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The Book of Jasher: hybrids of animals

EvidenceDocumentedThe text exists and is quoted from a published translation. What it describes is a separate question.What this means

ReferenceBook of Jasher 4:18

WrittenHebrew printed 1625, likely medieval; English 1840

SetBefore the Flood

The book says the people before the Flood took animals of one kind and taught them to mix with another kind, corrupting the earth.

Summary by the editors. Translation: Summary (Noah's 1840 translation)

Read it literally

The Watchers' knowledge applied to animals as well as people. Chimeras in the pre-Flood world.

What scholars say

Not the lost 'book of Jasher' named in Joshua. A medieval Jewish retelling.

People and places hereJoshua

Quick answers about Book of Jasher 4:18

Book of Jasher 4:18 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: M. M. Noah (publ.), The Book of Jasher (1840).

Hebrew printed 1625, likely medieval; English 1840.

Not the lost 'book of Jasher' named in Joshua. A medieval Jewish retelling.

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

Updated October 2026