Jubilees 24

24 And it happened after the death of Abraham that the Lord blessed Isaac, his son, and he arose from Hebron and went and dwelt at the fountain of the vision, in the first year of the third week of this jubilee, seven years. 2And in the first year of the fourth week a famine began in the land, in addition to the first famine which was in the days of Abraham.

Esau Despises His Birthright

3And Jacob cooked a mess of lentils, and Esau came from the field hungry. 4And he said to Jacob, his brother, "Give me of thy mess of pulse"; and Jacob said to him, "Give up to me thy right of first birth, and I will give thee bread and also from this mess of pulse."

5And Esau said in his heart, "I shall die; what is it to me to be born first?" 6And he said to Jacob, "I will give it to you."

7And Jacob said, "Swear to me this day", and he swore to him.

8And Jacob gave to his brother Esau bread and the mess, and he ate and was satisfied, and Esau despised his right of first birth; and from this was Esau called Edom, on account of the mess of grain which Jacob gave him for his right of first birth. 9And Jacob became the older, but Esau diminished from his greatness.

Isaac, a Stranger in the Land

10And the famine was over the land, and Isaac went to go down to Egypt in the second year of this week, and he went to the king of the Philistines at Gerara, to Abimelech. 11And the Lord appeared to him and said to him: "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land which I tell thee of: be a stranger in this land, and I will be with thee and will bless thee. 12For to thee and to thy seed I will give all this land, and I will confirm my oath which I swore to Abraham, thy father, and I will increase thy seed like the stars of the heavens, and I will give to thy seed all this land. 13And in thy seed shall be blessed all the nations of the earth, because thy father hearkened unto my voice and observed my words and my commandments and my law and my ordinances and my covenant; and now hear my voice and dwell in this land."

The Prosperity of Isaac

14And he dwelt at Gerar three weeks of years. 15And Abimelech commanded on his account and on account of all that was his, saying: "Every man that touches him or any thing that is his, shall surely die." 16And Isaac increased in Philistia, and he secured many possessions, oxen and sheep and camels and asses and many possessions. 17And he sowed in the land of Philistia and he raised a hundred-fold, and Isaac became exceedingly great, and the Philistines were jealous of him, and all the wells which the young men of Abraham had dug during the life of Abraham the Philistines covered after the death of Abraham and filled them with earth.

18And Abimelech said to Isaac: "Go from me, for thou art exceedingly greater than I"; and Isaac went in the first year of this seventh week from there, and migrated to valleys of Geranon.

Contention with the Philistines

19And they returned and dug open the wells of water, which the servants of Abraham, his father, had dug, and which the Philistines had covered over after the death of Abraham, his father, and he called their names as Abraham, his father, had named them. 20And the young men of Isaac dug wells in the valley, and found living water; and the shepherds of Geranon quarrelled with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, "This is our water", and Isaac called the name of this well Contention, "because ye have contended with us."

21And they dug another well, and quarrelled on its account, and Isaac called its name Narrowness. 22And he arose from there, and they dug another well, and did not quarrel on its account, and he called its name Extension, and Isaac said, "Now the Lord has extended us"; and he increased in the land.

The Covenant Confirmed with Isaac

23And he ascended from there to the well of the oath in the first year of the first week in the forty-third jubilee. 24And the Lord appeared to him in this night, at the new moon of the first month, and said to him: "I am the God of Abraham, thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee and increase thy seed like the sand of the sea, on account of Abraham, my servant."

25And he built an altar there where Abraham, his father, had first built one, and he called upon the name of the Lord, and offered sacrifices to the God of Abraham, his father.

And they dug a well and found living water. 26And the young men of Isaac dug another well, and did not find water, and they went and told Isaac that they had not found water, and Isaac said: "I have sworn this day to the Philistines, and this is to us the affair." 27And Isaac called the name of this place The Well of the Oath, for there had he sworn to Abimelech and Akosat, his friend, and Phikol his companion. 28And Isaac knew on that day that in injustice they had sworn to them to keep the peace with them.

The Philistines are Cursed

29And Isaac on that day cursed the Philistines, and he said: "Cursed be the Philistines to the day of wrath and rage above all the nations: may the Lord make them an ignominy and a curse and anger and rage in the hands of sinful nations, and by the hands of the Hittites let him root them out. 30And whoever escapes from the sword of the enemy and from the Hittites, may the people of the just root them out in judgment from under heaven, for they will be enemies and haters to my children in their days over the earth. 31And may no remnant of them be left nor may any be saved on the day of the judgment of wrath, for to destruction and rooting out and being destroyed from the land are all the seed of the Philistines, and no remnant or name shall be left of their seed over the earth. 32For even if he had ascended to heaven, they would bring him down from there; and if he is fortified upon the earth they will tear him from there; and if he hides himself among the gentiles, they will destroy him from there; and even if he descends into Sheol, there too shall his judgment be great, and no peace shall be to him; and if he go into captivity, by the hand of those that seek his soul on the way he shall be killed, and no name or seed shall be left him on the whole earth, for he shall go into the curse of eternity."

33And thus is it written and engraved concerning him on the tablets of heaven, to do to him on the day of judgment, that he may be rooted out of the earth.