Jubilees 38 in Ge’ez, English and Spanish
Bible Study · Read Jubilees in Ge’ez, English and Spanish, one chapter per page. Jubilees retells Genesis and the beginning of Exodus as the angel of the presence revealed it to Moshe on Mount Sinai, dated by jubilees of 49 years. It is part of the Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but not of the Hebrew Bible (Tenakh).
Jubilees, Chapter 38
Yaakov shoots Esav and his Aramean ally with arrows, his sons defeat the hired armies on the four sides of the tower and pursue the sons of Esav to Se’ir, Edom is made to serve and pay tribute, and the kings who reigned in Edom are listed.
38:1And after that Yehudah (Judah) spoke to Yaakov (Jacob), his father, and said unto him, “Bend your bow, father, and send forth your arrows and cast down the adversary and slay the enemy; and may you have the power, for we shall not slay your brother, for he is such as you, and he is like you; let us give him this honor.”
38:1Y después de esto Yehudá (Judá) habló a Yaakov (Jacob), su padre, y le dijo: «Tensa tu arco, padre, y lanza tus flechas, y derriba al adversario y mata al enemigo; y que tengas tú el poder, porque nosotros no mataremos a tu hermano, pues él es como tú, y es semejante a ti; démosle este honor».
፩ወእምዝ ፡ ተናገሮ ፡ ይሁዳ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ወይቤሎ ፡ ምስክ ፡ አባ ፡ ቀሥተከ ፡ ወፈኑ ፡ ሐጸከ ፡ ወንድፍ ፡ ጸላኤ ፡ ወቅትል ፡ ፀራዌ ፡ ወይኩን ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀይል ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢንቀትል ፡ እኅዋከ ፡ ወኀቤከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወመምስልከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ በኀቤነ ፡ ለክብር ።
38:2Then Yaakov bent his bow and sent forth the arrow and struck Esav (Esau), his brother, on his right breast, and slew him.
38:2Entonces Yaakov tensó su arco y lanzó la flecha, e hirió a Esav (Esaú), su hermano, en el lado derecho del pecho, y lo mató.
፪ይእተ ፡ ሶቤ ፡ ወሰቀ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ቀሥቶ ፡ ወፈነወ ፡ ሐጸ ፡ ወነደፎ ፡ ለዔሳው ፡ እኁሁ ፡ ወገደሎ ፡
38:3And again he sent forth an arrow and struck ’Adoran the Aramean on the left breast, and drove him backward and slew him.
38:3Y otra vez lanzó una flecha, e hirió a ’Adoran el arameo en el lado izquierdo del pecho, y lo hizo caer hacia atrás y lo mató.
፫ወደገመ ፡ ፈነወ ፡ ሐጸ ፡ ወሄጶ ፡ አዱራንሃ ፡ አራማዌ ፡ ጥቦ ፡ ፀጋማዌ ፡ ወቀተሎ ።
38:4And then went forth the sons of Yaakov, they and their servants, dividing themselves into companies on the four sides of the tower.
38:4Y entonces salieron los hijos de Yaakov, ellos y sus siervos, dividiéndose en compañías a los cuatro lados de la torre.
፬ወእምዝ ፡ ወፅኡ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ ወአግብርቲሆሙ ፡ ተናፊቆሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መርብዕተ ፡ ማኅፈድ ።
38:5And Yehudah went forth in front, and Naftali (Naphtali) and Gad with him, and fifty servants with him, on the south side of the tower, and they slew all they found before them, and not one individual of them escaped.
38:5Y Yehudá salió al frente, y Naftalí (Neftalí) y Gad con él, y cincuenta siervos con él, por el lado sur de la torre, y mataron a todos los que hallaron delante de ellos, y ni uno solo de ellos escapó.
፭ወወፅአ ፡ ይሁዳ ፡ ፍጽመ ፡ ወንፍታሌም ፡ ወጋድ ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ወኀምሳ ፡ ደቅ ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ እንተ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ደቡብ ፡ ለማኅፈድ ፡ ወቀተሉ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘረከቡ ፡ በቅድሜሆሙ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘአምሠጠ ፡ እምኔሆሙ ፡ ወኢአሐዱ ።
38:6And Levi and Dan and Asher went forth on the east side of the tower, and fifty men with them, and they slew the fighting men of Moav (Moab) and Ammon.
38:6Y Leví, y Dan, y Asher (Aser) salieron por el lado oriental de la torre, y cincuenta hombres con ellos, y mataron a los hombres de guerra de Moav (Moab) y de Amón.
፮ወሌዊ ፡ ወዳን ፡ ወአሴር ፡ ወፅኡ ፡ እንተ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ጽባሑ ፡ ለማኅፈድ ፡ ወኀምሳ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ወቀተሉ ፡ መስተቃትላኒሆሙ ፡ ለሞአብ ፡ ወለአሞን ።
38:7And Reuven (Reuben) and Yissachar (Issachar) and Zevulun (Zebulun) went forth on the north side of the tower, and fifty men with them, and they slew the fighting men of the Pelishtim (Philistines).
38:7Y Reuvén (Rubén), e Yisasjar (Isacar), y Zevulún (Zabulón) salieron por el lado norte de la torre, y cincuenta hombres con ellos, y mataron a los hombres de guerra de los pelishtim (filisteos).
፯ወወፅኡ ፡ ሮቤል ፡ ወርሳኮር ፡ ወዛብሎን ፡ እንተ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ሰሜኑ ፡ ለማኅፈድ ፡ ወኀምሳ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ወቀተሉ ፡ መስተባእሳኒሆሙ ፡ ለፍልስጥኤም ።
38:8And Shimon (Simeon) and Binyamin (Benjamin) and Ḥanoch (Hanoch), Reuven’s son, went forth on the west side of the tower, and fifty men with them, and they slew of Edom and of the Ḥori (Horites) four hundred men, stout warriors; and six hundred fled, and four of the sons of Esav fled with them, and left their father lying slain, as he had fallen on the hill which is in ’Aduram.
38:8Y Shim’ón (Simeón), y Binyamín (Benjamín), y Janoj (Hanoc), hijo de Reuvén, salieron por el lado occidental de la torre, y cincuenta hombres con ellos, y mataron de Edom y de los jorim (horeos) cuatrocientos hombres, guerreros valientes; y seiscientos huyeron, y cuatro de los hijos de Esav huyeron con ellos, y dejaron a su padre tendido muerto, tal como había caído en el collado que está en ’Aduram.
፰ወወፅኡ ፡ ስምዖን ፡ ወብንያም ፡ ወኤኖክ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ሮቤል ፡ እንተ ፡ ገጸ ፡ ዐረቢሁ ፡ ለማኅፈድ ፡ ወኀምሳ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ወቀተሉ ፡ እምነ ፡ ኤዶም ፡ ወእምነ ፡ ኮሬዎን ፡ አርባዕተ ፡ ምእተ ፡ ዕደ ፡ ጽኑዓነ ፡ መስተቃትላነ ፡ ወስድስቱ ፡ ምእት ፡ ጐዩ ። ወአርባዕቲሆሙ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ዔሳው ፡ ጐዩ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ወኀደጉ ፡ አባሆሙ ፡ ቅቱለ ፡ በከመ ፡ ወድቀ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ወግር ፡ ዘይእቲ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አዱራም ።
38:9And the sons of Yaakov pursued after them to the mountains of Se’ir (Seir). And Yaakov buried his brother on the hill which is in ’Aduram, and he returned to his house.
38:9Y los hijos de Yaakov los persiguieron hasta los montes de Se’ir (Seir). Y Yaakov sepultó a su hermano en el collado que está en ’Aduram, y volvió a su casa.
፱ወሰደድዎሙ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ድኅሬሆሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ ደብረ ፡ ሲኢር ። ወያዕቆብሰ ፡ ቀበረ ፡ እኅዋሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ወግር ፡ እንተ ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አዱራም ፡ ወገብአ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ።
38:10And the sons of Yaakov pressed hard upon the sons of Esav in the mountains of Se’ir, and bowed their necks so that they became servants of the sons of Yaakov.
38:10Y los hijos de Yaakov apretaron duramente a los hijos de Esav en los montes de Se’ir, y doblegaron su cerviz, de modo que llegaron a ser siervos de los hijos de Yaakov.
፲ወአመንደብዎሙ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ ዔሳው ፡ በደብረ ፡ ሰኢር ፡ ወአትሐቱ ፡ ክሳዶሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይከኩኑ ፡ አግብርተ ፡ ለደቂቀ ፡ ያዕቆብ ።
38:11And they sent to their father to inquire whether they should make peace with them or slay them.
38:11Y enviaron a su padre a preguntar si debían hacer paz con ellos o matarlos.
፲፩ወለአኩ ፡ ኀበ ፡ አቡሆሙ ፡ እመ ፡ ይገብሩ ፡ ሰላም ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ይቀትልዎሙ ።
38:12And Yaakov sent word to his sons that they should make peace, and they made peace with them, and placed the yoke of servitude upon them, so that they paid tribute to Yaakov and to his sons always.
38:12Y Yaakov mandó decir a sus hijos que hicieran paz; e hicieron paz con ellos, y pusieron sobre ellos el yugo de servidumbre, de modo que pagaban tributo a Yaakov y a sus hijos siempre.
፲፪ወለአከ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ውሉዱ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይግበሩ ፡ ሰላመ ፡ ወገብሩ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ ሰላመ ፡ ወአንበሩ ፡ አርዑተ ፡ ቅኔ ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይጸብሑ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፡ ወለውሉዱ ፡ ኵሎ ፡
38:13And they continued to pay tribute to Yaakov until the day that he went down into Mitzrayim (Egypt).
38:13Y continuaron pagando tributo a Yaakov hasta el día en que descendió a Mitzrayim (Egipto).
፲፫ወነበሩ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይጼብሑ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፡ እስከ ፡ አመ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወረደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ግብጽ ።
38:14And the sons of Edom have not got free of the yoke of servitude which the twelve sons of Yaakov had imposed on them until this day.
38:14Y los hijos de Edom no se han librado del yugo de servidumbre que los doce hijos de Yaakov les impusieron, hasta el día de hoy.
፲፬ወኢነተጉ ፡ ውሉዱ ፡ ኤዶም ፡ እምአርዑተ ፡ ቅኔ ፡ ዘዐሠርቱ ፡ ወክልኤቱ ፡ ውሉደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ ፡ እስከ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ ዕለት ።
38:15And these are the kings that reigned in Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Yisrael (Israel), in the land of Edom.
38:15Y estos son los reyes que reinaron en Edom antes que reinara rey alguno sobre los hijos de Yisrael (Israel), en la tierra de Edom.
፲፭ወእሉ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ እለ ፡ ነግሡ ፡ በኤዶም ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ ይንግሥ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ለውሉደ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ እስከ ፡ ዛቲ ፡ ዕለት ፡ በምድረ ፡ ኤዶም ።
38:16And Balaq, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Danaba.
38:16Y Balaq, hijo de Beor, reinó en Edom, y el nombre de su ciudad fue Danaba.
፲፮ወነግሠ ፡ በኤዶም ፡ ባላቅ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ቦኤር ፡ ወስመ ፡ ሀገሩ ፡ ደናባ ።
38:17And Balaq died, and Jobab, the son of Zara of Boser, reigned in his place.
38:17Y murió Balaq, y reinó en su lugar Jobab, hijo de Zara, de Boser.
፲፯ወሞተ ፡ ባላቅ ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ ዮባብ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ዛራ ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ ቦሲር ።
38:18And Jobab died, and ’Asam, of the land of Teman, reigned in his place.
38:18Y murió Jobab, y reinó en su lugar ’Asam, de la tierra de Temán.
፲፰ወሞተ ፡ ዮባብ ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ አሳም ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ ደብረ ፡ ቴማን ።
38:19And ’Asam died, and ’Adath, the son of Barad, who slew Midian in the field of Moav, reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avith.
38:19Y murió ’Asam, y reinó en su lugar ’Adath, hijo de Barad, el que derrotó a Madián en el campo de Moav; y el nombre de su ciudad fue Avith.
፲፱ወሞተ ፡ አሳም ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ አዳት ፡ ወልደ ፡ ባርድ ፡ ዘቀተለ ፡ መዕድያምሃ ፡ በሐቅለ ፡ ሞአብ ፡ ወስመ ፡ ሀገሩ ፡ አውኡቱ ።
38:20And ’Adath died, and Salman, from ’Amaseqa, reigned in his place.
38:20Y murió ’Adath, y reinó en su lugar Salman, de ’Amaseqa.
፳ወሞተ ፡ አዳት ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ ሰሎማን ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ እማሴቃ ።
38:21And Salman died, and Saul of Ra’aboth by the river reigned in his place.
38:21Y murió Salman, y reinó en su lugar Saúl, de Ra’aboth junto al río.
፳፩ወሞተ ፡ ሰሎማን ፡ ወነገሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ ሳኡል ፡ ዘእምነ ፡ ራአቦት ፡ ፈለግ ፡
38:22And Saul died, and Ba’elunan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place.
38:22Y murió Saúl, y reinó en su lugar Ba’elunan, hijo de Achbor.
፳፪ወሞተ ፡ ሳኡል ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ ብኤሉናን ፡ ወልደ ፡ አክቡር ፡
38:23And Ba’elunan, the son of Achbor, died, and ’Adath reigned in his place, and the name of his wife was Maitabith, the daughter of Matarat, the daughter of Metabedza’ab.
38:23Y murió Ba’elunan, hijo de Achbor, y reinó en su lugar ’Adath; y el nombre de su mujer fue Maitabith, hija de Matarat, hija de Metabedza’ab.
፳፫ወሞተ ፡ በኤሉናን ፡ ወልደ ፡ አክቡር ፡ ወነግሠ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ አዳት ፡ ወስመ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ መይጠቢት ፡ ወለተ ፡ መጥሪት ፡ ወለተ ፡ ሜተቤድዛአብ ።
38:24These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom.
38:24Estos son los reyes que reinaron en la tierra de Edom.
፳፬እሉ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ እለ ፡ ነግሡ ፡ በምድረ ፡ ኤዶም ።
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Sources & method
- English translation
- R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1913), public domain, lightly modernized by Benei Avraham in the same way as our Bible pages: “thee/thou” become “you,” older verb forms are updated, people and places carry their Hebrew names with the familiar English name in parentheses the first time on each page, and “the Lord” (God) is written “Hashem.” Charles’s editorial dates are given in the notes. Digital text from the CrossWire Bible Society’s SWORD module (public domain).
- Spanish translation
- Translated by Benei Avraham from the English column, in the style of our Reina-Valera pages: Hashem for the Divine Name, Elohim for God, and Hebrew names. There is no public-domain Spanish translation of this book. Choose a translation with the Language drop-down; the choice is remembered on this device.
- Ge’ez text
- Ge’ez (classical Ethiopic) is the language of the Ethiopian Bible and the only language in which the whole book has survived; it was translated from Greek, which was translated from the lost Hebrew original. The text is August Dillmann’s edition (19th century, public domain) as published in the EOTCOpenSource Bible dataset. Verse numbers follow Charles; where Dillmann’s numbering joins two verses, the later verse says so.
- Quiz
- Written by Benei Avraham for middle-school readers (ages 11–14). Each quiz starts with easier questions and gets harder. Every answer is in the chapter on this page. Answers and scores are kept only in this browser (local storage) and can be cleared with Start over.
- Fonts
- Noto Serif Ethiopic, by Google (SIL Open Font License).