“... It seems likely that the vow refers to Jacob’s promise in Genesis 28:22 “. . . and of all that you give me, I will set aside a tithe for you” ( JPS; and see Jubilees 27:27). Later, the biblical story relates, God sent Jacob to Bethel to build the altar there, which he did (Genesis 35:1–5).47 According to Jubilees 31, Jacob urged his family to go to Bethel to fulfill his vow, building the altar and setting up a pillar “on the first of the seventh month” (Jubilees 31:3). Neither Genesis 35:1–5 nor Jubilees 31 mentions giving the tithe in this con- text. According to Jubilees 31:26, Jacob took his son to visit his par- ents, telling his father all his adventures, among them “the vow that he had made to the Lord, the vision that he had seen, that he had built an altar and everything was ready for offering the sacrifice before the Lord that he had vowed”. Issac refused to come because of his age, but sent Jacob’s mother with them, saying to him, “Be successful and carry out the vow that you made. Do not delay (in carrying out) your vow . . .” (verse 29). The following night Jacob stayed at Bethel, where “Levi dreamed that he—he and his sons— had been appointed and made into the priesthood of the Most High forever”. The next morning, on the 14th day of the seventh month, Jacob “gave a tithe of everything which had come with him—from people to animals, from money to all utensils and clothing. He gave a tithe of everything” (32:2). ...”