Mahujah

Pronunciation: mah-HOO-jah

Jared, “Who Descended Downward”

Jared, the sixth from Yaatsekawd, was the husband of Baraka the worshipper. He was a hunter who took great delight in the pursuit of his prey and “looked not to the things of God,” and his kinsmen thought him irresponsible. He was called Jared “because he descended downward away from the station intended for him” — for he was to be a priest of the Most High God like unto Yaatsekawd his father (Enoch, Seth 1:64). Baraka would not yield to the persuasions of Semihazah, but stood as the wife of a high priest without him, awaiting the day of his repentance (Seth 1:65).

Derided by the Men of Towah

While Jared was hunting in the hills of Anach, two strange men from the regions of Towah, “the land of abominations,” forced themselves into his hunt. When Jared shot an Ayallah heavy with young, he refused to eat it, for the religion of the ancients forbade it; but the men of Towah were rough with him, roasted the animal, and compelled him and his companions to eat it, exposing them to the element of wickedness (Enoch, Seth 2:24–27).

The Grandmothers book recalls that those who hunted with him saw him as indigenous, and because of his dress, his religion, and his manner of behavior, he was derided, looked down upon, and treated with rudeness — and traces this to the origins of racism (Grandmothers 1:102).

Wounded and Repentant

While hunting, Jared was caught by an animal like a wolf that tore his thigh, and his companions carried him to a fountain of water and left him there to die. He cried out to Motsah the Lamb, “please let me live, for I will repent of all my sins and become a father to my children.” He awoke to find healing herbs lying beside him, and men of the encampment of Annaway heard his mournful song and bore him home (Seth 2:39–42). When he arrived, Enoch was eight days old — Jared had not known Baraka was with child. “Great was the repentance of Jared,” and afterward he was halt and walked with a stick under his arm (Seth 2:43).

Renamed by Yaatsekawd

Yaatsekawd laid his hands upon Jared and blessed him, and from that day his being halt began to depart from him. Yaatsekawd said he would no more be called Jared, nor be halt upon his leg, “but you shall be called Mahujah, or that is to say, the one who runs with speed swiftly for God.” The people then began to call the mountain overlooking the plain of Anach, where he hunted, Mount Mahujah (Seth 2:109–110).

Father and Teacher of Enoch

Mahujah taught Enoch to love the Eerkodeshoi and all the hosts of living souls God had created, and taught him the use of the element of righteousness and the care needed to walk in holiness of heart (Seth 3:7, 3:9). He was skilled in righteousness “more than any man since Yaatsekawd,” and the habits of his solitude — once a part of his sin — became of great value to Enoch. “But Mahujah repented and followed the desires of the Lord for him” (Seth 3:14–17).

When Enoch hastened away into the night and Baraka had a foreboding, Mahujah said: “Let him go. He is a man now and he walks with Anokeesed” (Bedal 8:78).

In the Days of Yawd

Mahujah made pockets with coverings to hold sacred element, and all the righteous had them (Bedal 9:132). His grandson Amazyadad grew “swift in his travels like unto his grandfather Mahujah” (Bedal 11:73). When Yaatsekawd and Cavah departed for Eden, it was Mahujah who read the signs upon the earth that they had gone eastward along the river bank (Bedal 13:13–14).

Father of Abarah

In the fourth year of the repentance of Mahujah, Baraka bore a son, Abarah. Though Mahujah still walked halt, he traveled with his family to Nod, carrying little Abarah when he grew weary (Grandmothers 7:2–3).

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