The Book of Jasher — read all 91 chapters

Sefer haYashar, the “Upright Book” named in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18 — the 1840 Moses Samuel translation in clear modern English, free to read.

• Chapter 1
  The Creation of Adam and Eve; the Fall; Cain Slays Abel and…
  36 verses
• Chapter 2
  Seth Is Born; the Earth Grows Corrupt; Cainan Foretells the…
  37 verses
• Chapter 3
  Enoch Reigns over the Earth, Establishes Righteousness, and…
  38 verses
• Chapter 4
  The Earth Again Corrupt; Noah Is Born
  21 verses
• Chapter 5
  Noah and Methuselah Preach Repentance for a Hundred and Twe…
  36 verses
• Chapter 6
  The Creatures Gathered to the Ark; the Flood; a Year in the…
  42 verses
• Chapter 7
  The Generations of Noah; the Garments of Adam Descend to Ni…
  51 verses
• Chapter 8
  The Star at Abram's Birth; Nimrod Seeks the Child's Life; A…
  36 verses
• Chapter 9
  Abram Learns the Ways of the Lord in Noah's House; the Towe…
  39 verses
• Chapter 10
  The Sons of Noah Scattered; They Build Cities throughout th…
  39 verses
• Chapter 11
  Nimrod Renews His Reign; Abram Destroys His Father's Idols …
  61 verses
• Chapter 12
  Abram Cast into the Fiery Furnace and Delivered; Nimrod's D…
  70 verses
• Chapter 13
  Terah and Abram Leave Ur Casdim; the Lord's Covenant with A…
  28 verses
• Chapter 14
  Rikayon's Cunning Device; How the Kings of Egypt Came to Be…
  33 verses
• Chapter 15
  Famine in Canaan; Sarai Hidden in a Chest; Abram and Sarai …
  47 verses
• Chapter 16
  The War of the Kings; Abram Rescues Lot and Is Blessed by A…
  36 verses
• Chapter 17
  The War of Chittim and Tubal; the Covenant of Circumcision;…
  20 verses
• Chapter 18
  Abraham Entertains Three Angels; the Wickedness of Sodom; H…
  43 verses
• Chapter 19
  The Judges and Cruelties of Sodom; Paltith's Martyrdom; Sod…
  60 verses
• Chapter 20
  Abraham in Gerar; Abimelech Takes Sarah and Is Warned by th…
  30 verses
• Chapter 21
  Isaac Is Born; Ishmael Sent Away; Abraham's Two Visits and …
  48 verses
• Chapter 22
  The Covenant at Beersheba; the Children of Nahor; Terah Die…
  55 verses
• Chapter 23
  The Binding of Isaac upon Mount Moriah; Satan's Assaults on…
  90 verses
• Chapter 24
  Sarah Buried in Machpelah; the Deed of Purchase; Eliezer Se…
  45 verses
• Chapter 25
  Abraham Takes Keturah; the Generations of Keturah and of Is…
  28 verses
• Chapter 26
  Isaac's Prayer at Moriah; Esau and Jacob Born; Abraham's Ch…
  39 verses
• Chapter 27
  Esau Slays Nimrod and Takes the Garments; the Birthright So…
  17 verses
• Chapter 28
  Isaac in Gerar; Jacob in the House of Shem and Eber; Esau T…
  29 verses
• Chapter 29
  Isaac Blesses Jacob; Esau's Wrath; Jacob Flees; Eliphaz Ove…
  43 verses
• Chapter 30
  Jacob's Vision at Bethel; He Comes to Laban; Serves for Rac…
  29 verses
• Chapter 31
  Laban's Deception; Leah and Rachel; Jacob's Children; the F…
  77 verses
• Chapter 32
  Jacob's Message and Prayer; the Angel Camps Terrify Esau; t…
  73 verses
• Chapter 33
  Jacob at Shalem; Dinah Taken by Shechem; the Sons of Jacob …
  52 verses
• Chapter 34
  Chiddekem and His Brothers Refuse; Simeon and Levi Destroy …
  70 verses
• Chapter 35
  The Counselors Recount God's Deeds for the Hebrews; the Amo…
  25 verses
• Chapter 36
  Jacob at Bethel; Deborah and Rebecca Die; Rachel Dies Beari…
  38 verses
• Chapter 37
  Jacob Returns to Shechem; the Seven Kings Assemble Again; J…
  50 verses
• Chapter 38
  The Remaining Kings Fall by Jacob’s Bow; Chazar and Sarton …
  52 verses
• Chapter 39
  Tapnach and Arbelan Fall; the Assault on Gaash, City of Thr…
  65 verses
• Chapter 40
  The Sons of Jacob Destroy Bethchorin; the Kings of Canaan M…
  52 verses
• Chapter 41
  Death of Leah; Joseph Dreams and Magnifies Himself above Hi…
  34 verses
• Chapter 42
  Joseph Drawn from the Pit and Sold to the Midianites, and b…
  53 verses
• Chapter 43
  Reuben's Anguish at Not Finding Joseph in the Pit; the Brot…
  48 verses
• Chapter 44
  Joseph is sold to Potiphar, an Officer of Pharaoh
  80 verses
• Chapter 45
  An Account of the Families of Jacob's Sons
  32 verses
• Chapter 46
  Joseph Interprets the Dreams of his Fellow-Prisoners
  20 verses
• Chapter 47
  Isaac Blesses his two Sons and Dies; His Property is Divided
  33 verses
• Chapter 48
  Pharaoh's Dreams
  66 verses
• Chapter 49
  Pharaoh Assembles all the Great Men of the Kingdom, and des…
  44 verses
• Chapter 50
  Joseph goes to help the Ishmaelites against their Enemies; …
  39 verses
• Chapter 51
  Jacob sends his Ten Oldest Sons to Egypt for Food
  54 verses
• Chapter 52
  Jacob's sorrow at the absence of Simeon; Refuses to let Ben…
  42 verses
• Chapter 53
  Jacob's Sons again go to Egypt for Bread; Benjamin is prese…
  32 verses
• Chapter 54
  Judah breaks through the Door to get to Joseph and Benjamin
  110 verses
• Chapter 55
  The Lord commands Jacob to go down to Egypt, where He will …
  36 verses
• Chapter 56
  After Seventeen Years' Dwelling in Egypt, Jacob dies, after…
  68 verses
• Chapter 57
  The Sons of Esau make war with the Sons of Jacob and are sm…
  45 verses
• Chapter 58
  Pharaoh dies and the whole Government of Egypt devolves upo…
  30 verses
• Chapter 59
  Jacob's Posterity in Egypt
  28 verses
• Chapter 60
  Zepho, the Son of Eliphaz, the Son of Esau, who was taken C…
  31 verses
• Chapter 61
  25 verses
• Chapter 62
  27 verses
• Chapter 63
  35 verses
• Chapter 64
  Zepho Leads a Great Army of Chittimites, Edomites, and Ishm…
  50 verses
• Chapter 65
  The Elders of Egypt conspire with Pharaoh and cunningly bri…
  38 verses
• Chapter 66
  Pharaoh Decrees that every Male Child born in Israel shall …
  31 verses
• Chapter 67
  Aaron is Born; On Account of Pharaoh's decree, many of the …
  61 verses
• Chapter 68
  Moses, a Child of Promise, is born; The Egyptian Women acti…
  32 verses
• Chapter 69
  Pharaoh Proclaims, that if any of the Israelites are short …
  9 verses
• Chapter 70
  Moses puts the King's crown upon his own head; Baalam and t…
  51 verses
• Chapter 71
  Moses slays an Egyptian and being Discovered flees from Egy…
  16 verses
• Chapter 72
  Moses flees to Cush; At the Death of the king, he is chosen…
  42 verses
• Chapter 73
  The Reign of Moses, and his Strategic Warfare
  48 verses
• Chapter 74
  War in Africa
  23 verses
• Chapter 75
  Thirty Thousand Ephraimites think it Time to get out of Egy…
  22 verses
• Chapter 76
  Moses leaves Cush and goes to the Land of Midian
  62 verses
• Chapter 77
  Adikam Pharaoh Afflicts Israel more than ever; Moses is Rel…
  51 verses
• Chapter 78
  Moses has Two Sons; Pharaoh withholds Straw from the Israel…
  16 verses
• Chapter 79
  The Lord appears to Moses and commands him to go down to Eg…
  57 verses
• Chapter 80
  After Two Years, Moses and Aaron again go to Pharaoh, but P…
  63 verses
• Chapter 81
  The Departure of the Israelites from Egypt with Great Riche…
  62 verses
• Chapter 82
  The Ten Commandments are Given; While Moses is in the Mount…
  37 verses
• Chapter 83
  Aaron and his Sons are Placed in charge of the Lord's Servi…
  43 verses
• Chapter 84
  The Earth Swallows up the Rebellious
  32 verses
• Chapter 85
  Some of the Canaanites rise up to fight Israel, who are fri…
  63 verses
• Chapter 86
  All over twenty years of age at the time of Leaving Egypt d…
  12 verses
• Chapter 87
  Moses appoints Joshua his successor; The Lord encourages Jo…
  11 verses
• Chapter 88
  The Lord commands Joshua to prepare the People to pass over…
  65 verses
• Chapter 89
  Joshua's Song of Praise; The Wars of Israel
  54 verses
• Chapter 90
  The Edomites are Smitten by Chittim; The Land is Divided, a…
  50 verses
• Chapter 91
  The Elders Judge Israel; They drive out all the Canaanites …
  17 verses

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