A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob

This Study is a Continuation from SS #01 The Written Word from Moses to King James

Some say “the Bible doesn’t require extra-biblical interpretation nor do we need any from the Oral Law,” which is proven false in the above Study.

Others claim we need “the Scriptures only!” Here we need to use our wisdom, and be cautious, because it might be true, because outside materials could be false, especially if they contradict the Scriptures. But sometimes outside materials could be true and add to our reservoir of knowledge to understand the Scriptures. We need to use our wisdom.

So we will start with one example:

(1) In Genesis 15:18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates:

— from the river of Egypt; the river of Egypt is the Nile, which overflowed annually and made the basin fruitful; so the Targum of Jonathan calls it the Nile of Egypt; it was rendered, “from the Nile of Mizraim” or Egypt to the great river, Euphrates.

After the Flood and the Confusion at Babel, the Land (of this earth) was divided:

But an earlier part of this same story was found in the Book of Jubilees. There the sons of Noah made an oath, a commitment by an oath; a version could be found in this noncanonical book what that mean:

And thus the sons of Noah divided unto their sons in the presence of Noah their father, and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on every one that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen (to him) by his lot.

And they all said, “So be it; so be it,” for themselves and their sons for ever throughout their generations Book of Jubilees Chapter 9:18-19

And here onto the next chapter, the reason is being given in the Chapter 10:

³⁹ In the fourth week in the first year in the beginning thereof in the four and thirtieth jubilee, were they dispersed from the land of Shinar.

⁴⁰ And Ham and his sons went into the land which he was to occupy, which he acquired as his portion in the land of the south.

⁴¹ But Canaan saw the land of Lebanon to the river of Egypt that it was very good, and he went not into the land of his inheritance to the west (that is to) the sea,

⁴² and he dwelt in the land of Lebanon, eastward and westward from the border of Jordan and from the border of the sea.

⁴³ And Ham, his father, and Cush and Mizraim, his brothers, said unto him: “Thou hast settled in a land which is not thine, and which did not fall to us by lot:

⁴⁴ do not do so; for if thou dost do so, thou and thy sons will fall in the land and (be) accursed through sedition;

⁴⁵ for by sedition ye have settled, and by sedition will thy children fall, and thou shalt be rooted out for ever.

⁴⁶ Dwell not in the dwelling of Shem; for to Shem and to his sons did it come by their lot.

⁴⁷ Cursed art thou, and cursed shalt thou be beyond all the sons of Noah, by the curse by which we bound ourselves by an oath in the presence of the holy judge, and in the presence of Noah our father.”

⁴⁸ But he (Canaan) did not hearken unto them, and dwelt in the land of Lebanon from Hamath to the entering of Egypt, he and his sons until this day. And for this reason that land is named Canaan. Book of Jubilees Chapter 10:39-48

— and that Land was allocated to Shem; then later to Abraham and onto the children of Jacob, or specifically the Israelites. The Hezbollah or Hamas today or any other Lebanese or Palestinians wouldn’t have a chance.

So, each one of us need to use our wisdom and caution to determine whether the above material adds to our reservoir of knowledge.

~ by Joel on August 23, 2025.

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