Abraham’s Last Festival

1 And in the first week in the forty-third jubilee, in the second year, that is, the year in which Abraham died, Isaac and Ishmael came from the Well of the Oath to celebrate the feast of weeks — that is, the feast of the first fruits of the harvest — to Abraham, their father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come. 2 For Isaac had many possessions in Beersheba, and Isaac used to go and see his possessions and to return to his father. 3 And in those days Ishmael came to see his father, and they both came together, and Isaac offered a sacrifice for a burnt offering, and presented it on the altar of his father which he had made in Hebron. 4 And he offered a thank offering and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and Rebekah made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Jacob, her son, to take them to Abraham, his father, from the first fruits of the land, so that he might eat and bless the Creator of all things before he died. 5 And Isaac, too, sent to Abraham through Jacob an excellent thank offering, so that he might eat and drink. 6 And he ate and drank, and blessed the Most High God, Who has created heaven and earth, Who has made all the fat things of the earth, And given them to the human beings So that they might eat and drink and bless their Creator. 7 'And now I give thanks to You, my God, because You have caused me to see this day: look, I am one hundred and seventy-five years, an old man and having lived a full life, and all my days have been peace to me. 8 The sword of the adversary has not overcome me in all that You have given me and my children all the days of my life until this day. 9 My God, may Your mercy and Your peace be upon Your servant, and upon the descendants of his sons, so that they may be to You a chosen nation and an inheritance from among all the nations of the earth from now on to all the days of the generations of the earth, to all the ages.'⁠a 10 And he called Jacob and said: 'My son Jacob, may the God of all bless you and strengthen you to do righteousness, and His will before Him, and may He choose you and your descendants so that you may become a people for His inheritance according to His will always. And you, my son, Jacob, come close and kiss me.' 11 And he came close and kissed him, and he said: 'Blessed be my son Jacob And all the sons of God Most High, to all the ages: May God give to you righteous descendants; And may He sanctify some of your sons in the midst of the whole earth; May nations serve you, And all the nations bow themselves before your descendants. 12 Be strong in the presence of men, And exercise authority over all the descendants of Seth. Then your ways and the ways of your sons will be justified, So that they shall become a holy nation. 13 May the Most High God give you all the blessings With which He has blessed me And with which He blessed Noah and Adam; May they rest on the sacred head of your descendants from generation to generation forever. 14 And may He cleanse you from all unrighteousness and impurity, That you may be forgiven all the transgressions which you have committed ignorantly. And may He strengthen you, And bless you. And may you inherit the whole earth, 15 And may He renew His covenant with you. That you may be to Him a nation for His inheritance for all the ages, And that He may be to you and to your descendants a God in truth and righteousness throughout all the days of the earth.

Abraham’s Commands to Jacob

16 And you, my son Jacob, remember my words, And observe the commandments of Abraham, your father: Separate yourself from the nations, And do not eat with them: And do not act according to their works, And do not become their associate; For their works are unclean, And all their ways are a Pollution and an abomination and impurity.⁠b 17 They offer their sacrifices to the dead And they worship evil spirits, And they eat over the graves, And all their works are worthless and empty. 18 They have no mind to understand And their eyes do not see what their works are, And how they err in saying to a piece of wood: 'You are my God,' And to a stone: 'You are my Lord and you are the one who rescues me.' [And they have no understanding.] 19 And as for you, my son Jacob, May the Most High God help you And the God of heaven bless you And remove you from their impurity and from all their error. 20 Beware, my son Jacob, of taking a wife from any descendants of the daughters of Canaan; For all his descendants are to be rooted out of the earth. 21 For, because of the transgression of Ham, Canaan erred, And all his descendants shall be destroyed from off the earth and all who remain of them, And none descended from him shall be saved on the day of judgment. 22 And as for all the worshippers of idols and the profane There shall be no hope for them in the land of the living; And there shall be no remembrance of them on the earth; For they shall descend into Sheol, And they shall go into the place of condemnation, As the children of Sodom were taken away from the earth So all those who worship idols will be destroyed. 23 Do not fear, my son Jacob, And do not be dismayed, son of Abraham: May the Most High God preserve you from destruction, And may he rescue you from all the paths of error. 24 I have built this house for myself so that I might put my name upon it in the earth: [it is given to you and to your descendants forever], and it will be named the house of Abraham; it is given to you and to your descendants forever; for you will build my house and establish my name before God forever: your descendants and your name will stand throughout all generations of the earth.' 25 And he ceased commanding him and blessing him. 26 And the two lay together on one bed, and Jacob slept against the chest of his grandfather Abraham and he kissed him seven times, and his affection and his heart rejoiced over him. 27 And he blessed him with all his heart and said: 'The Most High God, the God of all, and Creator of all, who brought me out from Ur of the Chaldeans so that He might give me this land to inherit it forever, and so that I might establish holy descendants — blessed be the Most High forever.' 28 And he blessed Jacob and said: 'My son, over whom with all my heart and my affection I rejoice, may Your grace and Your mercy extend over him and upon his descendants always. 29 And do not abandon him, nor count him as nothing from now on to the days of eternity, and may Your eyes be opened upon him and upon his descendants, so that You may preserve him, and bless him, and may sanctify him as a nation for Your inheritance; 30 And bless him with all Your blessings from now on to all the days of eternity, and renew Your covenant and Your grace with him and with his descendants according to all Your good pleasure to all the generations of the earth.'