My readers may well have heard of the Apocrypha, and some Bibles (particularly those published by the Roman Catholic church) have actually printed these extra books in their editions of the Scriptures. But the Old Testament Bible speaks about a number of “lost” books, and although the names of these books may be found in the text of the Bible, none of them is today to be found – with the exception of one, namely The Book of Jasher. To begin this chapter it has been considered necessary to make a few comments about Jasher, so that the Book may find its way into the homes and libraries of more Christians, and may as a result add richness and colour to the Biblical stories of Genesis. [Read more…]

In this chapter we shall turn our attention to the Post-diluvian Patriarchs. And this is where we come up against a problem from the start, a problem that looks as though it will be final, a chronological gap from the date of the Flood to the family of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, beginning with Terah. There is quite a lot of information from then on, but it would seem to be “floating”, without an anchor stretching back into the days of Noah. Let us see what Jasher has to say. [Read more…]

It will be helpful to include a portion of the table of “Age at son’s birth” to include only the Hebrew and the two Septuagint tallies of years before analysing them. [Read more…]