Free bible illustrations at free bible images of lots. Book of jasher, chapter 19 internet sacred text archive. Jun 05, 2019 the second place the book of jasher is mentioned is in 2 samuel 1. To give you a synopsis, they basically made laws against feeding the poor and any stranger that visited their cities. They were located in a fertile and green valley with the jordan river feeding it. Ancient book of jasher 19 sodom destroyed in the beginning. Picking up the story, the book of jasher also records the miraculous birth of isaac when abraham was 100 years of age.
Further, the quote simply notes that this account was also included in another source. The book of jubilees angels appear to abraham in hebron and isaac again promised, 14. Tanach and nt, and a few others which are relevant but not direct. We are another sodom and gomorrah and even worse bible prophecy watcher posted on december 12, 2015 by brother p december 12, 2015 the two major reasons why america will burn, dave hodgescommon sense show 1292015.
They did not just consist of homosexuality and inhospitality. Chapter 19the abominations of the people of sodom and gomorrah. August 4, 2014 abraham, ambassador for yehovahs kingdom, audio torah teaching, gomorrah, hebrew roots, lot, michael didier torah teacher, moed appointed time, passover, sabbath teaching, sodom, time of life book of jasher, book of yasher, genesis 19, michael didier torah teacher, sodom and gomorrah destroyed in the time of life, spring. Book of jasher, chapter 18 1 and abraham rose and did all that god had ordered him, and he took the men of his household and those bought with his money, and he circumcised them as the lord had commanded him. Again, no mention is made of the background of the book of jasher. Sodom and gomorrah 1962 film wikipedia sodom and gomorrah known in the usa as the last days of sodom and gomorrah is a 1962 epic film which is loosely based on the biblical tale of sodom and gomorrah. More sins of sodom and gomorrah from sefer hayashar jasher. The bible mentions a book of jasher on two occasions. We also learn valuable information about sodom, babylon and many other nations that the bible gives scant details about. According to the torah, the kingdoms of sodom and gomorrah were allied with the cities of admah, zeboim, and bela. The sins of sodom and gomorrah i was looking into the book of jasher and it goes into much deeper detail about what sodom and gomorrah did that was bad enough to warrant divine judgement from god. The deuterocanonical literature and the book of jasher is generally thought to make up the.
Jan 08, 2012 the books of jasher go into greater detail as to the sins of sodom and gomorrah. Chapter on abrams account terah and all his house, with abram, leave ur casdim to go to the land of canaan. Book of jasher 16 christian classics ethereal library. Why did god allow lots daughters to later have sex with their father. The standard historical theory about the destruction of sodom and gomorrah, as written in the bible as history in the pictures by werner keller, sustains that the cities of the valley of sidim were destroyed when a tectonic plate movement caused the great rift valley of which the dead sea is a port of, to move and the area at the southern end of the dead sea sank. Book of jasher, chapter 16 1 at that time chedorlaomer king of elam sent to all the neighboring kings, to nimrod, king of shinar who was then under his power, and to tidal, king of goyim, and to arioch, king of elasar, with whom he made a covenant, saying, come up to me and assist me, that we may smite all the towns of sodom and its inhabitants. According to the book of jasher, paltith, one of lots daughters, was burnt alive in some versions, on a pyre for giving a poor man bread. More sins of sodom and gomorrah from sefer hayashar.
The cities of the plain and all their inhabitants destroyed. Sodom and gomorrah were two cities mentioned in the book of genesis and throughout the hebrew bible, the new testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the quran and the hadith. Book of jasher christian classics ethereal library. It also survived the burning of the alexandria library in about 389 ad due to a fast acting custodian. In those days all the people of sodom and gomorrah, and of the whole five cities, were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the lord and they provoked the lord with their abominations, and they strengthened in aging abominably and scornfully before the lord, and their wickedness and crimes were in those days great before the lord. Sodom and gomorrah have been used historically and in modern discourse as metaphors for homosexuality, and are the origin of the english words, sodomite, a pejorative term for male homosexuals, and sodomy, which is used in a legal context to describe sexual crimes against nature, namely anal or oral sex particularly homosexual and bestiality. Jun 22, 2019 sodom went a step further and took possessions of those that came into their towns by force, they made it illegal to feed the needy and they created laws condemning people to death who would do those things. Early church fathers, false religion, greek septuagint, jasher, lgbt, sodom and gomorrah, the accepted canon. The kingdom of elam was ruled by king chedorlaomer.
The book of jasher referred to in joshua and second samuel faithfully translated 1840 from the original hebrew into english. Book of jasher 19 christian classics ethereal library. And the cities of sodom had four judges to four cities, and these were their names. Returns to canaan where lot separates from him, and receives the promise of canaan and journeys to hebron, 14b21. The book of jasher chapter 19 details 17 january 2010 chapter 19the abominations of the people of sodom and gomorrah. In fact, the place was so bad people tried to rape the angels.
Their kingship, however, was not sovereign, because all of the river jordan plain was under elamite rule for twelve years. The book of jubilees abram journeys from haran to shechem in canaan, thence to hebron and thence to egypt, 114a. A reprint of photo lithographic reprint of exact edition published by j. Jan 19, 2019 ancient book of jasher 19 sodom destroyed and the cities of sodom had four judges to four cities, and these were their names. Perhaps the most important key found in the book of jasher is that it corrects the erroneous chronological date for the birth of abraham assumed by many christian commentators, in particular archbishop james ussher. Two of the most negative passages are found in the book of.
Serak in the city of sodom, sharkd in gomorrah, zabnac in admah, and menon in zeboyim. Jasher was referenced twice in the bible, joshua 10. The wicked men of the city surrounded lots house seeking to have homosexual relations. Using the book of jasher, let me explain in more detail what the ancients said of sodom and gomorrah. Jasher chapter 16 the book of jasher published by j.
So, while the bible tells us that sodom was a wicked nation, the book of jasher describes life in sodom and how they actually lived. Book of jasher 18 christian classics ethereal library. In genesis chapter 14, sodom and gomorrah s political situation is described during the time biblical lot had encamped in sodom s territory. And the cities of sodom had four judges to four cities, and these were their names, serak in the city of sodom, sharkad in gomorrah, zabnac in admah, and menon in zeboyim. Sodom and gomorrah was actually a complex of five cities. Referred to in the book of yahushua and second samuel. As the following story from the book of jasher shows, it wasnt merely that. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. If jesus said it was going to like sodom and gomorrah, i know its going to be alot worse than what it is even now. In the fifth year of abrams dwelling in the land of canaan the people of sodom and gomorrah and all the cities of the plain revolted from the power of chedorlaomer, king of elam. This is said to be written in the book of jasher, a collection of statepoems, in which the poem made upon this occasion was preserved among the rest.
Thus, if society is like sodom and gomorrah, it is because sodom and gomorrah are within every individual. This is what we have to understand and comprehend, because we have to escape from sodom and gomorrah, but these are not outside, but inside of each one of us. From this book we learn that noah and abraham were contemporaries. This version has yahwehs name restored by yahwehs sword. These five cities, also known as the cities of the plain, were situated on the jordan river plain in the southern region of the land of canaan. Sodom and gomorrah were two cities mentioned in the book of genesis and throughout the. Sodom and gomorrah, mohenjodaro do the ancient texts. Book of jasher referred to in joshua and second samuel. Public schools are raping the minds of little children all over the nation. Sodom went a step further and took possessions of those that came into their towns by force, they made it illegal to feed the needy and they created laws condemning people to death who would do those things. Book of jasher has nimrod contemporaneous with chedorlaomer. The king dreams of abram, and again seeks his life.
The first incident involving lots daughters appears in genesis 19. We see in this that nimrod was amraphel who was one of the kings who came against sodom and gomorrah, and which abraham fought to get back his nephew lot in genesis 14. Chapter 16four kings with eight hundred thousand men war against sodom and the cities of the plain, and destroy and plunder their people. The book of jasher contains an absorbing account of the sins of the people of sodom, and why yehovah god became furious with them, and the account of their divine judgment.
And in the course of time sarah sent eliezer to sodom, to see lot and inquire after his welfare. Filmed in sodom, this video explains the sins of sodom from the bible and an ancient source referenced in the bible called the book of jasher. In modern times there are two known book of jasher, but are either of them the one. The second place the book of jasher is mentioned is in 2 samuel 1. Ancient book of jasher 19 sodom destroyed and the cities of sodom had four judges to four cities, and these were their names. The destruction of sodom and gomorrah, by john martin, 1832. The people of sodom and gomorrah, and of all the cities of the plain become very wicked.
This is just one indication of how all the gods and heroes from the distant past. Of the five cities, sodom, gomorrah, zogar, admah and zeboim, only zoar has been positively identified, the book of genesis adds it was the only of the five cities to be spared the divine punishment, as lot and his daughters needed refuge. Hence, a person learns why these prophets are still held in high esteem to this very day. Two men who were really angels appeared in sodom where lot lived with his family.
Is not this written in the book of yasher, jasher or yahsher. Lot, his family, and the angels left while god destroyed the city. The judges of sodom and gomorrah allowed beds to be erected in the streets of the cities, and when strangers came into sodom and gomorrah, the residents were allowed, by law, to rape those who passed through their cities. Preface introduction is this the real book of jasher. Oct 21, 2004 he referred to an ancient text called the book of jasher which is cited 2 places in the bible joshua and 2 samuel this text was only recently discovered in the 1800s. You will also see that the cities of sodom and gomorrah were both named after. Yahwehs restored name version of the book of yasher jasher. Sodom and gomorrah, mohenjodaro do the ancient texts describe nuclear explosions and weapons. And all the people of sodom and gomorrah went there four times in the year, with their wives and children and all belonging to them, and they rejoiced there with timbrels and dances. The book of jasher, mentioned in the biblical books of joshua and second. They tarry in haran, where yahweh appears to abram. According to some sources, this book was once the original start of the bible. The cities of the plain and all their inhabitants destroyed by fire. Book of jasher, chapter 18 internet sacred text archive.
Why did lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped. And by desire of their four judges the people of sodom and gomorrah had beds erected in the streets of the cities, and if a man came to these places they laid hold of him and brought him to one of their beds, and by force made him to lie in them. At that time chedorlaomer king of elam sent to all the neighboring kings, to nimrod, king of shinar who was then under his power, and to tidal, king of goyim, and to arioch, king of elasar, with whom he made a covenant, saying, come up to me and assist me, that we may smite all the towns of sodom and its inhabitants, for they have rebelled against me these. The text contains a lament written by david concerning the deaths of saul and sauls son jonathan. Book of jasher, chapter 19 1 and the cities of sodom had four judges to four cities, and these were their names, serak in the city of sodom, sharkad in gomorrah, zabnac in admah, and menon in zeboyim. The book of jubilees pseudepigrapha, apocrypha and sacred.
We do know at one time that it was once part of the bible, being referred to in joshua and second samuel. The book of jasher covers these scenarios in great detail. And eliezer went to sodom, and he met a man of sodom fighting with a stranger, and the man of sodom stripped the poor man of all his clothes and went away. The deuterocanonical literature and the book of jasher. The books of jasher go into greater detail as to the sins of sodom and gomorrah. Further, if you read the book of jasher, which is cited in joshua 10.
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