth darkened over them, and lightnings flashed and thunders thundered, and the earth shook from the sound of the thunder and the strong wind, and the people were frightened and did not know where they would go. And the beasts and all the camels stood up, and they groaned and could not walk, and they beat them and fell to the ground. And they said one to another, what has God done to us, what have we committed and what have we sinned, because this thing has happened to us today. And the one answered and said to them, Perhaps this thing has happened to us today because of the iniquity of this poor slave. And now please bless his face and forgive him and he will forgive us, and then we will know as to who this bad thing is for us. And if the Lord had mercy on us, and we knew that from this slave's home we had all this. And the people did so and begged Joseph and begged him to forgive them, and said, "We have sinned against God and against you." Now pray and ask your God to remove this death from us, because we have sinned against him. And Joseph did as they said, and God listened to Joseph and God removed from those people the scourge that He struck them for Joseph's sake. And the beasts arose from the earth, and they roared and went, and the wind ceased from its wrath, and the earth rested, and the people went on their way to go down from Egypt. And the people knew that because of Joseph they had that incident, and they said one to another, here we know that from this servant we had this evil. And now why should we bring this death upon our souls, advise us what to do to this slave. And the one answered and said, because he told us to return him to his father. Now go and we will return with him and we will go to the place that he will say, and we will take from his house the price that we paid for it and we will go. And the one answered and said, yes, this advice is very good, but we will not be able to do so, because the road is very far from it and we will not be able to return from our ways. And the one answered and said to them, this is the counsel that advises on this and we will not depart from it. Here we come today from Egypt and it was when we came to Egypt, and we sold it there at a great price and used its pasture. And this thing was good in the eyes of the people and they did so, and they went on their way from Egypt with Joseph. And the sons of Jacob when they sold their brother Joseph to the Midianites and their hearts were broken for him, and they consoled themselves for their actions and asked to go and fetch him, but they did not find him. And Reuben returned to the pit where Joseph was, to carry him back to his father. And Reuben stood on the pit and heard nothing, and Joseph called Joseph and there was no answer and nothing was said. And Reuben said, "But because Joseph died in Mira, or because the snake killed him."

~139~ And Reuben went down to the pit and looked for Yosef and did not find him in the pit, so he left. And Reuven tore his clothes and said, The boy is gone, and what shall I restore my father to him if he is dead? And he went to his brothers and found them upset about Yosef's words, and they consulted together about how they would return their father to him. And Reuben said to his brother, I came to the pit and behold, Joseph is not there, and what was said to our father, because my father does not ask for the child but from me. And his brothers answered him saying, We have done such and such and our son was grieved for this deed, after that we sat down to ask for a plot, what shall we answer our father Jacob for like this. And Reuven said to them, What is this deed that you have done to bring down the return of our father with grief, the thing that you have done is not good. And Reuben sat with them, and they all stood up and swore each one to his brother that he had not told this thing to Jacob. And they all said, anyone who says this thing to our father and his house or who tells this thing to all the people of the land, and we all stood over him and killed him with the sword. And the sons of Jacob will see each one of his brothers as small as great about this matter and there will be no one to say anything, and they will hide the matter in their hearts. And they sat after that in the land together to consult and ask for a plot of what they would say to Jacob their father, about all these things. And Issachar said to them, Here is a piece of advice for you if it is good in your eyes to do something like this. Take Joseph's shirt and tear it, and slaughter a goat and dip it in his blood and send it to our father. And when he saw her, he said, "An evil animal ate him, therefore it tore his shirt, and here is his blood in his shirt." And it was in your doing this thing, and we were cleansed from our father's complaint. And Issachar's advice was right in their eyes, and they listened to him, and did as Issachar advised them. And they hurried and took Joseph's shirt and tore it, and slaughtered a goat and dipped the shirt in the blood of the goat and trampled it in the dirt. And they sent the tunic in the hand of Naphtali to Jacob their father, and ordered him to say these words. We have collected the mekanah and we will come all the way to Nablus and beyond, and we will find this tunic in the desert on the road soaked in blood and dirt, and now please know the tunic of your son if it is not.

~140~ And Naftali went and came to his father and gave him the shirt, and spoke to him all the words of his brothers that commanded him. And Jacob saw Joseph's shirt and recognized it, and he fell on his face to the ground and stood like a stone. And he stood up after that, and cried out with a loud voice and cried, and said, Joseph's shirt is my son. And Jacob hastened and sent a servant of his servants to his sons, and he went to them and found them coming on the road with the flock. And Jacob's sons came to their father in the evening and they had torn clothes and earth on their heads, and they found their father shouting and crying with a loud voice. And Jacob said to his sons, don't you tell me what evil will suddenly come upon me on this day. And they answered Jacob their father saying, we are coming today when the flock has been gathered and we will come as far as the city of Nablus in the desert on the way. And we will find this shirt full of blood in the land and we will know it, and we will send it to you so that you can know it. And Jacob heard the words of his sons, and cried out with a loud voice, and said, My son's shirt is an evil beast, it has eaten him, a predator, Joseph. Because I myself have sent him today to you to see your peace and the peace of the flock, to answer me something from you. And he went when he obeyed and called him like this this day, and I said that my son was with you. And they answered and the sons of Jacob said, He has not come to us, and we have not seen him since we left you until here. And it came to pass when Jacob heard their words, that he cried out another great cry, and stood up, and tore his clothes, and put a sack around his waist, and wept bitterly. And he died and lifted up his voice in tears, and he called and said these words. Yosef, my son, Yosef, I sent you today to the peace of your brother, and here you are destroyed, it was too much for you, my son. I feel sorry for you Yosef, my son, I feel sorry for you, what was sweet to me in life and now what makes me very bitter is your death. May I die under you today, my son Joseph, because I am very sorry for you, my son. Bani Bani Yosef Bani Anna are you and where is your soul, skin is skin and come from your place and see my trouble over you Bani Yosef. Please come and count the tears of my eyes that fall on my face, and bring them up before the Lord and turn his nose away from me. How did you fall into the hands of Joseph, my son, who has not fallen into the hands of a man for a long time, until this day. Because the blow of an enemy struck a cruel morality, but I knew that for most of my seasons you had this thing my son. Look, please, and see how bitter your trouble has become on me, my son, and I neither raised you nor nurtured you, nor did I give you spirit and soul. Because the God who created you and he built your bones and put flesh on them from above, and breathed into your nose the breath of life and gave you to me. But the God who gave you to me is the one who took you from me, and you will be called such this day, and all God's work is good.

~141~ And Yosef Jacob spoke about Yosef like these words, and he wept bitterly and fell to the ground and died. And all the sons of Jacob saw the trouble of their father and were consoled for what they had done, and they too wept bitterly. And Judah stood up and took his father's head from the ground and placed it between his knees, and wiped his father's tears from his cheeks. And Yehuda wept very loudly and his father's head was on his knees and was as still as a stone. And the sons of Jacob saw the distress of their father, and raised their voices and added to their weeping, and Jacob still fell in the land like a still stone. And all his sons and all his servants and all the daughters of his servants stood up and turned him around to comfort him, and he knew to be comforted. And all the house of Jacob stood up and paid a great eulogy for Joseph, and for the trouble of their father. And this troubled Isaac, the son of Abraham, the father of Jacob, and he wept bitterly over Joseph, he and all his household. And he came from the place where he lived there in Hebron and his people with him and comforted Jacob his son, and he knew to be comforted. And it came to pass after that, that Jacob arose from the land with his tears streaming down his face. And he said to his sons, get up and take your swords and also your bows and go out into the field and ask if you may find a heathen of my son, and you brought her to me and buried her. And you please ask for the animals and hunt them, and whichever you find towards you first and you catch it and bring it to me. Perhaps God will see my plight this day and prepare for you who devoured my son, and you brought me to me and I will avenge my son. And his sons did as their father commanded, and they got up in the morning and each man took his sword and bow in his hand and went out into the field to hunt the animals. And Jacob was still shouting and crying as he went back and forth in the house and struck palm to palm and said, Yosef my son Yosef my son. And the sons of Jacob went from the desert to the animals to catch them, and there was a wolf towards them, and they caught him and brought him to their father. And they said to him, We found this in the first place and we will bring it to you when we obeyed, and we did not find your son's Gentile. And Jacob took the animal from the hand of his sons and shouted again with a loud voice and weeping, with the animal in his hand. And he said to the animal in a bitter heart and soul, why did you eat my son Joseph and how did you not fear the God of the earth and afflicted my son Joseph. And you will eat my son free of charge on unhamas and fatten me on it, and therefore God will ask you to be persecuted.

~142~ And God opened the beast's mouth, for he comforted Jacob with its words. And answer Jacob and speak to him according to these words, As the God who created us in the earth lives and as your soul lives, my Lord, I have not seen your son, nor have I devoured him. But from a far country I came to ask for my son too, because when it happened to you with your son, it happened to me with my son too. For it is ten days since I came to this land seeking my son, who passed away from me, today twelve days and I did not know where he was and if he died and if he lived. And I will come today in the field to ask for my son, and your sons will find me and seize me, and add grief to my grief, and bring me to you today and I will speak all my words to you. And now, son of man, I am in your hand and you have done to me as is good in your eyes today. But as the God who created us lives in the land, I have not seen your son, nor eaten him, nor come into my mouth human flesh all the days of my life. And when Jacob heard the words of the beast, he was greatly astonished, and he sent the beast out of his hand, and it went on its way. And Jacob still shouts and cries for Yosef every day, and Jacob mourns for Yosef for many days. And the sons of Ishmael, who bought Joseph from the Midianites and his brothers, went from Egypt with Joseph and came to the border of Egypt. And it came to pass, when they were about to come from Egypt, and four men of the children of Midan, son of Avraham, were wounded, they left the land of Egypt on their way. And the Ishmaelites said to them, they desired this slave to buy him from him, and they said, Give him to us. And they gave Yosef to them and they saw him and here was a very handsome young man, and they bought him from them for five shekels. And the Ishmaelites came from Egypt on their way, and the Midianites also returned from Egypt that day. And the Medes said one to another, Behold, we have heard that Potiphar, Pharaoh's eunuch, the chief of the cooks, is asking for a good servant who will stand before him to serve him and entrust him with his house and all that belongs to him. Now go and sell us to him when we want, if he can give us all that we desire in him. And those Danes went and came to Potiphar's house, and said to him, We hear that you are seeking a good servant to serve you. Here is a slave with us which is according to your will, if you can give us that which we desired and sold to you. And Potiphar said, bring him before us and show us, and it will be if it pleases me and I will give you what you desire in him. And the Midianites went and brought Joseph and set him before Potiphar, and he saw him and was very pleased in his eyes.

~143~ And Potiphar said to them, please tell me what you desire for this boy, and they said, "We desire four hundred pieces of silver in him." And Potiphar said, I will give it to you if you bring me a seller to you and tell me what he said, maybe he is stolen. Because this boy is not a slave and he is not the son of a slave, because I see good and beautiful blood in him. And the Midianites went and brought him the Ishmaelites, who had sold him to them, and they thanked him and said, "He is a slave, and we sold him to them." And Potiphar heard the words of the Ishmaelites, and Potiphar weighed to the Midianites the money that they had spoken to him, four hundred pieces of silver, and put them in the hand of the Ishmaelites to give to the Midianites. And the Madani took the money from the hands of the Ishmaelites and went their way, and the Ishmaelites also returned to their place. And Potiphar took Joseph and brought him to his house, and served him. And Joseph found favor in Potiphar's eyes and believed in him and put him in charge of his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand. And God blessed Joseph and he became a successful man, and God blessed the house of Potiphar because of Joseph. And Potiphar left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and Joseph was the one who took out and he was the one who brought in, and everything in Potiphar's house would be according to him. And Yosef was eighteen years old, a young man with beautiful eyes and good vision, and there was none like him in all the land of Egypt. At that time, while Joseph was in his master's house, he went out and came to the house and served God. And Zelicha, his master's wife, raised her eyes to Joseph and saw him, and here was a very handsome and handsome boy, and his beauty was coveted in her heart. And her soul clung to Joseph very much, and she urged him every day to be with her, and she dressed him in clothes every day. And she seduced Yosef day by day in everything, day by day, and Yosef did not raise his eyes to see his master's wife. And Zelicha said to him, what is good about you and your age is very good, haven't I seen in any slave and I have never seen a slave as beautiful as you. And Joseph said to her, He who created me in my mother's womb is the One who created all mankind. And you said to him, What are your eyes, because you have multiplied with them all the inhabitants of Egypt, male and female. And he said to her, What good are they while I am alive and if you have seen in the grave not moved from them. And she said to him, How beautiful and how pleasing are all your words, please take the violin that is in the house and play in your hand and I will listen to your words. And he said to her, What is good and how pleasing are my words in my words the praise of my God and His glory.

~144~ And she said to him, how beautiful the hair of your head is, here is the golden comb that is in the house, please take it and comb the hair of your head. And he said to her, How long will you speak to me like these things, leave all these things from me and get up and do all the things of your house. And you said to him, there is nothing in my house and no article but your words and your articles. And yet Joseph did not look at her and did not raise his eyes to her, and he set his eyes on the land below. And Zelicha loved Yosef in her heart to lie with her, and it happened while he was sitting at home doing his work that Zelicha came and sat before him. And day after day she urged him to lie with her or to look at her, and Joseph's father would not listen to her. And you said to him, if you do not do what I say, I will put you to death and I will put an iron yoke on you. And Joseph said to her, Isn't it the God who created man who permits forbidden things, and he who will save me from your prisons and your judgments. And it happened when she could not seduce him and her soul clung to him, and she fell ill with liver disease from him. And all the women of Egypt came to visit and said to her, why are you so poor and thin and you do not lack anything. Aren't you the wife of an honorable and great minister in the king's eyes, who lacks nothing of all that your soul desires. And Zelika replied to the saying, today it will be known to you what this matter was to me in which you saw me. And they freed her maidens and put bread to all the women and they did so and made a feast for them, and all the women ate in Zelicha's house. And you will give etrogs in their hands and you will give them knives to peel the etrogs to eat, and they will order and dress Yosef in expensive clothes and bring him before them. And Joseph came before them and all the women looked at Joseph, and they saw Joseph and did not take their eyes off him. And they all cut their hands with the knives they had in their hands, and filled all the etrogs in their hands with their blood. And they did not know what they had done, but they looked to see the beauty of Joseph and did not turn their eyelids away from him. And you will see what they have done and you will say to them, what is this deed that you have done? And all the women saw their hands, and behold, they were full of blood, and blood fell on all their clothes. And they said to her, Because this is the slave you have in your house, we admired him and could not take our eyes off his beauty.

~145~ And you said to them, didn't this thing happen to you the moment you saw him and you couldn't resist it. And even a selfish person who is always in my house and I see him every day coming and going in my house, and how can I not shrink and die from it. And they said to her, speak the truth, because who can see this title in his house and refrain from it, and he is not your servant and serves your houses, and why don't you tell him what is in your heart and leave your soul to die in this matter. And she said to them, I am getting stronger every day to incite him and I will not go back on my words, and I will promise him every favor and I did not find anything in him because of my poverty when you saw me. And Zelicha became very ill from Yosef's death, and he respected her because of his love. And all the people of Zelicha's house and Isha didn't know this thing, and that Zelicha was sick of Yosef's love. And she asked all the people of her household, why are you so poor and sick and you don't lack anything. And you said to them, I did not know this thing which comes to me day by day. And all the women and all her lovers came every day to see her and talk with her, and she said to them it is nothing but the love of Joseph. And they said to her, seduce him and keep him in secret, maybe he will listen to you and remove only this death from you. And Tossef Zelika became ill from the love of Joseph, and she went to and fro until she had no strength to stand. And it came to pass today that Joseph was doing his master's work in the house, and a stream came secretly and fell on him suddenly, and Joseph stood up on it and was strengthened by it and returned to the land. And Zelicha wept for him from the lust that was in her heart for him, and begged before him with her tears and her tears falling down her face. And speak to him with a voice of entreaty and a bitter soul saying, You have seen or heard or known a woman as beautiful as me or better than me who will speak to you every day and pray for your love, and I will do you all this honor and you did not listen to my voice. And if for what you fear from your lord lest he torment you, the king lives if iniquity in this matter comes from your lord. And now please listen to me and act for the sake of the honor that you have given me and remove this death from me, and why should I die for you. And you can speak and Yosef answered her by saying, Stop it from me and leave this thing, God forbid I do this thing to my Lord. They, my lord, did not know what was in the house with me, and all that he had given me was in my hands. And how will I do these things at home my lord.

~146~ Because he is also very respectful in his house, and he entrusted me to his house and married me. There is no one greater in this house than me, and my Lord did not hide anything from me except for you as far as his wife is concerned, and how can you speak to me like these things and how can I do this great evil and sin against God and your husband. And now stop talking to me anymore and don't talk to me like these anymore, because I don't listen to your words. And Zelicha did not listen to Yosef when he said these things to her, but incited him day by day to listen to her. And it came to pass after that, that the river of Egypt was filled to its brim, and all the inhabitants of Egypt went out and went to see the river with all musical instruments, according to their judgment in the land of Egypt. And the king and the ministers also went out to see the drums and the dances, because great joy is for Egypt and a good day when the black sea is filled and they went there to rejoice on the water. And it came to pass when the Egyptians went out to the wilderness to rejoice according to their judgment, and all the men of Potiphar's house also went out with them. But Zelicha did not come out to her because she said she was selfish and sat at home alone, because Yosef found her that day. And when they go out, Zelika will be left alone in the house, and there is no one else in the house with her. And get up and go up to the house to the temple, and put on clothes like royal clothes. And she put on her head precious stones of shoham stones inlaid with gold and silver, and she beautified her face and her flesh with all the perfumes of women. And perfume the temple and the house with cedar and frankincense, and sprinkle myrrh and myrrh throughout the temple. And after that he sat at the entrance of the temple on the way to the house, in the place where Yosef would pass from there to do his work. And here Joseph comes from the field, and will come home to do his master's work. And he came to the place where he was passing from there, and he saw the whole deed of spilling and sat back. And Zelicha saw Yosef sitting back from her face and called to him saying, What is wrong with you Yosef came to your work and I turned the way until you passed to your seats. And Joseph sat down and the house came to his place of residence, and he sat down to do his master's work as a trial. And here Zelicha came to him, and stood before him in royal clothes and the smell of her perfection went far away. And hasten and strengthen Joseph and his clothes and say to him, the king lives if you do not do my words because today you die. And she hurried and sent her other hand and pulled out the sword from under her clothes and put it on Yosef's neck, and said get up and do my words and if you don't you will die today.

~147~ And Joseph saw her doing this thing and got up to run away from her, and she grabbed his garment in front of his face. And he fled in panic, and the garment that Zelicha was holding on to him was torn, and Joseph left the garment in Zelicha's hand and went outside because he was afraid. And Zelicha saw that Joseph's clothes were torn and he left them in her hand and Vines, and she was very afraid lest he should hear about her. And she got up and acted deceitfully and took off the clothes she was wearing and put on her clothes. And she took Yosef's clothes and put them with her, and she went and sat in the place of Holia, who was sitting there before the people of her household went out to the garden. And she called one little boy who was in the house and commanded him to call the people of her house, and the people of the house came to her. And when she saw them, she said to them with a loud voice and a shout, Look what your master has brought to me, a Hebrew man to the house, for he has come today to lie with me. And it happened when you went out and he came home and saw that there was no one at home, and he came to me and strengthened me to lie with me. And I took hold of his clothes and tore them and called out to him with a loud voice, and it was as if I raised my voice and he feared for his soul and left his clothes before me and went out and ran away. And the people of her house did not speak of her mother, but their noses were very angry with Joseph, and they went to his master and told him the words of his wife. And Potiphar came to his house in Haron even, and his wife shouted at him to say. What is the thing that you have done to me to bring a Hebrew slave to my house, because he came to me today to laugh at me and did such and such to me today. And Potiphar heard his wife's words and ordered Joseph to be beaten with vigorous blows, and they did so to him. And when they beat him, Joseph cried out with a loud voice and raised his eyes to heaven and said. O God, you knew that I was free from all these things, and why would I die today for a lie at the hands of these wicked bachelors whom I did not know. And it happened that Potiphar's men beat Joseph, and he cried out and cried more. And one of Potiphar's servants, ten months old, was working there. And the Lord opened the child's mouth, and he spoke before Potiphar's men who were beating Joseph as these words were to be said. What do you think of this man and why would you do this evil to him, my mother speaks a lie and a lie and said such and such was the matter. And the boy told them all the things that were right, and all the words of Zelicha to Joseph every day he told them.

~148~ And all the people heard the child's words, and were greatly amazed at all the child's words, and the child could speak and stood still. And Potiphar was greatly offended by his son's words, and ordered his men not to kill Joseph any more, and the people stopped beating Joseph. And Potiphar took Joseph and said to bring him in court before the judges who are the king's, to judge him on this matter. And Potiphar and Joseph came before the priests, the king's judges, and he said to them, Judge, please, what judgment is due to this servant, because he did such and such. And the priests said to Joseph, why do you do this thing to your master? And Joseph answered them saying, No, my lord, because such and such was the matter. And Potiphar said to Joseph, I have put all that I have into your hand, and I have not withheld from you anything but the mother of my wife, and how can you do me this evil. And Joseph answered and said, No, my lord, as God lives, and as your soul lives, my lord, if what you heard from your wife is true, because such and such was the case today. It's been a whole year for me today in your house, you showed that there is something coming up that will bind my head to you. And the priests said to Potiphar, please send and bring Joseph's torn garment before us so that we can see the tear in it. And if from the front of the garment the tear was in front of his face, she held him to come to her, and she cunningly did everything that your wife would say. And they brought Yosef's garment before the judging priests and they saw and behold the tear in front of Yosef's face, and all the judging priests knew that she had tormented him and said, "This servant has no sentence of death because he has done nothing." But his trial will be given in prison, because of the rumor that came out about your wife from him. And Potiphar heard their words, and took Joseph and put him in the prison, a place where the king's prisoners are forbidden, and Joseph was in the prison for twelve years. And yet his master's wife did not return from him, and she did not stop speaking to Joseph day after day to listen to her. And it came to pass at the end of three months, and Zelicha was added, that she went to Yosef to the prison every day, and she was eager to hear from her. And Zelicha said to Yosef, how long will you stand in this house, but please listen to my voice and I will take you out of this house. And Joseph answered her saying, it is better for me to stay in this house than to listen to your words and sin against God.

~149~ And you said to him, if you don't do what I say, I will gouge out your eyes and add irons to your feet and hand you over to a hand that you did not know the day before yesterday. And Joseph answered her and said, Behold, the God of the whole earth is able to save me from all that you do to me, for he opens the blind and allows the forbidden, and protects all the sojourners who are in the land they did not know. And it happened when Zelikha could not entice Yosef to listen to her and she stopped going to him to incite him, and Yosef was still not allowed in the prison. And Jacob, Joseph's father, and all his brothers who were in the land of Canaan were still mourning and weeping for Joseph in those days, because Jacob refused to comfort his son Joseph. And Jacob cried out and cried and mourned for Joseph all the days. And it happened at that time in that year that Joseph came down from Egypt when his brothers sold him, and Reuben son of Jacob went to Tammantha and took Elioram the daughter of Ezi the Canaanite as his wife and came to her. And Elioram, Reuben's wife, conceived and bore him Enoch and Pela and Hezron and Carmi, four sons. And Shimon his brother took Dina his sister to wife and she bore him Yemuel and Yamin and Ehad and Yachin and Tzuchar, five sons. After that, Shimon came to Buna the Canaanite, she was Buna whom Shimon had returned from the city of Nablus. And you will be a builder before Dinah and you will serve her, and Shimon will come to her and she will give birth to Shaul. And Yehuda went at that time to Adullam, and saw a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanite man, and her name was Elit, the daughter of Shua, and he took her and came to her. And Elit gave birth to Yehuda Ar and Onan and her, three sons. And Levi and Shechar went to the ancient land, and took the daughters of Yobb, son of Yaktan, son of Eber, for their wives. And Yuvab Ben will have two daughters, the older one Adina and the younger one Aridah. And Levi took Adina and Issachar took Aridah, and brought them to the land of Canaan, the home of their fathers. And Adina gave birth to Levi Gershon Kehat and Merari, three sons. And Irida gave birth to Lishachar, a worm, and Pua, and Job, and Shimron, four sons.

~150~ And Dan went to the land of Moab, and took Afellat the daughter of Hammoran the Moabite to wife and brought her to the land of Canaan. And the darkness was barren for many days, she had no child. And God remembered the darkness of Dan's wife after that, and she gave birth to a son and called his name Hoshi. And Gad and Naphtali went to Harana, and took from there the daughters of Ammor son of Utz son of Nahor as wives. And these are the names of the daughters of Ammor, the name of the eldest from Miriam, and Gad took Uzit and brought them to the land of Canaan, the home of their fathers. And Marimit gave birth to Naphtali Yehtzal and Guni and Izer and Shalem, four sons. And Uzit gave birth to Gad Zefion and Hai Shuni and Atzbon Ari and Erodi and Arali, seven sons. And Asher went and took Adon the daughter of Afalel the son of Hadar the son of Ishmael to wife, and brought her to the land of Canaan. And Adon's wife died in those days, she had no children. And it came to pass after the death of Adon, that Asher went to the other side of the river and took Dora the daughter of Abimael son of Eber son of Shem to wife. And the girl was good-looking and intelligent, and she became a wife for Melchiel son of Elam, son of Shem. And Dora bore Melchiel a daughter, and he called her name Serah. And Melchiel died after that, and Dora went and dwelt in her father's house. And it came to pass after the death of Asher's wife, that he went and took Dora to wife and brought her to the land of Canaan. And Serah her daughter also came with her and she was three years old, and the girl grew up in Beit Ya'akov. And the girl looks good and walks in the ways of the sons of Jacob in holiness, lacking nothing, and God gives her wisdom and understanding. And Dora, Asher's wife, became pregnant and bore him Yamanah, and Yeshua, and Yeshua, and Beriah, four sons. And Zebulun went to Medina, and he took Marusha daughter of Muller son of Abida son of Midian to wife and brought her to the land of Canaan. And Marusha gave birth to Zebulon Sred and Elon and Khalel, three sons. And Jacob sent to Aram the son of Zuba, the son of Terah, and took Malaia, the daughter of Aram, to Benjamin his son, and he came to the land of Canaan, the house of Jacob. And Benjamin, who was ten years old, took Mahalia Beth Aram as his wife. And Tehar became ill and gave birth to Benjamin, Bela and Becher and Ashbel Gera and Naaman, five sons. After that, Benjamin went and took Arabat daughter of Zimran son of Avraham as his wife, and he was eighteen years old. And Aravath gave birth to Binyamin, my brother, and Resh Moffim, and Hufim, and Arad, five sons.

~151~ And it came to pass in those days that Yehuda went to Beit Shem, and took Tamar daughter of Elam son of Shem to Er his firstborn as a wife. And he came to Tamar his wife, and she became his wife. And when he came to her and destroyed his seed, he crossed and his deed was bad in the eyes of God, and God killed him. And it came to pass after the death of the firstborn of Yehuda, and Yehuda said to Onan, Come to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed for your brother. And Onan knew Tamar to be a wife, and he came to her. And Onan also committed suicide as his brother did, and God knew what he had done and killed him too. And when Onan died, Judah said to Tamar, stay in your father's house until her son grows up. And Yehuda no longer desired Tamar to be his wife, because Yehuda said lest he too die like his brother. And Tamar got up and went and stayed in her father's house, and Tamar stayed in her father's house for days. And it came to pass at the time of the year, that Yehuda's wife Elit died, and Yehuda was comforted for his wife. And it came to pass after the death of Elit, that Yehuda went and went up with his fellows Hirah to shear their flocks. And Tamar heard that Yehuda's leaf was tender for shearing the sheep, and hers grew and Yehuda did not desire her. And Tamar got up and took off her widow's clothes and put a scarf on her and fainted, and went and sat in the opening of the eyes which is on the road to Tammant. And Yehuda went down and saw and took her, and came to her and gave birth to him. And it happened at the time of her birth, and behold twins in her womb. And they will call the first name Peretz and the second name Zerach in those days. And Yosef ben Jacob is still forbidden in the prison in Egypt. At that time and Pharaoh's ministers are standing before him, the minister of the wineries and the minister of the bakers belonging to the king of Egypt. And the butler took the wine and put it before the king to drink, and the baker also put the bread before the king to eat. And the king drank of the wine and ate of the bread, he and all his servants and ministers eating at the king's table. And they were eating and drinking, and the minister of wine and the minister of bakers were sitting with them, and Pharaoh's ministers found many flies in the wine that the minister of wine brought, and also, stones of nether were found in the bread of the minister of bakers.

~152~ And Pharaoh saw what his ministers had done to him, and he ordered them to be tortured and put in the prison under guard, and they did so to them. In the tenth year of Yosef's imprisonment, the minister of bakers and the minister of farms came with him in the guard. And the chief of the cooks commanded Joseph to serve Pharaoh's officials, and Pharaoh's officials were there on guard for a whole year. And it was the end of the year and they both had dreams one night, in the watch that were there. And it happened in the morning and Joseph came to them to serve them as a trial, and he saw them and behold, both of their faces were sullen and evil. And Yosef asked them saying, why are your faces bad and grumpy today. And they said to him, we dreamed a dream and there is no solution to it. And Joseph said to them, please tell me your dreams and God will grant your peace when you wish. And the irrigator told Joseph his dream and said, In my dream I saw and behold a great vine before me. And in that vine I saw three vines, and it hastened and blossomed and a hawk flew and its clusters ripened and became grapes. And I will take the grapes and squeeze them in a cup, and put them on Pharaoh's hand. And Yosef said to him the three branches that are in the vine are three days. In three days the king will command and take you out of this and put you back on your feet and you gave the king wine when you were drinking it the first time, but I will find favor in your eyes that you remember me to the king when it suits you and you did me a favor and got me out of this prison. Because I was stolen from the land of Canaan and sold to a slave in this place, and also what was betrayed to you about my master's wife is a lie because they put me in this pit for nothing. And the minister who watered Joseph answered saying, If the king will be good to me as in the beginning when you promised me, I will do whatever you want and I will get you out of this pit. And the master of the bakers saw that Yosef had interpreted the dream of the master of farms correctly, and he also came and told all his dream to Yosef. And he said to him, In my dream I saw and behold three baskets of holes on my head, and I looked and behold in the uppermost basket of all the food Pharaoh made a baker and behold the chicken was eating them above my head. And Joseph said to him, the three baskets that you saw for three days. In three days Pharaoh will lift your head from you and hang you on a tree, and the fowl will eat your flesh from above you when you saw in your dream. In those days the queen conceived to give birth, and it happened that day and she gave birth to a son. To the Egyptians they will say that a first-born son is born to the king, and all Egypt and all Pharaoh's ministers and his servants will be very happy.

~153~ And it happened on the third day of his birth, and Pharaoh made a feast for all his ministers and servants, the host of the Zoan land and the land of Egypt. And all the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's servants came to eat and drink with the king at his son's feast, and to rejoice in the king's joy. And all the king's ministers and his servants rejoice at that time all eight days at the feast, and they will rejoice with all musical instruments and drums and dances in the king's house for eight days. And the minister of the fields, for whom Yosef had solved his dream, forgot Yosef and did not remember him to the king when he spoke to him. Because the word was from God, for the sake of answering Joseph because he trusted in Adam. And Joseph sat in the prison after that for two years, until he was twelve years old. And Isaac son of Abraham was still living in those days in the land of Canaan, a very old man of eighty and a hundred years. And Esau, my brother Jacob, was in the land of Edom, and he and his sons would hold it among the sons of Seir. And Esau heard that the days of Isaac his father were drawing near to die, and he and his sons and his house came to the land of Canaan to Isaac his father. And Jacob and his sons left the place where they lived there in Hebron, and they all came to the tent of their father Isaac, and they found Esau and his sons in the tent. And Jacob and his sons sat before Isaac their father, and Jacob still mourned for his son Joseph. And Isaac said to Jacob, bring me your sons and your blessing, and Jacob brought his eleven children before Isaac his father. And Isaac put his hands on all the sons of Jacob, and held them and embraced them and kissed them one by one. And Isaac blessed you on that day and said to them, The Lord God of your fathers will bless you and multiply your seed like the stars of the sky. And Isaac blessed the sons of Esau, saying, God will put you in fear and fear over all your enemies and all your enemies. And Isaac called Jacob and his sons, and they all came and sat before Isaac. And Isaac said to Jacob, God of all the earth, speak to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land to inherit it. If your children keep my statutes and my ways, and I establish for them the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. And now, my son, teach your sons and your sons' sons to fear the Lord, and to walk in the good way that is good in the eyes of the Lord your God. Because if you keep the ways of God and His laws, God will also keep His covenant with Abraham and be good to you and your seed forever. And Isaac was able to command Jacob and his sons, and he fainted and died and gathered to his people. And Jacob fell and Esau fell before Isaac their father and wept, and Isaac was one hundred and eighty years old when he died in the land of Canaan in Hebron.

~154~ And his sons carried him to the cave of the Machpelah which Avraham bought from the sons of Het for a burial estate. And all the kings of the land of Canaan went with Jacob and buried Isaac, and all the kings of Canaan did Isaac great honor at his death. And the sons of Jacob and the sons of Esau walked barefoot around the bed and lamented, until they came to Kiryat Ha'Arba. And they buried Jacob and Esau their father Isaac in the cave of Machpelah which is in Kiryat Ha'Arba, in Hebron. And they will bury him with great honor, as they bury the kings. And Jacob and his sons and Esau and his sons and all the kings of Canaan mourned him with a great and very heavy eulogy, and they blessed him and mourned for him many days. And it came to pass after Isaac's death, that he left all his inheritance, and our inheritance, and all that he had to his sons. And Esau said to Jacob, let us take what our father has left for us, and we will divide it in two, and I will choose, and Jacob said, so we will do. And Jacob took everything that Isaac left for them in the land of Canaan, the cattle and the wealth and all the possessions, and Jacob cut it in two before Esau and his sons. And he said to Esau, here are all these before you, now choose the half of them that you will take for yourself. And Jacob said to Esau, listen, my brother, to confirm that I will speak to you, saying, The Lord, the God of heaven and earth, spoke to our ancestors Abraham and Isaac, saying, "I will give this land to your descendants as an inheritance forever." Now here is everything that our father left before you, choose for you what you want from them. If you want all the land, I will give it to you and your children forever and I will take this wealth. And if you want the wealth, we took it for you and I will take this land for me and my sons to inherit forever. And Nabiyot son of Ishmael was there with his sons in the land, and Esau went that day and consulted with him as said. Thus and thus Jacob spoke to me and thus and thus I replied, now your advice is sound and it is heard. The prophets said to him, "What is the word that Jacob will speak to you? Behold, all the children of Canaan are sitting in their land safely, and Jacob will say, We shall inherit with his seed forever."

~155~ Now go and take all your father's wealth, and you left your brother Jacob in the land when he spoke. And Esau got up and sat down with Jacob, and did everything that the prophets son of Ishmael had advised him to do. And Esau recovered all the wealth that Isaac had left, the soul and the livestock and the property and the possessions and all the wealth, and he did not give any of it to his brother Jacob. And Jacob took the whole land of Canaan, from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates, and made it an everlasting possession for his sons and his seed after him forever. And also the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, which Abraham bought from Ephron, Jacob took as a burial plot for him and his seed forever from his brother Esau. And Jacob wrote all these things in the book of the grant, and signed and appointed faithful witnesses to all these. And these are the things that Jacob wrote in the book to say, the land of Canaan and all its cities the Hittites and the Hivites and the Jebusites and the Amorites and the Perizzites, all the seven Canaanite nations from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. And all the city of Hebron, Kiryat Arba, and the cave in it, all of which Jacob bought from his brother Esau at a price for an estate for him and his sons and an inheritance for his descendants after him forever. And Jacob took the Book of the Mitzvah and the Sealed Mitzvah and the Laws and the Open Book, and put them in an earthen vessel so that they would last many days and put them in the hands of his sons. And Esau took all that his father left after his death, from the hand of his brother Jacob. And he took all the possessions, from man to beast, from camel to donkey, from ox to sheep, from silver to gold, precious stones and crystal, and all the wealth that belonged to Isaac son of Abraham. There is nothing left that Esau did not take from all that Isaac left after his death. And Esau took all these and went to the land of Seir Hori, he and his sons to their place, from the sight of Jacob his brother and his sons. And Esau held fast among the sons of Seir, and Esau did not return to the land of Canaan from that day forward. And all the land of Canaan was for the children of Israel to inherit forever, and Esau and all his sons inherited Mount Seir.