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Jubilees: A Commentary on the Book of Jubilees, Chapters 1–50, Volumes 1 & 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Jubilees—so called because of its concern with marking forty-nine-year periods (or “jubilees”) in Israel’s history—is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus from the point of view of an anonymous second-century BCE Jewish author. Its distinctive perspective-as well as its apparent popularity at Qumran-make it particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism....

before the God of [J]acob [my perfect and de]ar s[on.] But I lo[ve do]es our wishes [ ] my sister in peace.” 18/ Then Rebekah sent and summoned Esau. When he had come to her, she said to him: “I have a request thata I will make of you, my son; sayb that you will do it,c my son.” 19/ He said,a “I will do anythingb you tell me;c I will not refuse your request.” 20/ She said to him: “I ask of you that on the day I die you bring me and bury me near your father’s mother Sarah; and that you and Jacob
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