Tuesday 12 April 2011

Another look at the Book of Jasher

Chapter 73
(1) In the fifty-fifth year of the reign of Pharaoh king of Egypt, that is in the hundred and fifty-seventh year of the Israelites going down into Egypt, reigned Moses in Cush.

(Here we have a memory that the great house of Amenhotep ruled for fifty-five years, Amenhotep III 38 years and Amenhotep VI/ Akhnaton for 17 years.
At this time Moses was the viceroy of Kush and was made co-regent of the empire. )

(2) Moses was twenty-seven years old when he began to reign over Cush, and forty years did he reign.

(Here again we have distorted memory, which is giving Moses actual age, of twenty-seven years old, the fact we know from other source material that Moses was 17 years old when he went to Kush.
This reveals that Moses was viceroy of Kush for about 10 years at the end of Akhnaton for 17 years.)

(3) And the Lord granted Moses favor and grace in the eyes of all the children of Cush, and the children of Cush loved him exceedingly, so Moses was favored by the Lord and by men.

( Here we have the Lord, this is not the LORD GOD YAH OR ELOHIM. This refers to the Lord Akhnaton and the fact he had made Moses his co-regent.)

(4,5,6) And in the seventh day of his reign, all the children of Cush assembled and came before Moses and bowed down to him to the ground. And all the children spoke together in the presence of the king, saying, Give us counsel that we may see what is to be done to this city. For it is now nine years that we have been besieging round about the city, and have not seen our children and our wives.

(This event the bible writers didn’t really know what was going on, why would the King of Kush be besieging his own city.
But it gives us a clue.
The people spoke to Moses, for it was now nine years they had been at the city. This tells us only one thing, which bible writers didn’t know; The City was Akhn-aton modern day El-Amarna. The people that build it and was made to stay and serve at Akhnaton’s new capital, wanted to leave and go home.)

The following verses contain conversations between Moses and the people that I very much think was made up by the bible writers, generally guessing what was said.
The only clear clue here is that they name the now died King, who is called Kikianus. Obviously referring to khnaton
ie Akhnaton.

(31) And they placed the royal crown upon his head, and they gave him for a wife Adoniah the Cushite queen, wife of Kikianus.

(Here we have Moses being crowned and also being married to Adoniah queen, wife of Kikianus.
Another writers have Moses marrying the kings daughter.
The fact is she was both, Akhnaton’s daughter and great royal wife. Even the name Adoniah confirms that,
Which is a rendering of Aten, i.e.Mertyaten.)

(These next verses contain battles Moses fought,)

This is the bible writers knowing that Moses lead an army and fought against rebellion in Kush, but not knowing the time frame.
The fact is Moses did lead an army and fought against rebellion in Kush, but this was before Akhnaton had died, when Moses was still the viceroy of Kush.
In year 12 Akhnaton order his viceroy of Kush to put down a rebellion in Kush.

Chapter 76

(3 to 7) And in the fortieth year of the reign of Moses over Cush, Moses was sitting on the royal throne whilst Adoniah the queen was before him, and all the nobles were sitting around him.
And Adoniah the queen said before the king and the princes, What is this thing which you, the children of Cush, have done for this long time? Surely you know that for forty years that this man has reigned over Cush he has not approached me, nor has he served the gods of the children of Cush. Now therefore hear, O ye children of Cush, and let this man no more reign over you as he is not of our flesh. Behold Menacrus my son is grown up, let him reign over you, for it is better for you to serve the son of your lord, than to serve a stranger, slave of the king of Egypt.

(Here we have a clue to how Moses reign came to an end. Adoniah the queen, through the help of the nobles, generally told Moses to stand down. We are also informed that she had a son, who was the son of the lord i.e. Kikianus
Is this Adoniah the same Queen Adoniah that Moses married, well I believe she is not, as I mentioned before Adoniah is a rendering of Aten. This Queen Adoniah had a son to Kikianus i.e. Akhnaton, we know through Dna Akhnaton had a son, king tutakamun to a sister wife.
Known nefertiti was not his sister and Mertyaten was his daughter, this leaves the mysterious female king/Queen Neferneferaten who had a short reign before tutakamun.
So this Queen Adoniah is king/Queen Neferneferaten who remove Moses.)

Now through other writers Moses didn’t leave empty handed or alone, they say he left with a massive amount of treasure and gold.

In the next verses in the book of Jasher as in other bible accounts we see Moses going to Midian , where he meets his future wife and her father Reuel.

This part of the story I believe comes from a different source than the account of Moses in Kush.
The fact that outside and some sources in the bible accounts says Reuel was the father of Moses Kushite wife.
Reveals that reuel story is re-telling of the same event as in the story of Kush, but was mistaken as a later event.
Lets look at this closer.

(14 to 18) And the seven daughters of Reuel the Midianite went out to feed their father's flock. And they came to the well and drew water to water their father's flock. So the shepherds of Midian came and drove them away, and Moses rose up and helped them and watered the flock. And they came home to their father Reuel, and told him what Moses did for them. And they said, An Egyptian man has delivered us from the hands of the shepherds, he drew up water for us and watered the flock.


(The seven daughters of Reuel
The seven daughters of Akhnaton)

The following verses contain conversations between Moses and Reuel, as before, I very much think was made up by the bible writers, generally guessing what was said between them.

(22 and 23) And when Reuel had heard the words of Moses, Reuel said within himself, I will put this man into the prison house, whereby I shall conciliate the children of Cush, for he has fled from them.
And they took and put him into the prison house, and Moses was in prison ten years, and whilst Moses was in the prison house, Zipporah the daughter of Reuel took pity over him, and supported him with bread and water all the time.

(Unlike other bible accounts Reuel puts Moses in prison for ten years.
Again this is the fact that Moses and the people spent 9 to10 years at Akhnaton’s new capital, modern day El-Amarna.)

The next verses talks about a plague of leprosy that the king of Egypt was afflicted with, owing to the cruel treatment of the children of Israel by the king.
This is referring to Akhnaton becoming ill; we also know that there was a plague at Akhnaton’s new capital, which probably caused his death.

(35) And at the end of ten years the Lord continued to afflict Pharaoh with destructive plagues.

(Here once again referring to the ten years at Akhnaton’s new capital.)

The next verses talks about the Pharaoh and his family, but once again not knowing the time frame and even the king,
We get jumbled up account of Pharaoh and his family.

(44) And the king's horse fell into the low plain whilst the king was riding upon it, and when he fell the chariot turned over the king's face and the horse lay upon the king, and the king cried out, for his flesh was very sore.

(47) And they placed him in his bed, and the king knew that his end was come to die, so Aparanith the queen his wife came and cried before the king, and the king wept a great weeping with her.
(50) And the king had three sons and two daughters which Aparanith the queen his wife had borne to him, besides the king's children of concubines. And these were their names, the firstborn Othri, the second Adikam, and the third Morion, and their sisters, the name of the elder Bathia and of the other Acuzi. And Othri the first born of the king was an idiot, precipitate and hurried in his words. But Adikam was a cunning and wise man and knowing in all the wisdom of Egypt, but of unseemly aspect, thick in flesh, and very short in stature; his height was one cubit.

(The only thing one can make out of this, that it could some how be a memory of sorts about Amenhotep III.
His eldest daughter Bathia and the second son Adikam who became king. Of course Bathia being Sitamun and Adikam being
Akhnaton.)

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