Reign of Nimrod 📜The Book of Jasher

chapter 7 of the book of jasher this librivox recording is in the public domain recording by cj plogg chapter 7 and cush the son of ham the son of noah took a wife in those days in his old age and she bear a son and they called his name nimrod saying at that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against god and the child grew up and his father loved him exceedingly for he was the son of his old age and the garments of skin which god made for adam and his wife when they went out of the garden were given to cush for after the death of adam and his wife the garments were given to enoch the son of jared and when enoch was taken up to god he gave them to methuselah his son and at the death of methuselah noah took them and brought them to the ark and they were with him until he went out of the ark and in their going out ham stole those garments from noah his father and he took them and hid them from his brothers and when ham begat his firstborn cush he gave him the garments in secret and they were with cush many days and cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers and when cush had begotten nimrod he gave him those garments through his love for him and nimrod grew up and when he was 20 years old he put on those garments and nimrod became strong when he put on the garments and god gave him might and strength and he was a mighty hunter in the earth yea he was a mighty hunter in the field and he hunted the animals and he built altars and he offered upon them the animals before the lord and nimrod strengthened himself and he rose up from amongst his brethren and he fought the battles of his brethren against all their enemies round about and the lord delivered all the enemies of his brethren in his hands and god prospered him from time to time in his battles and he reigned upon the earth therefore it became current in those days when a man ushered forth those that he had trained up for battle he would say to them like god did to nimrod who was a mighty hunter in the earth and who succeeded in the battles that prevailed against his brethren that he delivered them from the hands of their enemies so may god strengthen us and deliver us this day and when nimrod was 40 years old at that time there was a war between his brethren and the children of japheth so that they were in the power of their enemies and nimrod went forth at that time and he assembled all the sons of cush and their families about 460 men and he hired also from some of his friends and acquaintances about 80 men and he gave them their hire and he went with them to the battle and when he was on the road nimrod strengthened the hearts of the people that went with him and he said to them do not fear neither be alarmed for all our enemies will be delivered into our hands and you may do with them as you please and all the men that went were about 500 and they fought against their enemies and they destroyed them and subdued them and nimrod placed standing officers over them in their respective places and he took some of their children as security and they were all servants to nimrod and to his brethren and nimrod and all the people that were with him turned homeward and when nimrod had joyfully returned from battle after having conquered his enemies all his brethren together with those who knew him before assembled to make him king over them and they placed the regal crown upon his head and he set over his subjects and people princes judges and rulers as is the custom amongst kings and he placed terra the son of nahor the prince of his host and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes and wilste was reigning according to his heart's desire after having conquered all his enemies around he advised with his counselors to build a city for his palace and they did so and they found a large valley opposite to the east and they built him a large and extensive city and nimrod called the name of the city that he built shinar for the lord had vehemently shaken his enemies and destroyed them and nimrod dwelt in china and he reigned securely and he fought with his enemies and he subdued them and he prospered in all his battles and his kingdom became very great and all nations and tongues heard of his fame and they gathered themselves to him and they bowed down to the earth and they brought him offerings and he became their lord and king and they all dwelt with him in the city of shinar and nimrod reigned in the earth over all the sons of noah and they were all under his power and council and all the earth was of one tongue and words of union but nimrod did not go in the ways of the lord and he was more wicked than all the men that were before him from the days of the flood until those days and he made gods of wood and stone and he bowed down to them and he rebelled against the lord and taught all his subjects and the people of the earth his wicked ways and martin his son was more wicked than his father and everyone that heard of the acts of martin the son of nimrod would say concerning him from the wicked go forth wickedness therefore it became a proverb in the whole earth saying from the wicked goeth forth wickedness and it was current in the words of men from that time to this and terah the son of nehor prince of nimrod's host was in those days very great in the sight of the king and his subjects and the king and princess loved him and they elevated him very high and tara took a wife and her name was amthelo the daughter of cornebo and the wife of tara conceived and bare him a son in those days terah was 70 years old when he begat him and tara called the name of his son that was born to him abram because the king had raised him in those days and dignified him above all his princes that were with him end of chapter 7 chapter 8 of the book of jasher this librivox recording is in the public domain read by cj ploke and it was in the night that abram was born that all the servants of tyra and all the wise men of nimrod and his conjurers came and aid and drank in the house of terra and they rejoiced with him on that night and when all the wise men and conjurers went out from the house of tyra they lifted up their eyes toward heaven that night to look at the stars and they saw and behold one very large star came from the east and ran in the heavens and he swallowed up the four stars from the four sides of the heavens and all the wise men of the king and his conjurers were astonished at the sight and the sages understood this matter and they knew its import and they said to each other this only betokens the child that has been born to tyra this night who will grow up and be fruitful and multiply and possess all the earth he and his children forever and he and his seed will slay great kings and inherit their lands and the wise men and conjurers went home that night and in the morning all these wise men and conjurers rose up early and assembled in an appointed house and they spoke and said to each other behold the sight that we saw last night is hidden from the king it has not been made known to him and should this thing get known to the king in the latter days he will say to us why have you concealed this matter from me and then we shall all suffer death therefore let us go and tell the king the sight which we saw and the interpretation thereof and we shall then remain clear and they did so and they all went to the king and bowed down to him to the ground and they said may the king live may the king live we heard that a son was born to tara the son of nahor the prince of thy host and we yesterday came to his house and we ate and drank and rejoiced with him that night and when thy servants went out from the house of terra to go to our respective homes to abide there for the night we lifted up our eyes to heaven and saw a great star coming from the east and the same star ran with great speed and swallowed up four great stars from the four sides of the heavens and thy servants were astonished at the sight which we saw and were greatly terrified and we made our judgment upon the sight and knew by our wisdom the proper interpretation thereof that this thing applies to the child that is born satira who will grow up and multiply greatly and become powerful and kill all the kings of the earth and inherit all their lands he and his seed forever and now our lord and king behold we have truly acquainted thee with what we have seen according to this child if it seemeth good to the king to give his father value for this child we will slay him before he shall grow up and increase in the land and his evil increase against us that we and our children perished through his evil and the king heard their words and they seemed good in his sight and he sent and called for terror and terror came before the king and the king said to tara i have been told that a son was yesterday born to thee and after this manna was observed in the heavens at his birth and now therefore give me the child that we may slay him before his evil springs up against us and i will give thee for his value thy house full of silver and gold and tara answered the king and said to him my lord and king i have heard thy words and thy servants shall do all that is king desireth but my lord and king i will tell thee what happened to me yesterday that i may see what advice the king will give his servant and then i will answer the king upon what he has just spoken and the king said speak and tara said to the king aeon son of morig came to me yesterday saying give unto me the great and beautiful horse that the king gave thee and i will give thee silver and gold and straw and provender for its value and i said to him wait till i see the king concerning thy words and behold whatever the king saith that will i do and now my lord and king behold i have made this thing known to thee and the advice which my king will give unto his servant that will i follow and the king heard the words of terah and his anger was kindled and he considered him in the light of a fool and the king answered tara and he said to him art thou so silly ignorant or deficient in understanding to do this thing to give thy beautiful horse for silver and gold or even for straw and provender art thou so short of silver and gold that thou should just do this thing because thou canst not obtain straw and preventer to feed thy horse and what is silver and gold to thee or straw and provender that thou should give away that fine horse which i gave thee like which there is none to be had on the whole earth and the king left off speaking and tara answered the king saying like unto this has the king spoken to his servant i beseech thee my lord and king what is this which thou did say unto me saying give thy son that we may slay him and i will give thee silver and gold for his value what shall i do with silver and gold after the death of my son who shall inherit me surely then at my death the silver and gold will return to my king who gave it and when the king heard the words of terror and the parable which he brought concerning the king it grieved him greatly and he was vexed at this thing and his anger burned within him and tara saw that the ingrith the king was kindled against him and he answered the king saying all that i have is in the king's power whatever the king desireth to do to his servant let him do yea even my son he is in the king's power without value in exchange he and his two brothers that are older than he and the king said to tara no but i will purchase thy younger son for a price and tara answered the king saying i beseech thee my lord and king to let thy servant speak a word before thee and let the king hear the word of his servant and tara said let my king give me three days time till i consider this matter within myself and consult with my family concerning the words of my king and he pressed the king greatly to agree to this and the king hearkened to terra and he did so and he gave him three days time and terror went out from the king's presence and he came home to his family and spoke to them all the words of the king and the people were greatly afraid and it was in the third day that the king sent to tara saying send me thy son for a price as i spoke to thee and should thou not do this i will send and slay all thou hast in thy house so that thou shalt not even have a dog remaining and tara hastened as the thing was urgent from the king and he took a child from one of his servants which is handmaiden born to him that day and terah brought the child to the king and received value for him and the lord was with tara in this matter that nimrod might not cause abram's death and the king took the child from terah and with all his might dashed his head to the ground for he thought it had been abram and this was concealed from him from that day and it was forgotten by the king as it was the will of the providence not to suffer abram's death and hera took abram his son secretly together with his mother and nurse and he concealed them in a cave and he brought them their provisions monthly and the lord was with abram in the cave and he grew up and abram was in the cave ten years and the king and his princes soothsayers and sages thought that the king had killed abram end of chapter 8 chapter 9 of the book of jasher and heron the son of terror abram's oldest brother took a wife in those days hiron was 39 years old when he took her and the wife of heron conceived and bear a son and he called his name lot and she conceived again and bear a daughter and she called her name milka and she again conceived and bear a daughter and she called her name sarai haran was 42 years old when he begot sarai which was in the tenth year of the life of abram and in those days abram and his mother and nurse went out from the cave as the king and his subjects had forgotten the affair of abram and when abram came out from the cave he went to noah and his son shem and he remained with them to learn the instruction of the lord in his ways and no man knew where abram was and abram served noah and shem his son for a long time and abram was in noah's house 39 years and abram knew the lord from three years old and he went in the ways of the lord until the day of his death as noah and his son shem had taught him and all the sons of the earth in those days greatly transgressed against the lord and they rebelled against him and they served other gods and they forgot the lord who had created them in the earth and the inhabitants of the earth made unto themselves at that time every man his god gods of wood and stone which could neither speak hear nor deliver and the sons of men served them and they became their gods and the king and all his servants and terror with all his household were then the first of those that served gods of wood and stone and terra had 12 gods of large size made of wood and stone after the 12 months of the year and he served each one monthly and every month terah would bring his meat offering and drink offering to his gods thus did terror all the days and all that generation were wicked in the sight of the lord and they thus made every man his god but they forsook the lord who had created them and there was not a man found in those days in the whole earth who knew the lord for they served each man his own god except noah and his household and all those who were under his counsel knew the lord in those days and abram the son of terror was waxing great in those days in the house of noah and no man knew it and the lord was with him and the lord gave abram an understanding heart and he knew all the works of that generation were vain and that all their gods were vain and were of no avail and abram saw the sun shining upon the earth and abram said unto himself surely now this sun that shines upon the earth is god and him will i serve and abram served the son in that day and he prayed to him and when evening came the sun set as usual and abram said within himself surely this cannot be god and abram still continued to speak within himself who is he who made the heavens and the earth who created upon the earth where is he and night darkened over him and he lifted up his eyes towards the west north south and east and he saw that the sun had vanished from the earth and the day became dark and abram saw the stars and moon before him and he said surely this is the god who created the whole earth as well as man and behold these his servants are gods around him and abram served the moon and prayed to it all that night and in the morning when it was light and the sun shone upon the earth as usual abram saw all the things that the lord god had made upon the earth and abram said unto himself surely these are not gods that made the earth and all mankind but these are the servants of god and abram remained in the house of noah and there knew the lord in his ways and he served the lord all the days of his life and all that generation forgot the lord and served other gods of wood and stone and rebelled all their days and king nimrod reigned securely that all the earth was under his control and all the earth was of one tongue and words of union and all the princes of nimrod and his great men took council together fut mitzreim kush and kanan with their families and they said to each other come let us build ourselves a city and in it a strong tower and it's top reaching heaven and we will make ourselves famed so that we may reign upon the whole earth in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us that we may reign mightily over them and that we may not become scattered over the earth on account of their wars and they all went before the king and they took the king these words and the king agreed with them in this affair and he did so and all the families assembled consisting of about six hundred thousand men and they went to seek an extensive piece of ground to build the city and the tower and they sought in the whole earth and they found none like one valley at the east end of shinar about two days walk and they journeyed there and they dwelt there and they began to make bricks and burn fires to build the city in the tower that they had imagined to complete and the building of the tower was unto them a transgression and a sin and they began to build it and wilts they were building against the lord god of heaven they imagined in their hearts to were against him and to ascend into heaven and all these people and all the families divided themselves in three parts the first said we will ascend into heaven and fight against him the second said we will ascend to heaven and place our own gods there and serve them and the third part said we will ascend to heaven and smite him with bows and spears and god knew all their works and all their evil thoughts and he saw the city and the tower which they were building and when they were building they built themselves a great city in a very high and strong tower and on account of its height the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent to it until those who went up had completed a full year and after that they reached to the builders and gave them the mortar and bricks thus was it done daily and behold these ascended and others descended the whole day and if a brick should fall from their hands and get broken they would all weep over it and if a man fell and died none of them would look at him and the lord knew their thoughts and it came to pass when they were building they cast the arrows toward the heavens and all the arrows fell upon them filled with blood and when they saw them they said to each other surely we have slain all those that are in heaven for this was from the lord in order to cause them to air and in order to destroy them from off the face of the ground and they built the tower in the city and they did this thing daily until many days and years were elapsed and god said to the seventy angels who stood foremost before him to those who were near to him saying come let us descend and confuse their tongues that one man shall not understand the language of his neighbor and they did so unto them and from that day following they forgot each man his neighbor's tongue and they could not understand to speak in one tongue and when the builder took from the hands of his neighbor lime or stone which he did not order the builder would cast it away and throw it upon his neighbor that he would die and they did so many days and they killed many of them in this manner and the lord smote the three divisions that were there and he punished them according to their works and designs those who said we will ascend to heaven and serve our gods became like apes and elephants and those who said we will smite the heaven with arrows the lord killed them one man through the hand of his neighbor and the third division of those who said we will ascend to heaven and fight against him the lord scattered them throughout the earth and those who were left amongst them when they knew and understood the evil which was coming upon them they forsook the building and they also became scattered upon the face of the whole earth and they ceased building the city in the tower therefore he called that place babel for there the lord confounded the language of the whole earth behold it was at the east of the land of shinar and as to the tower which the sons of men built the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up one third part thereof and a fire also descended from heaven and burnt another third and the other third is left to this day and it is of that part which was aloft and its circumference is three days walk and many of the sons of men died in that tower a people without number chapter 11 of the book of jasher this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 11 ad nimrod son of cush was still in the land of shinar and he reigned over it and dwelt there and he built cities in the land of shinar and these are the names of the four cities which he built and he called their names after the occurrences that happened to them in the building of the tower and he called the first babel saying because the lord there confounded the language of the whole earth and the name of the second he called arak because from there god dispersed them and the third he called a shed saying there was a great battle at that place and the fourth he called kalna because his princes and mighty men were consumed there and they vexed the lord they rebelled and transgressed against him and when nimrod had built these cities in the land of shinar he placed in them the remainder of his people his princes and his mighty men that were left in his kingdom and nimrod dwelt in babel and he there renewed his reign over the rest of his subjects and he reigned securely and the subjects and princes of nimrod called his name amraphal saying that at the tower his princes and men fell through his means and notwithstanding this nimrod did not return to the lord and he continued in wickedness and teaching wickedness to the sons of men and martha and his son was worse than his father and continued to add to the admonitions of his father and he caused the sons of men to sin therefore it is said from the wicked goeth forth wickedness at that time there was war between the families of the children of ham as they were dwelling in the cities which they built and chaturanga king of elam went away from the families of the children of ham and he fought with them and he subdued them and he went to the five cities of the plain and he fought against them and he subdued them and they were under his control and they served him 12 years and they gave him a yearly tax at that time died nahor son of serug in the 49th year of the life of abram son of terah and in the 50th year of the life of abram son of tira abram came forth from the house of noah and went to his father's house and abram knew the lord and he went in his ways and instructions and the lord his god was with him and tara his father was in those days still captain of the host of king nimrod and he still followed strange gods and abraham came to his father's house and saw 12 gods standing there in their temples and the anger of abram was kindled when he saw these images in his father's house and abram said as the lord liveth these images shall not remain in my father's house so shall the lord who created me do unto me if in three days time i do not break them all and abram went from them and his anger burned within him and abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's outer court and he found his father sitting in the court and all his servants with him and abram came and sat before him and abram asked his father saying father tell me where is god who created heaven and earth and all the sons of men upon the earth and who created thee and me and tyra answered his son abram and said behold those who created us are all with us in the house and abram said to his father my lord shew them to me i pray thee and tara brought abram into the chamber of the inner court and abram saw and behold the whole room was full of gods of wood and stone twelve great images and others less than they without number and terah said to his son behold these are they which made all thou seest upon earth and which created me and thee and all mankind and tara bowed down to his gods and he then went away from them and abram his son went away with him and when abram had gone from them he went to his mother and sat before her and he said to his mother behold my father has shown me those who made heaven and earth and all the sons of men now therefore hasten and fetch a kid from the flock and make of its savory meat that i may bring it to my father's gods as an offering for them to eat perhaps i may thereby become acceptable to them and his mother did so and she fetched a kid and made savory meat thereof and brought it to abram and abram took the savory meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods and he drew nigh to them that they might eat and tara his father did not know of it and abram saw in the day when he was sitting amongst them that they had no voice no hearing no motion and not one of them could stretch forth his hand to eat and abram mocked them and said surely the savory meat that i prepared has not pleased them or perhaps it was too little for them and for that reason they would not eat therefore tomorrow i will prepare fresh savory meat better and more plentiful than this in order that i may see the result and it was on the next day that abram directed his mother concerning the savory meat and his mother rose and fetched three fine kids from the flock and she made of them some excellent savory meat such as her son was fond of and she gave it to her son abram and tara his father did not know of it and abram took the savory meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods into the chamber and he came nigh unto them that they might eat and he placed it before them and abram sat before them all day thinking perhaps they might eat and abram viewed them and behold they had neither voice nor hearing nor did one of them stretch forth his hand to the meat to eat and in the evening of that day in that house abram was clothed with the spirit of god and he called out and said woe into my father in this wicked generation whose hearts are all inclined to vanity who serve these idols of wood and stone which can neither eat smell hear nor speak who have mouths without speech eyes without sight ears without hearing hands without feeling and legs which cannot move like them are those that made them and that trust in them and when abram saw these things his anger was kindled against his father and he hastened and took a hatchet in his hand and came into the chamber of the gods and he broke all his father's gods and when he had done breaking the images he placed the hatchet in the hand of the great god which was there before them and he went out and tara his father came home for he had heard at the door the sound of the striking of the hatchet so tara came into the house to know what this was about and tara having heard the noise of the hatchet in the room of images ran to the room to the images and he met abram going out and tara entered the room and found all the idols falling down and broken and the hatchet in the hand of the largest which was not broken and the savory meat which abram his son had made was still before them and when tara saw this his anger was greatly kindled and he hastened and went from the room to abram and he found abram his son still sitting in the house and he said to him what is this work thou has done to my gods and abram answered terah his father and he said not so my lord for i brought savory meat before them and when i came nigh to them with the meat that they might eat they all at once stretched forth their hands to eat before the great one had put forth his hand to eat and the large one saw their works that they did before him and his anger was violently kindled against them and he went and took the hatchet that was in the house and came to them and broke them all and behold the hatchet is yet in his hand as thou seest and tara's anger was kindled against his son abram when he spoke this and tara said to abram his son in his anger what is this tale that thou hast told thou speakest lies to me is there in these gods spirit soul or power to do all thou hast told me are they not wood and stone and have i not myself made them and canst thou speak such lies saying that the large god that was with them smote them it is thou that dits place the hatchet in his hands and then sayest he smote them all and abram answered his father and said to him and how can thou then serve these idols in whom there is no power to do anything can those idols in which thou trustest deliver thee can they hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them can they deliver thee from the hands of thy enemies or will they fight thy battles for thee against thy enemies that thou should serve wood and stone which can neither speak nor hear and now surely it is not good for thee nor for the sons of men that are connected with thee to do these things are you so silly so foolish or so short of understanding that you will serve wood and stone and do after this manner and forget the lord god who made heaven and earth and who created you in the earth and thereby bring a great evil upon your souls in this matter by serving stone and wood did not our fathers in the days of old sin in this manner and the lord god of the universe brought the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed the whole earth and how can you continue to do this and serve gods of wood and stone who cannot hear or speak or deliver you from oppression thereby bringing down the anger of the god of the universe upon you now therefore my father refrain from this and bring not evil upon thy soul and the souls of thy household and abram hastened and sprang from before his father and took the hatchet from his father's largest idol with which abram broke it and ran away and tara seeing all that abram had done hastened to go from his house and he went to the king and he came before nimrod and stood before him and he bowed down to the king and the king said what does thou want and he said i beseech thee my lord to hear me now fifty years back a child was born to me and thus has he done to my gods and thus has he spoken and now therefore my lord and king send for him that he may come before thee and judge him according to the law that we may be delivered from his evil and the king sent three men of his servants and they went and brought abram before the king and nimrod and all his princes and servants were that day sitting before him and tara sat also before them and the king said to abram what is this that thou has done to thy father and to his gods and abram answered the king in the words that he spoke to his father and he said the large god that was with them in the house did to them what thou hast heard and the king said to abram had they power to speak and eat and do as thou has said and abram answered the king saying and if there be no power in them why dost thou serve them and cause the sons of men to air through thy follies dost thou imagine that they can deliver thee or do anything small or great that thou should serve them and why wilt thou not serve the god of the whole universe who created thee and in whose power it is to kill and to keep alive o foolish simple and ignorant king woe unto thee forever i thought thou wouldst teach thy servants the upright way but thou has not done this but has filled the whole world with thy sins and the sins of thy people who have followed thy ways dost thou not know or hast thou not heard that this evil which thou doest our ancestors sinned therein in days of old and the eternal god brought the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed them all and also destroyed the whole earth on their account and will thou and thy people rise up now and do like unto this work in order to bring down the anger of the lord god upon the universe and to bring evil upon thee and the whole earth now therefore put away this evil deed which thou doest and serve the god of the universe as thy soul is in his hands and then it will be well with thee and if thy wicked heart will not hearken in my words to cause thee to forsake thy evil ways and to serve the eternal god then thou wilt die in shame in the latter days thou thy people and all who are connected with thee hearing thy words or walking in thy evil ways and when abram had ceased speaking before the king and princes abram lifted up his eyes to the heavens and he said the lord seeth all the wicked and he will judge them end of chapter 11 [Music] chapter 12 of the book of jasher this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit lipperfox.org chapter 12. and when the king heard the words of abram he ordered him to be put into prison and abram was 10 days in prison and at the end of those days the king ordered that all the kings princes and governors of different provinces and the sages should come before him and they sat before him and abram was still in the house of confinement and the king said to the princes and sages have you heard what abram the son of tyra has done to his father thus has he done to him and i ordered him to be brought before me and thus has he spoken his heart did not misgive him neither did he stir in my presence and behold now he is confined in the prison and therefore decide what judgment is due to this man who reviled the king who spoke and did all the things that you heard and they all answered the king saying the man who revileth the king should be hanged upon a tree but having done all the things that he said and having despised our gods he must therefore be burned to death for this is the law in this matter if it pleaseth the king to do this let him order his servants kindle of fire both night and day in thy brick furnace and then we will cast this man into it and the king did so and he commanded his servants that they should prepare a fire for three days and three nights in the king's furnace that is in cast him and the king ordered them to take abram from prison and bring him out to be burned and all the king's servants princes lords governors and judges and all the inhabitants of the land about nine hundred thousand men stood opposite the furnace to see abram and all the women and little ones crowded upon the roofs and towers to see what was doing with abram and they all stood together at a distance and there was not a man left that did not come on that day to behold the scene and when abram was come the conjurers of the king and the sages saw abram and they cried out to the king saying our sovereign lord surely this is the man whom we know to have been the child at whose birth the great star swallowed the four stars which we declared to the king now fifty years since and behold now his father has also transgressed thy command and mocked thee by bringing thee another child which thou didst kill and when the king heard their words he was exceedingly wroth and he ordered tyra to be brought before him and the king said hast thou heard what the conjurers have spoken now tell me truly how didst thou and if thou shalt speak truth thou shalt be acquitted and seeing that the king's anger was so much kindled tara said to the king my lord and king thou hast heard the truth and what the sages have spoken is right and the king said how could thou do this thing to transgress my orders and to give me a child that thou didst not beget and to take value for him and tara answered the king because my tender feelings were excited for my son at that time and i took a son of my handmaid and i brought him to the king and the king said who advised thee to this tell me do not hide ought from me and then thou shalt not die and terror was greatly terrified in the king's presence and he said to the king it was heron my eldest son who advised me to do this and heron was in those days that abram was born 2 and 30 years old but haran did not advise his father to anything for tara said this to the king in order to deliver his soul from the king for he feared greatly and the king said to terah haran thy son who advised thee to this shall die through fire with abram for the sentence of death is upon him for having rebelled against the king's desire in doing this thing and heron at that time felt inclined to follow the ways of abram but he kept it within himself and heron said in his heart behold now the king has seized abram on account of these things which abram did and it shall come to pass that if abram prevail over the king i will follow him but if the king prevail i will go after the king and when terror had spoken this to the king concerning here and his son the king ordered herren to be seized with abram and they brought them both abram and haran his brother to cast them into the fire and all the inhabitants of the land and the king's servants and princes and all the women and little ones were there standing that day over them and the king's servants took abram and his brother and they stripped them of all their clothes accepting their lower garments which were upon them and they bound their hands and feet with linen cords and the servants of the king lifted them up and cast them both into the furnace and the lord loved abram and he had compassion over him and the lord came down and delivered abram from the fire and he was not burned but all the cords with which they bound him were burned while abram remained and walked about in the fire and hiron died when they had cast him into the fire and he was burned to ashes for his heart was not perfect with the lord and those men who cast him into the fire the flame of fire spread over them and they were burned and twelve men of them died and abram walked in the midst of the fire three days and three nights and all the servants of the king saw him walking in the fire and they came and told the king saying behold we have seen abram walking about in the midst of the fire and even the lower garments which are upon him are not burned but the cord with which he was bound is burned and when the king heard their words his heart fainted and he would not believe them so he sent to other faithful princes to see this matter and they went and saw it and told it to the king and the king rose to go and see it and he saw abram walking to and fro in the midst of the fire and he saw heron's body burned and the king wondered greatly and the king ordered abram to be taken out from the fire and his servants approached to take him out and they could not for the fire was round about and the flame ascending toward them from the furnace and the king's servants fled from it and the king rebuked them saying make haste and bring abram out of the fire that you shall not die and the servants of the king again approached to bring abram out and the flames came upon them and burned their faces so that eight of them died and when the king saw that his servants could not approach the fire lest they should be burned the king called to abram o servant of the god who is in heaven go forth from amidst the fire come hither before me and abram hearkened to the voice of the king and he went forth from the fire and he came and stood before the king and when abram came out the king and all his servants saw abram coming before the king with his lower garments upon him for they were not burned but the cord with which he was bound was burned and the king said to abram how is it that thou wast not burned in the fire and abram said to the king the god of heaven and earth and whom i trust and who has all in his power he delivered me from the fire into which thou didst cast me and heron the brother of abram was burned to ashes and they sought for his body and they found it consumed and haran was 82 years old when he died in the fire of cast him and the king princes and inhabitants of the land seeing that abram was delivered from the fire they came and bowed down to abram and abram said to them do not bow down to me but bow down to the god of the world who made you and serve him and go in his ways for it is he who delivered me from out of this fire and it is he who created the souls and spirits of all men and formed man in his mother's womb and brought him forth into the world and it is he who will deliver those who trust in him from all pain and this thing seemed very wonderful in the eyes of the king and princes that abram was saved from the fire and that heron was burned and the king gave abram many presents and he gave him his two head servants from the king's house the name of the one was onai and the name of the other was eleazar and all the kings princes and servants gave abram many gifts of silver and gold and pearl and the king and his princess sent him away and he went in peace and abram went forth from the king in peace and many of the king's servants followed him and about 300 men joined him and abram returned on that day and went to his father's house he and the men that followed him and abram served the lord his god all the days of his life and he walked in his ways and followed his law and from that day forward abram inclined the hearts of the sons of men to serve the lord and at that time nahor and abram took unto themselves wives the daughters of their brother haran the wife of nahor was milka and the name of abram's wife was sarai and sarai wife of abram was barren she had no offspring in those days and at the expiration of two years from abram's going out of the fire that is in the 52nd year of his life behold king nimrad sat in babel upon the throne and the king fell asleep and dreamed that he was standing with his troops and hosts in a valley opposite the king's furnace and he lifted up his eyes and saw a man in the likeness of abram coming forth from the furnace and that he came and stood before the king with his drawn sword and then sprang to the king with his sword when the king fled from the man for he was afraid and while he was running the man threw an egg upon the king's head and the egg became a great river and the king dreamed that all his troops sank in that river and died and the king took flight with three men who were before him and he escaped and the king looked at these men and they were clothed in princely dresses as the garments of kings and had the appearance and majesty of kings and while they were running the river again turned to an egg before the king and there came forth from the egg a young bird which came before the king and flew at his head and plucked out the king's eye and the king was grieved at the sight and he awoke out of his sleep and his spirit was agitated and he felt a great terror and in the morning the king rose from the couch in fear and he ordered all the wise men and magicians to come before him when the king related his dream to them and a wise servant of the king whose name was anakai answered the king saying this is nothing else but the evil of abram and his seed which will spring up against my lord and king in the latter days and behold the day will come when abram and his seed and the children of his household will war with my king and they will smite all the king's hosts and his troops and as to what thou said concerning three men which thou did see like unto thyself and which did escape this means that only thou wilt escape with three kings from the kings of the earth who will be with thee in battle and that which thou sawest of the river which turned to an egg as at first and the young bird plucking out thine eye this means nothing else but the seed of abram which will slay the king in latter days this is my king's dream and this is its interpretation and the dream is true and the interpretation which thy servant has given thee is right now therefore my king surely thou knowest that it is now 52 years since thy sages saw this at the birth of abram and if my king will suffer abram to live in the earth it will be to the injury of my lord and king for all the days that abram liveth neither thou nor thy kingdom will be established for this was known formally at his birth and why will not my king slay him that his evil may be kept from the in latter days and nimrod hearkened to the voice of anakai and he sent some of his servants in secret to go and seize abram and bring him before the king to suffer death and eleazar abram's servant whom the king had given him was at that time in the presence of the king and he heard what anakai had advised the king and what the king had said to cause abram's death and eleazar said to abram hasten rise up and save thy soul that thou mayest not die through the hands of the king for thus did he see in a dream concerning thee and thus did anakin interpret it and thus also did anakin advise the king concerning thee and abram hearkened to the voice of eleazar and abram hastened and ran for safety to the house of noah and his son shem and he concealed himself there and found a place of safety and the king's servants came to abram's house to seek him but they could not find him and they searched throughout the country and he was not to be found and they went and searched in every direction and he was not to be met with and when the king's servants could not find abram they returned to the king but the king's anger against abram was stilled as they did not find him and the king drove from his mind to this matter concerning abram and abram was concealed in noah's house for one month until the king had forgotten this matter but abram was still afraid of the king and terah came to see abram his son secretly in the house of noah and terah was very great in the eyes of the king and abram said to his father dost thou not know that the king thinketh to slay me and to annihilate my name from the earth by the advice of his wicked counselors now whom hast thou hear and what hast thou in this land arise let us go together to the land of canaan that we may be delivered from his hand lest thou perish also through him in the latter days dost thou not know or hast thou not heard that it is not through love that nimrod giveth thee all his honor but it is only for his benefit that he bestoweth all this good upon thee and if he do unto thee greater good than this surely these are only vanities of the world for wealth and riches cannot avail in the day of wrath and anger now therefore hearken to my voice and let us arise and go to the land of canaan out of the reach of injury from nimrod and serve thou the lord who created thee in the earth and it will be well with thee and cast away all the vain things which thou pursuest and abram ceased to speak when noah and his son shem answered terah saying true is the word which abram has said unto thee and terah hearkened to the voice of his son abram and terah did all that abram said for this was from the lord that the king should not cause abram's death chapter 13 of the book of jasher and tara took his son abram and his grandson lot the son of heron and sarai his daughter-in-law the wife of his son abram and all the souls of his household and went with them from ur cast him to go to the land of canaan and when they came as far as the land of heron they remained there for it was exceeding good land for pasture and of sufficient extent for those who accompanied them and the people of the land of heron saw that abram was good and upright with god and men and that the lord his god was with him and some of the people of the land of hearing came and joined abram and he taught them the instruction of the lord and his ways and those men remained with abram in his house and they adhered to him and abram remained in the land three years and at the expiration of three years the lord appeared to abram and said to him i am the lord who brought thee forth from ur cast him and delivered thee from the hands of thine enemies and now thereforeth thou wilt hearken to my voice and keep my commandments my statutes and my laws then will i cause thy enemies to fall before thee and i will multiply they seed like the stars of heaven and i will send my blessing upon all the works of thy hands and thou shalt lack nothing arise now take thy wife and all belonging to thee and go to the land of canaan and remain there and i will there be unto thee for a god and i will bless thee and abram rosen took his wife and all belonging to him and he went to the land of canaan as the lord had told him and abram was 50 years old when he went from heron and abram came to the land of canaan and dwelt in the midst of the city and he there pitched his tent amongst the children of canaan inhabitants of the land and the lord appeared to abram when he came to the land of canaan and he said to him this is the land which i give unto thee into thy seed after thee forever and i will make thy seed like the stars of heaven and i will give unto thy seed for an inheritance all the lands which thou seest and abram built an altar in the place where god had spoken to him and abram there called upon the name of the lord at the time at the end of three years of abram's dwelling in the land of canaan in that year noah died which was the 58th year of the life of abram and all the days that noah lived were 950 years and he died and abram dwelt in the land of canaan he his wife and all belonging to him and all those that accompanied him together with those that joined him from the people of the land but nabor abram's brother and tyra his father and lot the son of heron and all belonging to them dwelt in heron in the fifth year of abram's dwelling in the land of canaan the people of sodom and gomorrah and all the cities of the plain revolted from the power of cheetah leomar king of elam for all the kings of the cities of the plain had served charter laomer for 12 years and given him a yearly tax but in those days in the 13th year they rebelled against him and in the tenth year of abram's dwelling in the land of canaan there was a war between nimrod king of shinar and cheddar lamer king of elam and nimrod came to fight with cheddar leomar and to subdue him for cherry omer was at that time one of the princes of the hosts of nimrod and when all the people at the tower were dispersed and those that remained were also scattered upon the face of the earth chedeleomar went to the land of elim and reigned over it and rebelled against his lord and in those days when nimrod saw that the cities of the plane had rebelled he came with pride and anger to war with cherulyamor and nimrod assembled all his princes and subjects about seven hundred thousand men and went against cheddar leomar and chettaleomer went out to meet him with five thousand men and they prepared for battle in the valley of babel which is between elam and shinar and all those kings fought there and nimrod and his people were smitten before the people of cheddar leomar and there fell from nimrod's men about six hundred thousand and mardun the king's son fell amongst them and nimrod fled and returned in shame and disgrace to his land and he was under subjection to cheddar lammer for a long time and cheddar leoma returned to his land and sent princes of his host to the kings that dwelt around him to aryak king of eliza and to title king of and made a covenant with them and they were all obedient to his commands and it was in the 15th year of abram's dwelling in the land of canaan which is the 70th year of the life of abram and the lord appeared to abram in that year and he said to him i am the lord who brought thee out from ur cast him to give thee this land for an inheritance now therefore walk before me and be perfect and keep my commands for to thee unto thy seed i will give this land for an inheritance from the river mitzraim unto the great river euphrates and thou shall come to thy fathers in peace and in good age and the fourth generation shall return here in this land and shall inherit it forever and abram built an altar and he called upon the name of the lord who appeared to him and he brought up sacrifices upon the altar to the lord at that time abram returned and went to heron to see his father and mother and his father's household and abram and his wife and all belonging to him returned to heron and apron dwelt in heron five years and many of the people of heron about 72 men followed abram and abram taught them the instruction of the lord and his ways and he taught them to know the lord in those days the lord appeared to abram and hearin and he said to him behold i spoke unto thee these twenty years back saying go forth from thy land from thy birthplace and from thy father's house to the land which i have shown thee to give it to thee and to thy children for there in that land will i bless thee and make thee a great nation and make thy name great and in thee shall the families of the earth be blessed now therefore arise go forth from this place thou thy wife and all belonging to thee also everyone born in thy house and all the souls thou hast made inherent and bring them out with thee from here and rise to return to the land of canaan and abram arose and took his wife sarai and all belonging to him and all that were born to him in his house and the souls which they had made in heron and they came out to go to the land of canaan and abram went and returned to the land of canaan according to the word of the lord and lot the son of his brother heron went with him and abram was 75 years old when he went forth from heren to return to the land of canaan and he came to the land of canaan according to the word of the lord to abram and he pitched his tent and he dwelt in the plane of memory and with him was lot his brother son and all belonging to him and the lord again appeared to abram and said to thy seed will i give this land and he there built an altar to the lord who appeared to him which is still to this day in the plains of mamre chapter 27 of the book of jasher this librivox recording is in the public domain and esau at that time after the death of abraham frequently went into the field to hunt and nimrod king of babel the same was m raphael also frequently went with his mighty men to hunt in the field and to walk about with his men in the cool of the day and nimrod was observing esau all the days for a jealousy was forming in the heart of nimrod against esau all the days and on a certain day esau went into the field to hunt and he found nimrod walking in the wilderness with his two men and all his mighty men and his people were with him in the wilderness but the removed at a distance from him and they went from him in different directions to hunt and esau concealed himself for nimrod and he lurked for him in the wilderness and to nimrod and his men that were with him did not know him and nimrod and his men frequently walked about in the field at the cool of the day and to know where his men were hunting in the field and nimrod and two of his men that were with him came to the place where they were when esau started suddenly from his lurking place and drew his sword and hastened and ran to nimrod and cut off his head and esau fought a desperate fight with the two men that were with nimrod and when they called out to him esau turned to them and smote them to death with his sword and all the mighty men of nimrod who had left him to go to the wilderness heard the cry at a distance and they knew the voices of those two men and they ran to know the cause of it when they found their king and the two men that were with him lying dead in the wilderness and when esau saw the mighty men of nimrod coming at a distance he fled and thereby escaped edesal took the valuable garments of nimrod which nimrod's father had bequeathed to nimrod and with which nimrod prevailed over the whole land and he ran and concealed them in his house and esau took those garments and ran into the city on account of nimrod's men and he came unto his father's house wearied and exhausted from fight and he was ready to die through grief when he approached his brother jacob and sat before him and he said unto his brother jacob behold i shall die this day and wherefore then do i want the birthright and jacob acted wisely with esau in this matter and esau sold his birthright to jacob for it was so brought about by the lord and esau's portion in the cave of the field of machpelah which abraham had bought from the children of heth for the possession of a burial ground esau also sold to jacob and jacob bought all this from his brother esau for value given and jacob wrote the whole of this in a book and he testified the same with witnesses and he sealed it and the book remained in the hands of jacob and when nimrod the son of cush died his men lifted him up and brought him inconsternation and buried him in his city and all the days that nimrod lived were 215 years and he died and the days that nimrod reigned upon the people of the land were 185 years and nimrod died by the sword of esau in shame and contempt and the seed of abraham caused his death as he had seen in his dream and at the death of nimrod his kingdom became divided into many divisions and all those parts that nimrod reigned over were restored to the respective kings of the land who recovered them after the death of nimrod and all the people of the house of nimrod were for a long time enslaved to all the other kings of the land end of chapter 27

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Published: Sat Aug 15 2020