It's jasher chapter 18..in regards to the above dream...
Jasher 18....
11 In those days all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and of the whole five cities, were exceedingly wicked
and sinful against the Lord and they provoked the Lord
with their abominations, and they strengthened in aging
abominably and scornfully before the Lord, and their
wickedness and crimes were in those days great before
the Lord.
12 And they had in their land a very extensive valley,
about half a day's walk, and in it there were fountains
of water and a great deal of herbage surrounding the
water.
13 And all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah went there
four times in the year, with their wives and children
and all belonging to them, and they rejoiced there with
timbrels and dances.
14 And in the time of rejoicing they would all rise and
lay hold of their neighbor's wives, and some, the virgin
daughters of their neighbors, and they enjoyed them, and
each man saw his wife and daughter in the hands of his
neighbor and did not say a word.
15 And they did so from morning to night, and they
afterward returned home each man to his house and each
woman to her tent; so they always did four times in the
year.
16 Also when a stranger came into their cities and
brought goods which he had purchased with a view to
dispose of there, the people of these cities would
assemble, men, women and children, young and old, and go
to the man and take his goods by force, giving a little
to each man until there was an end to all the goods of
the owner which he had brought into the land.
17 And if the owner of the goods quarreled with them,
saying, What is this work which you have done to me,
then they would approach to him one by one, and each
would show him the little which he took and taunt him,
saying, I only took that little which thou didst give
me; and when he heard this from them all, he would arise
and go from them in sorrow and bitterness of soul, when
they would all arise and go after him, and drive him out
of the city with great noise and tumult.
18 And there was a man from the country of Elam who was
leisurely going on the road, seated upon his ass, which
carried a fine mantle of divers colors, and the mantle
was bound with a cord upon the ass.
19 And the man was on his journey passing through the
street of Sodom when the sun set in the evening, and he
remained there in order to abide during the night, but
no one would let him into his house; and at that time
there was in Sodom a wicked and mischievous man, one
skillful to do evil, and his name was Hedad.
20 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the
street of the city, and he came to him and said, Whence
comest thou and whither dost thou go?
21 And the man said to him, I am traveling from Hebron
to Elam where I belong, and as I passed the sun set and
no one would suffer me to enter his house, though I had
bread and water and also straw and provender for my ass,
and am short of nothing.
22 And Hedad answered and said to him, All that thou
shalt want shall be supplied by me, but in the street
thou shalt not abide all night.
23 And Hedad brought him to his house, and he took off
the mantle from the ass with the cord, and brought them
to his house, and he gave the ass straw and provender
whilst the traveler ate and drank in Hedad's house, and
he abode there that night.
24 And in the morning the traveler rose up early to
continue his journey, when Hedad said to him, Wait,
comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread and then go,
and the man did so; and he remained with him, and they
both ate and drank together during the day, when the man
rose up to go.
25 And Hedad said to him, Behold now the day is
declining, thou hadst better remain all night that thy
heart may be comforted; and he pressed him so that he
tarried there all night, and on the second day he rose
up early to go away, when Hedad pressed him, saying,
Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread and then go,
and he remained and ate with him also the second day,
and then the man rose up to continue his journey.
26 And Hedad said to him, Behold now the day is
declining, remain with me to comfort thy heart and in
the morning rise up early and go thy way.
27 And the man would not remain, but rose and saddled
his ass, and whilst he was saddling his ass the wife of
Hedad said to her husband, Behold this man has remained
with us for two days eating and drinking and he has
given us nothing, and now shall he go away from us
without giving anything? and Hedad said to her, Be
silent.
28 And the man saddled his ass to go, and he asked Hedad
to give him the cord and mantle to tie it upon the ass.
29 And Hedad said to him, What sayest thou? And he said
to him, That thou my lord shalt give me the cord and the
mantle made with divers colors which thou didst conceal
with thee in thy house to take care of it.
30 And Hedad answered the man, saying, This is the
interpretation of thy dream, the cord which thou didst
see, means that thy life will be lengthened out like a
cord, and having seen the mantle colored with all sorts
of colors, means that thou shalt have a vineyard in
which thou wilt plant trees of all fruits.
31 And the traveler answered, saying, Not so my lord,
for I was awake when I gave thee the cord and also a
mantle woven with different colors, which thou didst
take off the ass to put them by for me; and Hedad
answered and said, Surely I have told thee the
interpretation of thy dream and it is a good dream, and
this is the interpretation thereof.
32 Now the sons of men give me four pieces of silver,
which is my charge for interpreting dreams, and of thee
only I require three pieces of silver.
33 And the man was provoked at the words of Hedad, and
he cried bitterly, and he brought Hedad to Serak judge
of Sodom.
34 And the man laid his cause before Serak the judge,
when Hedad replied, saying, It is not so, but thus the
matter stands; and the judge said to the traveler, This
man Hedad telleth thee truth, for he is famed in the
cities for the accurate interpretation of dreams.
35 And the man cried at the word of the judge, and he
said, Not so my Lord, for it was in the day that I gave
him the cord and mantle which was upon the ass, in order
to put them by in his house; and they both disputed
before the judge, the one saying, Thus the matter was,
and the other declaring otherwise.
36 And Hedad said to the man, Give me four pieces of
silver that I charge for my interpretations of dreams; I
will not make any allowance; and give me the expense of
the four meals that thou didst eat in my house.
37 And the man said to Hedad, Truly I will pay thee for
what I ate in thy house, only give me the cord and
mantle which thou didst conceal in thy house.
38 And Hedad replied before the judge and said to the
man, Did I not tell thee the interpretation of thy
dream? the cord means that thy days shall be prolonged
like a cord, and the mantle, that thou wilt have a
vineyard in which thou wilt plant all kinds of fruit
trees.
39 This is the proper interpretation of thy dream, now
give me the four pieces of silver that I require as a
compensation, for I will make thee no allowance.
40 And the man cried at the words of Hedad and they both
quarreled before the judge, and the judge gave orders to
his servants, who drove them rashly from the house.
41 And they went away quarreling from the judge, when
the people of Sodom heard them, and they gathered about
them and they exclaimed against the stranger, and they
drove him rashly from the city.
42 And the man continued his journey upon his ass with
bitterness of soul, lamenting and weeping.
43 And whilst he was going along he wept at what had
happened to him in the corrupt city of Sodom.
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