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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 7, 2020, 7:59 pm
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The Fall of the Angels and their Punishment; the Deluge foretold
(v. 1-20; cf. Gen. vi. 1-12)
V. And it came to pass when the children of men began to
multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto
them, that the angels of God 4 saw them on a certain year of
this jubilee, that they were
p. 57
beautiful to look upon; and they took themselves wives of all
whom they chose, and they bare unto them sons and they were
giants. 1 2. And lawlessness increased on the earth and all
flesh corrupted its way, 2 alike men and cattle and beasts and
birds and everything that walketh on the earth-all of them
corrupted their ways and their orders, and they began to devour
3 each other, and lawlessness increased on the earth and every
imagination of the thoughts of all men (was) thus evil
continually. 4 3. And God looked upon the earth, and behold it
was corrupt, and all flesh had corrupted its orders, and all
that were upon the earth 5 had wrought all manner of evil before
His eyes. 4. And He said: "I shall destroy man and all flesh
upon the face of the earth which I have created." 5. But Noah
found grace before the eyes of the Lord. 6 6. And against the
angels whom He had sent upon the earth, He was exceedingly
wroth, and He gave commandment to root them out of all their
dominion, and He bade us to bind them in the depths of the
earth, and behold they are bound in the midst of them, and are
(kept) separate. 7. And against their sons went forth a command
from before His face that they should be smitten with the sword,
and be removed from under heaven. 8. And He said "Thy spirit
will not always abide 7 on man; for they also are flesh and
their days shall be one hundred and twenty years." 9. And He
sent His sword into their midst that each should slay his
neighbour, and they began to slay each other till they all fell
by the sword and were destroyed from the earth. 10. And their
fathers were witnesses (of their destruction), and after this
they were bound in the depths of the earth for ever, until the
day of the great condemnation 8 when judgment is executed on all
those who have corrupted their ways and their works before
p. 58
the Lord. 11. And He †destroyed† all from their places, and
there †was† not left one of them whom He judged not according to
all their wickedness. 12. And He †made† for all His works a new
and righteous nature, 1 so that they should not sin in their
whole nature for ever, but should be all righteous each in his
kind alway. 13. And the judgment of all is ordained and written
on the heavenly tables in righteousness--even (the judgment of)
all who depart from the path which is ordained for them to walk
in; and if they walk not therein judgment is written down for
every creature and for every kind. 14. And there is nothing in
heaven or on earth, or in light or in darkness, or in Sheol or
in the depth, or in the place of darkness (which is not judged);
and all their judgments are ordained and written and engraved.
15. In regard to all He will judge, the great according to his
greatness, and the small according to his smallness, and each
according to his way. 16. And He is not one who will regard the
person (of any), nor is He one who will receive gifts, if He
saith that He will execute judgment on each: if one gave
everything that is on the earth, He will not regard the gifts or
the person (of any), nor accept anything at his hands, for He is
a righteous judge. 2 [17. And of the children of Israel it hath
been written and ordained: If they turn to Him in righteousness,
He will forgive all their transgressions and pardon all their
sins. 18. It is written and ordained that He will show mercy to
all who turn from all their guilt once each year.] 3 19.
p. 59
[paragraph continues] And as for all those who corrupted their
ways and their thoughts before the flood, no man's person was
accepted save that of Noah alone; for his person was accepted in
behalf of his sons, whom (God) saved from the waters of the
flood on his account; for his heart was righteous in all his
ways, according as it was commanded regarding him, and he had
not departed from aught that was ordained for him. 20. And the
Lord said that He would destroy everything which was upon the
earth, both men and cattle, and beasts, and fowls of the air,
and that which moveth on the earth. 1
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:03 pm
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The Building of the Ark; the Flood (v. 21-32; cf. Gen. vi.
13-viii. 19).
21. And He commanded Noah to make him an ark, that he might save
himself from the waters of the flood. 2 22. And Noah made the
ark in all respects as He commanded him, in the twenty-seventh
jubilee
1307 A.M.of years, in the fifth week in the fifth year (on the
new moon of the first month). 23. And he entered in the sixth
(year) thereof, in the second month, on
1308 A.M.the new moon of the second month, till the sixteenth;
and he entered, and all that we brought to him, into the ark,
and the Lord closed 3 it from without on the seventeenth 4
evening.
24. And the Lord opened seven flood-gates 5 of heaven,
And the mouths of the fountains of the great deep, seven mouths
in number.
25. And the flood-gates began to pour down water from the heaven
forty days and forty nights,
And the fountains of the deep also sent up waters, until the
whole world was full of water.
26. And the waters increased upon the earth
Fifteen cubits did the waters rise above all the high mountains,
p. 60
And the ark was lift up above the earth,
And it moved upon the face of the waters. 1
27. And the water prevailed on the face of the earth five
months-one hundred and fifty days. 2 28. And the ark went and
rested on the top of Lûbâr, one of the mountains of Ararat. 3
29. And (on the new moon) in the fourth month the fountains of
the great deep were closed and the flood-gates of heaven were
restrained; and on the new moon of the seventh month all the
mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the water
began to descend into the deep
1309 A.M.below. 4 30. And on the new moon of the tenth month the
tops of the mountains were seen, and on the new moon of the
first month the earth became visible. 5 31. And the waters
disappeared from above the earth in the fifth week in the
seventh year thereof, and on the seventeenth 6 day in the second
month the earth was dry. 32. And on the twenty-seventh thereof
he opened the ark, and sent forth from it beasts, and cattle,
and birds, and every moving thing. 7
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:04 pm
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Noah's Sacrifice; God's Covenant with him (cf. Gen. viii. 20-ix.
17). Instructions to Moses about eating of Blood, the Feast of
Weeks, etc., and Division of the Year (vi. 1-38).
V1. And on the new moon of the third month he went forth from
the ark, and built an altar on that mountain. 8 2. And he made
atonement for the earth, 9 and took a kid and made atonement by
its blood for
p. 61
all the guilt of the earth; for everything that had been on it
had been destroyed, save those that were in the ark with Noah.
3. And he placed the fat thereof on the altar, and he took an
ox, and a goat, and a sheep and kids, and salt, and a
turtle-dove, and the young of a dove, and placed a burnt
sacrifice on the altar, and poured thereon an offering mingled
with oil, and sprinkled wine and strewed frankincense over
everything, and caused a goodly savour to arise, acceptable
before the Lord. 1 4. And the Lord smelt the goodly savour, 2
and He made a covenant with him that there should not be any
more a flood to destroy the earth; 3 that all the days of the
earth seed-time and harvest should never cease; cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night should not change their
order, nor cease for ever. 4 5. "And you, increase ye and
multiply upon the earth, and become many upon it, and be a
blessing upon it. 5 The fear of you and the dread of you I shall
inspire in everything that is on earth and in the sea. 6 6. And
behold I have given unto you all beasts, and all winged things,
and everything that moveth on the earth, and the fish in the
waters, and all things for food; as the green herbs, I have
given you all things to eat. 7 7. But flesh, with the life
thereof, with the blood, ye shall not eat; for the life of all
flesh is in the blood, lest your blood of your lives be
required. At the hand of every man, at the hand of every
(beast), shall I require the blood of man. 8 8. Whoso sheddeth
man's blood by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of
God made He man. 9 9. And you, increase ye, and multiply on the
earth." 10. And Noah and his sons swore that they would not eat
p. 62
any blood that was in any flesh, and he made a covenant before
the Lord God for ever throughout all the generations of the
earth in this month. 11. On this account He spake to thee 1 that
thou shouldst make a covenant with the children of Israel in
this month upon the mountain with an oath, and that thou
shouldst sprinkle blood 2 upon them because of all the words of
the covenant, which the Lord made with them for ever. 12. And
this testimony is written concerning you that you should observe
it continually, so that you should not eat on any day any blood
of beasts or birds or cattle during all the days of the earth,
and the man who eateth the blood of beast or of cattle or of
birds during all the days of the earth, he and his seed shall be
rooted out of the land. 13. And do thou command the children of
Israel to eat no blood, so that their names and their seed may
be before the Lord our God continually. 3 14. And for this law
there is no limit of days, for it is for ever. They shall
observe it throughout their generations, so that they may
continue supplicating on your behalf with blood before the
altar; 4 every day and at the time of morning and evening they
shall seek forgiveness 5 on your behalf perpetually before the
Lord that they may keep it and not be rooted out. 15 And He gave
to Noah 6 and his sons a sign that there should not again be a
flood on the earth. 16. He set His bow in the cloud for a sign
of the eternal covenant that there should not again be a flood
on the earth to destroy it all the days of the earth. 7 17. For
this reason it is ordained and written on the heavenly tables,
that they should celebrate the feast
p. 63
of weeks 1 in this month once a year, to renew the covenant
every year. 18. And this whole festival was celebrated in heaven
from the day of creation till the days of Noah-twenty-six
jubilees and five weeks of years: and Noah and his sons observed
it for seven jubilees and one week of years, till the day of
Noah's death, and from the day of
1309-1659 A.M.Noah's death his sons did away with (it) until the
days of Abraham, and they ate blood. 2 19. But Abraham observed
it, and Isaac and Jacob and his children observed it up to thy
days, and in thy days the children of Israel forgot it until ye
celebrated it anew on this mountain. 20. And do thou command the
children of Israel to observe this festival in all their
generations for a commandment unto them: one day 3 in the year
in this month they shall celebrate the festival. 21. For it is
the feast of weeks and the feast of first-fruits: 4 this feast
is twofold and of a double nature: 5 according to what is
written and engraven concerning it celebrate it. 22. For I have
written in the book of the first law, 6 in that which I have
written for thee, that thou shouldst celebrate it in its season,
one day 7 in the year, and I explained to thee its sacrifices
that the children of Israel should remember and should celebrate
it throughout their generations in this month, one day in every
year. 23. And on the new moon of the first month, and on the new
moon of the fourth
p. 64
month, and on the new moon of the seventh month, and on the new
moon of the tenth month are the days of remembrance, and the
days of the seasons in the four divisions of the year. 1 These
are written and ordained as a testimony for ever. 24. And Noah
ordained them for himself as feasts for the generations for
ever, so that they have become thereby a memorial unto him. 25.
And on the new moon of the first month he was bidden to make for
himself an ark, and on that (day) the earth became dry and he
opened (the ark) and saw the earth. 26. And on the new moon of
the fourth month the mouths of the depths of the abysses beneath
were closed. And on the new moon of the seventh month all the
mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the waters
began to descend into them. 2 27. And on the new moon of the
tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah was
glad. 3 28. And on this account he ordained them for himself as
feasts for a memorial for ever, and thus are they ordained. 29.
And they placed them on the heavenly tables, each had thirteen
weeks; from one to another (passed) their memorial, from the
first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from
the third to the fourth. 30. And all the days of the commandment
will be two and fifty weeks of days, and (these will make) the
entire year complete. 4 31. Thus it is engraven and ordained on
the heavenly tables. And
p. 65
there is no neglecting (this commandment) for a single -year or
from year to year. 32. And command thou the children of Israel
that they observe the years according to this reckoning-three
hundred and sixty-four days, and (these) will constitute a
complete year, and they will not disturb its time from its days
and from its feasts; for everything will fall out in them
according to their testimony, and they will not leave out any
day nor disturb any feasts. 1 33. But if they do neglect and do
not observe them according to His commandment, then they will
disturb all their seasons, and the years will be dislodged from
this (order), [and they will disturb the seasons and the years
will be dislodged] 2 and they will neglect their ordinances. 34.
And all the children of Israel will forget, and will not find
the path of the years, and will forget the new moons, and
seasons, and sabbaths, and they will go wrong as to all the
order of the years. 3 35. For I know and from henceforth shall I
declare it unto thee, and it is not of my own devising; for the
book (lieth) written before me, and on the heavenly tables the
division of days is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the
covenant and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles after
their error and after their ignorance. 36. For there will be
those who will assuredly make observations of the moon--now (it)
disturbeth the seasons and cometh in from year to year ten days
too soon. 4 37. For this reason the years will come upon them
when they will disturb (the order),
p. 66
and make an abominable (day) the day of testimony, and an
unclean day a feast day, and they will confound all the days,
the holy with the unclean, and the unclean day with the holy;
for they will go wrong as to the months and sabbaths and feasts
and jubilees. 38. For this reason I command and testify to thee
that thou mayest testify to them; for after thy death thy
children will disturb (them), so that they will not make the
year three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason
they will go wrong as to the new moons 1 and seasons and
sabbaths and festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood
with all kinds of flesh.
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:05 pm
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Noah offers Sacrifice; the Cursing of Canaan (cf. Gen. ix.
20-28): Noah's Sons and Grandsons (cf. Gen. x.) and their
Cities. Noah's Admonitions (vii. 1-39).
1317 A.M.VII. And in the seventh week in the first year thereof,
in this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain on which the
ark had rested, named Lûbâr, 2 one of the Ararat Mountains, and
they
1320 A.M.produced fruit in the fourth year, 3 and he guarded
their fruit, and gathered it in this year in the seventh month.
2. And he made wine therefrom and put it
1321 A.M.into a vessel, and kept it until the fifth year, until
the first day, on the new moon of the first month. 3. And he
celebrated with joy the day of this feast, and he made a burnt
sacrifice unto the Lord, one young ox and one ram, and seven
sheep, each a year old, and a kid of the goats, that he might
make atonement thereby for himself and his sons. 4 4. And he
prepared the kid first, and placed some of its blood on the
flesh that was on the altar which he had made, and all the
p. 67
fat he laid on the altar where he made the burnt sacrifice, and
the ox and the ram and the sheep, and he laid all their flesh
upon the altar. 5. And he placed all their offerings mingled
with oil upon it, and afterwards he sprinkled wine on the fire
which he had previously made on the altar, and he placed incense
on the altar and caused a sweet savour to ascend acceptable
before the Lord his God. 6. And he rejoiced and drank of this
wine, he and his children with joy. 7. And it was evening, and
he went into his tent, and being drunken he lay down and slept,
and was uncovered in his tent as he slept. 1 8. And Ham saw Noah
his father naked, and went forth and told his two brethren
without. 9. And Shem took his garment and arose, he and Japheth,
and they placed the garment on their shoulders and went backward
and covered the shame of their father, and their faces were
backward. 2 10. And Noah awoke from his sleep and knew all that
his younger son had done unto him, and he cursed his son and
said: "Cursed be Canaan; an enslaved servant shall he be unto
his brethren." 3 11. And he blessed Shem, and said: "Blessed be
the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. 12. God
shall enlarge Japheth, and God shall dwell in the dwelling of
Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." 4 13. And Ham knew that
his father had cursed his younger son, and he was displeased
that he had cursed his son, and he parted from his father, he
and his sons with him, Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. 5
14. And he built for himself a city and called its name after
the name of his wife Nê’êlâtamâ’ûk. 15. And Japheth saw it, and
became envious of his brother, and he too built for himself a
city, and he called its name after the name of his wife
’Adâtanêsês. 16. And Shem dwelt with his father Noah, and he
built a city close to his father on the mountain, and he too
called its name
p. 68
after the name of his wife Sêdêqêtêlĕbâb. 1 17. And behold
these three cities are near Mount Lûbâr; Sêdêqêtêlĕbâb
fronting the mountain on its east; and Na’êlâtamâ’ûk on the
south; ’Adatanêsês towards the west. 18. And these are the sons
of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad--this (son) was born
two years after the flood--and Lud, and Aram. 2 19. The sons of
Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan, Tubal and Meshech
and Tiras: these are
1324-1372 A.M.the sons of Noah. 3 20. 4 And in the twenty-eighth
jubilee Noah began to enjoin upon his sons' sons the ordinances
and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he
exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the
shame 5 of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour
father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their
souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity. 21. For
owing to these three things 6 came the flood upon the earth,
namely, owing to the fornication wherein the Watchers against
the law of their ordinances went a whoring after the daughters
of men, and took themselves wives of all which they chose: 7 and
they made the beginning of uncleanness. 22. And they begat sons
the Nâphîdîm, 8 and †they were all unlike†, 9 and they devoured
one another: and the Giants slew the Nâphîl, and the Nâphîl slew
the Eljô, and the Eljô mankind, and one man another. 23. And
every one sold himself 10 to work iniquity and to
p. 69
shed much blood, 1 and the earth was filled with iniquity. 2 24.
And after this they sinned against the beasts and birds, and all
that moveth and walketh on the earth: 3 and much blood was shed
on the earth, and every imagination and desire of men imagined
vanity and evil continually. 4 25. And the Lord destroyed
everything from off the face of the earth; 5 because of the
wickedness of their deeds, and because of the blood which they
had shed in the midst of the earth He destroyed everything. 26.
"And we were left, I 6 and you, my sons, and everything that
entered with us into the ark, and behold I see your works before
me that ye do not walk in righteousness; for in the path of
destruction ye have begun to walk, and ye are parting one from
another, and are envious one of another, and (so it cometh) that
ye are not in harmony, my sons, each with his brother. 27. For I
see, and behold the demons have begun (their) seductions against
you and against your children, and now I fear on your behalf,
that after my death ye will shed the blood of men upon the
earth, and that ye, too, will be destroyed from the face of the
earth. 7 28. For whoso sheddeth man's blood, and whoso eateth
the blood of any flesh, will all be destroyed from the earth. 8
29. And there will not be left any man that eateth blood.
Or that sheddeth the blood of man on the earth,
Nor will there be left to him any seed or descendants living
under heaven;
For into Sheol will they go,
And into the place of condemnation will they descend. p. 70
And into the darkness of the deep will they all be removed by a
violent death. 1
30. There shall be no blood seen upon you of all the blood there
shall be all the days in which ye have killed any beasts or
cattle or whatever flieth upon the earth, and work ye a good
work to your souls by covering that which hath been shed 2 on
the face of the earth. 31. And ye shall not be like him who
eateth with blood, but guard yourselves that none may eat blood
before you: 3 cover the blood, for thus have I been commanded to
testify to you and your children, together with all flesh. 32.
And suffer not the soul to be eaten with the flesh, that your
blood, which is your life, may not be required at the hand of
any flesh that sheddeth (it) on the earth. 4 33. For the earth
will not be clean from the blood which hath been shed upon it; 5
for (only) through the blood of him that shed it 6 will the
earth be purified throughout all its generations. 34. And now,
my children, hearken: work judgment and righteousness that ye
may be planted in righteousness 7 over the face of the whole
earth, and your glory lifted up before my God, who saved me from
the waters of the flood. 8 35. And behold, ye will go and build
for yourselves cities, and plant in them all the plants that are
upon the earth, and moreover all fruit-bearing trees. 36. For
three years the fruit of everything that is eaten will not be
gathered: and in the fourth year its fruit will be accounted
holy [and they will offer the first-fruits], 9
p. 71
acceptable before the Most High God, who created heaven and
earth and all things. Let them offer in abundance the first of
the wine and oil (as) first-fruits on the altar of the Lord, who
receiveth it, and what is left let the servants of the house of
the Lord 1 eat before the altar which receiveth (it). 37. And in
the fifth year 2
. . . . . . .
make ye the release so that ye release it 3 in righteousness and
uprightness, and ye shall be righteous, and all that you plant
will prosper. 38. For thus did Enoch, the father of your father
command Methuselah, his son, and Methuselah his son Lamech, and
Lamech commanded me all the things which his fathers commanded
him. 39. And I also will give you commandment, my sons, as Enoch
commanded his son in the first jubilees: whilst still living,
the seventh 4 in his generation, he commanded and testified to
his son and to his sons' sons until the day of his death."
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Re: Book Of Jubilees
By: patrick jane Date: September 8, 2020, 7:06 pm
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Genealogy of the Descendants of Shem: Noah and his Sons divide
the Earth (viii. 1-30; cf. Gen. x.).
VIII. In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week,
1373 A M.in the beginning thereof Arpachshad took to himself a
wife and her name was Râsû’ĕjâ, [the daughter of Sûsân,]
the daughter of Elam, and she bare him a son in the third year
in this week, and he called his name
1375 A.M.Kâinâm. 5 2. And the son grew, and his father taught
p. 72
him writing, and he went to seek for himself a place where he
might seize for himself a city. 3. And he found a writing which
former (generations) had carved on the rock, and he read what
was thereon, and he transcribed it and sinned owing to it; for
it contained the teaching of the Watchers in accordance with
which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and
stars in all the signs of heaven. 1 4. And he wrote it down and
said nothing regarding it; for he was afraid to speak to Noah
about it lest he should be angry with him on account of it. 5.
And in the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week, in the
1429 A.M.first year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her
name was Mêlkâ, the daughter of Madai, the son of
1432 A.M.Japheth, and in the fourth year he begat a son, and
called his name Shelah; 2 for he said: "Truly I have been sent."
3 6. [And in the fourth year he was born], and Shelah grew up
and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mû’ak, the daughter
of Kêsêd, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth
1499 A.M.jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year thereof.
7. And she bare him a son in the fifth year thereof, and he
called his name Eber: and he took unto
1503 A.M.himself a wife, and her name was ’Azûrâd 4 the daughter
1564 A.M.of Nêbrôd, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh
week, in the third year thereof. 8. And in the sixth
1567 A.M.year thereof, she bare him a son, and he called his
name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of
Noah began to divide the earth amongst themselves: for this
reason he called his name Peleg. 5 9. And they divided (it)
secretly 6 amongst themselves,
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and told it to Noah. 10. And it came to pass in the beginning of
the thirty-third jubilee that they divided
1569 A.M.the earth into three parts, for Shem and Ham and
Japheth, according to the inheritance of each, in the first year
in the first week, when one of us, 1 who had been sent, was with
them. 11. And he called his sons, and they drew nigh to him,
they and their children, and he divided the earth into the lots,
which his three sons were to take in possession, and they
reached forth their hands, and took the writing out of the bosom
of Noah, their father. 12. And there came forth on the writing
as Shem's lot 2 the middle of the earth 3 which he should take
as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the
generations of eternity, from the middle of the mountain range
of Râfâ, 4 from the mouth of the water from the river Tînâ. 5
and his portion goeth towards the west through the midst of this
river, and it extendeth till it reacheth the water of the
abysses, out of which this river goeth forth and poureth its
waters into the sea Mê’at, 6 and this river floweth into the
great sea. And all that is towards the north is Japheth's, and
all that is towards the south belongeth to Shem. 13. And it
extendeth till it reacheth Kârâsô: 7 this is in the bosom of the
tongue 8 which looketh towards the south. 14.
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[paragraph continues] And his portion extendeth along the great
sea, and it extendeth in a straight line till it reacheth the
west of the tongue which looketh towards the south; 1 for this
sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea. 2 15. And it
turneth from here towards the south towards the mouth of the
great sea 3 on the shore of (its) waters, and it extendeth to
the west to ‘Afrâ 4 and it extendeth till it reacheth the waters
of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, 5
to the banks of this river. 16. And it extendeth towards the
east, till it reacheth the Garden of Eden, to the south thereof,
[to the south] and from the east of the whole land of Eden and
of the whole cast, it turneth to the †east,† 6 and proceedeth
till it reacheth the east of the mountain named Râfâ, and it
descendeth to the bank of the mouth of the river Tînâ. 17. This
portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they
should possess it for ever unto his generations for evermore.
18. And Noah rejoiced that this portion came forth for Shem and
for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his
mouth in prophecy; for he had said:
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem,
And may the Lord dwell in the dwelling of Shem." 7
[paragraph continues] 19. And he knew that the Garden of Eden is
the holy of holies, and the dwelling of the Lord, and Mount
Sinai the centre of the desert, and Mount Zion--the centre of
the navel of the earth: these three 8 were created as holy
places facing each other. 20. And he blessed the God of gods,
who had put the word of the Lord into his mouth, and the Lord
for evermore. 21. And he knew that a blessed portion
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and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons unto the
generations for ever--the whole land of Eden and the whole land
of the Red Sea, and the whole land of the east, and India, and
on the Red Sea and the mountains thereof, and all the land of
Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftûr, 1
and all the mountains of Sanîr 2 and ’Amânâ, 3 and the mountains
of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and
Bâbêl, and Sûsân and Mâ‘ĕdâi 4 and all the mountains of
Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the
mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious
land, and all that is in it is very good. 22. 5 And for Ham came
forth the second portion, beyond the Gihon towards the south to
the right 6 of the Garden, and it extendeth towards the south
and it extendeth to all the mountains of fire, 7 and it
extendeth towards the west to the sea of ’Atêl 8 and it
extendeth towards the west till it reacheth the sea of Mâ’ûk
9--that (sea) into which †everything which is not destroyed
descendeth†. 10 23. And it goeth forth towards the north to the
limits of Gâdîr, 11 and it goeth forth to the coast of the
waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea till it draweth
near to the river Gihon, and goeth along the river Gihon till it
reacheth the right of the Garden of Eden. 24. And this is the
land which came forth for Ham as the portion which he was to
occupy for ever for himself and his sons unto their
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generations for ever. 25. 1 And for Japheth came forth the third
portion beyond 2 the river Tînâ 3 to the north of the outflow of
its waters, and it extendeth north-easterly to the whole region
of Gog 4 and to all the country east thereof. 26. And it
extendeth northerly to the north, and it extendeth to the
mountains of Qêlt 5towards the north, and towards the sea of
Mâ’ûk, and it goeth forth to the east of Gâdîr as far as the
region of the waters of the sea. 27. And it extendeth until it
approacheth the west of Fârâ 6 and it returneth towards ’Afêrâg,
7 and it extendeth easterly to the waters of the sea of Mê’at. 8
28. And it extendeth to the region of the river Tînâ in a
northeasterly direction until it approacheth the boundary of its
waters towards the mountain Râfâ, 9 and it turneth round towards
the north. 29. This is the land which came forth for Japheth and
his sons as the portion of his inheritance which he should
possess for himself and his sons, for their generations for
ever; five great islands, 10 and a great land in the north. 30.
But it is cold, and the land of Ham is hot, and the land of Shem
is neither hot nor cold, but it is of blended cold and heat.
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Subdivision of the Three Portions amongst the Grandchildren:
Oath taken by Noah's Sons (ix. 1-15; cf. Gen. x. partly).
IX. And Ham divided amongst his sons, and the first portion came
forth for Cush 11 towards the east, and to the west of him for
Mizraim, 12 and to the west
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of him for Put, 1 and to the west of him [and to the west
thereof] on the sea 2 for Canaan. 3 2. And Sherri also divided
amongst his sons, and the first portion came forth for Elam and
his sons, to the east of the river Tigris till it approacheth
the east, the whole land of India, and on the Red Sea on its
coast, and the waters of Dêdân, and all the mountains of Mebrî
and ’Êlâ, and all the land of Sûsân and all that is on the side
of Pharnâk 4 to the Red Sea and the river Tînâ. 3. And for
Asshur came forth the second portion, all the land of Asshur and
Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascendeth
and skirteth the river. 4. And for Arpachshad came forth the
third portion, all the land of the region of the Chaldees to the
east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Red Sea, and all the
waters of the desert close to the tongue of the sea which
looketh towards Egypt, all the land of Lebanon and Sanîr and
’Amânâ 5 to the border of the Euphrates. 5. And for Aram 6 there
came forth the fourth portion, all the land of Mesopotamia
between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north of the
Chaldees to the border of the mountains of Asshur and the land
of ’Arârâ. 7 6. And there came forth for Lud 8 the fifth
portion, the mountains of Asshur and all appertaining to them
till it reacheth the Great Sea, and till it reacheth the east of
Asshur his brother. 7. And Japheth also divided the land of his
inheritance amongst his sons. 8. And the first portion came
forth for Gomer to the east from the north side to the river
Tînâ; and in the north there came forth for Magog all the inner
portions of the north until it reacheth to the sea of Mê’at. 9
And
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for Madai came forth as his portion that he should possess from
the west of his two brothers to the islands, 1 and to the coasts
of the islands. 10. And for Javan 2 came forth the fourth
portion every island 3 and the islands which are towards the
border of Lud. 11. And for Tubal 4 there came forth the fifth
portion in the midst of the tongue which approacheth towards the
border of the portion of Lud to the second tongue, to the region
beyond the second tongue unto the third tongue. 5 12. And for
Meshech came forth the sixth portion, all the region beyond the
third tongue 6 till it approacheth the east of Gâdîr. 7 13. And
for Tiras 8 there came forth the seventh portion, four great
islands 9 in the midst of the sea, which reach to the portion of
Ham [and the islands of Kamâtûrî came out by lot for the sons of
Arpachshad as his inheritance]. 10 14. And thus the sons of Noah
divided unto their sons in the presence of Noah their father,
and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on every
one that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen (to
him) by his lot. 15. And they all said, "So be it; so be it,"
for themselves and their sons for ever throughout their
generations till the day of judgment, on which the Lord God
shall judge them with a sword and with fire, for all the unclean
wickedness of their errors, wherewith they have filled the earth
with transgression and uncleanness and fornication and sin.
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Noah's Sons led astray by Evil Spirits; Noah's Prayer; Mastêmâ;
Death of Noah (x. 1-17; cf. Gen. ix. 28).
X. 1 And in the third week of this jubilee the unclean demons 2
began to lead astray †the children of† 3 the sons of Noah; and
to make to err and destroy them. 2. And the sons of Noah came to
Noah their father, and they told him concerning the demons which
were, leading astray and blinding and slaying his sons' sons. 3.
And he prayed before the Lord his God, and said:
God of the spirits of all flesh, 4 who hast shown mercy unto me,
And hast saved me and my sons from the waters of the flood,
And hast not caused me to perish as Thou didst the sons of
perdition; 5
For Thy grace hath been great towards me,
And great hath been Thy mercy to my soul;
Let Thy grace be lift up upon my sons,
And let not wicked spirits rule over them
Lest they should destroy them from the earth.
[paragraph continues] 4. But do Thou bless me and my sons, that
we may increase and multiply and replenish the earth. 5. And
Thou knowest how Thy Watchers, the fathers of these spirits,
acted in my day: and as for these spirits which are living,
imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation,
and let them not bring destruction on the sons of thy servant,
my God; for these are malignant, and created in
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order to destroy. 6. And let them not rule over the spirits of
the living; for Thou alone canst exercise dominion over them.
And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from
henceforth and for evermore." 7. And the Lord our God bade us to
bind all. 1 8. And the chief of the spirits, Mastêmâ, 2 came and
said: "Lord, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let
them hearken to my voice, and do all that I shall say unto them;
for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to
execute the power of my will on the sons of men; for these are
for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great
is the wickedness of the sons of men." 9. And He said: "Let the
tenth part of them remain before him, and let nine parts descend
into the place of condemnation." 3 10. And one of us 4 He
commanded that we should teach Noah all their medicines; for He
knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in
righteousness. 11. And we did according to all His words: all
the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation,
and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject
before Satan 5 on the earth. 12. And we explained to Noah all
the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions,
how he might heal them with herbs of the earth. 13. And Noah
wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning
every kind of medicine. Thus the evil
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spirits were precluded from (hurting) the sons of Noah. 14. And
he gave all that he had written to Shem, his eldest son; for he
loved him exceedingly above all his sons. 15. And Noah slept
with his fathers, and was buried on Mount Lûbâr in the land of
Ararat. 16. Nine hundred and fifty years he completed in his
life, nineteen jubilees and two
1659 A.M.weeks and five years. 17. And in his life on earth he
excelled the children of men save Enoch because of the
righteousness, wherein he was perfect. For Enoch's office was
ordained for a testimony to the generations of the world, 1 so
that he should recount all the deeds of generation unto
generation, till the day of judgment.
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The Tower of Babel and the Confusion of Tongues (x. 18-27; cf.
Gen. xi. 1-9).
18. And in the three and thirtieth jubilee, in the first year in
the second week, Peleg took to himself a wife, whose name was
Lômnâ the daughter of Sînâ’ar, and she bare him a son in the
fourth year of this week, and he called his name Reu; 2 for he
said: "Behold the children of men have become evil 3 through the
wicked purpose of building for themselves a city and a tower in
the land of Shinar." 19. For they departed from the land of
Ararat eastward to Shinar; for in his days they built the city
and the tower, saying, "Go to, let us ascend thereby into
heaven." 4 20. And they began to build, and in the fourth week
they made brick with fire, and the bricks served them for stone,
and the clay 5 with which they cemented them together was
asphalt which cometh out of the sea, and out of the fountains of
water in the land of Shinar. 21. And they built it: forty and
three years were they building it; its
1645-1688 A.M.
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breadth was 203 bricks, and the height (of a brick) was the
third of one; its height amounted to 5433 cubits and 2 palms,
and (the extent of one wall was) thirteen stades (and of the
other thirty stades). 22. And the Lord our God said unto us:
"Behold, they are one people, and (this) they begin to do, and
now nothing will be withholden from them. Go to, let us go down
and confound their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech, 1 and they may be dispersed into cities and
nations, and one purpose will no longer abide with them till the
day of judgment." 23. And the Lord descended, and we descended
with Him to see the city and the tower which the children of men
had built. 24. And He confounded their language, and they no
longer understood one another's speech, and they ceased then to
build the city and the tower. 25. For this reason the whole land
of Shinar is called Babel, because the Lord did there confound
all the language of the children of men, and from thence they
were dispersed 2 into their cities, each according to his
language and his nation. 3 26. And the Lord sent a mighty wind 4
against the tower and overthrew it upon the earth, and behold it
was between Asshur and Babylon in the land of Shinar, and they
called its name
1688 A.M."Overthrow." 5 27. In the fourth week in the first year
in the beginning thereof in the four and thirtieth jubilee, were
they dispersed from the land of Shinar.
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The Children of Noah enter their Districts Canaan seizes
Palestine wrongfully; Madai receives Media (x. 28-36)
28. And Ham and his sons went into the land which he was to
occupy, which he acquired as his portion in the land of the
south. 1 29. And Canaan saw the land of Lebanon to the river of
Egypt that it was very good, and he went not into the land of
his inheritance to the west (that is to) the sea, 2 and he dwelt
in the land of Lebanon, eastward and westward from the border of
Jordan and from the border of the sea. 3 30. And Ham, his
father, and Cush and Mizraim, his brothers, said unto him: "Thou
hast settled in a land which. is not thine, and which did not
fall to us by lot: do not do so; for if thou dost do so, thou
and thy sons will fall in the land and (be) accursed through
sedition; for by sedition ye have settled, and by sedition will
thy children fall, and thou shalt be rooted out for ever. 31.
Dwell not in the dwelling of Shem; for to Shem and to his sons
did it come by their lot. 32. Cursed art thou, and cursed shalt
thou be beyond all the sons of Noah, by the curse 4 by which we
bound ourselves by an oath in the presence of the holy judge, 5
and in the presence of Noah our father." 33. But he did not
hearken unto them, and dwelt in the land of Lebanon from Hamath
6 to the entering of Egypt, 7 he and his sons until this day.
34. And for this reason that land is named Canaan. 35. And
Japheth and his sons went towards the sea and dwelt in the land
of their portion, and Madai saw the land of the sea and it did
not please him, and he begged a (portion) from Elam and Asshur
and Arpachshad,
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his wife's brother, and he dwelt in the land of Media, near to
his wife's brother until this day. 36. And he called his
dwelling-place, and the dwelling-place of his sons, Media, after
the name of their father Madai.
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The History of the Patriarchs from Reu to Abraham (cf. Gen. xi,
20-30); the Corruption of the Human Race (xi. 1-15).
1681 A.M.XI. And in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week,
in the first year thereof, Reu took to himself a wife, and her
name was ’Ôrâ, the daughter of ’Ûr, the son of Kêsêd, and she
bare him a son, and he
1687 A.M.called his name Sêrôḫ, 1 in the seventh year of
this week in this jubilee. 2. 2 And the sons of Noah began to
war on each other, to take captive and to slay each other, and
to shed the blood of men on the earth, and to eat blood, and to
build strong cities, and walls, and towers, and individuals
(began) to exalt themselves above the nation, 3 and to found the
beginnings of kingdoms, and to go to war people against people,
and nation against nation, and city against city, and all
(began) to do evil, and to acquire arms, and to teach their sons
war, and they began to capture cities, and to sell male and
female slaves. 3. And ’Ûr, the son of Kêsêd, 4 built the city of
’Arâ 5 of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name
and the name of his father. 4. And they made for themselves
molten images, and they worshipped each the idol, the molten
image which they had made for themselves, and they began to make
graven images and unclean simulacra, and malignant spirits
assisted
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and seduced (them) into committing transgression and
uncleanness. 5. And the prince Mastêmâ exerted himself to do all
this, and he sent forth other spirits, those which were put
under his hand, to do all manner of wrong and sin, and all
manner of transgression, to corrupt and destroy, and to shed
blood upon the earth. 1 6. For this reason he called the name of
Sêrôḫ, Serug, for every one turned to do all manner of sin
and transgression. 7. And he grew up, and dwelt in Ur of the
Chaldees, near to the father of his wife's mother, and he
worshipped idols, and he took to himself a wife in the
thirty-sixth jubilee, in the
1744 A.M.fifth week, in the first year thereof, and her name was
Mêlkâ, 2 the daughter of Kâbêr, the daughter of his father's
brother. 8. And she bare him Nahor, in the first year of this
week, and he grew and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, and his
father taught him the researches of the Chaldees to divine and
augur, according to the signs of heaven. 9. And in the
thirty-seventh jubilee, in the sixth week, in the first
1800 A M.year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name
was ’Îjâskâ, 3 the daughter of Nêstâg of the Chaldees. 10. And
she bare him Terah 4 in the seventh year
1806 A.M.of this week. 11. And the prince Mastêmâ sent ravens
and birds to devour the seed which was sown in the land, in
order to destroy the land, and rob the children of men of their
labours. Before they could plough in the seed, the ravens picked
(it) from the surface of the ground. 12. And for this reason he
called his name Terah, because the ravens and the birds reduced
them to destitution and devoured their seed. 5 13. And the years
began to be barren, owing to the birds, and they devoured all
the fruit of the
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trees from the trees: it was only with great effort that they
could save a little of all the fruit of the
1870 A.M.earth in their days. 14. And in this thirty-ninth
jubilee, in the second week in the first year, Terah took to
himself a wife, and her name was ’Êdnâ, 1 the daughter of ’Abrâm
2 the daughter of his father's
1876 A.M.sister. 15. And in the seventh year of this week she
bare him a son, and he called his name Abram, by the name of the
father of his mother; for he had died before his daughter had
conceived a son. 3
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