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Genesis 26 says God renewed the promise to Isaac because Abraham followed the requirements of the commandments. Jubilees 24 repeats this almost word for word and adds "and covenant," presenting Abraham as faithfully obeying the entire Torah.
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Genesis 26:5
Hebrew Bible
4 I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants. 5 All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.
Jubilees 24:11
Pseudepigrapha
10 because I will give this entire land to you and your descendants. I will carry out the terms of my oath which I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky. I will give this entire land to your descendants. 11 All the peoples of the earth will be blessed through your descendants because of the fact that your father obeyed me and kept my obligations, commands, laws, statutes, and covenant. Now obey me and live in this land.’ 12 So he lived in Gerar for three weeks of years.
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Notes and References
... The strongest connection with Abraham comes in verse 11 parallel to Genesis 26:5: the blessings, including the derivative one the nations will experience through the chosen line, now belong to Isaac because Abraham was unfailingly obedient... The texts agree word for word (not always obvious in the translations) apart from two differences: where the Masoretic Text uses the name Abraham the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, and the Old Latin have “Abraham your father,” Jubilees reads “your father”; and at the end of the verse its words “and covenant” are unique to it (they may come from Genesis 17:9-10 parallel to Jubilees 15:11). Nouns such as “commands, statutes, and laws” are surprising in connection with Genesis, where Abraham received very few orders that were legal in nature. ...
VanderKam, James C.
Jubilees 2: A Commentary on the Book of Jubilees Chapters 22-50
(p. 717) Fortress Press, 2018
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