Commentary on
The Book of Jasher
Chapter 38:41-52.

Text
XXXVIII:41  And the sons of Jacob seeing that they could not prevail over them, Simeon gave a
          loud and tremendous shriek, and the eleven powerful men were stunned at the voice of 
          Simeon’s shrieking.
XXXVIII:42  And Judah at a distance knew the voice of Simeon’s shouting, and Naphtali and Judah
          ran with their shields to Simeon and Levi, and found them fighting with those powerful men,
          unable to prevail over them as their shields were broken.
XXXVIII:43  And Naphtali saw that the shields of Simeon and Levi were broken, and he took two
          shields from his servants and brought them to Simeon and Levi.
XXXVIII:44  And Simeon, Levi and Judah on that day fought all three against the eleven mighty
          men until the time of sunset, but they could not prevail over them.
XXXVIII:45  And this was told unto Jacob, and he was sorely grieved, and he prayed unto
Yehuveh,
          and he and Naphtali his son went against these mighty men.
XXXVIII:46  And Jacob approached and drew his bow, and came nigh unto the mighty men, and
          slew three of their men with the bow, and the remaining eight turned back, and behold, the
          war waged against them in the front and rear, and they were greatly afraid of their lives,
          and could not stand before the sons of Jacob, and they fled from before them.
XXXVIII:47   And in their flight they met Dan and Asher coming toward them, and they suddenly
          fell upon them, and fought with them, and slew two of them, and Judah and his brothers
          pursued them, and smote the remainder of them, and slew them.
XXXVIII:48  And all the sons of Jacob returned and walked about the city, searching if they could
          find any men, and they found about twenty young men in a cave in the city, and Gad and
          Asher smote them all, and Dan and Naphtali lighted upon the rest of the men who had fled
          and escaped from the second tower, and they smote them all.
XXXVIII:49  And the sons of Jacob smote all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton, but the women
          and little ones they left in the city and did not slay them.
XXXVIII:50  And all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton were powerful men, one of them would
          pursue a thousand, and two of them would not flee from ten thousand of the rest of men.
XXXVIII:51  And the sons of Jacob slew all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton with the edge of
          the sword, that no man stood up against them, and they left the women in the city.
XXXVIII:52  And the sons of Jacob took all the spoil of the city, and captured what they desired,
          and they took flocks and herds and property from the city, and the sons of Jacob did unto
          Sarton and its inhabitants as they had done to Chazar and its inhabitants, and they turned
          and went away.

Commentary

Commentary on Jasher XXXVIII:41
(21 April 2009): 


Gael Bataman
Originally Written:       21 April 2009
Latest Update:           21 April 2009


  
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