LXX Genesis 33:18

Septuagint

16 Then Esau turned back on that day to his way to Seir. 17 And Iakob was set- ting out for Tents, and he made himself dwellings there and made tents for his cattle; therefore he called the name of that place Tents. 18 And Iakob came to Salem, a city of Sikima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he came from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he encamped fac- ing the city. 19 And from Hemmora, Sychem’s fa- ther, he acquired for one hundred lambs the por- tion of the field, there where he had set up his tent, 20 and there he set up an altar and invoked the God of Israel.

Jubilees 30:1

Pseudepigrapha

1 During the first year of the sixth week [2143] he went up safely to Salem, which is on the east side of Shechem, in the fourth month. 2 There Jacob’s daughter Dinah was taken by force to the house of Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land. He lay with her and defiled her. Now she was a small girl, twelve years of age. 3 He begged her father and her brothers that she be given to him as his wife. Jacob and his sons were angry with the Shechemites because they had defiled their sister Dinah. They spoke deceptively with them, acted in a crafty way toward them, and deceived them.

 Notes and References

"... when Jacob fulfills his vow and builds an altar there and subsequently tithes (Jubilees 31:3; 32:4–9), he then actually plans to build the (cultic) place there (Jubilees 32:16). He is, however, prevented from doing this by the angel of God (Jubilees 32:22). The pillar itself did not function as a cult object, only as a pillar to mark the place, which is also emphasized with the addition in Jubilees 27:27 that Jacob set up the stone “as a pillar for a marker in this place.” In all other respects, the vow is not itself altered and Jubilees closely follows Genesis. If God fulfills his promises, God will become Jacob’s God, and Jacob will in turn tithe from everything God has given him, and the place shall become a house of the Lord. Thus, the author has been more concerned with Jacob’s actions than with the Abrahamic Promise itself ... God’s promise to Jacob still includes the promises God gave to Abraham. That Jacob will return “in peace” is highlighted by harmonizing God’s promise with Jacob’s vow, and this is an important promise in Jubilees since Isaac refers to it many times when he comforts Rebekah after Jacob has been sent away. Later on, that Jacob returns “in peace” is retained in the double interpretation of Genesis 33:18 in Jubilees 30:1 ..."

Tanskanen, Topias K. E. Jacob, the Torah, and the Abrahamic Promise: Studies on the Use and Interpretation of the Jacob Story in the Book of Jubilees (pp. 196-197) Åbo Akademi University, 2023

 User Comments

Do you have questions or comments about these texts? Please submit them here.