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prologue.

This is the history of the division of

the days of the law and of the testimony

of the events of the years, of their

year weeks, of their jubilees throughout

all the years of the world. As the Lord

spake to Moses on Mount Si when he went

up to receive the tables of the law and

of the commandment according to the

voice of God, as he said unto him, "Go

up to the top of the mount."

Chapter 1. And it came to pass in the

first year of the exodus of the children

of Israel out of Egypt, in the third

month, on the 16th day of the month,

2,450

anomi, that God spake to Moses, saying,

"Come up to me on the mount, and I will

give thee two tables of stone of the law

and of the commandment which I have

written, that thou mayest teach them."

And Moses went up into the mount of God,

and the glory of the Lord abodeed on

Mount Si, and a cloud overshadowed it

six days.

And he called to Moses on the seventh

day out of the midst of the cloud. And

the appearance of the glory of the Lord

was like a flaming fire on the top of

the mount. And Moses was on the mount 40

days and 40 nights. And God taught him

the earlier and the later history of the

division of all the days of the law and

of the testimony.

And he said, "Incline thine heart to

every word which I shall speak to thee

on this mount, and write them in a book,

in order that their generations may see

how I have not forsaken them, for all

the evil which they have wrought in

transgressing the covenant which I

establish between me and thee for their

generations this day on Mount Si.

And thus it will come to pass when all

these things come upon them that they

will recognize that I am more righteous

than they in all their judgments and in

all their actions. And they will

recognize that I have been truly with

them.

And do thou write for thyself all these

words which I declare unto thee this

day. For I know their rebellion and

their stiff neck before I bring them

into the land of which I swear to their

fathers, to Abraham and to Isaac and to

Jacob, saying, "Unto your seed will I

give a land flowing with milk and honey,

and they will eat and be satisfied, and

they will turn to strange gods, two

gods, which cannot deliver them from

ought of their tribulation.

And this witness shall be heard for a

witness against them. For they will

forget all my commandments, even all

that I command them. And they will walk

after the Gentiles, and after their

uncleanness, and after their shame, and

will serve their gods, and these will

prove unto them an offense, and a

tribulation, and an affliction, and a

snare. And many will perish, and they

will be taken captive, and will fall

into the hands of the enemy, because

they have forsaken my ordinances, and my

commandments, and the festivals of my

covenant, and my Sabbaths, and my holy

place, which I have hallowed for myself

in their midst, and my tabernacle, and

my sanctuary, which I have hallowed for

myself in the midst of the land, that I

should set my name upon it, and that it

should dwell there. And they will make

to themselves high places and groves and

graven images. And they will worship

each his own graven image so as to go

astray. And they will sacrifice their

children to demons and to all the works

of the error of their hearts. And I will

send witnesses unto them that I may

witness against them, but they will not

hear. And will slay the witnesses also.

And they will persecute those who seek

the law. and they will abregate and

change everything so as to work evil

before my eyes. And I will hide my face

from them. And I will deliver them into

the hand of the Gentiles for captivity

and for a prey and for devouring. And I

will remove them from the midst of the

land. And I will scatter them amongst

the Gentiles. And they will forget all

my law and all my commandments and all

my judgments and will go astray as to

new moons and Sabbaths and festivals and

jubilees and ordinances. And after this

they will turn to me from amongst the

Gentiles with all their heart and with

all their soul and with all their

strength. And I will gather them from

amongst all the Gentiles. And they will

seek me so that I shall be found of them

when they seek me with all their heart

and with all their soul. And I will

disclose to them abounding peace with

righteousness. And I will remove them

the plant of uprightness with all my

heart and with all my soul. And they

shall be for a blessing and not for a

curse. And they shall be the head and

not the tail. And I will build my

sanctuary in their midst. and I will

dwell with them, and I will be their

God, and they shall be my people in

truth and righteousness, and I will not

forsake them nor fail them, for I am the

Lord their God." And Moses fell on his

face and prayed and said,"Oh Lord my

God, do not forsake thy people and thy

inheritance, so that they should wander

in the error of their hearts, and do not

deliver them into the hands of their

enemies, the Gentiles, lest they should

rule over them, and cause them to sin

against thee.

Let thy mercy, O Lord, be lifted up upon

thy people, and create in them an

upright spirit. And let not the spirit

of Balia rule over them to accuse them

before thee, and to ensnare them from

all the paths of righteousness, so that

they may perish from before thy face.

But they are thy people, and thy

inheritance, which thou hast delivered

with thy great power from the hands of

the Egyptians.

create in them a clean heart and a holy

spirit, and let them not be ins snared

in their sins from henceforth until

eternity. And the Lord said unto Moses,

I know their contrariness and their

thoughts and their stiff neckedness, and

they will not be obedient till they

confess their own sin and the sin of

their fathers. And after this, they will

turn to me in all uprightness and with

all their heart and with all their soul.

And I will circumcise the foreskin of

their heart and the foreskin of the

heart of their seed. And I will create

in them a holy spirit. And I will

cleanse them so that they shall not turn

away from me from that day unto

eternity. And their souls will cleave to

me and to all my commandments. And they

will fulfill my commandments. And I will

be their father, and they shall be my

children. And they all shall be called

children of the living God. And every

angel and every spirit shall know, yay,

they shall know that these are my

children, and that I am their father in

uprightness and righteousness, and that

I love them. And do thou write down for

thyself all these words which I declare

unto thee on this mountain, the first

and the last, which shall come to pass

in all the divisions of the days in the

law, and in the testimony, and in the

weeks and the jubilees unto eternity,

until I descend and dwell with them

throughout eternity. And he said to the

angel of the presence, "Write for Moses

from the beginning of creation till my

sanctuary has been built among them for

all eternity. And the Lord will appear

to the eyes of all. And all shall know

that I am the God of Israel and the

father of all the children of Jacob and

king on Mount Zion for all eternity. And

Zion and Jerusalem shall be holy."

And the angel of the presence who went

before the camp of Israel took the

tables of the divisions of the years

from the time of the creation of the law

and of the testimony of the weeks of the

Jubilees according to the individual

years according to all the number of the

Jubilees according to the individual

years. From the day of the new creation,

when the heavens and the earth shall be

renewed, and all their creation

according to the powers of the heaven,

and according to all the creation of the

earth, until the sanctuary of the Lord

shall be made in Jerusalem on Mount

Zion, and all the luminaries be renewed

for healing, and for peace, and for

blessing for all the elect of Israel,

and that thus it may be from that day

and unto all the days of the earth.

Chapter 2. And the angel of the presence

spake to Moses according to the word of

the Lord, saying, "Write the complete

history of the creation, how in six days

the Lord God finished all his works, and

all that he created, and kept Sabbath on

the seventh day, and hallowed it for all

ages, and appointed it as a sign for all

his works. For on the first day he

created the heavens which are above, and

the earth and the waters, and all the

spirits which serve before him, the

angels of the presence, and the angels

of sanctification, and the angels of the

spirit of fire, and the angels of the

spirit of the winds, and the angels of

the spirit of the clouds, and of

darkness, and of snow, and of hail, and

of frost, and the angels of the

voices, and of the thunder, and of the

lightning, and the angels of of the

spirits of cold and of heat and of

winter and of spring and of autumn and

of summer and of all the spirits of his

creatures which are in the heavens and

on the earth. He created the abysses and

the darkness even tide and night and the

light dawn and day which he hath

prepared in the knowledge of his heart.

And thereupon we saw his works and

praised him and lorded before him on

account of all his works. For seven

great works did he create on the first

day. And on the second day he created

the firmament in the midst of the

waters. And the waters were divided on

that day. Half of them went up above and

half of them went down below the

firmament. That was in the midst over

the face of the whole earth. And this

was the only work God created on the

second day. And on the third day he

commanded the waters to pass from off

the face of the whole earth into one

place and the dry land to appear. And

the waters did so as he commanded them.

And they retired from off the face of

the earth into one place outside of this

firmament. And the dry land appeared.

And on that day he created for them all

the seas according to their separate

gathering places and all the rivers and

the gatherings of the waters in the

mountains and on all the earth and all

the lakes and all the dew of the earth

and the seed which is sown and all

sprouting things and fruitbearing trees

and trees of the wood and the garden of

Eden in Eden and all plants after their

kind. These four great works God created

on the third day. And on the fourth day

he created the sun and the moon and the

stars and set them in the firmament of

the heaven to give light upon all the

earth and to rule over the day and the

night and divide the light from the

darkness. And God appointed the sun to

be a great sign on the earth for days

and for Sabbaths and for months and for

feasts and for years and for Sabbaths of

years and for jubilees and for all

seasons of the years. And it divideth

the light from the darkness and for

prosperity that all things may prosper

which shoot and grow on the earth. These

three kinds he made on the fourth day.

And on the fifth day he created great

sea monsters in the depths of the

waters. For these were the first things

of flesh that were created by his hands,

the fish and everything that moves in

the waters and everything that flies,

the birds and all their kind. And the

sun rose above them to prosper them and

above everything that was on the earth,

everything that shoots out of the earth

and all fruitbearing trees and all

flesh. These three kinds he created on

the fifth day. And on the sixth day he

created all the animals of the earth and

all cattle and everything that moves on

the earth. And after all this he created

man. A man and a woman created he them.

and gave him dominion over all that is

upon the earth and in the seas and over

everything that flies and over beasts

and over cattle and over everything that

moves on the earth and over the whole

earth and over all this he gave him

dominion and these four kinds he created

on the sixth day. And there were

altogether two and 20 kinds. And he

finished all his work on the sixth day.

all that is in the heavens and on the

earth and in the seas and in the abysses

and in the light and in the darkness and

in everything. And he gave us a great

sign, the Sabbath day, that we should

work six days, but keep Sabbath on the

seventh day from all work, and all the

angels of the presence, and all the

angels of sanctification, these two

great classes. He hath bidden us to keep

the Sabbath with him in heaven and on

earth. And he said unto us, "Behold, I

will separate unto myself a people from

among all the peoples, and these shall

keep the Sabbath day, and I will

sanctify them unto myself as my people,

and will bless them. As I have

sanctified the Sabbath day, and do

sanctify it unto myself, even so will I

bless them, and they shall be my people,

and I will be their God. And I have

chosen the seed of Jacob from amongst

all that I have seen, and have written

him down as my firstborn son, and have

sanctified him unto myself forever and

ever. And I will teach them the Sabbath

day, that they may keep Sabbath thereon

from all work. And thus he created

therein a sign in accordance with which

they should keep Sabbath with us on the

seventh day to eat and to drink and to

bless him who has created all things as

he has blessed and sanctified unto

himself a peculiar people above all

peoples and that they should keep

Sabbath together with us. And he caused

his commands to ascend as a sweet savor

acceptable before him all the days.

There were two and 20 heads of mankind

from Adam to Jacob, and two and 20 kinds

of work were made until the seventh day.

This is blessed and holy, and the former

also is blessed and holy. And this one

serves with that one for sanctification

and blessing. And to this Jacob and his

seed, it was granted that they should

always be the blessed and holy ones of

the first testimony and law. Even as he

had sanctified and blessed the Sabbath

day on the seventh day, he created

heaven and earth and everything that he

created in six days. And God made the

seventh day holy for all his works.

Therefore, he commanded on its behalf

that whoever does any work thereon shall

die, and that he who defiles it shall

surely die. Wherefore do thou command

the children of Israel to observe this

day, that they may keep it holy, and not

do thereon any work, and not to defile

it, as it is holier than all other days.

And whoever profaines it shall surely

die. And whoever does thereon any work

shall surely die eternally that the

children of Israel may observe this day

throughout their generations and not be

rooted out of the land. For it is a holy

day and a blessed day. And everyone who

observes it and keeps Sabbath thereon

from all his work will be holy and

blessed throughout all days like unto

us.

declare and say to the children of

Israel the law of this day, both that

they should keep Sabbath thereon, and

that they should not forsake it in the

error of their hearts, and that it is

not lawful to do any work thereon, which

is unseammly, to do thereon their own

pleasure, and that they should not

prepare thereon anything to be eaten or

drunk, and that it is not lawful to draw

water, or bring in or take out thereon

through their gates. any burden which

they had not prepared for themselves on

the sixth day in their dwellings. And

they shall not bring in nor take out

from house to house on that day. For

that day is more holy and blessed than

any Jubilee day of the Jubilees. On this

we kept Sabbath in the heavens before it

was made known to any flesh to keep

Sabbath thereon on the earth. And the

creator of all things blessed it. But he

did not sanctify all peoples and nations

to keep Sabbath thereon, but Israel

alone. Them alone he permitted to eat

and drink, and to keep Sabbath thereon

on the earth. And the creator of all

things blessed this day, which he had

created for blessing and holiness and

glory above all days.

This law and testimony was given to the

children of Israel as a law forever unto

their generations.

Chapter 3. And on the six days of the

second week, we brought according to the

word of God unto Adam all the beasts and

all the cattle and all the birds and

everything that moves on the earth and

everything that moves in the water

according to their kinds and according

to their types. the beasts on the first

day, the cattle on the second day, the

birds on the third day, and all that

which moves on the earth on the fourth

day, and that which moves in the water

on the fifth day. And Adam named them

all by their respective names. And as he

called them, so was their name. And on

these five days, Adam saw all these,

male and female, according to every kind

that was on the earth. But he was alone,

and found no help meat for him. And the

Lord said unto us, "It is not good that

the man should be alone. Let us make a

help meat for him." And the Lord our God

caused a deep sleep to fall upon him.

And he slept, and he took for the woman

one rib from amongst his ribs. And this

rib was the origin of the woman from

amongst his ribs. And he built up the

flesh in itsstead, and built the woman.

And he awake Adam out of his sleep. And

on awaking he rose on the sixth day, and

he brought her to him, and he knew her,

and said unto her, "This is now bone of

my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She

shall be called my wife, because she was

taken from her husband. Therefore shall

man and wife be one, and therefore shall

a man leave his father and his mother,

and cleave unto his wife, and they shall

be one flesh."

In the first week was Adam created and

the rib his wife. In the second week he

showed her unto him. And for this reason

the commandment was given to keep in

their defilement for a male 7 days and

for a female twice 7 days. And after

Adam had completed 40 days in the land

where he had been created, we brought

him into the garden of Eden to till and

keep it. But his wife they brought in on

the 80th day. And after this she entered

into the garden of Eden. And for this

reason the commandment is written on the

heavenly tablets in regard to her that

gives birth. If she bears a male, she

shall remain in her uncleanness 7 days

according to the first week of days. And

30 and three days shall she remain in

the blood of her purifying. And she

shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor

enter into the sanctuary until she

accomplishes these days which are

enjoined in the case of a male child.

But in the case of a female child, she

shall remain in her uncleanness two

weeks of days according to the first two

weeks and 66 days in the blood of her

purification.

And they will be in all 80 days.

And when she had completed these 80

days, we brought her into the Garden of

Eden, for it is holier than all the

earth besides, and every tree that is

planted in it is holy. Therefore, there

was ordained regarding her who bears a

male or a female child, the statute of

those days, that she should touch no

hallowed thing, nor enter into the

sanctuary until these days, for the male

or female child, are accomplished.

This is the law and testimony which was

written down for Israel in order that

they should observe it all the days. And

in the first week of the first Jubilee 1

to 7:00 a.m. Adam and his wife were in

the Garden of Eden for 7 years tilling

and keeping it. And we gave him work and

we instructed him to do everything that

is suitable for tillage. And he tilled

the garden and was naked and knew it not

and was not ashamed. And he protected

the garden from the birds and beasts and

cattle and gathered its fruit and eat

and put aside the residue for himself

and for his wife and put aside that

which was being kept.

And after the completion of the seven

years which he had completed there 7

years exactly 8:00 a.m. And in the

second month on the 17th day of the

month, the serpent came and approached

the woman. And the serpent said to the

woman, "Hath God commanded you, saying,

Ye shall not eat of every tree of the

garden?" And she said to it, "Of all the

fruit of the trees of the garden, God

hath said unto us, eat, but of the fruit

of the tree which is in the midst of the

garden, God hath said unto us, Ye shall

not eat thereof, neither shall ye touch

it, lest ye die." And the serpent said

unto the woman, "Ye shall not surely

die. For God doth know that on the day

ye shall eat thereof, your eyes will be

opened, and ye will be as gods, and ye

will know good and evil. And the woman

saw the tree that it was agreeable and

pleasant to the eye, and that its fruit

was good for food, and she took thereof,

and eat. And when she had first covered

her shame with fig leaves, she gave

thereof to Adam. And he eat, and his

eyes were opened, and he saw that he was

naked, and he took fig leaves, and sewed

them together, and made an apron for

himself, and covered his shame. And God

cursed the serpent, and was wroth with

it forever. And he was wroth with the

woman, because she hearkened to the

voice of the serpent, and did eat. And

he said unto her, I will greatly

multiply thy sorrow and thy pains. In

sorrow thou shalt bring forth children,

and thy return shall be unto thy

husband, and he will rule over thee. And

to Adam also he said, because thou hast

hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,

and hast eaten of the tree of which I

commanded thee, that thou shouldst not

eat thereof, cursed be the ground for

thy sake. Thorns and thistles shall it

bring forth to thee. And thou shalt eat

thy bread in the sweat of thy face, till

thou returnest to the earth from whence

thou was taken. For earth thou art, and

unto earth shalt thou return. And he

made for them coats of skin, and clothed

them, and sent them forth from the

garden of Eden. And on that day on which

Adam went forth from the garden, he

offered as a sweet savor an offering,

frankincense, galbinum, and stacti, and

spices in the morning with the rising of

the sun from the day when he covered his

shame. And on that day was closed the

mouth of all beasts, and of cattle, and

of birds, and of whatever walks, and of

whatever moves, so that they could no

longer speak. For they had all spoken

one with another, with one lip, and with

one tongue. And he sent out of the

Garden of Eden all flesh that was in the

Garden of Eden. And all flesh was

scattered according to its kinds and

according to its types unto the places

which had been created for them. And to

Adam alone did he give the wherewithal

to cover his shame of all the beasts and

cattle. On this account, it is

prescribed on the heavenly tablets as

touching all those who know the judgment

of the law that they should cover their

shame and should not uncover themselves

as the Gentiles uncover themselves. And

on the new moon of the fourth month,

Adam and his wife went forth from the

Garden of Eden, and they dwelt in the

land of Elder, in the land of their

creation. And Adam called the name of

his wife, Eve, and they had no son till

the first Jubilee, 8:00 a.m. And after

this he knew her. Now he tilled the land

as he had been instructed in the Garden

of Eden.

Chapter 4. And in the third week, in the

second Jubilee, 64 to 70 a.m., she gave

birth to Cain. And in the fourth, 71 to7

a.m. she gave birth to Abel. And in the

fifth 78 to84 a.m. she gave birth to her

daughter Awan. And in the first year of

the 3rd Jubilee 99 to 105 a.m. Cain slew

Abel because God accepted the sacrifice

of Abel and did not accept the offering

of Cain. And he slew him in the field.

And his blood cried from the ground to

heaven complaining because he had slain

him. And the Lord reproved Cain because

of Abel because he had slain him. And he

made him a fugitive on the earth because

of the blood of his brother. And he

cursed him upon the earth. And on this

account it is written on the heavenly

tables. Cursed is he who smites his

neighbor treacherously. And let all who

have seen and heard say, "So be it." And

the man who has seen and not declared

it, let him be accursed as the other.

And for this reason we announce when we

come before the Lord our God all the sin

which is committed in heaven and on

earth and in light and in darkness and

everywhere. And Adam and his wife

mourned for Abel four weeks of years 99

to 127 a.m. And in the fourth year of

the fifth week 130 a.m. they became

joyful. And Adam knew his wife again and

she bare him a son. And he called his

name Seth, for he said, "God has raised

up a second seed unto us on the earth

instead of Abel, for Cain slew him." And

in the sixth week, 134 to 40 a.m., he

begat his daughter Azura. And Cain took

Awan his sister, to be his wife, and she

bare him Enoch, at the close of the

fourth Jubilee,

190 to 196.

And in the first year of the first week

of the fifth Jubilee,

197 a.m. houses were built on the earth,

and Cain built a city, and called its

name after the name of his son, Enoch.

And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she bare

yet nine sons. And in the fifth week of

the fifth Jubilee, 225 to 311 a.m., Seth

took Azura his sister to be his wife.

And in the fourth year of the sixth

week, 235 a.m. she bare him Enos. He

began to call on the name of the Lord on

the earth. And in the seventh Jubilee in

the third week, 309 to15 a.m. Enos took

Nom his sister to be his wife. And she

bare him a son in the third year of the

fifth week. And he called his name

Kenan. And at the close of the 8th

Jubilee 325

3,860

to 3,992

a.m. Kenan took Muleth his sister to be

his wife. And she bare him a son in the

9th Jubilee in the first week in the

third year of this week 395 a.m. And he

called his name Mahalel. And in the

second week of the 10th Jubilee, 449 to

55 a.m., Mahalel took unto him to wife

Dina, the daughter of Barakiel, the

daughter of his father's brother, and

she bare him a son in the third week in

the sixth year, 461 a.m. And he called

his name Jared. For in his days the

angels of the Lord descended on the

earth, those who are named the watchers,

that they should instruct the children

of men, and that they should do judgment

and uprightness on the earth.

And in the 11th Jubilee, 512 to18.

Jared took to himself a wife, and her

name was Baraka, the daughter of

Rasujal, a daughter of his father's

brother. in the fourth week of this

Jubilee, 522.

And she bare him a son in the fifth week

in the fourth year of the Jubilee. And

he called his name Enoch. And he was the

first among men that are born on earth,

who learned writing and knowledge and

wisdom, and who wrote down the signs of

heaven according to the order of their

months in a book, that men might know

the seasons of the years according to

the order of their separate months. And

he was the first to write a testimony.

And he testified to the sons of men

among the generations of the earth, and

recounted the weeks of the Jubilees, and

made known to them the days of the

years, and set in order the months, and

recounted the Sabbaths of the years, as

we made them known to him. And what was

and what will be, he saw in a vision of

his sleep, as it will happen to the

children of men throughout their

generations until the day of judgment.

He saw and understood everything and

wrote his testimony and placed the

testimony on earth for all the children

of men and for their generations.

And in the 12th Jubilee 582 to 888,

in the seventh week thereof, he took to

himself a wife, and her name was Edna,

the daughter of Daniel, the daughter of

his father's brother. And in the sixth

year in this week, 587

a.m. she bare him a son, and he called

his name Methuselah. And he was moreover

with the angels of God these six

jubilees of years. And they showed him

everything which is on earth and in the

heavens, the rule of the sun, and he

wrote down everything. And he testified

to the watchers who had sinned with the

daughters of men. for these had begun to

unite themselves so as to be defiled

with the daughters of men. And Enoch

testified against them all. And he was

taken from amongst the children of men.

And we conducted him into the garden of

Eden in majesty and honor. And behold,

there he writes down the condemnation

and judgment of the world and all the

wickedness of the children of men. And

on account of it, God brought the waters

of the flood upon all the land of Eden.

For there he was set as a sign, and that

he should testify against all the

children of men, that he should recount

all the deeds of the generations until

the day of condemnation. And he burnt

the incense of the sanctuary, even sweet

spices acceptable before the Lord on the

mount. For the Lord has four places on

the earth, the Garden of Eden, and the

Mount of the East. And this mountain on

which thou art this day, Mount Si and

Mount Zion, which will be sanctified in

the new creation for a sanctification of

the earth. Through it will the earth be

sanctified from all its guilt and its

uncleanness throughout the generations

of the world. And in the 14th Jubilee,

652 A.M., Methuselah took unto himself a

wife, Ednner, the daughter of Azrael,

the daughter of his father's brother, in

the third week, in the first year of

this week, 7:01 to 7:00 a.m. And he

begat a son, and called his name Lamech.

And in the 15th Jubilee, in the third

week, Lamech took to himself a wife. And

her name was Bettonos, the daughter of

Baraki, the daughter of his father's

brother. And in this week she bare him a

son. And he called his name Noah,

saying, "This one will comfort me for my

trouble and all my work, and for the

ground which the Lord hath cursed." And

at the close of the 19th Jubilee, in the

seventh week in the sixth year, 930 a.m.

thereof, Adam died, and all his sons

buried him in the land of his creation,

and he was the first to be buried in the

earth. And he lacked 70 years of 1,000

years. For 1,000 years are as one day in

the testimony of the heavens, and

therefore was it written concerning the

tree of knowledge. on the day that ye

eat thereof, ye shall die." For this

reason, he did not complete the years of

this day, for he died during it. At the

close of this jubilee, Cain was killed

after him in the same year. For his

house fell upon him, and he died in the

midst of his house, and he was killed by

its stones. For with a stone he had

killed Abel, and by a stone was he

killed in righteous judgment. For this

reason, it was ordained on the heavenly

tablets. With the instrument with which

a man kills his neighbor, with the same

shall he be killed, after the manner

that he wounded him, in like manner

shall they deal with him.

And in the 25th 12:05 a.m. Jubilee, Noah

took to himself a wife, and her name was

M. Zara, the daughter of Rakael, the

daughter of his father's brother. In the

first year, in the fifth week, 12:07

a.m. And in the third year thereof, she

bare him Shem. In the fifth year

thereof, 12:09 a.m., she bare him Ham.

And in the first year, in the sixth

week, 12:12 a.m., she bare him Jaffath.

Chapter 5. 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

saw them on a certain year of this

jubilee, that they were beautiful to

look upon, and they took themselves

wives of all whom they chose, and they

bare unto them sons, and they were

giants. and lawlessness increased on the

earth, and all flesh corrupted its way.

Alike men and cattle and beasts and

birds and everything that walks on the

earth, all of them corrupted their ways

and their orders, and they began to

devour each other, and lawlessness

increased on the earth. And every

imagination of the thoughts of all men

was thus evil continually. 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 had wrought all manner of evil

before his eyes. And he said that he

would destroy man and all flesh upon the

face of the earth, which he had created.

But Noah found grace before the eyes of

the Lord, 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. 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.

And he said, "My spirit shall not always

abide on man, for they also are flesh,

and their days shall be 120 years." And

he sent his sword into their midst, that

each should slay his neighbor. And they

began to slay each other, till they all

fell by the sword, and were destroyed

from the earth. And their fathers were

witnesses of their destruction. And

after this they were bound in the depths

of the earth forever until the day of

the great condemnation

when judgment is executed on all those

who have corrupted their ways and their

works before the Lord. And he destroyed

all from their places. And there was not

left one of them whom he judged not

according to all their wickedness. And

he made for all his works a new and

righteous nature, so that they should

not sin in their whole nature forever,

but should be all righteous, each in his

kind always. And the judgment of all is

ordained and written on the heavenly

tablets 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. And there is nothing in

heaven or on earth, or in light, or in

darkness, or in sholol, or in the depth,

or in the place of darkness, which is

not judged. And all their judgments are

ordained and written and engraved. In

regard to all he will judge, the great

according to his greatness, and the

small according to his smallalness, and

each according to his way, and he is not

one who will regard the person of any,

nor is he one who will receive gifts. If

he says 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. And of the children of

Israel, it has been written and

ordained, if they turn to him in

righteousness, he will forgive all their

transgressions and pardon all their

sins. It is written and ordained that he

will show mercy to all who turn from all

their guilt once each year. 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 ought that was ordained

for him. 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. And he commanded

Noah to make him an ark that he might

save himself from the waters of the

flood. And Noah made the ark in all

respects as he commanded him in the 27th

Jubilee of years in the fifth week in

the fifth year on the new moon of the

first month.

1307 a.m. And he entered in the sixth

year thereof, 1308. In the second month,

on the new moon of the second month till

the 16th, and he entered, and all that

we brought to him into the ark, and the

Lord closed it from without on the 17th

evening. And the Lord opened seven

floodgates of heaven, and the mouths of

the fountains of the great deep, seven

mouths in number. And the floodgates

began to pour down water from the heaven

40 days and 40 nights. And the fountains

of the deep also sent up waters until

the whole world was full of water, and

the waters increased upon the earth.

15 cubits did the waters rise above all

the high mountains. And the ark was lift

up above the earth, and it moved upon

the face of the waters. And the water

prevailed on the face of the earth 5

months,

150 days, and the ark went and rested on

the top of Lubar, one of the mountains

of Ararat. And on the new moon in the

fourth month, the fountains of the great

deep were closed, and the floodgates 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 below. And on the new moon

of the 10th month, the tops of the

mountains were seen. And on the new moon

of the first month, the earth became

visible, and the waters disappeared from

above the earth. In the fifth week, in

the seventh year, 13:09 a.m. thereof.

And on the 17th day, in the second

month, the earth was dry. And on the

27th thereof, he opened the ark, and

sent forth from it beasts, and cattle,

and birds, and every moving thing.

Chapter 6. And on the new moon of the

third month, he went forth from the ark,

and built an altar on that mountain. And

he made atonement for the earth and took

a kid and made atonement by its blood

for 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. 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 savor to arise

acceptable before the Lord. And the Lord

smelt the goodly savor. And he made a

covenant with him that there should not

be any more a flood to destroy the

earth. 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 forever.

And you increase ye and multiply upon

the earth and become many upon it and be

a blessing upon it. The fear of you and

the dread of you I will inspire in

everything that is on earth and in the

sea. And behold, I have given unto you

all beasts and all winged things and

everything that moves 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. 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 will I require the blood of

man.

Who so shedth man's blood by man shall

his blood be shed. For in the image of

God made he man, and you increase ye,

and multiply on the earth. And Noah and

his sons swore that they would not eat

any blood that was in any flesh. And he

made a covenant before the Lord God

forever throughout all the generations

of the earth in this month. On this

account he spake to thee that thou

should make a covenant with the children

of Israel in this month upon the

mountain with an oath and that thou

should sprinkle blood upon them because

of all the words of the covenant which

the Lord made with them forever.

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 eats the blood of

beasts or of cattle or of birds during

all the days of the earth, he and his

seed shall be rooted out of the land.

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, and for this

law there is no limit of days, for it is

forever. They shall observe it

throughout their generations, so that

they may continue supplicating on your

behalf with blood before the altar.

every day and at the time of morning and

evening they shall seek forgiveness on

your behalf perpetually before the Lord

that they may keep it and not be rooted

out. And he gave to Noah and his sons a

sign that there should not again be a

flood on the earth. 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. For this reason,

it is ordained and written on the

heavenly tablets that they should

celebrate the feast of weeks in this

month once a year to renew the covenant

every year. And this whole festival was

celebrated in heaven from the day of

creation till the days of Noah, 26

Jubilees, and 5 weeks of years, 1,39

to 1,659

a.m.

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 Noah's death, his sons did

away with it until the days of Abraham,

and they eat blood. 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 a new on this

mountain. And do thou command the

children of Israel to observe this

festival in all their generations for a

commandment unto them? One day in the

year in this month they shall celebrate

the festival. For it is the feast of

weeks and the feast of first fruits.

This feast is two-fold and of a double

nature. According to what is written and

engraven concerning it, celebrate it.

For I have written in the book of the

first law, in that which I have written

for thee, that thou should celebrate it

in its season, one day in the year, and

I explain 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.

And on the new moon of the first month,

and on the new moon of the fourth month,

and on the new moon of the seventh

month, and on the new moon of the 10th

month are the days of remembrance, and

the days of the seasons in the four

divisions of the year. These are written

and ordained as a testimony forever.

And Noah ordained them for himself as

feasts for the generations forever, so

that they have become thereby a memorial

unto him. 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. And on the new moon

of the fourth month, the mouths of the

depths of the abyss 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. And on the

new moon of the 10th month, the tops of

the mountains were seen, and Noah was

glad. And on this account he ordained

them for himself as feasts for a

memorial forever. And thus are they

ordained. And they placed them on the

heavenly tablets. Each had 13 weeks from

one to another past their memorial. From

the first to the second, and from the

second to the third, and from the 3rd to

the fourth. And all the days of the

commandment will be 2 and 50 weeks of

days. And these will make the entire

year complete.

Thus it is engraven and ordained on the

heavenly tablets. And there is no

neglecting this commandment for a single

year or from year to year. And command

thou the children of Israel that they

observe the years according to this

reckoning, 364 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. 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, and they

will neglect their ordinances. 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. For I

know and from henceforth will I declare

it unto thee, and it is not of my own

devising. For the book lies written

before me, and on the heavenly tablets

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. For there will be those

who will assuredly make observations of

the moon, how it disturbs the seasons,

and comes in from year to year 10 days

too soon. For this reason the years will

come upon them when they will disturb

the order 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. 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 364 days only. And for this

reason they will go wrong as to the new

moons and seasons and Sabbaths and

festivals and they will eat all kinds of

blood with all kinds of flesh.

Chapter 7.

And in the seventh week, in the first

year, 1317 a.m. thereof, in this

Jubilee, Noah planted vines on the

mountain on which the ark had rested,

named Lubar, one of the Ararat

mountains, and they produced fruit in

the fourth year, 1,320

A.M. And he guarded their fruit, and

gathered it in this year in the seventh

month. And he made wine there from and

put it into a vessel, and kept it until

the fifth year, 1,321

a.m. until the first day on the new moon

of the first month. 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. 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

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. 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 savor to ascend

acceptable before the Lord his God. And

he rejoiced and drank of this wine, he

and his children, with joy. 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.

And Ham saw Noah his father, naked, and

went forth and told his two brethren

without. 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.

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."

And he blessed Shem, and said, "Blessed

be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan

shall be his servant. God shall enlarge

Japheth, and God shall dwell in the

dwelling of Shem, and Canaan shall be

his servant." 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, Kush and Misraim,

and Put and Canaan. And he built for

himself a city, and called its name

after the name of his wife, Naamuk.

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, Adatanis.

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

after the name of his wife Sedekatellab.

And behold, these three cities are near

Mount Lubar. Sedakatellab fronting the

mountain on its east. and Nael Tama on

the south. Adatanizes towards the west

and these are the sons of Shem, Elilam

and Ashure and Arpachad. This son was

born 2 years after the flood and Lud and

Aram, the sons of Jaffth, GMA and Magog

and Madai and Javan, Tubal and Meekch

and Tas. These are the sons of Noah. And

in the 28th Jubilee 1,324

to 1,372

a.m.

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 of

their flesh and to bless their creator

and honor father and mother and love

their neighbor and guard their souls

from fornication and uncleanness. and

all iniquity.

For owing to these three things came the

flood upon the earth, namely owing to

the fornication wherein the watchers

against the law of their ordinances went

ah whoring after the daughters of men

and took themselves wives of all which

they chose. And they made the beginning

of uncleanness. And they begat sons the

nafodim. And they were all unlike. And

they devoured one another. And the

giants slew the nafil. And the nafil

slew the eljo and the eljo mankind and

one man another. And everyone sold

himself to work iniquity and to shed

much blood. And the earth was filled

with iniquity. And after this they

sinned against the beasts and birds and

all that moves and walks on the earth.

And much blood was shed on the earth.

And every imagination and desire of men

imagined vanity and evil continually.

And the Lord destroyed everything from

off the face of the earth 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.

And we were left, I 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 comes

that ye are not in harmony, my sons,

each with his brother. 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. For who so shedth man's

blood, and who so eateth the blood of

any flesh, shall all be destroyed from

the earth. And there shall not be left

any man that eateth blood, or that

shedth the blood of man on the earth,

nor shall there be left to him any seed

or descendants living under heaven. For

into sheol shall they go, and into the

place of condemnation shall they

descend, and into the darkness of the

deep shall they all be removed by a

violent death. 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

flies upon the earth. And work ye a good

work to your souls by covering that

which has been shed on the face of the

earth. And ye shall not be like him who

eats with blood, but guard yourselves

that none may eat blood before you.

Cover the blood. For thus have I been

commanded to testify to you and your

children together with all flesh, 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 sheds it on the earth.

For the earth will not be clean from the

blood which has been shed upon it. For

only through the blood of him that shed

it will the earth be purified throughout

all its generations.

And now, my children, hearken. work

judgment and righteousness, that ye may

be planted in righteousness over the

face of the whole earth, and your glory

lifted up before my God, who saved me

from the waters of the flood. 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 fruitbearing trees. For 3

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, 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 receives it. And

what is left, let the servants of the

house of the Lord eat before the altar

which receives it. And in the fifth year

make ye the release, so that ye release

it in righteousness and uprightness, and

ye shall be righteous, and all that you

plant shall prosper. 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. And I also will give you

commandment, my sons, as Enoch commanded

his son in the first Jubilees, whilst

still living the seventh in his

generation, he commanded and testified

to his son and to his son's sons until

the day of his death.

Chapter 8. In the 29th Jubilee, in the

first week, 1,373

a.m., in the beginning thereof, Arpat

took to himself a wife, and her name was

Rasu A, the daughter of Susan, the

daughter of Elam, and she bare him a son

in the third year in this week, 1,375

a.m. And he called his name Kynam. And

the son grew, and his father taught him

writing, and he went to seek for himself

a place where he might seize for himself

a city. 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. 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. And in the 30th Jubilee, 1,429

a.m. in the second week in the first

year thereof, he took to himself a wife,

and her name was Mela, the daughter of

Madai, the son of Japheth. And in the

fourth year, 1,432

a.m. he begat a son and called his name

Shayla. For he said, "Truly I have been

sent." And in the fourth year he was

born. And Shayla grew up and took to

himself a wife. And her name was Muak,

the daughter of Kessid, his father's

brother, in the 1 and0th Jubilee in the

fifth week in the first year, 1,499

a.m. thereof. And she bare him a son in

the fifth year,

153 a.m. thereof. And he called his name

Aba. And he took unto himself a wife,

and her name was Azurad, the daughter of

Nebrod, in the 32nd Jubilee, in the 7th

week, in the third year thereof.

1564 A.M. And in the sixth year, 1567.

Thereof, she bare him son, and he called

his name Pelleg. 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 Pelleg.

And they divided it secretly amongst

themselves and told it to Noah. And it

came to pass in the beginning of the

33rd Jubilee 1,569

A.M. that they divided the earth into

three parts for Shem and Ham and Jaffth

according to the inheritance of each in

the first year in the first week when

one of us who had been sent was with

them. 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.

And there came forth on the writing as

Shem's lot the middle of the earth 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 Rafa from the

mouth of the water from the river Tina

and his portion goes towards the west

through the midst of this river and it

extends till it reaches the water of the

abysses out of which this river goes

forth and pours its waters into the sea

Mat and this river flow flows into the

great sea and all that is towards the

north is Jaffath's and all that is

towards the south belongs to Shem and it

extends till it reaches Karaso. This is

in the bosom of the tongue which looks

towards the south and his portion

extends along the great sea and it

extends in a straight line till it

reaches the west of the tongue which

looks towards the south. For this sea is

named the tongue of the Egyptian sea,

and it turns from here towards the south

towards the mouth of the great sea on

the shore of its waters. And it extends

to the west to Afra. And it extends till

it reaches the waters of the river

Guihon and to the south of the waters of

Guihon to the banks of this river. And

it extends towards the east till it

reaches 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 east. It turns to the east and

proceeds till it reaches the east of the

mountain named Rafa. and it descends to

the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.

This portion came forth by lot for Shem

and his sons, that they should possess

it forever unto his generations forever

more. 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."

And he knew that the garden of Eden is

the holy of holies and the dwelling of

the Lord and Mount Si the center of the

desert and Mount Zion the center of the

navl of the earth. These three were

created as holy places facing each

other. And he blessed the God of gods

who had put the word of the Lord into

his mouth and the Lord forever more. And

he knew that a blessed portion and a

blessing had come to Shem and his sons

unto the generations forever, 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 Kafur, and all the

mountains of Sane and Ammana, and the

mountains of Ash in the north,

and all the land of Elam, Ashure, and

Babel, and Susan, and Madai, and all the

mountains of Ararat, and all the region

beyond the sea, which is beyond the

mountains of Asher towards the north, a

blessed and spacious land, and all that

is in it is very good. And for Ham came

forth the second portion beyond the

Gihon towards the south to the right of

the garden. And it extends towards the

south, and it extends to all the

mountains of fire. And it extends

towards the west to the sea of Atel. And

it extends towards the west till it

reaches the sea of Mau, that sea into

which everything which is not destroyed

descends. And it goes forth towards the

north to the limits of Gadia. And it

goes forth to the coast of the waters of

the sea, to the waters of the great sea,

till it draws near to the river Gihon,

and goes along the river Gihon, till it

reaches the right of the Garden of Eden.

And this is the land which came forth

for Ham as the portion which he was to

occupy forever for himself and his sons

unto their generations forever.

And for Japheth came forth the third

portion beyond the river Tina to the

north of the outflow of its waters. And

it extends northeasterly to the whole

region of Gog and to all the country

east thereof.

And it extends northerly to the north

and it extends to the mountains of Kelt

towards the north and towards the sea of

Mau. And it goes forth to the east of

Gadier, as far as the region of the

waters of the sea. And it extends until

it approaches the west of Farra. And it

returns towards Afarag. And it extends

easterly to the waters of the sea of

Mayat. And it extends to the region of

the river Tina in a northeasterly

direction until it approaches the

boundary of its waters towards the

mountain Rafa, and it turns round

towards the north. This is the land

which came forth for Jaffth and his sons

as the portion of his inheritance which

he should possess for himself and his

sons for their generations forever. Five

great islands and a great land in the

north. 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. Chapter nine. and

Ham divided amongst his sons. And the

first portion came forth for Kush

towards the east, and to the west of him

for Misime, and to the west of him for

Put, and to the west of him, and to the

west thereof, on the sea for Canaan. And

Shem also divided amongst his sons. And

the first portion came forth for Ham and

his sons to the east of the river Tigris

till it approached the east, the whole

land of India, and on the Red Sea on its

coast, and the waters of Dan, and all

the mountains of Mebri and Ela, and all

the land of Susan, and all that is on

the side of Farac, to the Red Sea, and

the river Tina. And for Asher came forth

the second portion, all the land of

Ashure and Nineveh and Shinar, and to

the border of India, and it ascends and

skirts the river. And for Arpachad came

forth the third portion, all the land of

the region of the Chaldes 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 looks

towards Egypt, all the land of Lebanon,

and Sane, and Amana to the border of the

Euphrates. And for Aram there came forth

the fourth portion, all the land of

Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and the

Euphrates, to the north of the Chaldes,

to the border of the mountains of

Ashure, and the land of Arara. And there

came forth for Lud the fifth portion,

the mountains of Ashure, and all

appertaining to them, till it reaches

the great sea, until it reaches the east

of Ashure, his brother. And Japth also

divided the land of his inheritance

amongst his sons. And the first portion

came forth for Gome to the east, from

the north side to the river Tina. And in

the north there came forth for Magog all

the inner portions of the north until it

reaches to the sea of Mayat. And for

Madai came forth as his portion that he

should possess from the west of his two

brothers to the islands and to the

coasts of the islands. And for Javan

came forth the fourth portion, every

island, and the islands which are

towards the border of Lud. And for Tubal

there came forth the fifth portion in

the midst of the tongue which approaches

towards the border of the portion of Lud

to the second tongue to the region

beyond the second tongue unto the third

tongue. And for Mess came forth the

sixth portion all the region beyond the

third tongue till it approaches the east

of Gadier. And for Tas there came forth

the seventh portion, four great islands

in the midst of the sea, which reached

to the portion of Ham, and the islands

of Kamatururi, came out by lot for the

sons of Arpatshad as his inheritance.

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 everyone

that sought to seize the portion which

had not fallen to him by his lot. And

they all said, "So be it. So be it for

themselves and their sons forever

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.

Chapter 10. And in the third week of

this Jubilee, the unclean demons began

to lead astray the children of the sons

of Noah, and to make to heir and destroy

them. 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

son's sons. And he prayed before the

Lord his God, and said, God of the

spirits of all flesh, 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 did

the sons of pition. For thy grace has

been great towards me, and great has

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. But

do thou bless me and my sons, that we

may increase and multiply and replenish

the earth. 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 order to destroy, and let

them not rule over the spirits of the

living. For thou alone can exercise

dominion over them. And let them not

have power over the sons of the

righteous from henceforth and forever

more.

And the Lord our God bade us to bind

all. And the chief of the spirits,

Mastema, 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. And he

said, "Let the 10th part of them remain

before him, and let nine parts descend

into the place of condemnation.

And one of us he commanded that we

should teach Noah all their medicines.

For he knew that they would not walk in

uprightness, nor strive in

righteousness. 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 on the earth. 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. And Noah wrote down

all things in a book as we instructed

him concerning every kind of medicine.

Thus the evil spirits were precluded

from hurting the sons of Noah. And he

gave all that he had written to Shem,

his eldest son, for he loved him

exceedingly above all his sons. And Noah

slept with his fathers and was buried on

Mount Lubar in the land of Ararat.

950 years he completed in his life. 19

Jubilees and 2 weeks and 5 years. 1,659

a.m. 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, so that he

should recount all the deeds of

generation unto generation till the day

of judgment.

And in the 33rd Jubilee in the first

year in the second week, Pelleg took to

himself a wife whose name was Lomna, the

daughter of Sina, and she bare him a son

in the fourth year of this week. And he

called his name Ru. For he said,

"Behold, the children of men have become

evil through the wicked purpose of

building for themselves a city and a

tower in the land of Shinar. 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." And they began to build. And in

the fourth week they made brick with

fire, and the brick served them for

stone. And the clay with which they

cemented them together was asphalt which

comes out of the sea and out of the

fountains of water in the land of

Shinar.

And they built it 40 and 3 years 1645 to

1688 am. Were they building it? Its

breadth was 203 bricks and the height of

a brick was the third of one. Its height

amounted to 5,433

cubits and two palms. And the extent of

one wall was 13 stades and of the other

30 stades.

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, and they may be

dispersed into cities and nations, and

one purpose will no longer abide with

them till the day of judgment." And the

Lord descended, and we descended with

him to see the city and the tower which

the children of men had built. 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. For this reason, the

whole land of Shenar is called Babel,

because the Lord did there confound all

the language of the children of men. And

from thence they were dispersed into

their cities, each according to his

language and his nation. And the Lord

sent a mighty wind against the tower,

and overthrew it upon the earth. And

behold, it was between Ashure and

Babylon in the land of Shinar, and they

called its name overthrow. In the fourth

week in the first year, 1,688.

In the beginning thereof, in the 4 and

30th Jubilee, were they dispersed from

the land of Shinar. 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. 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. And he dwelt in the land of

Lebanon, eastward, and westward from the

border of Jordan, and from the border of

the sea. And Ham his father, and Kush,

and Misra 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 forever. Dwell

not in the dwelling of Shem. For to Shem

and to his sons did it come by their

lot. Cursed art thou, and cursed shalt

thou be beyond all the sons of Noah. by

the curse by which we bound ourselves by

an oath in the presence of the holy

judge and in the presence of Noah our

father.

But he did not hearken unto them and

dwelt in the land of Lebanon from Hamath

to the entering of Egypt, he and his

sons until this day. And for this reason

that land is named Canaan. 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 Ham and Ashure and Apach

his wife's brother. And he dwelt in the

land of Media near to his wife's brother

until this day. And he called his

dwelling place, and the dwelling place

of his sons Media after the name of

their father Madai.

Chapter 11. And in the 35th Jubilee, in

the third week, in the first year, 1681.

Thereof. Roy took to himself a wife, and

her name was Our, the daughter of A, the

son of Kessed, and she bare him a son,

and he called his name Sarah. In the

seventh year of this week, in this

Jubilee, 1,687

a.m.

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, 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. And

R the son of Cassed built the city of

Ara of the Chaldes and called its name

after his own name and the name of his

father.

And they made for themselves molten

images. And they worshiped 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 and

seduced them into committing

transgression and uncleanness.

And the prince Mastimar 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. For this reason, he

called the name of Sro Sug. For everyone

turned to do all manner of sin and

transgression, and he grew up and dwelt

in of the Chaldes, near to the father of

his wife's mother, and he worshiped

idols, and he took to himself a wife in

the 36th Jubilee in the fifth week, in

the first year thereof, 1,744

a.m. And her name was Mela, the daughter

of Ka, the daughter of his father's

brother. And she bare him nah in the

first year of this week. And he grew and

dwelt in Ur of the Chaldes. And his

father taught him the researchers of the

Chaldes to divine and orug according to

the signs of heaven. And in the 37th

Jubilee in the sixth week in the first

year thereof, 1800 A.M. He took to

himself a wife, and her name was Yasca,

the daughter of Neestag of the Chaldis.

And she bare him terror in the 7th year

of this week, 1,86

a.m. And the prince Mastema 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 labors. Before they could plow in

the seed, the ravens picked it from the

surface of the ground. And for this

reason he called his name Terror,

because the ravens and the birds reduced

them to destitution and devoured their

seed. And the years began to be barren

owing to the birds, and they devoured

all the fruit of the trees from the

trees. It was only with great effort

that they could save a little of all the

fruit of the earth in their days. And in

this 39th Jubilee in the second week in

the first year 1870 a.m. Terara took to

himself a wife and her name was Edna the

daughter of Abram the daughter of his

father's sister. And in the seventh year

of this week 1876 a.m. 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. And the child began to

understand the errors of the earth that

all went astray after graven images and

after uncleanness. And his father taught

him writing. And he was 2 weeks of years

old. 1890 a.m. And he separated himself

from his father that he might not

worship idols with him. And he began to

pray to the creator of all things that

he might save him from the errors of the

children of men, and that his portion

should not fall into error after

uncleanness and vileeness.

And the seed time came for the sewing of

seed upon the land. And they all went

forth together to protect their seed

against the ravens. And Abram went forth

with those that went. And the child was

a lad of 14 years. And a cloud of ravens

came to devour the seed. And Abram ran

to meet them before they settled on the

ground, and cried to them before they

settled on the ground to devour the

seed, and said, "Descend not. Return to

the place when she came." And they

proceeded to turn back. And he caused

the clouds of ravens to turn back that

day 70 times, and of all the ravens

throughout all the land where Abram was

there, settled there, not so much as

one. And all who were with him

throughout all the land saw him cry out,

and all the ravens turned back, and his

name became great in all the land of the

Chaldes. And there came to him this year

all those that wished to sow, and he

went with them until the time of sewing

ceased. And they sowed their land. And

that year they brought enough grain home

and eat, and were satisfied. And in the

first year of the fifth week, 1891

A.M., Abram taught those who made

implements for oxen, the artififices in

wood, and they made a vessel above the

ground, facing the frame of the plow, in

order to put the seed thereon, and the

seed fell down there from upon the share

of the plow, and was hidden in the

earth. And they no longer feared the

ravens. And after this manner they made

vessels above the ground on all the

frames of the plows, and they sowed and

tilled all the land, according as Abram

commanded them, and they no longer

feared the birds. Chapter 12. And it

came to pass in the sixth week, in the

seventh year thereof, 1904.

That Abram said to Terara his father,

saying, "Father." And he said, "Behold,

here am I, my son." And he said, "What

help and profit have we from those idols

which thou dost worship and before which

thou dost bow thyself? For there is no

spirit in them, for they are dumb forms

and a misleading of the heart. Worship

them not. Worship the God of heaven who

causes the rain and the dew to descend

on the earth and does everything upon

the earth and has created everything by

his word. and all life is from before

his face. Why do ye worship things that

have no spirit in them? For they are the

work of men's hands, and on your

shoulders do ye bear them, and ye have

no help from them. But they are a great

cause of shame to those who make them,

and a misleading of the heart to those

who worship them. Worship them not. And

his father said unto him, "I also know

it, my son. But what shall I do with a

people who have made me to serve before

them? And if I tell them the truth, they

will slay me, for their soul cleaves to

them to worship them and honor them.

Keep silent, my son, lest they slay

thee." And these words he spake to his

two brothers, and they were angry with

him. And he kept silent. And in the 40th

Jubilee, in the second week, in the

seventh year thereof, 1925.

Abram took to himself a wife, and her

name was Sarai, the daughter of his

father, and she became his wife. And

Haran, his brother, took to himself a

wife in the third year of the third

week, 1928.

And she bare him a son in the seventh

year of this week, 1932.

And he called his name Lot. And Nahor

his brother took to himself a wife. And

in the 60th year of the life of Abram,

that is in the fourth week in the fourth

year thereof. 1936.

Abram arose by night and burned the

house of the idols. And he burned all

that was in the house, and no man knew

it. And they arose in the night and

sought to save their gods from the midst

of the fire. And Haran hasted to save

them. But the fire flamed over him, and

he was burnt in the fire, and he died in

Ur of the Shaldis before Terara his

father. And they buried him in Ur of the

Shaldes. And Terara went forth from Ur

of the Shaldes, he and his sons, to go

into the land of Lebanon, and into the

land of Canaan. And he dwelt in the land

of Haran. And Abram dwelt with terror

his father in Haron, two weeks of years.

And in the sixth week, in the fifth year

thereof, 1951.

Abram sat up throughout the night on the

new moon of the seventh month to observe

the stars from the evening to the

morning in order to see what would be

the character of the year with regard to

the rains. And he was alone as he sat

and observed.

And a word came into his heart, and he

said, "All the signs of the stars and

the signs of the moon and of the sun are

all in the hand of the Lord. Why do I

search them out? If he desires, he

causes it to rain morning and evening.

And if he desires, he withholds it, and

all things are in his hand." And he

prayed that night and said, "My God, God

most high, thou alone art my God, and

thee and thy dominion have I chosen, and

thou hast created all things, and all

things that are the work of thy hands.

Deliver me from the hands of evil

spirits, who have dominion over the

thoughts of men's hearts, and let them

not lead me astray from thee, my God,

and establish thou me and my seed

forever, that we go not astray from

henceforth and forever more." And he

said, "Shall I return unto the Caldes

who seek my face that I may return to

them? Am I to remain here in this place?

The right path before thee prosper it in

the hands of thy servant that he may

fulfill it, and that I may not walk in

the deceitfulness of my heart, oh my

God." And he made an end of speaking and

praying. And behold, the word of the

Lord was sent to him through me, saying,

Get thee up from thy country, and from

thy kindred, and from the house of thy

father unto a land which I will show

thee, and I shall make thee a great and

numerous nation. and I will bless thee,

and I will make thy name great, and thou

shalt be blessed in the earth, and in

thee shall all families of the earth be

blessed, and I will bless them that

bless thee, and curse them that curse

thee. And I will be a god to thee, and

thy son, and to thy son's son, and to

all thy seed. Fear not, from henceforth,

and unto all generations of the earth, I

am thy God." And the Lord God said,

"Open his mouth and his ears, that he

may hear and speak with his mouth, with

the language which has been revealed,

for it had ceased from the mouths of all

the children of men from the day of the

overthrow of Babel." And I opened his

mouth and his ears and his lips, and I

began to speak with him in Hebrew, in

the tongue of the creation. And he took

the books of his fathers, and these were

written in Hebrew. And he transcribed

them. And he began from henceforth to

study them. And I made known to him that

which he could not understand. And he

studied them during the six rainy

months.

And it came to pass in the seventh year

of the sixth week, 1953.

That he spoke to his father and informed

him that he would leave Haran to go into

the land of Canaan to see it and return

to him. And Terra his father said unto

him, "Go in peace. May the eternal God

make thy path straight. And the Lord be

with thee, and protect thee from all

evil, and grant unto thee grace, mercy,

and favor before those who see thee. And

may none of the children of men have

power over thee to harm thee. Go in

peace. And if thou seeest a land

pleasant to thy eyes to dwell in, then

arise and take me to thee, and take Lot

with thee, the son of Haron thy brother,

as thine own son. The Lord be with thee,

and Nahor thy brother, leave with me,

till thou returnest in peace, and we go

with thee altogether.

Chapter 13. And Abram journeyed from

Haran, and he took Sarai his wife, and

Lot, his brother Haran's son, to the

land of Canaan, and he came into Asher,

and proceeded to Sheckchham, and dwelt

near a lofty oak. And he saw, and

behold, the land was very pleasant from

the entering of Hamoth to the lofty oak.

And the Lord said to him, "To thee and

to thy seed will I give this land." And

he built an altar there. And he offered

thereon a burnt sacrifice to the Lord

who had appeared to him. And he removed

from thence unto the mountain.

Bethl on the west and a on the east, and

pitched his tent there. And he saw, and

behold, the land was very wide and good,

and everything grew thereon, vines, and

figs and pomegranates, oaks, and alexes,

and terabins, and oil trees, and cedars

and cyprresses, and date trees, and all

trees of the field. And there was water

on the mountains. And he blessed the

Lord, who had led him out of the

Chaldes, and had brought him to this

land. And it came to pass in the first

year in the 7th week on the new moon of

the first month 1954 a.m. that he built

an altar on this mountain and called on

the name of the Lord. Thou the eternal

God art my God. And he offered on the

altar a burnt sacrifice unto the Lord

that he should be with him and not

forsake him all the days of his life.

And he removed from thence and went

towards the south. And he came to

Hebron. And Hebron was built at that

time. And he dwelt there 2 years. And he

went thence into the land of the south

to Beloth. And there was a famine in the

land. And Abram went into Egypt in the

third year of the week. And he dwelt in

Egypt 5 years before his wife was torn

away from him. Now Tanas in Egypt was at

that time built 7 years after Hebron.

And it came to pass when Pharaoh seized

Sarai, the wife of Abram, that the Lord

plagued Pharaoh, and his house with

great plagues because of Sarai,

Abrams wife. And Abram was very

glorious by reason of possessions in

sheep, and cattle, and asses, and

horses, and camels, and men's servants,

and maidervants, and in silver, and gold

exceedingly. And Lot also his brother's

son, was wealthy. And Pharaoh gave back

Sarai, the wife of Abram, and he sent

him out of the land of Egypt. And he

journeyed to the place where he had

pitched his tent at the beginning, to

the place of the altar, with I on the

east, and Bethl on the west. And he

blessed the Lord his God, who had

brought him back in peace. And it came

to pass in the 41st Jubilee, in the

third year of the first week, 1963.

that he returned to this place, and

offered thereon a burnt sacrifice, and

called on the name of the Lord, and

said, "Thou the most high God, art my

God forever and ever." And in the fourth

year of this week, 1964 a.m., Lot parted

from him, and Lot dwelt in Sodom, and

the men of Sodom were sinners

exceedingly. and it grieved him in his

heart that his brother's son had parted

from him, for he had no children.

In that year, when Lot was taken

captive, the Lord said unto Abram, after

that Lot had parted from him in the

fourth year of this week, "Lift up thine

eyes from the place where thou art

dwelling northward and southward, and

westward, and eastward. For all the land

which thou seeest, I will give to thee

and to thy seed forever, and I will make

thy seed as the sand of the sea. Though

a man may number the dust of the earth,

yet thy seed shall not be numbered.

Arise, walk through the land, in the

length of it, and the breadth of it, and

see it all, for to thy seed will I give

it." And Abram went to Hebron, and dwelt

there. And in this year came Cheddar

Lommer, king of Elam, and Amrafel, king

of Shinar, and Ariosh, king of Celisar,

and Turggal, king of nations, and slew

the king of Gomorrah, and the king of

Sodom fled. And many fell through wounds

in the veil of Sadim by the salt sea.

And they took captive Sodom and Adam and

Zeboim. And they took captive Lot also,

the son of Abrams brother, and all

his possessions. And they went to Dan.

And one who had escaped came and told

Abram that his brother's son had been

taken captive. And Abram armed his

household servants. For Abram and for

his seed, a tenth of the first fruits to

the Lord, and the Lord ordained it as an

ordinance forever, that they should give

it to the priests who served before him,

that they should possess it forever. And

to this law there is no limit of days.

For he hath ordained it for the

generations forever, that they should

give to the Lord the tenth of

everything, of the seed, and of the

wine, and of the oil, and of the cattle,

and of the sheep. And he gave it unto

his priests to eat, and to drink with

joy before him. And the king of Sodom

came to him, and bowed himself before

him, and said, Our Lord Abram, give unto

us the souls which thou hast rescued,

but let the booty be thine. And Abram

said unto him, I lift up my hands to the

most high God, that from a thread to a

shoe latchet, I shall not take ought

that is thine, lest thou shouldst say, I

have made Abram rich. Save only what the

young men have eaten, and the portion of

the men who went with me, Anna, Escol,

and Mamry, these shall take their

portion.

Chapter 14.

After these things, in the fourth year

of this week, on the new moon of the

third month, the word of the Lord came

to Abram in a dream, saying, "Fear not,

Abram. I am thy defender, and thy reward

will be exceeding great." And he said,

Lord, Lord, what wilt thou give me,

seeing I go hence childless, and the son

of Mek, the son of my handmmaid, is the

Damasec Eleazar. He will be my heir. And

to me, thou hast given no seed. And he

said unto him, This man will not be thy

heir, but one that will come out of

thine own bowels. He will be thine heir.

And he brought him forth abroad, and

said unto him, Look toward heaven, and

number the stars, if thou art able to

number them.

And he looked toward heaven, and beheld

the stars. And he said unto him, "So

shall thy seed be."

And he believed in the Lord, and it was

counted to him for righteousness.

And he said unto him, I am the Lord that

brought thee out of the Chaldes to give

thee the land of the Canaanites to

possess it forever, and I will be God

unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

And he said, Lord, Lord, whereby shall I

know that I shall inherit it? And he

said unto him, "Take me an hepher of

three years, and a goat of three years,

and a sheep of three years, and a turtle

dove, and a pigeon." And he took all

these in the middle of the month, and he

dwelt at the oak of Mamray, which is

near Hebron. And he built there an

altar, and sacrificed all these. And he

poured their blood upon the altar, and

divided them in the midst, and laid them

over against each other. But the birds

divided he not, and birds came down upon

the pieces, and Abram drove them away,

and did not suffer the birds to touch

them. And it came to pass when the sun

had set that an ecstasy fell upon Abram,

and lo and horror of great darkness fell

upon him, and it was said unto Abram,

"Know of assurityity that thy seed shall

be a stranger in a land that is not

theirs, and they shall bring them into

bondage, and afflict them 400 years. and

the nation also to whom they will be in

bondage will I judge. And after that

they shall come forth thence with much

substance. And thou shalt go to thy

fathers in peace and be buried in a good

old age. But in the fourth generation

they shall return hither, for the

iniquity of the Amorites is not yet

full.

and he awoke from his sleep. And he

arose, and the sun had set, and there

was a flame, and behold, a furnace was

smoking, and a flame of fire passed

between the pieces. And on that day the

Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

"To thy seed will I give this land from

the river of Egypt unto the great river,

the river Euphrates, the Kennites, the

Kennesites, the Cadminites, the

Perizzites, and the Reap, the Fakarites,

and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and

the Canaanites, and the Gegosites, and

the Jebusites. And the day passed, and

Abram offered the pieces, and the birds,

and their fruit offerings, and their

drink offerings, and the fire devoured

them. And on that day we made a covenant

with Abram, according as we had

covenanted with Noah in this month. And

Abram renewed the festival and ordinance

for himself forever. And Abram rejoiced

and made all these things known to Sarai

his wife. and he believed that he would

have seed, but she did not bear. And

Sarai advised her husband Abram, and

said unto him, "Go in unto Hagar, my

Egyptian maid. It may be that I shall

build up seed unto thee by her." And

Abram hearkened unto the voice of Sarai,

his wife, and said unto her, "Do so."

And Sarai took Hagar, her maid, the

Egyptian, and gave her to Abram her

husband, to be his wife. And he went in

unto her, and she conceived and bare him

a son, and he called his name Ishmael in

the fifth year of this week, 1965.

And this was the 86th year in the life

of Abram. Chapter 15. And in the fifth

year of the fourth week of this Jubilee,

1979.

In the third month, in the middle of the

month, Abram celebrated the feast of the

first fruits of the grain harvest. And

he offered new offerings on the altar,

the first fruits of the produce unto the

Lord, an hepher and a goat and a sheep

on the altar as a burnt sacrifice unto

the Lord. Their fruit offerings and

their drink offerings he offered upon

the altar with frankincense. And the

Lord appeared to Abram and said unto

him, I am God Almighty. approve thyself

before me, and be thou perfect, and I

will make my covenant between me and

thee, and I will multiply thee

exceedingly." And Abram fell on his

face." And God talked with him, and

said, Behold, my ordinance is with thee,

and thou shalt be the father of many

nations. Neither shall thy name anymore

be called Abram, but thy name from

henceforth, even forever, shall be

Abraham. For the Father of many nations

have I made thee, and I will make thee

very great. And I will make thee into

nations, and kings shall come forth from

thee. And I shall establish my covenant

between me and thee, and thy seed after

thee throughout their generations, for

an eternal covenant, so that I may be a

god unto thee, and to thy seed after

thee. the land where thou hast been a

sojoner, the land of Canaan, that thou

mayast possess it forever, and I will be

their God."

And the Lord said unto Abraham, "And as

for thee, do thou keep my covenant, thou

and thy seed after thee, and circumcise

ye every male among you, and circumcise

your foreskins, and it shall be a token

of an eternal covenant between me and

you, and the child on the eighth day ye

shall circumcise. every male throughout

your generations, him that is born in

the house, or whom ye have bought with

money from any stranger whom ye have

acquired who is not of thy seed. He that

is born in thy house shall surely be

circumcised, and those whom thou hast

bought with money shall be circumcised,

and my covenant shall be in your flesh

for an eternal ordinance. and the

uncircumcised male who is not

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin

on the eighth day, that soul shall be

cut off from his people, for he has

broken my covenant." And God said unto

Abraham, "As for Sarai, thy wife, her

name shall no more be called Sarai, but

Sarah shall be her name, and I will

bless her, and give thee a son by her,

and I will bless him, and he shall

become a nation, and kings of nations

shall proceed from him.

And Abraham fell on his face and

rejoiced and said in his heart, "Shall a

son be born to him that is a 100red

years old? And shall Sarah who is 90

years old bring forth?" And Abraham said

unto God, "Oh, that Ishmael might live

before thee." And God said, "Ya, and

Sarah also shall bear thee a son, and

thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I

will establish my covenant with him, an

everlasting covenant, and for his seed

after him. And as for Ishmael, also have

I heard thee, and behold, I will bless

him, and make him great, and multiply

him exceedingly, and he shall beget 12

princes, and I will make him a great

nation. But my covenant will I establish

with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to

thee in these days, in the next year."

And he left off speaking with him, and

God went up from Abraham. And Abraham

did according as God had said unto him.

And he took Ishmael his son, and all

that were born in his house, and whom he

had bought with his money, every male in

his house, and circumcised the flesh of

their foreskin. And on the self-same day

was Abraham circumcised, and all the men

of his house, and all those whom he had

bought with money from the children of

the stranger were circumcised with him.

This law is for all the generations

forever. And there is no circumcision of

the days, and no omission of one day out

of the eight days. For it is an eternal

ordinance ordained and written on the

heavenly tablets. And everyone that is

born, the flesh of whose foreskin is not

circumcised on the eighth day, belongs

not to the children of the covenant

which the Lord made with Abraham, but to

the children of destruction.

Nor is there moreover any sign on him

that he is the Lord's, but he is

destined to be destroyed and slain from

the earth, and to be rooted out of the

earth. For he has broken the covenant of

the Lord our God. For all the angels of

the presence and all the angels of

sanctification have been so created from

the day of their creation. and before

the angels of the presence and the

angels of sanctification he hath

sanctified Israel that they should be

with him and with his holy angels. And

do thou command the children of Israel

and let them observe the sign of this

covenant for their generations as an

eternal ordinance and they will not be

rooted out of the land. For the command

is ordained for a covenant that they

should observe it forever among all the

children of Israel.

for Ishmael and his sons and his

brothers and Esau the Lord did not cause

to approach him. And he chose them not

because they are the children of

Abraham, because he knew them, but he

chose Israel to be his people, and he

sanctified it, and gathered it from

amongst all the children of men. For

there are many nations and many peoples,

and all are his, and over all hath he

placed spirits in authority to lead them

astray from him. But over Israel, he did

not appoint any angel or spirit, for he

alone is their ruler. And he will

preserve them and require them at the

hand of his angels and his spirits, and

at the hand of all his powers, in order

that he may preserve them, and bless

them, and that they may be his, and he

may be theirs from henceforth forever.

And now I announce unto thee that the

children of Israel will not keep true to

this ordinance, and they will not

circumcise their sons according to all

this law. For in the flesh of their

circumcision, they will omit this

circumcision of their sons. And all of

them, sons of Belellar, will leave their

sons uncircumcised

as they were born. And there will be

great wrath from the Lord against the

children of Israel because they have

forsaken his covenant and turned aside

from his word and provoked and

blasphemed in as much as they do not

observe the ordinance of this law. For

they have treated their members like the

Gentiles so that they may be removed and

rooted out of the land.

And there will no more be pardon or

forgiveness unto them, so that there

should be forgiveness and pardon for all

the sin of this eternal error.

Chapter 16. And on the new moon of the

fourth month, we appeared unto Abraham

at the oak of Mamray, and we talked with

him, and we announced to him that a son

would be given to him by Sarah his wife.

And Sarah laughed, for she heard that we

had spoken these words with Abraham, and

we admonished her, and she became afraid

and denied that she had laughed on

account of the words. And we told her

the name of her son, as his name is

ordained and written in the heavenly

tablets, i.e. Isaac, and that when we

returned to her at a set time, she would

have conceived a son. And in this month

the Lord executed his judgments on Sodom

and Gomorrah and Zeboim, and all the

region of the Jordan. And he burned them

with fire and brimstone, and destroyed

them until this day, even as lo, I have

declared unto thee all their works, that

they are wicked and sinners exceedingly,

and that they defile themselves, and

commit fornication in their flesh, and

work uncleanness on the earth. And in

like manner God will execute judgment on

the places where they have done

according to the uncleanness of the

sodomites, like unto the judgment of

Sodom. But Lot we saved. For God

remembered Abraham and sent him out from

the midst of the overthrow. And he and

his daughters committed sin upon the

earth, such as had not been on the earth

since the days of Adam till his time.

For the man lay with his daughters. And

behold, it was commanded and engraven

concerning all his seed on the heavenly

tablets to remove them and root them

out, and to execute judgment upon them

like the judgment of Sodom, and to leave

no seed of the man on earth on the day

of condemnation. And in this month

Abraham moved from Hebron, and departed,

and dwelt between Cadesh and Shur in the

mountains of Ger. And in the middle of

the fifth month, he moved from thence,

and dwelt at the well of the oath. And

in the middle of the sixth month, the

Lord visited Sarah, and did unto her as

he had spoken, and she conceived.

And she bare a son in the third month.

And in the middle of the month, at the

time of which the Lord had spoken to

Abraham on the festival of the first

fruits of the harvest, Isaac was born.

And Abraham circumcised his son on the

eighth day. He was the first that was

circumcised according to the covenant

which is ordained forever. And in the

sixth year of the fourth week, we came

to Abraham to the well of the oath. And

we appeared unto him as we had told

Sarah that we should return to her and

she would have conceived a son. And we

returned in the seventh month and found

Sarah with child before us. and we

blessed him. And we announced to him all

the things which had been decreed

concerning him, that he should not die

till he should begget six sons more, and

should see them before he died. But that

that in Isaac should his name and seed

be called, and that all the seed of his

sons should be Gentiles, and be reckoned

with the Gentiles. But from the sons of

Isaac, one should become a holy seed,

and should not be reckoned among the

Gentiles. For he should become the

portion of the most high, and all his

seed had fallen into the possession of

God, that it should be unto the Lord a

people for his possession above all

nations, and that it should become a

kingdom and priests, and a holy nation.

And we went our way. And we announced to

Sarah all that we had told him. And they

both rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And he built there an altar to the Lord

who had delivered him and who was making

him rejoice in the land of his

sojourning. And he celebrated a festival

of joy in this month 7 days near the

altar which he had built at the well of

the oath. And he built booths for

himself and for his servants on this

festival. And he was the first to

celebrate the feast of tabernacles on

the earth.

And during these seven days, he brought

each day to the altar a burnt offering

to the Lord. Two oxen, two rams, seven

sheep, one hegoat, for a sin offering,

that he might atone thereby for himself

and for his seed, and as a thank

offering. seven rams, seven kids, seven

sheep, and seven hegoats, and their

fruit offerings, and their drink

offerings. And he burnt all the fat

thereof on the altar, a chosen offering

unto the Lord for a sweet smelling

savor. And morning and evening he burnt

fragrant substances, frankincense, and

galbinum, and stacked, and nard, and

myrr, and spice, and costume. All these

seven he offered, crushed, mixed

together in equal parts, and pure. And

he celebrated this feast during seven

days, rejoicing with all his heart and

with all his soul, he and all those who

were in his house. And there was no

stranger with him, nor any that was

uncircumcised. And he blessed his

creator who had created him in his

generation. For he had created him

according to his good pleasure. For he

knew and perceived that from him would

arise the plant of righteousness for the

eternal generations. And from him a holy

seed so that it should become like him

who had made all things. And he blessed

and rejoiced. And he called the name of

this festival the festival of the Lord,

a joy acceptable to the most high God.

And we blessed him forever and all his

seed after him throughout all the

generations of the earth because he

celebrated this festival in its season

according to the testimony of the

heavenly tablets.

For this reason it is ordained on the

heavenly tablets concerning Israel that

they shall celebrate the feast of

tabernacles seven days with joy in the

seventh month acceptable before the

Lord, a statute forever throughout their

generations every year. And to this

there is no limit of days. For it is

ordained forever regarding Israel that

they should celebrate it and dwell in

boos and set wreaths upon their heads

and take leafy boughs and willows from

the brook. And Abraham took branches of

palm trees and the fruit of goodly

trees. And every day going round the

altar with the branches seven times a

day in the morning, he praised and gave

thanks to his God for all things in joy.

Chapter 17. And in the first year of the

fifth week, Isaac was weaned in this

Jubilee. 1982 A.M. And Abraham made a

great banquet in the third month on the

day his son Isaac was weaned. And

Ishmael the son of Hagar the Egyptian

was before the face of Abraham his

father in his place. And Abraham

rejoiced and blessed God because he had

seen his sons and had not died

childless.

And he remembered the words which he had

spoken to him on the day on which Lot

had parted from him. And he rejoiced

because the Lord had given him seed upon

the earth to inherit the earth. And he

blessed with all his mouth the creator

of all things.

And Sarah saw Ishmael playing and

dancing. And Abraham rejoicing with

great joy. And she became jealous of

Ishmael and said to Abraham, "Cast out

this bond woman and her son. For the son

of this bond woman will not be heir with

my son Isaac.

And the thing was grievous in Abraham's

sight because of his maid servant and

because of his son that he should drive

them from him. And God said to Abraham,

Let it not be grievous in thy sight

because of the child and because of the

bond woman. In all that Sarah hath said

unto thee, hearken to her words and do

them. For in Isaac shall thy name and

seed be called. But as for the son of

this bond woman, I will make him a great

nation, because he is of thy seed.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning

and took bread and a bottle of water and

placed them on the shoulders of Hagar

and the child, and sent her away. And

she departed and wandered in the

wilderness of Beersa. And the water in

the bottle was spent, and the child

thirsted, and was not able to go on, and

fell down. And his mother took him, and

cast him under an olive tree, and went

and sat her down over against him at the

distance of a bowshot, for she said,

"Let me not see the death of my child."

And as she sat, she wept.

And an angel of God, one of the holy

ones, said unto her, Why weepest thou,

Hagar? Arise, take the child, and hold

him in thine hand. For God hath heard

thy voice and hath seen the child. And

she opened her eyes. And she saw a well

of water. And she went and filled her

bottle with water. And she gave her

child to drink. And she arose and went

towards the wilderness of Pan. And the

child grew and became an archer. And God

was with him. And his mother took him a

wife from among the daughters of Egypt.

And she bare him a son. and he called

his name Nebiath.

For she said, "The Lord was nigh to me

when I called upon him."

And it came to pass in the seventh week

in the first year thereof 2003.

In the first month in this Jubilee on

the 12th of this month, there were

voices in heaven regarding Abraham that

he was faithful in all that he told him

and that he loved the Lord and that in

every affliction he was faithful.

And the prince Mastemar came and said

before God, "Behold, Abraham loves Isaac

his son, and he delights in him above

all things else. Bid him offer him as a

burnt offering on the altar, and thou

wilt see if he will do this command, and

thou wilt know if he is faithful in

everything wherein thou dost try him."

And the Lord knew that Abraham was

faithful in all his afflictions, for he

had tried him through his country and

with famine, and had tried him with the

wealth of kings, and had tried him again

through his wife, when she was torn from

him, and with circumcision, and had

tried him through Ishmael and Hagar, his

maidervant, when he sent them away. And

in everything wherein he had tried him,

he was found faithful, and his soul was

not impatient, and he was not slow to

act, for he was faithful and a lover of

the Lord. Chapter 18. And God said to

him, Abraham, Abraham. And he said,

Behold, here am I. And he said, "Take

thy beloved son whom thou lovest, even

Isaac, and go unto the high country, and

offer him on one of the mountains which

I will point out unto thee." And he rose

early in the morning, and saddled his

ass, and took his two young men with

him, and Isaac his son, and claved the

wood of the burnt offering, and he went

to the place on the third day. And he

saw the place a far off. And he came to

a well of water. And he said to his

young men, "Abide ye here with the ass,

and I and the lad shall go yonder. And

when we have worshiped, we shall come

again to you." And he took the wood of

the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac

his son. And he took in his hand the

fire and the knife. And they went both

of them together to that place. And

Isaac said to his father, "Father," and

he said, "Here am I, my son." And he

said unto him, "Behold the fire and the

knife and the wood, but where is the

sheep for the burnt offering, father?"

And he said, "God will provide for

himself a sheep for a burnt offering, my

son." And he drew near to the place of

the mount of God. And he built an altar,

and he placed the wood on the altar, and

bound Isaac his son, and placed him on

the wood which was upon the altar, and

stretched forth his hand to take the

knife to slay Isaac his son. And I stood

before him and before the prince

Mastema. And the Lord said, "Bid him not

to lay his hand on the lad, nor to do

anything to him, for I have shown that

he fears the Lord." And I called to him

from heaven and said unto him,"Abraham,

Abraham." And he was terrified, and

said,"Behold, here am I." And I said

unto him, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,

neither do thou anything to him, for now

I have shown that thou fearest the Lord,

and hast not withheld thy son, thy

firstborn son, from me." And the prince

Mastemar was put to shame. And Abraham

lifted up his eyes and looked, and

behold, a ram caught by his horns. And

Abraham went and took the ram and

offered it for a burnt offering in

thestead of his son. And Abraham called

that place, the Lord hath seen, so that

it is said in the mount, the Lord hath

seen, that is Mount Zion. And the Lord

called Abraham by his name a second time

from heaven, as he caused us to appear

to speak to him in the name of the Lord.

And he said, "By myself have I sworn,

saith the Lord, because thou hast done

this thing, and hast not withheld thy

son, thy beloved son, from me, that in

blessing I will bless thee, and in

multiplying I will multiply thy seed as

the stars of heaven, and as the sand

which is on the seashore, and thy seed

shall inherit the cities of its enemies.

and in thy seed shall all nations of the

earth be blessed because thou hast

obeyed my voice and I have shown to all

that thou art faithful unto me in all

that I have said unto thee go in peace

and Abraham went to his young men and

they arose and went together to Beeba

and Abraham 2010 a.m. dwelt by the well

of the oath. And he celebrated this

festival every year, seven days with

joy. And he called it the festival of

the Lord, according to the seven days

during which he went and returned in

peace. And accordingly has it been

ordained and written on the heavenly

tablets regarding Israel and its seed

that they should observe this festival 7

days with the joy of festival.

Chapter 19. And in the first year of the

first week, in the 42nd Jubilee, Abraham

returned and dwelt opposite Hebron, that

is Kirjath Arbor, two weeks of years.

And in the first year of the third week

of this Jubilee, the days of the life of

Sarah were accomplished, and she died in

Hebron. And Abraham went to mourn over

her and bury her. And we tried him to

see if his spirit were patient, and he

were not indignant in the words of his

mouth. And he was found patient in this

and was not disturbed.

For in patience of spirit he conversed

with the children of Heth to the intent

that they should give him a place in

which to bury his dead. And the Lord

gave him grace before all who saw him.

And he besought in gentleness the sons

of Heth. And they gave him the land of

the double cave over against Mamre, that

is Hebron, for 400 pieces of silver. And

they besought him, saying, "We shall

give it to thee for nothing." But he

would not take it from their hands for

nothing. For he gave the price of the

place, the money in full, and he bowed

down before them twice. And after this

he buried his dead in the double cave.

And all the days of the life of Sarah

were 127 years, that is two jubilees and

four weeks and one year. These are the

days of the years of the life of Sarah.

This is the 10th trial wherewith Abraham

was tried, and he was found faithful,

patient in spirit, and he said not a

single word regarding the rumor in the

land, how that God had said that he

would give it to him and to his seed

after him. And he begged a place there

to bury his dead, for he was found

faithful, and was recorded on the

heavenly tablets as the friend of God.

And in the fourth year thereof, he took

a wife for his son Isaac, and her name

was Rebecca. 220 AM, the daughter of

Bethule, the son of Nahor, the brother

of Abraham, the sister of Laban, and

daughter of Bethuuel. And Bethule was

the son of Mela, who was the wife of

Nahor, the brother of Abraham.

And Abraham took to himself a third

wife, and her name was Cetura, from

among the daughters of his household

servants. For Hagar had died before

Sarah. And she bare him six sons,

Zimraam, and Joshan, and Medan and

Midian, and Ishbach and Shua, in the two

weeks of years. And in the sixth week,

in the second year thereof, Rebecca bare

to Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau, and

146 a.m. Jacob was a smooth and upright

man. And Esau was fierce, a man of the

field, and hairy, and Jacob dwelt in

tense, and the youths grew, and Jacob

learned to write. But Esau did not

learn, for he was a man of the field and

a hunter, and he learned war, and all

his deeds were fierce. And Abraham loved

Jacob, but Isaac loved Esau. And Abraham

saw the deeds of Esau. And he knew that

in Jacob should his name and seed be

called. And he called Rebecca, and gave

commandment regarding Jacob. For he knew

that she too loved Jacob much more than

Esau. And he said unto her, "My

daughter, watch over my son Jacob, for

he shall be in mystead on the earth, and

for a blessing in the midst of the

children of men, and for the glory of

the whole seed of Shem.

For I know that the Lord will choose him

to be a people for possession unto

himself above all peoples that are upon

the face of the earth."

And behold, Isaac, my son, loves Esau

more than Jacob. But I see that thou

truly lovest Jacob. Add still further to

thy kindness to him, and let thine eyes

be upon him in love, for he shall be a

blessing unto us on the earth from

henceforth unto all generations of the

earth. Let thy hands be strong, and let

thy heart rejoice in thy son Jacob. For

I have loved him far beyond all my sons,

he shall be blessed forever, and his

seed shall fill the whole earth. If a

man can number the sand of the earth,

his seed also shall be numbered. And all

the blessings wherewith the Lord hath

blessed me, and my seed shall belong to

Jacob, and his seed always. And in his

seed shall my name be blessed, and the

name of my fathers Shem and Noab and

Enoch, and Mahalel, and Enos, and Seth

and Adam. And these shall serve to lay

the foundations of the heaven, and to

strengthen the earth, and to renew all

the luminaries which are in the

firmament. And he called Jacob before

the eyes of Rebecca his mother, and

kissed him, and blessed him, and said,

Jacob, my beloved son, whom my soul

loveth, may God bless thee from above

the firmament, and may he give thee all

the blessings wherewith he blessed Adam

and Enoch, and Noah, and Shem, and all

the things of which he told me, and all

the things which he promised to give me,

may he cause to cleave to thee, and to

thy seed forever, according to the days

of heaven above the earth. And the

spirits of Mastemma shall not rule over

thee or over thy seed to turn thee from

the Lord who is thy God from henceforth

forever. And may the Lord God be a

father to thee and thou the firstborn

son and to the people always.

Go in peace, my son.

And they both went forth together from

Abraham. And Rebecca loved Jacob with

all her heart and with all her soul very

much more than Esau. But Isaac loved

Esau much more than Jacob.

Chapter 20. And in the 42nd Jubilee in

the first year of the seventh week,

Abraham called Ishmael 205245

A.M. and his 12 sons, and Isaac and his

two sons, and the six sons of Coutura,

and their sons.

And he commanded them that they should

observe the way of the Lord, that they

should work righteousness and love each

his neighbor, and act on this manner

amongst all men, that they should each

so walk with regard to them as to do

judgment and righteousness on the earth,

that they should circumcise their sons

according to the covenant which he had

made with them, and not deviate to the

right hand or the left of all the paths

which the Lord had commanded us, and

that we should keep ourselves from all

fornication and uncleanness, and

renounce from amongst us all fornication

and uncleanness. And if any woman or

maid commit fornication amongst you,

burn her with fire, and let them not

commit fornication with her after their

eyes and their heart. And let them not

take to themselves wives from the

daughters of Canaan, for the seed of

Canaan will be rooted out of the land.

And he told them of the judgment of the

giants and the judgment of the

sodomites, how they had been judged on

account of their wickedness, and had

died on account of their fornication and

uncleanness and mutual corruption

through fornication. and guard

yourselves from all fornication and

uncleanness, and from all pollution of

sin, lest ye make our name a curse, and

your whole life a hissing, and all your

sons to be destroyed by the sword, and

ye become a cursed like Sodom, and all

your remnant as the sons of Gomorrah. I

implore you, my sons, love the God of

heaven, and cleave ye to all his

commandments, and walk not after their

idols, and after their uncleannesses,

and make not for yourselves molten or

graven gods, for they are vanity, and

there is no spirit in them. For they are

work of men's hands, and all who trust

in them trust in nothing. serve them

not, nor worship them, but serve ye the

most high God, and worship him

continually, and hope for his

countenance always, and work uprightness

and righteousness before him, that he

may have pleasure in you, and grant you

his mercy, and send rain upon you

morning and evening. And bless all your

works, which ye have wrought upon the

earth, and bless thy bread and thy

water, and bless the fruit of thy womb,

and the fruit of thy land, and the herds

of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy

sheep. and ye will be for a blessing on

the earth, and all nations of the earth

will desire you, and bless your sons in

my name, that they may be blessed as I

am." And he gave to Ishmael and to his

sons, and to the sons of Catura, gifts,

and sent them away from Isaac his son.

And he gave everything to Isaac his son.

And Ishmael and his sons and the sons of

Catura and their sons went together and

dwelt from Pan to the entering in of

Babylon in all the land which is towards

the east facing the desert. And these

mingled with each other, and their name

was called Arabs and Ishelites.

Chapter 21. And in the sixth year of the

seventh week of this Jubilee, Abraham

called Isaac his son, and 257

2050 Aam commanded him, saying, "I am

become old, and know not the day of my

death, and am full of my days. And

behold, I am 175 years old. And

throughout all the days of my life, I

have remembered the Lord, and sought

with all my heart to do his will, and to

walk uprightly in all his ways. My soul

has hated idols, that I might observe to

do the will of him who created me. For

he is the living God, and he is holy and

faithful, and he is righteous beyond

all. And there is with him no accepting

of men's persons and no accepting of

gifts. For God is righteous and

executute judgment on all those who

transgress his commandments and despise

his covenant. And do thou, my son,

observe his commandments and his

ordinances and his judgments, and walk

not after the abominations, and after

the graven images, and after the molten

images. and eat no blood at all of

animals or cattle, or of any bird which

flies in the heaven. And if thou dost

slay a victim as an acceptable peace

offering, slay ye it, and pour out its

blood upon the altar, and all the fat of

the offering offer on the altar with

fine flour, and the meat offering

mingled with oil with its drink

offering. Offer them all together on the

altar of burnt offering. It is a sweet

savor before the Lord. And thou wilt

offer the fat of the sacrifice of thank

offerings on the fire which is upon the

altar. And the fat which is on the

belly, and all the fat on the inwards,

and the two kidneys, and all the fat

that is upon them, and upon the loins

and liver, thou shalt remove together

with the kidneys. and offer all these

for a sweet savor acceptable before the

Lord with its meat offering and with its

drink offering for a sweet savor the

bread of the offering unto the Lord. And

eat its meat on that day and on the

second day and let not the sun on the

second day go down upon it till it is

eaten and let nothing be left over for

the third day. for it is not acceptable,

for it is not approved, and let it no

longer be eaten, and all who eat thereof

will bring sin upon themselves. For thus

I have found it written in the books of

my forefathers, and in the words of

Enoch, and in the words of Noah, and on

all thy oblations, thou shalt strew

salt. And let not the salt of the

covenant be lacking in all thy oblations

before the Lord. And as regards the wood

of the sacrifices, beware lest thou

bring other wood for the altar in

addition to these cyprress, bay, almond,

fur, pine, cedar, saven, fig, olive,

myrr, la la la la la la la la la la la

la la la la la la la la la laurel,

aspilathus.

And of these kinds of wood lay upon the

altar under the sacrifice, such as have

been tested as to their appearance. And

do not lay thereon any split or dark

wood, but hard and clean, without fault,

a sound and new growth. And do not lay

thereon wood, for its fragrance is gone,

for there is no longer fragrance in it

as before.

Besides these kinds of wood, there is

none other that thou shalt place on the

altar, for the fragrance is dispersed,

and the smell of its fragrance goes not

up to heaven. Observe this commandment

and do it, my son, that thou mayest be

upright in all thy deeds. And at all

times be clean in thy body, and wash

thyself with water before thou

approachest to offer on the altar, and

wash thy hands and thy feet before thou

drawest near to the altar. And when thou

art done sacrificing, wash again thy

hands and thy feet, and let no blood

appear upon you, nor upon your clothes.

Be on thy guard, my son, against blood.

Be on thy guard exceedingly. Cover it

with dust. And do not eat any blood, for

it is the soul. Eat no blood whatever.

And take no gifts, for the blood of man,

lest it be shed with impunity without

judgment. For it is the blood that is

shed that causes the earth to sin. And

the earth cannot be cleansed from the

blood of man, save by the blood of him

who shed it. And take no present or gift

for the blood of man, blood for blood,

that thou mayest be accepted before the

Lord the most high God. For he is the

defense of the good, and that thou

mayest be preserved from all evil, and

that he may save thee from every kind of

death. I see, my son, that all the works

of the children of men are sin and

wickedness, and all their deeds are

uncleanness and an abomination and a

pollution, and there is no righteousness

with them. Beware, lest thou shouldest

walk in their ways, and tread in their

paths, and sin a sin unto death before

the most high God. Else he will hide his

face from thee, and give thee back into

the hands of thy transgression, and root

thee out of the land, and thy seed

likewise from under heaven, and thy name

and thy seed shall perish from the whole

earth. turn away from all their deeds

and all their uncleanness, and observe

the ordinance of the most high God, and

do his will, and be upright in all

things. And he will bless thee in all

thy deeds, and will raise up from thee a

plant of righteousness through all the

earth, throughout all generations of the

earth, and my name and thy name shall

not be forgotten under heaven forever.

Go, my son, in peace. May the most high

God, my God and thy God, strengthen thee

to do his will. And may he bless all thy

seed and the residue of thy seed for the

generations forever, with all righteous

blessings, that thou mayest be a

blessing on all the earth. And he went

out from him rejoicing. Chapter 22. And

it came to pass in the first week, in

the 44th Jubilee, in the second year,

that is the year in which Abraham died,

that Isaac and Ishmael came from the

well of the oath to celebrate the feast

of weeks, that is the feast of the first

fruits of the harvest to Abraham their

father. And Abraham rejoiced because his

two sons had come.

For Isaac had many possessions in

Beersa. And Isaac was wan to go and see

his possessions and to return to his

father.

And in those days Ishmael came to see

his father. And they both came together.

And Isaac offered a sacrifice for a

burnt offering and presented it on the

altar of his father which he had made in

Hebron. And he offered a thank offering

and made a feast of joy before Ishmael

his brother.

And Rebecca made new cakes from the new

grain, and gave them to Jacob her son,

to take them to Abraham, his father,

from the first fruits of the land, that

he might eat, and bless the creator of

all things before he died. And Isaac too

sent by the hand of Jacob to Abraham a

best thank offering, that he might eat

and drink. And he ate and drank, and

blessed the most high God, who hath

created heaven and earth, who hath made

all the fat things of the earth, and

given them to the children of men, that

they might eat and drink, and bless

their creator. And now I give thanks

unto thee, my God, because thou hast

caused me to see this day. Behold, I am

103 score and 15 years, an old man, and

full of days, and all my days have been

unto me peace. The sword of the

adversary has not overcome me in all

that thou hast given me and my children

all the days of my life until this day.

My God, may thy mercy and thy peace be

upon thy servant, and upon the seed of

his sons, that they may be to thee a

chosen nation, and an inheritance from

amongst all the nations of the earth,

from henceforth unto all the days of the

generations of the earth, unto all the

ages.

And he called Jacob and said, "My son

Jacob, may the God of all bless thee,

and strengthen thee to do righteousness

and his will before him. And may he

choose thee and thy seed, that ye may

become a people for his inheritance

according to his will always. And do

thou my son Jacob, draw near and kiss

me." And he drew near and kissed him.

And he said, "Blessed be my son Jacob,

and all the sons of God most high unto

all the ages. May God give unto thee a

seed of righteousness, and some of thy

sons may he sanctify in the midst of the

whole earth. May nations serve thee, and

all the nations bow themselves before

thy seed. Be strong in the presence of

men, and exercise authority over all the

seed of Seth. Then thy ways and the ways

of thy sons will be justified, so that

they shall become a holy nation. May the

most high God give thee all the

blessings wherewith he has blessed me

and wherewith he blessed Noah and Adam.

May they rest on the sacred head of thy

seed from generation to generation

forever. And may he cleanse thee from

all unrighteousness and impurity that

thou mayest be forgiven all the

transgressions which thou hast committed

ignorantly. And may he strengthen thee

and bless thee. And mayest thou inherit

the whole earth. And may he renew his

covenant with thee, that thou mayest be

to him a nation for his inheritance for

all the ages, and that he may be to thee

and to thy seed a God in truth and

righteousness throughout all the days of

the earth. And do thou, my son Jacob,

remember my words, and observe the

commandments of Abraham thy father.

Separate thyself from the nations, and

eat not with them, and do not according

to their works, and become not their

associate. For their works are unclean,

and all their ways are a pollution and

an abomination and uncleanness.

They offer their sacrifices to the dead,

and they worship evil spirits, and they

eat over the graves, and all their works

are vanity and nothingness. They have no

heart to understand, and their eyes do

not see what their works are, and how

they heir in saying to a piece of wood,

"Thou art my God." And to a stone, "Thou

art my Lord, and thou art my deliverer."

And they have no heart. And as for thee,

my son Jacob, may the most high God help

thee, and the God of heaven bless thee,

and remove thee from their uncleanness,

and from all their error. Be thou war,

my son Jacob, of taking a wife from any

seed of the daughters of Canaan. For all

his seed is to be rooted out of the

earth. For owing to the transgression of

Ham, Canaan, and all his seed shall be

destroyed from off the earth, and all

the residue thereof, and none springing

from him shall be saved on the day of

judgment. And as for all the worshippers

of idols and the profane, there shall be

no hope for them in the land of the

living, and there shall be no

remembrance of them on the earth. For

they shall descend into shol, and into

the place of condemnation shall they go.

As the children of Sodom were taken away

from the earth, so will all those who

worship idols be taken away.

Fear not, my son Jacob, and be not

dismayed, oh son of Abraham. May the

most high God preserve thee from

destruction, and from all the paths of

error may he deliver thee. This house

have I built for myself that I might put

my name upon it in the earth. It is

given to thee and to thy seed forever.

And it will be named the house of

Abraham. It is given to thee and to thy

seed forever. For thou wilt build my

house and establish my name before God

forever. Thy seed and thy name will

stand throughout all generations of the

earth. And he ceased commanding him and

blessing him. And the two lay together

on one bed. And Jacob slept in the bosom

of Abraham, his father's father. And he

kissed him seven times. And his

affection and his heart rejoiced over

him. And he blessed him with all his

heart and said, "The most high God, the

God of all and creator of all, who

brought me forth from of the Chaldes,

that he might give me this land to

inherit it forever, and that I might

establish a holy seed, blessed be the

most high forever."

And he blessed Jacob and said, "My son,

over whom with all my heart and my

affection I rejoice, may thy grace and

thy mercy be lift up upon him and upon

his seed always. And do not forsake him,

nor set him at naugh from henceforth

unto the days of eternity. And may thine

eyes be opened upon him and upon his

seed, that thou mayest preserve him, and

bless him, and mayest sanctify him as a

nation for thine inheritance, and bless

him with all thy blessings from

henceforth unto all the days of

eternity, and renew thy covenant, and

thy grace with him, and with his seed,

according to all thy good pleasure unto

all the generations of the earth.

Chapter 23.

And he placed two fingers of Jacob on

his eyes. And he blessed the God of

gods. And he covered his face and

stretched out his feet and slept the

sleep of eternity and was gathered to

his fathers. And not withstanding all

this, Jacob was lying in his bosom, and

knew not that Abraham, his father's

father, was dead. And Jacob awoke from

his sleep. And behold, Abraham was cold

as ice. And he said, "Father, father."

But there was none that spake, and he

knew that he was dead. And he arose from

his bosom, and ran and told Rebecca his

mother. And Rebecca went to Isaac in the

night, and told him, and they went

together, and Jacob with them, and a

lamp was in his hand. And when they had

gone in, they found Abraham lying dead.

And Isaac fell on the face of his

father, and wept, and kissed him. And

the voices were heard in the house of

Abraham. And Ishmael his son arose and

went to Abraham his father, and wept

over Abraham his father, he and all the

house of Abraham, and they wept with a

great weeping. And his sons Isaac and

Ishmael buried him in the double cave

near Sarah his wife. And they wept for

him 40 days, all the men of his house.

And Isaac and Ishmael and all their sons

and all the sons of Coutura in their

places. And the days of weeping for

Abraham were ended. And he lived three

jubilees and four weeks of years,

175 years, and completed the days of his

life, being old and full of days. For

the days of the forefathers of their

life were 19 Jubilees, and after the

flood they began to grow less than 19

Jubilees, and to decrease in Jubilees,

and to grow old quickly, and to be full

of their days by reason of manifold

tribulation, and the wickedness of their

ways, with the exception of Abraham.

For Abraham was perfect in all his deeds

with the Lord, and well pleasing in

righteousness all the days of his life.

And behold, he did not complete four

jubilees in his life, when he had grown

old by reason of the wickedness, and was

full of his days. And all the

generations which shall arise from this

time until the day of the great judgment

shall grow old quickly before they

complete two jubilees, and their

knowledge shall forsake them by reason

of their old age, and all their no ledge

shall vanish away. And in those days, if

a man live a jubilee and a half of

years, they shall say regarding him, he

has lived long, and the greater part of

his days are pain and sorrow and

tribulation, and there is no peace. For

calamity follows on calamity and wound

on wound and tribulation on tribulation

and evil tidings on evil tidings and

illness on illness and all evil

judgments such as these one with

another. Illness and overthrow and snow

and frost and ice and fever and chills

and torper and famine and death and

sword and captivity and all kinds of

calamities and pains.

And all these shall come on an evil

generation which transgresses on the

earth. Their works are uncleanness and

fornication and pollution and

abominations.

Then they shall say, "The days of the

forefathers were many even unto a

thousand years and were good. But

behold, the days of our life, if a man

has lived many, are three score years

and 10. And if he is strong, four score

years and those evil, and there is no

peace in the days of this evil

generation.

And in that generation the sons shall

convict their fathers and their elders

of sin and unrighteousness and of the

words of their mouth and the great

wickednesses which they perpetrate. And

concerning their forsaking the covenant

which the Lord made between them and him

that they should observe and do all his

commandments and his ordinances and all

his laws without departing either to the

right hand or the left. For all have

done evil, and every mouth speaks

iniquity, and all their works are an

uncleanness and an abomination, and all

their ways are pollution, uncleanness,

and destruction.

Behold, the earth shall be destroyed on

account of all their works, and there

shall be no seed of the vine, and no

oil. For their works are altogether

faithless, and they shall all perish

together, beasts and cattle, and birds,

and all the fish of the sea, on account

of the children of men. And they shall

strive one with another, the young with

the old, and the old with the young, the

poor with the rich, the lowly with the

great, and the beggar with the prince,

on account of the law and the covenant.

For they have forgotten commandment and

covenant and feasts and months and

Sabbaths and jubilees and all judgments.

And they shall stand swords and war to

turn them back into the way. But they

shall not return until much blood has

been shed on the earth one by another.

And those who have escaped shall not

return from their wickedness to the way

of righteousness. But they shall all

exalt themselves to deceit and wealth,

that they may each take all that is his

neighbors. And they shall name the great

name, but not in truth and not in

righteousness. And they shall defile the

holy of holies with their uncleanness

and the corruption of their pollution.

And a great punishment shall befall the

deeds of this generation from the Lord.

And he will give them over to the sword,

and to judgment, and to captivity, and

to be plundered and devoured. And he

will wake up against them the sinners of

the Gentiles, who have neither mercy nor

compassion, and who shall respect the

person of none, neither old nor young,

nor anyone. For they are more wicked and

strong to do evil than all the children

of men. And they shall use violence

against Israel, and transgression

against Jacob, and much blood shall be

shed upon the earth. And there shall be

none to gather, and none to bury. In

those days they shall cry aloud and call

and pray that they may be saved from the

hand of the sinners, the Gentiles, but

none shall be saved. And the heads of

the children shall be white with gray

hair. And a child of three weeks shall

appear old like a man of 100 years, and

their stature shall be destroyed by

tribulation and oppression.

And in those days the children shall

begin to study the laws, and to seek the

commandments, and to return to the path

of righteousness.

And the days shall begin to grow many

and increase amongst those children of

men till their days draw nigh to 1,000

years. And to a greater number of years

than before was the number of the days.

And there shall be no old man nor one

who is satisfied with his days. For all

shall be as children and youths. And all

their days they shall complete and live

in peace and in joy. And there shall be

no Satan nor any evil destroyer. For all

their days shall be days of blessing and

healing. And at that time the Lord will

heal his servants. And they shall rise

up and see great peace and drive out

their adversaries. And the righteous

shall see and be thankful and rejoice

with joy forever and ever and shall see

all their judgments and all their curses

on their enemies. And their bones shall

rest in the earth. And their spirits

shall have much joy. And they shall know

that it is the Lord who executes

judgment and shows mercy to hundreds and

thousands and to all that love him and

do thou Moses. Write down these words

for thus are they written and they

record them on the heavenly tablets for

a testimony for the generations forever.

Chapter 24. And it came to pass after

the death of Abraham that the Lord

blessed Isaac his son, and he arose from

Hebron and went and dwelt at the well of

the vision in the first year of the

third week, 273 a.m. of this Jubilee, 7

years. And in the first year of the

fourth week, a famine began in the land,

280 a.m., besides the first famine which

had been in the days of Abraham. And

Jacob saw lentil pottage. And Esau came

from the field hungry. And he said to

Jacob his brother, "Give me of this red

pottage." And Jacob said to him, "Sell

to me thy primogenature this birthright,

and I will give thee bread, and also

some of this lentil pottage." And Esau

said in his heart, I shall die of what

profit to me is this birthright? And he

said to Jacob, I give it to thee. And

Jacob said, "Swear to me this day." And

he swore unto him. And Jacob gave his

brother Esau bread and pottage, and he

ate till he was satisfied. And Esau

despised his birthight. For this reason

was Esau's name called Edom, on account

of the red pottage which Jacob gave him

for his birthright. And Jacob became the

elder. And Esau was brought down from

his dignity. And the famine was over the

land. And Isaac departed to go down into

Egypt in the second year of this week,

and went to the king of the Philistines

to Gerar unto Aimilec. And the Lord

appeared unto him, and said unto him,

"Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the

land that I shall tell thee of, and

sojourn in this land, and I will be with

thee, and bless thee. For to thee and to

thy seed will I give all this land. And

I will establish my oath, which I swear

unto Abraham thy father. And I will

multiply thy seed as the stars of

heaven, and will give unto thy seed all

this land. And in thy seed shall all the

nations of the earth be blessed, because

thy father obeyed my voice, and kept my

charge, and my commandments, and my

laws, and my ordinances, and my

covenant. And now obey my voice and

dwell in this land. And he dwelt in Gala

3 weeks of years. And Aimilec charged

concerning him 2,80 to 2,1001 a.m. And

concerning all that was his, saying, Any

man that shall touch him or ought that

is his shall surely die. And Isaac waxed

strong among the Philistines. And he got

many possessions, oxmen, and sheep and

camels and asses, and a great household.

and he sowed in the land of the

Philistines and brought in a hundfold.

And Isaac became exceedingly great, and

the Philistines envied him. Now all the

wells which the servants of Abraham had

dug during the life of Abraham, the

Philistines had stopped them after the

death of Abraham, and filled them with

earth. And Aimilec said unto Isaac, "Go

from us, for thou art much mightier than

we." And Isaac departed thence in the

first year of the seventh week, and

sojourned in the valleys of Gerar. And

they digged again the wells of water

which the servants of Abraham his father

had digged, and which the Philistines

had closed after the death of Abraham

his father. And he called their names as

Abraham his father had named them. And

the servants of Isaac dug a well in the

valley and found living water. And the

shepherds of Girar strove with the

shepherds of Isaac, saying, "The water

is ours." And Isaac called the name of

the well perversity, because they had

been perverse with us. And they dug a

second well, and they strove for that

also. And he called its name Enmity.

And he arose from thence, and they

digged another well, and for that they

strove not. And he called the name of it

Room. And Isaac said,"Now the Lord hath

made room for us, and we have increased

in the land." And he went up from thence

to the well of the oath in the first

year of the first week, in the 2,18 a.m.

44th Jubilee. And the Lord appeared to

him that night on the new moon of the

first month, and said unto him, I am the

God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for

I am with thee, and shall bless thee,

and shall surely multiply thy seed as

the sand of the earth for the sake of

Abraham my servant. And he built an

altar there, which Abraham his father

had first built. And he called upon the

name of the Lord, and he offered

sacrifice to the God of Abraham his

father. And they digged a well, and they

found living water. And the servants of

Isaac digged another well and did not

find water. And they went and told Isaac

that they had not found water. And Isaac

said, "I have sworn this day to the

Philistines, and this thing has been

announced to us." And he called the name

of that place the well of the oath. For

there he had sworn to Aimilec and

Ahuzath his friend and Fel the prefect

or his host. And Isaac knew that day

that under constraint he had sworn to

them to make peace with them. And Isaac

on that day cursed the Philistines and

said, "Cursed be the Philistines unto

the day of wrath and indignation from

the midst of all nations. May God make

them a derision and a curse and an

object of wrath and indignation in the

hands of the sinners, the Gentiles, and

in the hands of the kittim. And whoever

escapes the sword of the enemy and the

kittim, may the righteous nation root

out in judgment from under heaven. For

they shall be the enemies and foes of my

children throughout their generations

upon the earth. And no remnant shall be

left to them, nor one that shall be

saved on the day of the wrath of

judgment.

for destruction and rooting out and

expulsion from the earth is the whole

seed of the Philistines reserved. And

there shall no longer be left for these

after him a name or a seed on the earth.

For though he ascend unto heaven, thence

shall he be brought down. And though he

make himself strong on earth, thence

shall he be dragged forth. And though he

hide himself amongst the nations, even

from thence shall he be rooted out. And

though he descend into shol, there also

shall his condemnation be great, and

there also he shall have no peace. And

if he go into captivity, by the hands of

those that seek his life shall they slay

him on the way, and neither name nor

seed shall be left to him on all the

earth. For into eternal malediction

shall he depart. And thus is it written

and engraved concerning him on the

heavenly tablets to do unto him on the

day of judgment so that he may be rooted

out of the earth. Chapter 25. And in the

second year of this week, in this

jubilee, Rebecca called Jacob her son,

and spake unto 2,19

a.m. him, saying, "My son, do not take

thee a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

as Esau thy brother, who took him two

wives of the daughters of Canaan, and

they have embittered my soul with all

their unclean deeds. For all their deeds

are fornication and lust, and there is

no righteousness with them, for their

deeds are evil. And I, my son, love thee

exceedingly, and my heart and my

affection bless thee every hour of the

day, and watch of the night. And now, my

son, hearken to my voice, and do the

will of thy mother, and do not take thee

a wife of the daughters of this land,

but only of the house of my father and

of my father's kindred.

Thou shalt take thee a wife of the house

of my father, and the most high God will

bless thee, and thy children shall be a

righteous generation and a holy seed."

And then spake Jacob to Rebecca his

mother, and said unto her, Behold,

mother, I am 9 weeks of years old, and I

neither know nor have I touched any

woman, nor have I betrothed myself to

any, nor even think of taking me a wife

of the daughters of Canaan. For I

remember, mother, the words of Abraham

our father. For he commanded me not to

take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

but to take me a wife from the seed of

my father's house, and from my kindred.

I have heard before that daughters have

been born to Laban thy brother. And I

have set my heart on them to take a wife

from amongst them. And for this reason,

I have guarded myself in my spirit

against sinning or being corrupted in

all my ways throughout all the days of

my life.

For with regard to lust and fornication,

Abraham my father gave me many commands.

And despite all that he has commanded

me. These two and 20 years my brother

has striven with me and spoken

frequently to me and said, "My brother,

take to wife a sister of my two wives.

But I refuse to do as he has done. I

swear before thee, mother, that all the

days of my life, I will not take me a

wife from the daughters of the seed of

Canaan, and I will not act wickedly as

my brother has done.

Fear not, mother, be assured that I

shall do thy will and walk in

uprightness and not corrupt my ways

forever."

And thereupon she lifted up her face to

heaven and extended the fingers of her

hands and opened her mouth and blessed

the most high God who had created the

heaven and the earth. And she gave him

thanks and praise. And she said,

"Blessed be the Lord God, and may his

holy name be blessed forever and ever,

who has given me Jacob as a pure son and

a holy seed, for he is thine, and thine

shall his seed be continually and

throughout all the generations forever

more. Bless him, O Lord, and place in my

mouth the blessing of righteousness that

I may bless him."

And at that hour, when the spirit of

righteousness descended into her mouth,

she placed both her hands on the head of

Jacob, and said, "Blessed art thou, Lord

of righteousness and God of the ages,

and may he bless thee beyond all the

generations of men. May he give thee, my

son, the path of righteousness, and

reveal righteousness to thy seed. And

may he make thy sons many during thy

life. And may they arise according to

the number of the months of the year.

And may their sons become many and great

beyond the stars of heaven. And their

numbers be more than the sand of the

sea. And may he give them this goodly

land as he said he would give it to

Abraham and to his seed after him

always. And may they hold it as a

possession forever. And may I see born

unto thee my son blessed children during

my life. And a blessed and holy seed may

all thy seed be. And as thou hast

refreshed thy mother's spirit during her

life, the womb of her that bear thee

blesses thee thus. My affection and my

breasts bless thee, and my mouth and my

tongue praise thee greatly. Increase and

spread over the earth, and may thy seed

be perfect in the joy of heaven and

earth forever. And may thy seed rejoice,

and on the great day of peace, may it

have peace. And may thy name and thy

seed endure to all the ages. And may the

most high God be their God. And may the

God of righteousness dwell with them.

And by them may his sanctuary be built

unto all the ages. Blessed be he that

blessth thee, and all flesh that

cursseeth thee falsely, may it be

cursed. And she kissed him and said to

him, "May the Lord of the world love

thee as the heart of thy mother, and her

affection rejoice in thee and bless

thee."

And she ceased from blessing.

Chapter 26.

And in the seventh year of this week,

Isaac called Esau, his elder son, and

said unto him, "I am 2,114

a.m. Old my son, and behold, my eyes are

dim in seeing, and I know not the day of

my death. And now take thy hunting

weapons, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go

out to the field, and hunt, and catch

me, venison, my son, and make me savory

meat, such as my soul loveth, and bring

it to me that I may eat, and that my

soul may bless thee before I die.

But Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to

Esau. And Esau went forth early to the

field to hunt and catch and bring home

to his father. And Rebecca called Jacob

her son, and said unto him, Behold, I

heard Isaac thy father, speak unto Esau

thy brother, saying, Hunt for me, and

make me savory meat, and bring it to me,

that I may eat, and bless thee before

the Lord before I die. And now, my son,

obey my voice in that which I command

thee. Go to thy flock and fetch me two

good kids of the goats, and I will make

them savory meat for thy father, such as

he loves, and thou shalt bring it to thy

father, that he may eat and bless thee

before the Lord before he die, and that

thou mayest be blessed. And Jacob said

to Rebecca his mother, "Mother, I shall

not withhold anything which my father

would eat, and which would please him.

Only I fear my mother that he will

recognize my voice and wish to touch me.

And thou knowest that I am smooth. And

Esau, my brother, is hairy, and I shall

appear before his eyes as an evildoer,

and shall do a deed which he had not

commanded me, and he will be wroth with

me, and I shall bring upon myself a

curse, and not a blessing. And Rebecca

his mother said unto him, "Upon me be

thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice."

And Jacob obeyed the voice of Rebecca

his mother, and went and fetched two

good and fat kids of the goats, and

brought them to his mother. And his

mother made them savory meat such as he

loved.

And Rebecca took the goodly reignment of

Esau, her elder son, which was with her

in the house. And she clothed Jacob, her

younger son, with them. And she put the

skins of the kids upon his hands and on

the exposed parts of his neck. And she

gave the meat and the bread which she

had prepared into the hand of her son

Jacob. And Jacob went into his father

and said, I am thy son. I have done

according as thou baddest me. Arise and

sit and eat of that which I have caught

father that thy soul may bless me. And

Isaac said to his son, "How hast thou

found so quickly, my son?" And Jacob

said, "Because thy God caused me to

find." And Isaac said unto him, "Come

near, that I may feel thee, my son, if

thou art my son, Esau, or not."

And Jacob went near to Isaac his father,

and he felt him, and said, "The voice is

Jacob's voice, but the hands are the

hands of Esau." And he discerned him

not, because it was a dispensation from

heaven to remove his power of

perception, and Isaac discerned not, for

his hands were hairy as his brother

Esau's, so that he blessed him, and he

said, "Art thou my son, Esau?" And he

said, "I am thy son." And he said,

"Bring near to me that I may eat of that

which thou hast caught, my son, that my

soul may bless thee." And he brought

near to him, and he did eat, and he

brought him wine, and he drank. And

Isaac his father said unto him, "Come

near and kiss me, my son." And he came

near and kissed him. And he smelled the

smell of his raignment. And he blessed

him and said, "Behold, the smell of my

son is as the smell of a field which the

Lord hath blessed. And may the Lord give

thee of the dw of heaven and of the dw

of the earth, and plenty of corn and

oil. Let nations serve thee, and peoples

bow down to thee. Be lord over thy

brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow

down to thee. And may all the blessings

wherewith the Lord hath blessed me, and

blessed Abraham my father, be imparted

to thee, and to thy seed forever. Cursed

be he that cursseeth thee, and blessed

be he that blessth thee.

And it came to pass as soon as Isaac had

made an end of blessing his son Jacob.

And Jacob had gone forth from Isaac, his

father he hid himself. And Esau his

brother came in from his hunting. And he

also made savory meat and brought it to

his father and said unto his father,

"Let my father arise and eat of my

venison that thy soul may bless me." And

Isaac his father said unto him, Who art

thou? And he said unto him, I am thy

firstborn, thy son, Esau. I have done as

thou hast commanded me. And Isaac was

very greatly astonished, and said, Who

is he that hath hunted and caught and

brought it to me? And I have eaten of

all before thou camest, and have blessed

him, and he shall be blessed, and all

his seed forever.

And it came to pass when Esau heard the

words of his father Isaac, that he cried

with an exceeding great and bitter cry,

and said unto his father, "Bless me,

even me also, Father." And he said unto

him, "Thy brother came with guile, and

hath taken away thy blessing."

And he said, "Now I know why his name is

named Jacob. Behold, he hath supplanted

me these two times. He took away my

birthright, and now he hath taken away

my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not

reserved a blessing for me, father? And

Isaac answered and said unto Esau,

Behold, I have made him thy lord, and

all his brethren have I given to him for

servants, and with plenty of corn and

wine, and oil have I strengthened him,

and what now shall I do for thee, my

son? And Esau said to Isaac his father,

"Hast thou but one blessing, oh father?

Bless me, even me also, father?" And

Esau lifted up his voice and wept. And

Isaac answered and said unto him,

Behold, far from the dw of the earth

shall be thy dwelling, and far from the

dw of heaven from above. And by thy

sword wilt thou live, and thou wilt

serve thy brother. And it shall come to

pass, when thou becomest great, and dust

shake his yoke from off thy neck, thou

shalt sin a complete sin unto death, and

thy seed shall be rooted out from under

heaven. And Esau kept threatening Jacob

because of the blessing wherewith his

father blessed him, and he said in his

heart, "May the days of mourning for my

father now come, so that I may slay my

brother Jacob."

Chapter 27.

And the words of Esau, her elder son,

were told to Rebecca in a dream. And

Rebecca sent and called Jacob, her

younger son, and said unto him, Behold,

Esau, thy brother will take vengeance on

thee so as to kill thee. Now therefore,

my son, obey my voice, and arise, and

flee thou to Laban, my brother, to

Haran, and carry with him a few days

until thy brother's anger turns away,

and he remove his anger from thee, and

forget all that thou hast done. Then I

will send and fetch thee from thence."

And Jacob said, I am not afraid. If he

wishes to kill me, I will kill him. But

she said unto him, "Let me not be bereft

of both my sons on one day." And Jacob

said to Rebecca his mother, "Behold,

thou knowest that my father has become

old and does not see because his eyes

are dull. And if I leave him, it will be

evil in his eyes, because I leave him

and go away from you, and my father will

be angry and will curse me. I will not

go when he sends me, then only will I

go."

And Rebecca said to Jacob, "I will go in

and speak to him, and he will send thee

away."

And Rebecca went in and said to Isaac, I

loathe my life because of the two

daughters of Heth whom Esau has taken

him as wives. And if Jacob take a wife

from among the daughters of the land

such as these, for what purpose do I

further live? For the daughters of

Canaan are evil. And Isaac called Jacob,

and blessed him, and admonished him, and

said unto him, Do not take thee a wife

of any of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise, and go to Mesopotamia, to the

house of Bethule, thy mother's father,

and take thee a wife from thence of the

daughters of Laban, thy mother's

brother. and God Almighty bless thee and

increase and multiply thee that thou

mayest become a company of nations and

give thee the blessings of my father

Abraham to thee and to thy seed after

thee that thou mayest inherit the land

of thy sojournings and all the land

which God gave to Abraham go my son in

peace

and Isaac sent Jacob away and he went to

Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuuel

the Syrian the brother of Rebecca Jacob

Jacob's mother. And it came to pass

after Jacob had arisen to go to

Mesopotamia that the spirit of Rebecca

was grieved after her son, and she wept.

And Isaac said to Rebecca, "My sister,

weep not on account of Jacob, my son.

For he goeth in peace, and in peace will

he return. The most high God will

preserve him from all evil, and will be

with him, for he will not forsake him

all his days. For I know that his ways

will be prospered in all things wherever

he goes, until he return in peace to us,

and we see him in peace. Fear not on his

account, my sister, for he is on the

upright path, and he is a perfect man,

and he is faithful and will not perish.

Weep not." And Isaac comforted Rebecca

on account of her son Jacob, and blessed

him. And Jacob went from the well of the

oath to go to Haran on the first year of

the second week in the 44th Jubilee. And

he came to Loose on the mountains, that

is Bethl, on the new moon of the first

month of this week, 2,115

a.m. And he came to the place at even

and turned from the way to the west of

the road that night. And he slept there,

for the sun had set. And he took one of

the stones of that place and laid under

the tree. And he was journeying alone,

and he slept. And he dreamt that night.

And behold, a ladder set up on the

earth, and the top of it reached to

heaven. And behold, the angels of the

Lord ascended and descended on it. And

behold, the Lord stood upon it. And he

spake to Jacob and said, I am the Lord

God of Abraham thy father and the God of

Isaac. The land whereon thou art

sleeping. To thee will I give it, and to

thy seed after thee. And thy seed shall

be as the dust of the earth, and thou

shalt increase to the west and to the

east, to the north and the south. And in

thee, and in thy seed shall all the

families of the nations be blessed. And

behold, I will be with thee, and will

keep thee, whethersoever thou goest, and

I will bring thee again into this land

in peace. For I will not leave thee

until I do everything that I told thee

of." And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and

said, "Truly, this place is the house of

the Lord." And I knew it not. and he was

afraid and said, "Dreadful is this place

which is none other than the house of

God, and this is the gate of heaven."

And Jacob arose early in the morning,

and took the stone which he had put

under his head, and set it up as a

pillar for a sign, and he poured oil

upon the top of it. And he called the

name of that place Bethl. But the name

of the place was loose at the first. And

Jacob vowed a vow unto the Lord, saying,

If the Lord will be with me, and will

keep me in this way that I go, and give

me bread to eat, and raignment to put

on, so that I come again to my father's

house in peace. Then shall the Lord be

my God, and this stone which I have set

up as a pillar for a sign in this place,

shall be the Lord's house, and of all

that thou givest me, I shall give the

tenth to thee, my God.

Chapter 28.

And he went on his journey and came to

the land of the east to Laban the

brother of Rebecca. And he was with him

and served him for Rachel his daughter

one week. And in the first year of the

third week, 2,122

a.m. He said unto him, "Give me my wife,

for whom I have served thee 7 years."

And Laban said unto Jacob, I will give

thee thy wife. And Laban made a feast

and took Leah, his elder daughter, and

gave her to Jacob as a wife, and gave

her Zilpa, his handmmaid, for an

handmade. And Jacob did not know, for he

thought that she was Rachel. And he went

in unto her, and behold, she was Leah.

And Jacob was angry with Laban, and said

unto him, Why hast thou dealt thus with

me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel, and

not for Leah? Why hast thou wronged me?

take thy daughter, and I will go, for

thou hast done evil to me." For Jacob

loved Rachel more than Leah. For Leah's

eyes were weak, but her form was very

handsome. But Rachel had beautiful eyes

and a beautiful and very handsome form.

And Laban said to Jacob, "It is not so

done in our country to give the younger

before the elder, and it is not right to

do this. For thus it is ordained and

written in the heavenly tablets that no

one should give his younger daughter

before the elder, but the elder one

gives first, and after her the younger,

and the man who does so." They set down

guilt against him in heaven. And none is

righteous that does this thing, for this

deed is evil before the Lord. And

command thou the children of Israel that

they do not this thing. Let them neither

take nor give the younger before they

have given the elder, for it is very

wicked.

And Laban said to Jacob, "Let the seven

days of the feast of this one pass by,

and I shall give thee Rachel, that thou

mayest serve me another seven years,

that thou mayest pasture my sheep as

thou didst in the former week." And on

the day when the seven days of the feast

of Leia had passed, Laban gave Rachel to

Jacob, that he might serve him another

seven years, and he gave to Rachel

Bilha, the sister of Zilpa, as a

handmmaid. And he served yet other seven

years for Rachel, for Leah had been

given to him for nothing. And the Lord

opened the womb of Leah, and she

conceived and bare Jacob a son, and he

called his name Reuben, on the 14th day

of the 9th month, in the first year of

the 3 week, 2,122.

But the womb of Rachel was closed. For

the Lord saw that Leah was hated, and

Rachel loved. And again, Jacob went in

unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare

Jacob a second son. And he called his

name Simeon, on the 21st of the 10th

month, and in the third year of this

week, 2,124

a.m. And again, Jacob went in unto Leah,

and she conceived, and bare him a third

son. And he called his name Levi in the

new moon of the first month in the sixth

year of this week, 2,127.

And again Jacob went in unto her, and

she conceived, and bare him a fourth

son, and he called his name Judah, on

the 15th of the third month, in the

first year of the fourth week.

2,129.

And on account of all this, Rachel

envied Leah, for she did not bear. And

she said to Jacob, "Give me children."

And Jacob said, "Have I withheld from

thee the fruits of thy womb? Have I

forsaken thee?" And when Rachel saw that

Leah had borne four sons to Jacob,

Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi and Judah,

she said unto him, "Go in unto Bilha, my

handmmaid, and she will conceive and

bear a son unto me." And she gave him

Bilha, her handmmaid to wife. And he

went in unto her, and she conceived, and

bare him a son. And he called his name

Dan, on the 9th of the sixth month, in

the sixth year of the third week. 2,127

a.m. And Jacob went in again unto Bilha

a second time, and she conceived, and

bare Jacob another son. And Rachel

called his name Napthali on the 5th of

the seventh month in the second year of

the fourth week 2,130

a.m.

And when Leah saw that she had become

sterile and did not bear, she envied

Rachel, and she also gave her handmade

Zilpa to Jacob to wife, and she

conceived and bare a son. And Leah

called his name Gad on the 12th of the

8th month in the third year of the

fourth week 2,131

A.M. and he went in again unto her and

she conceived and bare him a second son.

And Leah called his name Asher on the

2nd of the 11th month in the fifth year

of the fourth week 2,133

a.m. and Jacob went in unto Leah and she

conceived and bare a son and she called

his name Issachar on the 4th of the 5th

month in the fourth year of the fourth

week 2132.

and she gave him to a nurse. And Jacob

went in again unto her, and she

conceived, and bare two children, a son

and a daughter. And she called the name

of the son Zabulon, and the name of the

daughter Dina, in the seventh of the

seventh month, in the sixth year of the

fourth week, 2,134.

And the Lord was gracious to Rachel and

opened her womb, and she conceived and

bare a son. And she called his name

Joseph on the new moon of the fourth

month in the sixth year in this fourth

week 2,134

a.m. And in the days when Joseph was

born, Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my

wives and sons, and let me go to my

father Isaac, and let me make me an

house. for I have completed the years in

which I have served thee for thy two

daughters, and I will go to the house of

my father." And Laban said to Jacob,

"Tarry with me for thy wages, and

pasture my flock for me again, and take

thy wages." And they agreed with one

another that he should give him as his

wages those of the lambs and kids which

were born black and spotted and white.

These were to be his wages. And all the

sheep brought forth spotted and speckled

and black, variously marked. And they

brought forth again lambs like

themselves. And all that were spotted

were Jacobs, and those which were not

were Labens. And Jacob's possessions

multiplied exceedingly. And he possessed

oxmen, and sheep, and asses, and camels,

and men servants, and maid servants. And

Laban and his sons envied Jacob. And

Laban took back his sheep from him. and

he observed him with evil intent.

Chapter 29.

And it came to pass when Rachel had

borne Joseph that Laban went to shear

his sheep, for they were distant from

him a 3 days journey. And Jacob saw that

Laban was going to shear his sheep. And

Jacob called Leah and Rachel, and spake

kindly unto them that they should come

with him to the land of Canaan. For he

told them how he had seen everything in

a dream, even all that he had spoken

unto him, that he should return to his

father's house. And they said, "To every

place wheither thou goest, we will go

with thee." And Jacob blessed the God of

Isaac his father, and the God of Abraham

his father's father. And he arose, and

mounted his wives and his children, and

took all his possessions, and crossed

the river, and came to the land of

Gilead. And Jacob hid his intention from

Laban and told him not.

And in the seventh year of the fourth

week, Jacob turned his face toward

Gilead in the first month on the 21st

thereof,

2,135

a.m. And Laban pursued after him, and

overtook Jacob in the mountain of Gilead

in the third month on the 13th thereof.

And the Lord did not suffer him to

injure Jacob, for he appeared to him in

a dream by night. And Laban spake to

Jacob.

And on the 15th of those days, Jacob

made a feast for Laban and for all who

came with him. And Jacob swear to Laban

that day, and Laban also to Jacob that

neither should cross the mountain of

Gilead to the other with evil purpose.

And he made there a heap for a witness.

Wherefore the name of that place is

called the heap of witness after this

heap. But before they used to call the

land of Gilead the land of the reapim,

for it was the land of the reheim. And

the reheime were born there giants whose

height was 10 9 8 down to 7 cubits.

And their habitation was from the land

of the children of Ammon to Mount

Hermon. And the seats of their kingdom

were Carname and Ashtaroth and Edray and

Misur and Bayon. And the Lord destroyed

them because of the evil of their deeds.

For they were very malignant. And the

Amorites dwelt in theirstead, wicked and

sinful, and there is no people today

which has wrought to the full all their

sins, and they have no longer length of

life on the earth. And Jacob sent away

Laban, and he departed into Mesopotamia,

the land of the east. And Jacob returned

to the land of Gilead. And he passed

over the Jabok in the 9inth month, on

the 11th thereof. And on that day, Esau

his brother came to him, and he was

reconciled to him, and departed from him

unto the land of Sir. But Jacob dwelt in

tents.

And in the first year of the fifth week,

in this jubilee, 2,136

a.m., he crossed the Jordan, and dwelt

beyond the Jordan, and he pastured his

sheep from the sea of the heap, unto

Bethshan, and unto Dothan, and unto the

forest of Arabim. And he sent to his

father Isaac of all his substance,

clothing, and food, and meat, and drink,

and milk, and butter, and cheese, and

some dates of the valley. and to his

mother Rebecca also four times a year

between the times of the months between

plowing and reaping and between autumn

and the rain season and between winter

and spring to the tower of Abraham.

For Isaac had returned from the well of

the oath and gone up to the tower of his

father Abraham. And he dwelt there apart

from his son Esau. For in the days when

Jacob went to Mesopotamia, Esau took to

himself a wife, Mahalath, the daughter

of Ishmael. And he gathered together all

the flocks of his father and his wives,

and went up and dwelt on Mount S, and

left Isaac his father, at the well of

the oath alone. And Isaac went up from

the well of the oath, and dwelt in the

tower of Abraham, his father on the

mountains of Hebrin. And thither Jacob

sent all that he did send to his father

and his mother from time to time. all

they needed. And they blessed Jacob with

all their heart and with all their soul.

Chapter 30. And in the first year of the

sixth week, 2,143

a.m., he went up to Salem to the east of

Sheckchham in peace in the fourth month.

And there they carried off Dina, the

daughter of Jacob, into the house of

Sheckchham, the son of Hor, the Hivite,

the prince of the land. And he lay with

her and defiled her. and she was a

little girl, a child of 12 years. And he

besought his father and her brothers

that she might be given to him to wife.

And Jacob and his sons were wroth

because of the men of Sheckchham, for

they had defiled Dinina their sister.

And they spake to them with evil intent,

and dealt deceitfully with them, and

begiled them. And Simeon and Levi came

unexpectedly to Sheckchham, and executed

judgment on all the men of Sheckchham,

and slew all the men whom they found in

it, and left not a single one remaining

in it. They slew all in torments,

because they had dishonored their sister

Dinina, and thus let it not again be

done from henceforth that a daughter of

Israel be defiled. For judgment is

ordained in heaven against them, that

they should destroy with the sword all

the men of the Shechammites, because

they had wrought shame in Israel. And

the Lord delivered them into the hands

of the sons of Jacob, that they might

exterminate them with the sword and

execute judgment upon them, and that it

might not thus again be done in Israel,

that a virgin of Israel should be

defiled. And if there is any man who

wishes in Israel to give his daughter or

his sister to any man who is of the seed

of the Gentiles, he shall surely die,

and they shall stone him with stones.

For he hath wrought shame in Israel, and

they shall burn the woman with fire,

because she has dishonored the name of

the house of her father, and she shall

be rooted out of Israel. And let not an

adulteress, and no uncleanness be found

in Israel throughout all the days of the

generations of the earth. For Israel is

holy unto the Lord, and every man who

has defiled it shall surely die. They

shall stone him with stones. For thus

has it been ordained and written in the

heavenly tablets regarding all the seed

of Israel. He who defileth it shall

surely die, and he shall be stoned with

stones. And to this law there is no

limit of days, and no remission, nor any

atonement. But the man who has defiled

his daughter shall be rooted out in the

midst of all Israel because he has given

of his seed to Malik and wrought

impiously so as to defile it. And do

thou Moses command the children of

Israel and exhort them not to give their

daughters to the Gentiles, and not to

take for their sons any of the daughters

of the Gentiles. For this is abominable

before the Lord. For this reason I have

written for thee in the words of the law

all the deeds of the Shechammites which

they wrought against Dina and how the

sons of Jacob spake saying we will not

give our daughter to a man who is

uncircumcised for that were a reproach

unto us. And it is a reproach to Israel

to those who live and to those that take

the daughters of the Gentiles. For this

is unclean and abominable to Israel. And

Israel will not be free from this

uncleanness if it has a wife of the

daughters of the Gentiles, or has given

any of its daughters to a man who is of

any of the Gentiles. For there will be

plague upon plague and curse upon curse,

and every judgment and plague and curse

will come upon him. If he do this thing

or hide his eyes from those who commit

uncleanness, or those who defile the

sanctuary of the Lord, or those who

profane his holy name, then will the

whole nation together be judged for all

the uncleanness and profanation of this

man. And there will be no respect of

persons, and no consideration of

persons, and no receiving at his hands

of fruits and offerings, and burnt

offerings, and fat, nor the fragrance of

sweet savor, so as to accept it, and so

fair every man or woman in Israel who

defiles the sanctuary.

For this reason, I have commanded thee,

saying, testify this testimony to

Israel. See how the Shechumites fared

and their sons, how they were delivered

into the hands of two sons of Jacob, and

they slew them under tortures, and it

was reckoned unto them for

righteousness, and it is written down to

them for righteousness. And the seed of

Levi was chosen for the priesthood, and

to be Levites, that they might minister

before the Lord as we continually, and

that Levi and his sons may be blessed

forever. for he was zealous to execute

righteousness and judgment and vengeance

on all those who arose against Israel.

And so they inscribe as a testimony in

his favor on the heavenly tablets

blessing and righteousness before the

God of all. And we remember the

righteousness which the man fulfilled

during his life at all periods of the

year

until a thousand generations. They will

record it and it will come to him and to

his descendants after him. And he has

been recorded on the heavenly tablets as

a friend and a righteous man. All this

account I have written for thee and have

commanded thee to say to the children of

Israel, that they should not commit sin,

nor transgress the ordinances, nor break

the covenant which has been ordained for

them, but that they should fulfill it

and be recorded as friends. But if they

transgress and work uncleanness in every

way, they will be recorded on the

heavenly tablets as adversaries, and

they will be destroyed out of the book

of life, and they will be recorded in

the book of those who will be destroyed,

and with those who will be rooted out of

the earth. And on the day when the sons

of Jacob slew Sheckchham, a writing was

recorded in their favor in heaven that

they had executed righteousness and

uprightness and vengeance on the

sinners. And it was written for a

blessing. And they brought dinina their

sister out of the house of Sheckchham.

And they took captive everything that

was in Sheckchham, their sheep and their

oxen and their asses, and all their

wealth and all their flocks. and brought

them all to Jacob their father. And he

reproached them because they had put the

city to the sword. For he feared those

who dwelt in the land, the Canaanites

and the Perizzites.

And the dread of the Lord was upon all

the cities which are around about

Sheckchham, and they did not rise to

pursue after the sons of Jacob, for

terror had fallen upon them. Chapter 31.

And on the new moon of the month, Jacob

spake to all the people of his house,

saying, "Purify yourselves and change

your garments, and let us arise, and go

up to Bethl, where I vowed a vow to him

on the day when I fled from the face of

Esau, my brother, because he has been

with me, and brought me into this land

in peace, and put ye away the strange

gods that ark among you."

And they gave up the strange gods and

that which was in their ears and which

was on their necks. And the idols which

Rachel stole from Laban her father she

gave holy to Jacob. And he burnt and

break them to pieces and destroyed them

and hid them under an oak which is in

the land of Sheckchham. And he went up

on the new moon of the seventh month to

Bethl. And he built an altar at the

place where he had slept. And he set up

a pillar there. And he sent word to his

father Isaac to come to him to his

sacrifice and to his mother Rebecca. And

Isaac said, "Let my son Jacob come and

let me see him before I die."

And Jacob went to his father Isaac, and

to his mother Rebecca, to the house of

his father Abraham. And he took two of

his sons with him, Levi and Judah. And

he came to his father Isaac and to his

mother Rebecca. And Rebecca came forth

from the tower to the front of it to

kiss Jacob and embrace him. For her

spirit had revived when she heard,

"Behold, Jacob, thy son, has come." And

she kissed him. And she saw his two

sons. And she recognized them, and said

unto him, Are these thy sons, my son?

and she embraced them and kissed them

and blessed them, saying, In you shall

the seed of Abraham become illustrious,

and ye shall prove a blessing on the

earth. And Jacob went into Isaac his

father to the chamber where he lay, and

his two sons were with him. And he took

the hand of his father, and stooping

down, he kissed him. And Isaac clung to

the neck of Jacob his son, and wept upon

his neck. And the darkness left the eyes

of Isaac. And he saw the two sons of

Jacob, Levi and Judah. And he said, Art

these thy sons my son, for they are like

thee. And he said unto him that they

were truly his sons, and thou hast truly

seen that they are truly my sons. And

they came near to him. And he turned and

kissed them and embraced them both

together. And the spirit of prophecy

came down into his mouth. And he took

Levi by his right hand and Judah by his

left. And he turned to Levi first, and

began to bless him first, and said unto

him, "May the God of all, the very Lord

of all the ages, bless thee and thy

children throughout all the ages, and

may the Lord give to thee and to thy

seed greatness and great glory, and

cause thee and thy seed from among all

flesh to approach him to serve in his

sanctuary as the angels of the presence,

and as the holy ones, even as They shall

the seed of thy sons be for glory and

greatness and holiness. And may he make

them great unto all the ages. And they

shall be judges and princes and chiefs

of all the seed of the sons of Jacob.

They shall speak the word of the Lord in

righteousness. And they shall judge all

his judgments in righteousness. And they

shall declare my ways to Jacob and my

paths to Israel.

The blessing of the Lord shall be given

in their mouths to bless all the seed of

the beloved. Thy mother has called thy

name Levi, and justly has she called thy

name. Thou shalt be joined to the Lord,

and be the companion of all the sons of

Jacob. Let his table be thine, and do

thou and thy sons eat thereof. And may

thy table be full unto all generations,

and thy food fail not unto all the ages.

And let all who hate thee fall down

before thee, and let all thy adversaries

be rooted out and perish, and blessed be

he that blesses thee, and cursed be

every nation that curses thee. And to

Judah he said, May the Lord give thee

strength and power to tread down all

that hate thee. A prince shalt thou be,

thou and one of thy sons, over the sons

of Jacob. May thy name and the name of

thy sons go forth and traverse every

land and region. Then shall the Gentiles

fear before thy face, and all the

nations shall quake, and all the peoples

shall quake. In thee shall be the help

of Jacob, and in thee be found the

salvation of Israel. And when thou

sitest on the throne of honor of thy

righteousness, there shall be great

peace for all the seed of the sons of

the beloved. Blessed be he that blessth

thee, and all that hate thee and afflict

thee and curse thee shall be rooted out

and destroyed from the earth, and be

accursed.

And turning, he kissed him again, and

embraced him, and rejoiced greatly, for

he had seen the sons of Jacob, his son,

in very truth. And he went forth from

between his feet, and fell down, and

bowed down to him, and he blessed them,

and rested there with Isaac his father

that night. And they eat and drank with

joy. And he made the two sons of Jacob

sleep, the one on his right hand, and

the other on his left. and it was

counted to him for righteousness.

And Jacob told his father everything

during the night, how the Lord had shown

him great mercy, and how he had

prospered him in all his ways, and

protected him from all evil.

And Isaac blessed the God of his father

Abraham, who had not withdrawn his mercy

and his righteousness from the sons of

his servant Isaac. And in the morning,

Jacob told his father Isaac the vow

which he had vowed to the Lord, and the

vision which he had seen, and that he

had built an altar, and that everything

was ready for the sacrifice to be made

before the Lord as he had vowed, and

that he had come to set him on an ass.

And Isaac said unto Jacob, his son, I am

not able to go with thee, for I am old

and not able to bear the way. Go, my

son, in peace, for I am one's 165 years

this day. I am no longer able to

journey. Set thy mother on an ass, and

let her go with thee. And I know, my

son, that thou hast come on my account.

And may this day be blessed on which

thou hast seen me alive, and I also have

seen thee, my son. Mayest thou prosper,

and fulfill the vow which thou hast

vowed, and put not off thy vow, for thou

shalt be called to account as touching

the vow. Now therefore, make haste to

perform it, and may he be pleased, who

has made all things, to whom thou hast

vowed the vow. And he said to Rebecca,

"Go with Jacob thy son." And Rebecca

went with Jacob her son, and Deborah

with her, and they came to Bethl. And

Jacob remembered the prayer with which

his father had blessed him and his two

sons, Levi and Judah. And he rejoiced

and blessed the God of his fathers,

Abraham and Isaac. And he said,"Now I

know that I have an eternal hope and my

sons also before the God of all, and

thus is it ordained concerning the two,

and they record it as an eternal

testimony unto them on the heavenly

tablets, how Isaac blessed them."

Chapter 32.

And he abodeed that night at Bethl. And

Levi dreamed that they had ordained and

made him the priest of the most high

God, him and his sons forever. And he

awoke from his sleep, and blessed the

Lord. And Jacob rose early in the

morning on the 14th of this month. And

he gave a tithe of all that came with

him, both of men and cattle, both of

gold and every vessel and garment. Yay,

he gave tithes of all. And in those days

Rachel became pregnant with her son

Benjamin. And Jacob counted his sons

from him upwards. And Levi fell to the

portion of the Lord. And his father

clothed him in the garments of the

priesthood and filled his hands.

And on the 15th of this month, he

brought to the altar 14 oxmen from

amongst the cattle and 28 rams and 49

sheep and seven lambs and 21 kids of the

goats as a burnt offering on the altar

of sacrifice well pleasing for a sweet

savor before God.

This was his offering in consequence of

the vow which he had vowed that he would

give a tenth with their fruit offerings

and their drink offerings.

And when the fire had consumed it, he

burnt incense on the fire over the fire.

And for a thank offering two oxmen and

four rams and four sheep, four hegoats

and two sheep of a year old and two kids

of the goats. And thus he did daily for

seven days. And he and all his sons and

his men were eating this with joy there

during seven days and blessing and

thanking the Lord who had delivered him

out of all his tribulation and had given

him his vow. And he tithed all the clean

animals and made a burnt sacrifice, but

the unclean animals he gave not to Levi

his son. And he gave him all the souls

of the men. And Levi discharged the

priestly office at Bethl before Jacob

his father in preference to his 10

brothers. and he was a priest there. And

Jacob gave his vow. Thus he tithed again

the tithe to the Lord and sanctified it.

And it became holy unto him. And for

this reason it is ordained on the

heavenly tablets as a law for the

tithing again the tithe to eat before

the Lord from year to year in the place

where it is chosen that his name should

dwell. And to this law there is no limit

of days forever.

This ordinance is written that it may be

fulfilled from year to year in eating

the second tithe before the Lord in the

place where it has been chosen. And

nothing shall remain over from it from

this year to the year following. For in

its year shall the seed be eaten till

the days of the gathering of the seed of

the year, and the wine till the days of

the wine, and the oil till the days of

its season. And all that is left thereof

and becomes old, let it be regarded as

polluted. Let it be burnt with fire, for

it is unclean. And thus let them eat it

together in the sanctuary, and let them

not suffer it to become old. And all the

tithes of the oxen and sheep shall be

holy unto the Lord, and shall belong to

his priests, which they will eat before

him from year to year. For thus is it

ordained and engraven regarding the

tithe on the heavenly tablets. And on

the following night, on the 22nd day of

this month, Jacob resolved to build that

place, and to surround the court with a

wall, and to sanctify it, and make it

holy forever, for himself and his

children after him. And the Lord

appeared to him by night, and blessed

him, and said unto him, Thy name shall

not be called Jacob, but Israel shall

they name thy name.

And he said unto him again, I am the

Lord who created the heaven and the

earth, and I will increase thee, and

multiply thee exceedingly, and kings

shall come forth from thee, and they

shall judge everywhere wherever the foot

of the sons of men has trodden. And I

will give to thy seed all the earth

which is under heaven, and they shall

judge all the nations according to their

desires. And after that, they shall get

possession of the whole earth, and

inherit it forever. And he finished

speaking with him, and he went up from

him. And Jacob looked till he had

ascended into heaven. And he saw in a

vision of the night. And behold, an

angel descended from heaven with seven

tablets in his hands. And he gave them

to Jacob, and he read them, and knew all

that was written therein, which would

befall him and his sons throughout all

the ages. And he showed him all that was

written on the tablets, and said unto

him,"Do not build this place, and do not

make it an eternal sanctuary, and do not

dwell here, for this is not the place.

Go to the house of Abraham thy father,

and dwell with Isaac thy father, until

the day of the death of thy father, for

in Egypt thou shalt die in peace. And in

this land thou shalt be buried with

honor in the sephilcher of thy fathers,

with Abraham and Isaac. Fear not, for as

thou hast seen and read it, thus shall

it all be. And do thou write down

everything as thou hast seen and read.

And Jacob said, Lord, how can I remember

all that I have read and seen? And he

said unto him, I will bring all things

to thy remembrance. And he went up from

him, and he awoke from his sleep. And he

remembered everything which he had read

and seen. And he wrote down all the

words which he had read and seen. And he

celebrated there yet another day. And he

sacrificed thereon according to all that

he sacrificed on the former days, and

called its name addition. For this day

was added, and the former days he called

the feast. And thus it was manifested

that it should be. and it is written on

the heavenly tablets. Wherefore it was

revealed to him that he should celebrate

it and add it to the seven days of the

feast. And its name was called addition

because that it was recorded amongst the

days of the feast days according to the

number of the days of the year. And in

the night on the 23rd of this month,

Deborah Rebecca's nurse died and they

buried her beneath the city under the

oak of the river. And he called the name

of this place the river of Deborah and

the oak the oak of the morning of

Deborah.

And Rebecca went and returned to her

house to his father Isaac. And Jacob

sent by her hand rams and sheep and

hegoats that she should prepare a meal

for his father such as he desired. And

he went after his mother till he came to

the land of Kabratton. And he dwelt

there. and Rachel bear a son in the

night and called his name son of my

sorrow for she suffered in giving him

birth but his father called his name

Benjamin on the 11th of the 8th month in

the first of the sixth week of this

Jubilee

243

a.m.

And Rachel died there, and she was

buried in the land of Ephrath,

the same is Bethlehem. And Jacob built a

pillar on the grave of Rachel, on the

road above her grave.

Chapter 33. And Jacob went and dwelt to

the south of Magdaladraf. And he went to

his father Isaac, he and Leah, his wife,

on the new moon of the 10th month. And

Reuben saw Bilha, Rachel's maid, the

concubine of his father, bathing in

water in a secret place, and he loved

her. And he hid himself at night. And he

entered the house of Bilha at night. And

he found her sleeping alone on a bed in

her house. And he lay with her. And she

awoke and saw, and behold, Reuben was

lying with her in the bed. And she

uncovered the border of her covering and

seized him and cried out and discovered

that it was Reuben. And she was ashamed

because of him and released her hand

from him and he fled. And she lamented

because of this thing exceedingly and

did not tell it to anyone.

And when Jacob returned and sought her,

she said unto him, I am not clean for

thee, for I have been defiled as regards

thee. For Reuben has defiled me, and has

lain with me in the night, and I was

asleep, and did not discover until he

uncovered my skirt, and slept with me.

And Jacob was exceedingly wroth with

Reuben, because he had lain with Bill

her because he had uncovered his

father's skirt. And Jacob did not

approach her again because Reuben had

defiled her. And as for any man who

uncovers his father's skirt, his deed is

wicked exceedingly, for he is abominable

before the Lord. For this reason, it is

written and ordained on the heavenly

tablets that a man should not lie with

his father's wife and should not uncover

his father's skirt. For this is unclean.

They shall surely die together. the man

who lies with his father's wife, and the

woman also, for they have wrought

uncleanness on the earth, and there

shall be nothing unclean before our God

in the nation, which he has chosen for

himself as a possession. And again, it

is written a second time, "Cursed be he

who lith with the wife of his father,

for he hath uncovered his father's

shame." And all the holy ones of the

Lord said, "So be it. So be it." And do

thou, Moses, command the children of

Israel that they observe this word? For

it entails a punishment of death, and it

is unclean, and there is no atonement

forever to atone for the man who has

committed this, but he is to be put to

death and slain, and stoned with stones,

and rooted out from the midst of the

people of our God. For to no man who

does so in Israel is it permitted to

remain alive a single day on the earth,

for he is abominable and unclean. And

let them not say, "To Reuben was granted

life and forgiveness after he had lain

with his father's concubine, and to her

also, though she had a husband, and her

husband Jacob, his father was still

alive."

For until that time there had not been

revealed the ordinance and judgment and

law in its completeness for all. But in

thy days it has been revealed as a law

of seasons and of days and an

everlasting law for the everlasting

generations. And for this law there is

no consumation of days and no atonement

for it. But they must both be rooted out

in the midst of the nation. On the day

whereon they committed it, they shall

slay them. And do thou Moses write it

down for Israel, that they may observe

it, and do according to these words, and

not commit a sin unto death.

For the Lord our God is judge, who

respects not persons, and accepts not

gifts. And tell them these words of the

covenant, that they may hear and

observe, and be on their guard with

respect to them, and not be destroyed,

and rooted out of the land. For an

uncleanness and an abomination, and a

contamination, and a pollution are all

they who commit it on the earth before

our God. And there is no greater sin

than the fornication which they commit

on earth. For Israel is a holy nation

unto the Lord its God, and a nation of

inheritance, and a priestly and royal

nation, and for his own possession. And

there shall no such uncleanness appear

in the midst of the holy nation.

And in the third year of this sixth

week, 2,145

a.m., Jacob and all his sons went and

dwelt in the house of Abraham near Isaac

his father, and Rebecca his mother. And

these were the names of the sons of

Jacob, the firstborn, Reuben, Simeon,

Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, the sons

of Leah, and the sons of Rachel, Joseph,

and Benjamin, and the sons of Bilha,

Dan, and Napali, and the sons of Zilpa,

Gad, and Asher, and Dina, the daughter

of Leah, the only daughter of Jacob. And

they came and bowed themselves to Isaac

and Rebecca. And when they saw them,

they blessed Jacob and all his sons. And

Isaac rejoiced exceedingly, for he saw

the sons of Jacob, his younger son, and

he blessed them. Chapter 34. And in the

sixth year of this week of this 44th

Jubilee, 2,148

a.m., Jacob sent his sons to pasture

their sheep, and his servants with them

to the pastures of Sheckchim. And the

seven kings of the Amorites assembled

themselves together against them to slay

them, hiding themselves under the trees,

and to take their cattle as a prey. And

Jacob and Levi and Judah and Joseph were

in the house with Isaac their father,

for his spirit was sorrowful, and they

could not leave him. And Benjamin was

the youngest, and for this reason

remained with his father. And there came

the kings of Tafu and the kings of Arasa

and the kings of Seragan and the kings

of Stho and the kings of Gas and the

king of Bethron and the king of

Maanisakir

and all those who dwell in these

mountains and who dwell in the woods in

the land of Canaan. And they announced

this to Jacob, saying, Behold, the kings

of the Amorites have surrounded thy sons

and plundered their herds. And he arose

from his house, he and his three sons,

and all the servants of his father, and

his own servants. And he went against

them with 6,000 men who carried swords.

And he slew them in the pastures of

Sheckchham, and pursued those who fled.

And he slew them with the edge of the

sword. And he slew Aressa and Taffu and

Suran and Cello and Ammani Sakir and

Gaga. And he recovered his herds. And he

prevailed over them and imposed tribute

on them that they should pay him tribute

five fruit products of their land. And

he built Robble and Tamnitares. And he

returned in peace and made peace with

them. And they became his servants until

the day that he and his sons went down

into Egypt.

And in the seventh year of this week,

2,149

a.m., he sent Joseph to learn about the

welfare of his brothers from his house

to the land of Sheckchim. And he found

them in the land of Dothan, and they

dealt treacherously with him, and formed

a plot against him to slay him. But

changing their minds, they sold him to

Ishraelite merchants. And they brought

him down into Egypt. And they sold him

to Potifer, the unic of Pharaoh, the

chief of the cooks, priest of the city

of Elu. And the sons of Jacob

slaughtered a kid, and dipped the coat

of Joseph in the blood, and sent it to

Jacob their father on the 10th of the

seventh month. And he mourned all that

night, for they had brought it to him in

the evening, and he became feverish with

mourning for his death. And he said, "An

evil beast hath devoured Joseph. And all

the members of his house mourned with

him that day." And they were grieving

and mourning with him all that day. And

his sons and his daughter rose up to

comfort him, but he refused to be

comforted for his son. And on that day,

Bilha heard that Joseph had perished,

and she died mourning him, and she was

living in Capr. And Dina also his

daughter, died after Joseph had

perished. And there came these three

mornings upon Israel in one month. And

they buried Bilha over against the tomb

of Rachel and Dina also. His daughter

they buried there. And he mourned for

Joseph one year, and did not cease. For

he said, "Let me go down to the grave

mourning for my son."

For this reason, it is ordained for the

children of Israel that they should

afflict themselves on the 10th of the

seventh month, on the day that the news

which made him weep for Joseph, came to

Jacob his father, that they should make

atonement for themselves thereon with a

young goat on the 10th of the seventh

month, once a year for their sins. for

they had grieved the affection of their

father regarding Joseph his son. And

this day has been ordained that they

should grieve thereon for their sins and

for all their transgressions and for all

their errors, so that they might cleanse

themselves on that day once a year. And

after Joseph perished, the sons of Jacob

took unto themselves wives. The name of

Reubin's wife is Adah. And the name of

Simeons wife is Adelba, a

Canaanite. And the name of Levi's wife

is Mela. Of the daughters of Aram, of

the seed of the sons of Terara. And the

name of Judah's wife, Betasuil, a

Canaanite, and the name of Issachar's

wife, Hezeka, and the name of Zabulon's

wife, Niman. and the name of Dan's wife,

Eglar, and the name of Naftali's wife,

Rasuu, of Mesopotamia. And the name of

Gad's wife, Mka, and the name of Asher's

wife, Ejonah, and the name of Joseph's

wife, Asenath, the Egyptian, and the

name of Benjamin's wife, Idasaka, and

Simeon repented and took a second wife

from Mesopotamia as his brothers.

Chapter 35. And in the first year of the

first week of the 45th Jubilee, 2,157

a.m., Rebecca called Jacob, her son, and

commanded him regarding his father and

regarding his brother, that he should

honor them all the days of his life. And

Jacob said, I will do everything as thou

hast commanded me. For this thing will

be honor and greatness to me, and

righteousness before the Lord, that I

should honor them. And thou too, mother,

knowest from the time I was born until

this day, all my deeds, and all that is

in my heart, that I always think good

concerning all. And how should I not do

this thing which thou hast commanded me,

that I should honor my father and my

brother? Tell me, mother, what

perversity hast thou seen in me, and I

shall turn away from it, and mercy will

be upon me?"

And she said unto him, "My son, I have

not seen in thee all my days any

perverse, but only upright deeds. And

yet I will tell thee the truth, my son.

I shall die this year, and I shall not

survive this year in my life. For I have

seen in a dream the day of my death,

that I should not live beyond 155 years.

And behold, I have completed all the

days of my life which I am to live."

And Jacob laughed at the words of his

mother, because his mother had said unto

him that she should die, and she was

sitting opposite to him in possession of

her strength, and she was not infirm in

her strength. For she went in and out

and saw, and her teeth were strong, and

no ailment had touched her all the days

of her life. And Jacob said unto her,

"Blessed am I, mother, if my days

approach the days of thy life, and my

strength remain with me, thus as thy

strength, and thou wilt not die, for

thou art justesting idly with me

regarding thy death." And she went into

Isaac, and said unto him, "One petition

I make unto thee, make Esau swear that

he will not injure Jacob, nor pursue him

with enmity. For thou knowest Esau's

thoughts, that they are perverse from

his youth, and there is no goodness in

him. For he desires after thy death to

kill him. And thou knowest all that he

has done since the day Jacob his brother

went to Haran until this day. How he has

forsaken us with his whole heart, and

has done evil to us. Thy flocks he has

taken to himself, and carried off all

thy possessions from before thy face.

And when we implored and besought him,

for what was our own, he did as a man

who was taking pity on us. And he is

bitter against thee, because thou didst

bless Jacob, thy perfect and upright

son. For there is no evil, but only

goodness in him. And since he came from

Haron unto this day, he has not robbed

us of ought. For he brings us everything

in its season always and rejoices with

all his heart when we take at his hands

and he blesses us and has not parted

from us since he came from Haran until

this day and he remains with us

continually at home honoring us. And

Isaac said unto her, I too know and see

the deeds of Jacob who is with us, how

that with all his heart he honors us.

But I loved Esau formerly more than

Jacob, because he was the firstborn. But

now I love Jacob more than Esau, for he

has done manifold evil deeds, and there

is no righteousness in him, for all his

ways are unrighteousness and violence,

and there is no righteousness around

him. And now my heart is troubled

because of all his deeds, and neither he

nor his seed is to be saved. For they

are those who will be destroyed from the

earth and who will be rooted out from

under heaven. For he has forsaken the

God of Abraham and gone after his wives

and after their uncleanness and after

their error he and his children. And

thou dost bid me make him swear that he

will not slay Jacob his brother. Even if

he swear he will not abide by his oath,

and he will not do good but evil only.

But if he desires to slay Jacob his

brother, into Jacob's hands will he be

given, and he will not escape from his

hands, for he will descend into his

hands. And fear thou not on account of

Jacob, for the guardian of Jacob is

great and powerful, and honored, and

praised more than the guardian of Esau.

And Rebecca sent and called Esau, and he

came to her, and she said unto him, I

have a petition, my son, to make unto

thee, and do thou promise to do it, my

son. And he said, I will do everything

that thou sayest unto me, and I will not

refuse thy petition. And she said unto

him, "I ask you that the day I die, thou

wil take me in and bury me near Sarah,

thy father's mother, and that thou and

Jacob will love each other, and that

neither will desire evil against the

other, but mutual love only. And so ye

will prosper, my sons, and be honored in

the midst of the land, and no enemy will

rejoice over you, and ye will be a

blessing and a mercy in the eyes of all

those that love you." And he said, I

will do all that thou hast told me, and

I shall bury thee on the day thou diest

near Sarah, my father's mother, as thou

hast desired, that her bones may be near

thy bones, and Jacob my brother also I

shall love above all flesh. For I have

not a brother in all the earth, but him

only. And this is no great merit for me

if I love him. for he is my brother, and

we were swn together in thy body, and

together came we forth from thy womb.

And if I do not love my brother, whom

shall I love? And I myself beg thee to

exhort Jacob concerning me, and

concerning my sons? For I know that he

will assuredly be king over me and my

sons. For on the day my father blessed

him, he made him the higher, and me the

lower. and I swear unto thee that I

shall love him and not desire evil

against him all the days of my life, but

good only." And he swore unto her

regarding all this matter. And she

called Jacob before the eyes of Esau,

and gave him commandment according to

the words which she had spoken to Esau.

And he said, I shall do thy pleasure.

Believe me that no evil will proceed

from me or from my sons against Esau.

And I shall be first in naugh save in

love only. And they eat and drank she

and her sons that night. And she died

three jubilees and one week and one year

old on that night. And her two sons,

Esau and Jacob, buried her in the double

cave near Sarah, their father's mother.

Chapter 36.

And in the sixth year of this week,

2,162

a.m., Isaac called his two sons, Esau

and Jacob. And they came to him, and he

said unto them, "My sons, I am going the

way of my fathers, to the eternal house

where my fathers are. Wherefore bury me

near Abraham my father, in the double

cave in the field of Ephron the

Hitittite, where Abraham purchased a

sephila to bury in, in the sephilar

which I digged for myself. There bury

me." And this I command you, my sons,

that you practice righteousness and

uprightness on the earth, so that the

Lord may bring upon you all that the

Lord said that he would do to Abraham

and to his seed. And love one another,

my sons, your brothers, as a man who

loves his own soul. And let each seek in

what he may benefit his brother and act

together on the earth. And let them love

each other as their own souls.

And concerning the question of idols, I

command and admonish you to reject them

and hate them and love them not, for

they are full of deception for those

that worship them and for those that bow

down to them. Remember ye, my sons, the

Lord God of Abraham your father, and how

I too worshiped him, and served him in

righteousness and in joy, that he might

multiply you and increase your seed as

the stars of heaven in multitude, and

establish you on the earth as the plant

of righteousness, which will not be

rooted out unto all the generations

forever. And now I shall make you swear

a great oath. For there is no oath which

is greater than it by the name glorious

and honored and great and splendid and

wonderful and mighty which created the

heavens and the earth and all things

together. That ye will fear him and

worship him. And that each will love his

brother with affection and

righteousness. and that neither will

desire evil against his brother from

henceforth forever all the days of your

life, so that ye may prosper in all your

deeds, and not be destroyed. And if

either of you devises evil against his

brother, know that from henceforth

everyone that devises evil against his

brother shall fall into his hand, and

shall be rooted out of the land of the

living, and his seed shall be destroyed

from under heaven. But on the day of

turbulence and execration and

indignation and anger with flaming

devouring fire as he burnt Sodom, so

likewise will he burn his land and his

city and all that is his. And he shall

be blotted out of the book of the

discipline of the children of men, and

not be recorded in the book of life, but

in that which is appointed to

destruction, and he shall depart into

eternal execration, so that their

condemnation may be always renewed in

hate, and in execration, and in wrath,

and in torment, and in indignation, and

in plagues, and in disease forever.

I say and testify to you, my sons,

according to the judgment which shall

come upon the man who wishes to injure

his brother. And he divided all his

possessions between the two on that day.

And he gave the larger portion to him

that was the firstborn and the tower and

all that was about it and all that

Abraham possessed at the well of the

oath. And he said, "This larger portion

I will give to the firstborn."

And Esau said, "I have sold to Jacob and

given my birthright to Jacob. To him let

it be given, and I have not a single

word to say regarding it, for it is

his." And Isaac said, "May a blessing

rest upon you, my sons, and upon your

seed this day, for ye have given me

rest, and my heart is not pained

concerning the birthright, lest thou

shouldest work wickedness on account of

it." May the most high God bless the man

that workketh righteousness, him and his

seed forever. And he ended commanding

them and blessing them. And they eat and

drank together before him. And he

rejoiced because there was one mind

between them. And they went forth from

him and rested that day and slept. And

Isaac slept on his bed that day

rejoicing. And he slept the eternal

sleep and died 180 years old. He

completed 25 weeks and 5 years. And his

two sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.

And Esau went to the land of Edom, to

the mountains of Seir, and dwelt there.

And Jacob dwelt in the mountains of

Hebron, in the tower of the land of the

sjournings of his father Abraham. And he

worshiped the Lord with all his heart,

and according to the visible commands,

according as he had divided the days of

his generations.

And Leah, his wife, died in the fourth

year of the second week of the 45th

Jubilee, 2,167

a.m. And he buried her in the double

cave near Rebecca. His mother to the

left of the grave of Sarah, his father's

mother, and all her sons. And his sons

came to mourn over Leah, his wife, with

him, and to comfort him regarding her.

for he was lamenting her. For he loved

her exceedingly after Rachel her sister

died. For she was perfect and upright in

all her ways and honored Jacob and all

the days that she lived with him. He did

not hear from her mouth the harsh word

for she was gentle and peaceable and

upright and honorable. And he remembered

all her deeds which she had done during

her life. And he lamented her

exceedingly for he loved her with all

his heart and with all his soul.

Chapter 37.

And on the day that Isaac, the father of

Jacob and Esau, died, 2,162

a.m., the sons of Esau heard that Isaac

had given the portion of the elder to

his younger son Jacob. And they were

very angry. And they strove with their

father, saying, Why hast thy father

given Jacob the portion of the elder,

and passed over thee, although thou art

the elder, and Jacob the younger? And he

said unto them, because I sold my

birthright to Jacob for a small mess of

lentils, and on the day my father sent

me to hunt and catch, and bring him

something that he should eat and bless

me, he came with guile and brought my

father food and drink. And my father

blessed him and put me under his hand.

And now our father has caused us to

swear, me and him, that we shall not

mutually devise evil either against his

brother, and that we shall continue in

love and in peace each with his brother,

and not make our ways corrupt. And they

said unto him, we shall not hearken unto

thee to make peace with him, for our

strength is greater than his strength,

and we are more powerful than he. We

shall go against him, and slay him, and

destroy him and his sons. And if thou

wilt not go with us, we shall do hurt to

thee also. And now hearken unto us. Let

us send to Aram and Felistia and Moab

and Ammon. And let us choose for

ourselves chosen men who are ardent for

battle. And let us go against him and do

battle with him, and let us exterminate

him from the earth before he grows

strong. And their father said unto them,

Do not go, and do not make war with him,

lest ye fall before him. And they said

unto him, This too is exactly thy mode

of action from thy youth until this day,

and thou art putting thy neck under his

yoke. We shall not hearken to these

words." And they sent to Aram and to

Aduram to the friend of their father,

and they hired along with them 1,000

fighting men, chosen men of war. And

there came to them from Moab and from

the children of Ammon those who were

hired 1,000 chosen men and from Felistia

1,000 chosen men of war and from Edom

and from the Horites 1,000 chosen

fighting men and from the Kitim mighty

men of war. And they said unto their

father, "Go forth with them and lead

them, else we shall slay thee." And he

was filled with wroth and indignation on

seeing that his sons were forcing him to

go before them to lead them against

Jacob his brother.

But afterward he remembered all the evil

which lay hidden in his heart against

Jacob his brother. And he remembered not

the oath which he had sworn to his

father and to his mother, that he would

devise no evil all his days against

Jacob his brother. And notwithstanding

all this, Jacob knew not that they were

coming against him to battle. And he was

mourning for Leah, his wife, until they

approached very near to the tower with

4,000 warriors and chosen men of war.

And the men of Hebron sent to him,

saying, "Behold, thy brother has come

against thee to fight thee with 4,000 ge

with the sword, and they carry shields

and weapons, for they love Jacob more

than Esau." So they told him, for Jacob

was a more liberal and merciful man than

Esau. But Jacob would not believe until

they came very near to the tower. And he

closed the gates of the tower. And he

stood on the battlements, and spake to

his brother Esau, and said, Noble is the

comfort wherewith thou hast come to

comfort me for my wife who has died. Is

this the oath that thou did swear to thy

father, and again to thy mother before

they died?

Thou hast broken the oath, and on the

moment that thou didst swear to thy

father, waste thou condemned.

And then Esau answered and said unto

him, Neither the children of men nor the

beasts of the earth have any oath of

righteousness, which in swearing they

have sworn, an oath valid forever. But

every day they devise evil one against

another, and how each may slay his

adversary and foe, and thou dost hate me

and my children forever, and there is no

observing the tie of brotherhood with

thee. Hear these words which I declare

unto thee. If the boar can change its

skin, and make its bristles as soft as

wool, or if it can cause horns to sprout

forth on its head, like the horns of a

stag, or of a sheep, then will I observe

the tie of brotherhood with thee, and if

the breasts separated themselves from

their mother, for thou hast not been a

brother to me. And if the wolves make

peace with the lambs so as not to devour

or do them violence, and if their hearts

are towards them for good, then there

shall be peace in my heart towards thee.

And if the lion becomes the friend of

the ox and makes peace with him, and if

he is bound under one yoke with him, and

plows with him, then will I make peace

with thee. And when the raven becomes

white as the raza, then know that I have

loved thee, and shall make peace with

thee. Thou shalt be rooted out, and thy

sons shall be rooted out, and there

shall be no peace for thee. And when

Jacob saw that he was so evil disposed

towards him with his heart, and with all

his soul as to slay him, and that he had

come springing like the wild boar, which

comes upon the spear that pierces and

kills it, and recoils not from it. Then

he spake to his own and to his servants

that they should attack him and all his

companions.

Chapter 38.

And after that Judah spake to Jacob his

father, and said unto him, Bend thy bow,

father, and send forth thy arrows, and

cast down the adversary, and slay the

enemy. And maest thou have the power,

for we shall not slay thy brother, for

he is such as thou, and he is like thee.

Let us give him this honor. Then Jacob

bent his bow and sent forth the arrow

and struck Esau his brother on his right

breast and slew him. And again he sent

forth an arrow and struck Adoran the

Aramean on the left breast and drove him

backward and slew him. And then went

forth the sons of Jacob, they and their

servants dividing themselves into

companies on the four sides of the

tower. And Judah went forth in front,

and Naftali and Gad with him, and 50

servants with him on the south side of

the tower. And they slew all they found

before them. And not one individual of

them escaped. And Levi and Dan and Asher

went forth on the east side of the

tower, and 50 men with them. And they

slew the fighting men of Moab and Ammon.

And Reuben and Issachar and Zebulun went

forth on the north side of the tower and

50 men with them. And they slew the

fighting men of the Philistines. And

Simeon and Benjamin and Enoch, Reuben's

son, went forth on the west side of the

tower, and 50 men with them. And they

slew of Edom and of the Horites, 400

men, stout warriors, and 600 fled. And

four of the sons of Esau fled with them

and left their father lying slain as he

had fallen on the hill which is in

Aduram. And the sons of Jacob pursued

after them to the mountains of Seir. And

Jacob buried his brother on the hill

which is in Adoram. And he returned to

his house. And the sons of Jacob pressed

hard upon the sons of Esau in the

mountains of Seir, and bowed their necks

so that they became servants of the sons

of Jacob. And they sent to their father

to inquire whether they should make

peace with them or slay them. And Jacob

sent word to his sons that they should

make peace. And they made peace with

them and placed the yoke of servitude

upon them so that they paid tribute to

Jacob and to his sons always.

And they continued to pay tribute to

Jacob until the day that he went down

into Egypt. And the sons of Edom have

not got quit of the yoke of servitude

which the 12 sons of Jacob had imposed

on them until this day. And these are

the kings that reigned in Edom before

there reigned any king over the children

of Israel until this day in the land of

Edom. And Balac the son of Bor reigned

in Edom. And the name of his city was

Danaba.

And Balac died. And Jobab the son of

Zara of Bozer reigned in hisstead. And

Jobab died. And Assam of the land of

Teman reigned in hisstead. And Assam

died. And Adath the son of Barad who

slew Midian in the field of Moab reigned

in hisstead. And the name of his city

was Avith. And Adath died. And Salman

from Amiseca reigned in hisstead. And

Salman died. And Saul of Rahaboth by the

river reigned in hisstead. And Saul

died. And Baalun the son of Akbore

reigned in hisstead. And Baalunan the

son of Akbore died. And Adath reigned in

hisstead. And the name of his wife was

Mabbath the daughter of Matarat the

daughter of Metabeds. These are the

kings who reigned in the land of Edom.

Chapter 39.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his

father's sjournings in the land of

Canaan. These are the generations of

Jacob. And Joseph was 17 years old when

they took him down into the land of

Egypt. And Potifer and Unic of Pharaoh

the chief cook bought him. And he set

Joseph over all his house. And the

blessing of the Lord came upon the house

of the Egyptian on account of Joseph.

And the Lord prospered him in all that

he did. And the Egyptian committed

everything into the hands of Joseph. For

he saw that the Lord was with him. and

that the Lord prospered him in all that

he did. And Joseph's appearance was

comely and very beautiful was his

appearance. And his master's wife lifted

up her eyes and saw Joseph, and she

loved him and besought him to lie with

her. But he did not surrender his soul.

And he remembered the Lord and the words

which Jacob his father used to read from

amongst the words of Abraham that no man

should commit fornication with a woman

who has a husband. That for him the

punishment of death has been ordained in

the heavens before the most high God.

And the sin will be recorded against him

in the eternal books continually before

the Lord. And Joseph remembered these

words and refused to lie with her. And

she besought him for a year, but he

refused and would not listen. But she

embraced him and held him fast in the

house in order to force him to lie with

her and closed the doors of the house

and held him fast. But he left his

garment in her hands and broke through

the door and fled without from her

presence. And the woman saw that he

would not lie with her. And she calmated

him in the presence of his lord, saying,

Thy Hebrew servant whom thou lovest

sought to force me so that he might lie

with me. And it came to pass when I

lifted up my voice that he fled and left

his garment in my hands when I held him

and he break through the door.

And the Egyptians saw the garment of

Joseph and the broken door and heard the

words of his wife and cast Joseph into

prison into the place where the

prisoners were kept whom the king

imprisoned. And he was there in the

prison. And the Lord gave Joseph favor

in the sight of the chief of the prison

guards and compassion before him. For he

saw that the Lord was with him and that

the Lord made all that he did to

prosper. And he committed all things

into his hands. And the chief of the

prison guards knew of nothing that was

with him. For Joseph did everything, and

the Lord perfected it. And he remained

there 2 years. And in those days

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was wroth

against his two unics, against the chief

butler, and against the chief baker. And

he put them in ward in the house of the

chief cook in the prison where Joseph

was kept. And the chief of the prison

guards appointed Joseph to serve them.

And he served before them. And they both

dreamed a dream, the chief butler and

the chief baker. And they told it to

Joseph. And as he interpreted to them,

so it befell them. And Pharaoh restored

the chief butler to his office, and the

chief baker he slew, as Joseph had

interpreted to them. But the chief

butler forgot Joseph in the prison,

although he had informed him what would

befall him, and did not remember to

inform Pharaoh how Joseph had told him,

for he forgot. Chapter 40. And in those

days Pharaoh dreamed two dreams in one

night, concerning a famine which was to

be in all the land. And he awoke from

his sleep and called all the

interpreters of dreams that were in

Egypt and magicians and told them his

two dreams, and they were not able to

declare them. And then the chief butler

remembered Joseph and spake of him to

the king. And he brought him forth from

the prison. And he told his two dreams

before him. And he said before Pharaoh

that his two dreams were one. And he

said unto him, Seven years shall come in

which there shall be plenty over all the

land of Egypt. And after that 7 years of

famine, such a famine as has not been in

all the land. And now let Pharaoh

appoint overseers in all the land of

Egypt. And let them store up food in

every city throughout the days of the

years of plenty. And there will be food

for the seven years of famine. and the

land will not perish through the famine,

for it will be very severe. And the Lord

gave Joseph favor and mercy in the eyes

of Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his

servants, "We shall not find such a wise

and discreet man as this man, for the

spirit of the Lord is with him." And he

appointed him the second in all his

kingdom, and gave him authority over all

Egypt, and caused him to ride in the

second chariot of Pharaoh. And he

clothed him with bissus garments. And he

put a gold chain upon his neck, and a

herald proclaimed before him, Elwis

Abirer, and placed a ring on his hand,

and made him ruler over all his house,

and magnified him, and said unto him,

Only on the throne shall I be greater

than thou. And Joseph ruled over all the

land of Egypt, and all the princes of

Pharaoh, and all his servants, and all

who did the king's business loved him.

For he walked in uprightness, for he was

without pride and arrogance, and he had

no respect of persons, and did not

accept gifts. But he judged in

uprightness all the people of the land.

And the land of Egypt was at peace

before Pharaoh because of Joseph. For

the Lord was with him and gave him favor

and mercy for all his generations before

all those who knew him and those who

heard concerning him. And Pharaoh's

kingdom was well ordered and there was

no Satan and no evil person therein. And

the king called Joseph's name

Sephantifans and gave Joseph to wife the

daughter of Potifer, the daughter of the

priest of Helopoulos, the chief cook.

And on the day that Joseph stood before

Pharaoh, he was 30 years old when he

stood before Pharaoh. And in that year

Isaac died. And it came to pass, as

Joseph had said in the interpretation of

his two dreams, according as he had said

it, there were seven years of plenty

over all the land of Egypt. And the land

of Egypt abundantly produced, one

measure, producing 1,800 measures. And

Joseph gathered food into every city

until they were full of corn until they

could no longer count and measure it for

its multitude. Chapter 41. And in the

45th Jubilee, in the second week, and in

the second year, 2,165

a.m., Judah took for his firstborn, a

wife from the daughters of Aram named

Tamar. But he hated and did not lie with

her because his mother was of the

daughters of Canaan and he wished to

take him a wife of the kinsfolk of his

mother. But Judah his father would not

permit him. And this the firstborn of

Judah was wicked. And the Lord slew him.

And Judah said unto Onan his brother,

"Go in unto thy brother's wife, and

perform the duty of a husband's brother

unto her, and raise up seed unto thy

brother." And Onan knew that the seed

would not be his, but his brothers only.

And he went into the house of his

brother's wife, and spilt the seed on

the ground. And he was wicked in the

eyes of the Lord, and he slew him. And

Judah said unto Tamar his

daughter-in-law, "Remain in thy father's

house as a widow, till Shayla, my son,

be grown up, and I shall give thee to

him to wife." And he grew up. But Bed

Su, the wife of Judah, did not permit

her son Shayla to marry. And Bed Su, the

wife of Judah, died 2,168

a.m. in the fifth year of this week. And

in the sixth year, Judah went up to

shear his sheep at Timna.

2,169

a.m. And they told Tamar, "Behold, thy

father-in-law goeth up to Timna to shear

his sheep." And she put off her

widows clothes, and put on a veil,

and adorned herself, and sat in the

gate, adjoining the way to Timnner. And

as Judah was going along, he found her,

and thought her to be an harlot. And he

said unto her, "Let me come in unto

thee." And she said unto him, "Come in."

And he went in. And she said unto him,

"Give me my hire." And he said unto her,

"I have nothing in my hand, save my ring

that is on my finger, and my necklace,

and my staff which is in my hand." And

she said unto him, "Give them to me

until thou dost send me my hire." And he

said unto her, I will send unto thee a

kid of the goats. And he gave them to

her, and he went in unto her, and she

conceived by him. And Judah went unto

his sheep, and she went to her father's

house. And Judah sent a kid of the goats

by the hand of his shepherd, and a

doomite, and he found her not. And he

asked the people of the place, saying,

Where is the harlot who was here? And

they said unto him, "There is no harlot

here with us." And he returned and

informed him, and said unto him that he

had not found her. I asked the people of

the place, and they said unto me, There

is no harlot here. And he said, "Let her

keep them, lest we become a cause of

derision." And when she had completed 3

months, it was manifest that she was

with child. And they told Judah, saying,

Behold, Tamar, thy daughter-in-law, is

with child by whoredom. And Judah went

to the house of her father, and said

unto her father and her brothers, "Bring

her forth, and let them burn her, for

she hath wrought uncleanness in Israel."

And it came to pass when they brought

her forth to burn her, that she sent to

her father-in-law the ring, and the

necklace, and the staff, saying,

"Discern whose are these, for by him am

I with child." And Judah acknowledged

and said, "Tamar is more righteous than

I am, and therefore let them burn her

not." And for that reason, she was not

given to Shayla, and he did not again

approach her. And after that she bare

two sons, Perez, 2,170

A.M. and Zera, in the seventh year of

this second week. And thereupon the

seven years of fruitfulness were

accomplished, of which Joseph spake to

Pharaoh. And Judah acknowledged that the

deed which he had done was evil, for he

had lain with his daughter-in-law, and

he esteemed it hateful in his eyes. And

he acknowledged that he had transgressed

and gone astray, for he had uncovered

the skirt of his son, and he began to

lament and to supplicate before the Lord

because of his transgression.

And we told him in a dream that it was

forgiven him because he supplicated

earnestly and lamented and did not again

commit it. And he received forgiveness

because he turned from his sin and from

his ignorance, for he transgressed

greatly before our God. And everyone

that acts thus, everyone who lies with

his mother-in-law, let them burn him

with fire, that he may burn therein. For

there is uncleanness and pollution upon

them with fire. Let them burn them. And

do thou command the children of Israel

that there be no uncleanness amongst

them. For everyone who lies with his

daughter-in-law or with his

mother-in-law hath wrought uncleanness.

with fire let them burn the man who has

lain with her and likewise the woman and

he will turn away wroth and punishment

from Israel.

And unto Judah we said that his two sons

had not lain with her. And for this

reason his seed was established for a

second generation and would not be

rooted out. For in singleness of eye, he

had gone and sought for punishment,

namely, according to the judgment of

Abraham, which he had commanded his

sons, Judah had sought to burn her with

fire.

Chapter 42.

And in the first year of the third week

of the 45th Jubilee, the famine began to

come into the 2,171

a.m. land, and the rain refused to be

given to the earth, for none whatever

fell. and the earth grew barren. But in

the land of Egypt there was food. For

Joseph had gathered the seed of the land

in the seven years of plenty and had

preserved it. And the Egyptians came to

Joseph that he might give them food. And

he opened the storehouses where was the

grain of the first year. And he sold it

to the people of the land for gold. And

Jacob heard that there was food in

Egypt. And he sent his 10 sons that they

should procure food for him in Egypt.

But Benjamin he did not send. and

arrived among those that went there. And

Joseph recognized them, but they did not

recognize him. And he spake unto them,

and questioned them. And he said unto

them, "Are ye not spies? And have ye not

come to explore the approaches of the

land?" And he put them in ward. And

after that he set them free again, and

detained Simeon alone, and sent off his

nine brothers. and he filled their sacks

with corn, and he put their gold in

their sacks, and they did not know. And

he commanded them to bring their younger

brother, for they had told him their

father was living, and their younger

brother. And they went up from the land

of Egypt, and they came to the land of

Canaan. And they told their father all

that had befallen them, and how the Lord

of the country had spoken roughly to

them, and had seized Simeon till they

should bring Benjamin. And Jacob said,

"Me have ye bererieved of my children.

Joseph is not, and Simeon also is not,

and ye will take Benjamin away. On me

has your wickedness come." And he said,

"My son will not go down with you, lest

per chance he fall sick. For their

mother gave birth to two sons, and one

has perished, and this one also ye will

take from me. If per chance he took a

fever on the road, ye would bring down

my old age with sorrow unto death. For

he saw that their money had been

returned to every man in his sack. And

for this reason he feared to send him,

and the famine increased, and became

sore in the land of Canaan, and in all

lands, save in the land of Egypt. For

many of the children of the Egyptians

had stored up their seed for food from

the time when they saw Joseph gathering

seed together and putting it in

storehouses and preserving it for the

years of famine. And the people of Egypt

fed themselves thereon during the first

year of their famine.

But when Israel saw that the famine was

very sore in the land, and that there

was no deliverance, he said unto his

sons, "Go again and procure food for us

that we die not." And they said, "We

shall not go. Unless our youngest

brother go with us, we shall not go."

And Israel saw that if he did not send

him with them, they should all perish by

reason of the famine. And Reuben said,

"Give him into my hand, and if I do not

bring him back to thee, slay my two sons

instead of his soul." And he said unto

him, "He shall not go with thee." And

Judah came near and said, "Send him with

me, and if I do not bring him back to

thee, let me bear the blame before thee

all the days of my life." And he sent

him with them in the second year of this

week on the 2,172

a.m. first day of the month. And they

came to the land of Egypt with all those

who went and they had presents in their

hands stack and almonds and terabinth

nuts and pure honey. And they went and

stood before Joseph. And he saw Benjamin

his brother and he knew him and said

unto them, "Is this your youngest

brother?" And they said unto him, "It is

he?" And he said, "The Lord be gracious

to thee, my son." And he sent him into

his house, and he brought forth Simeon

unto them, and he made a feast for them.

And they presented to him the gift which

they had brought in their hands. And

they eat before him, and he gave them

all a portion. But the portion of

Benjamin was seven times larger than

that of any of theirs. And they eat and

drank, and arose, and remained with

their asses.

And Joseph devised a plan whereby he

might learn their thoughts as to whether

thoughts of peace prevailed amongst

them. And he said to the steward who was

over his house. Fill all their sacks

with food and return their money unto

them into their vessels. And my cup, the

silver cup out of which I drink. Put it

in the sack of the youngest, and send

them away. Chapter 43.

And he did as Joseph had told him, and

filled all their sacks for them with

food, and put their money in their

sacks, and put the cup in Benjamin's

sack. And early in the morning, they

departed. And it came to pass that when

they had gone from thence, Joseph said

unto the steward of his house, "Pursue

them, run, and seize them, saying, For

good ye have reququited me with evil.

you have stolen from me the silver cup

out of which my lord drinks

and bring back to me their youngest

brother and fetch him quickly before I

go forth to my seat of judgment.

And he ran after them and said unto them

according to these words. And they said

unto him,

God forbid that thy servants should do

this thing, and steal from the house of

thy lord any utensil, and the money also

which we found in our sacks the first

time. We thy servants brought back from

the land of Canaan. How then should we

steal any utensil?

Behold, here are we, and our sacks

search, and wherever thou findest the

cup in the sack of any man amongst us,

let him be slain, and we and our asses

will serve thy lord.

And he said unto them, Not so, the man

with whom I find, him only shall I take

as a servant, and ye shall return in

peace unto your house. And as he was

searching in their vessels, beginning

with the eldest and ending with the

youngest, it was found in Benjamin's

sack. And they rent their garments, and

laded their asses, and returned to the

city, and came to the house of Joseph.

And they all bowed themselves on their

faces to the ground before him. And

Joseph said unto them, Ye have done

evil. And they said, What shall we say,

and how shall we defend ourselves? Our

Lord hath discovered the transgression

of his servants. Behold, we are the

servants of our Lord and our asses also.

And Joseph said unto them, I too fear

the Lord. As for you, go ye to your

homes and let your brother be my

servant, for ye have done evil. Know ye

not that a man delights in his cup as I

with this cup. And yet ye have stolen it

from me. And Judah said,"Oh my Lord, let

thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word

in my lord's ear. Two brothers did thy

servant's mother, bear to our father.

One went away and was lost, and hath not

been found, and he alone is left of his

mother, and thy servant our father loves

him. And his life also is bound up with

the life of this lad." And it will come

to pass when we go to thy servant, our

father, and the lad is not with us, that

he will die, and we shall bring down our

father with sorrow unto death. Now

rather let me, thy servant, abide

instead of the boy as a bondsman unto my

lord, and let the lad go with his

brethren. For I became shity for him at

the hand of thy servant our father. And

if I do not bring him back, thy servant

will hear the blame to our father

forever.

And Joseph saw that they were all

accordant in goodness, one with another,

and he could not refrain himself. And he

told them that he was Joseph. And he

conversed with them in the Hebrew

tongue, and fell on their neck, and

wept, but they knew him not. And they

began to weep. And he said unto them,

"Weep not over me, but hasten and bring

my father to me." And ye see that it is

my mouth that speaketh, and the eyes of

my brother Benjamin see. For behold,

this is the second year of the famine,

and there are still five years without

harvest, or fruit of trees or plowing.

Come down quickly, ye, and your

households, so that ye perish not

through the famine, and do not be

grieved for your possessions. For the

Lord sent me before you to set things in

order that many people might live.

and tell my father that I am still

alive. And yeah, behold, ye see that the

Lord has made me as a father to Pharaoh,

and ruler over his house, and over all

the land of Egypt. And tell my father of

all my glory, and all the riches, and

glory that the Lord hath given me. And

by the command of the mouth of Pharaoh,

he gave them chariots and provisions for

the way. And he gave them all many

colored raignment and silver. And to

their father he sent raignment and

silver and 10 asses which carried corn,

and he sent them away. And they went up

and told their father that Joseph was

alive and was measuring out corn to all

the nations of the earth, and that he

was ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And their father did not believe it, for

he was beside himself in his mind. But

when he saw the wagons which Joseph had

sent, the life of his spirit revived,

and he said, "It is enough for me if

Joseph lives, I will go down and see him

before I die."

Chapter 44. And Israel took his journey

from Haran from his house on the new

moon of the third month. And he went on

the way of the well of the oath, and he

offered a sacrifice to the God of his

father Isaac on the 7th of this month.

And Jacob remembered the dream that he

had seen at Bethl, and he feared to go

down into Egypt. And while he was

thinking of sending word to Joseph to

come to him, and that he would not go

down, he remained there 7 days, if per

chance he could see a vision, as to

whether he should remain or go down. And

he celebrated the harvest festival of

the first fruits with old grain. For in

all the land of Canaan, there was not a

handful of seed in the land, for the

famine was over all the beasts and

cattle and birds, and also over man. And

on the 16th, the Lord appeared unto him,

and said unto him, Jacob, Jacob. And he

said, Here am I. And he said unto him, I

am the God of thy fathers, the God of

Abraham and Isaac. Fear not to go down

into Egypt, for I will there make of

thee a great nation. I will go down with

thee, and I will bring thee up again,

and in this land shalt thou be buried,

and Joseph shall put his hands upon thy

eyes. Fear not, go down into Egypt." And

his sons rose up, and his sons sons, and

they placed their father and their

possessions upon wagons, and Israel rose

up from the well of the oath on the 16th

of this third month. And he went to the

land of Egypt.

And Israel sent Judah before him to his

son Joseph to examine the land of Gan.

For Joseph had told his brothers that

they should come and dwell there that

they might be near him. And this was the

goodliest land in the land of Egypt and

near to him for all of them and also for

the cattle. And these are the names of

the sons of Jacob who went into Egypt

with Jacob their father. Reuben the

firstborn of Israel. And these are the

names of his sons Enoch and Paloo and

Hezron and Ki 5. Simeon and his sons.

And these are the names of his sons.

Jeuuel and Jamin and Ohad. And Jacin and

Zohar and Shaul the son of the

Zephathite woman. Seven. Levi and his

sons. And these are the names of his

sons. Gershon and Kohath and Marari 4.

Judah and his sons. And these are the

names of his sons. Shayla and Perez and

Zera 4. Isaka and his sons. And these

are the names of his sons. Tola and four

and Jasub and Shimron 5. Zebulun and his

sons. And these are the names of his

sons. Sered and Elon and Jalil 4. And

these are the sons of Jacob and their

sons whom Leah bore to Jacob in

Mesopotamia. Six. And their one sister

Dina. And all the souls of the sons of

Leah, and their sons who went with Jacob

their father into Egypt were 29, and

Jacob their father being with them, they

were 30. And the sons of Zilpa, Leah's

handmmaid, the wife of Jacob, who bore

unto Jacob Gad and Asher. And these are

the names of their sons who went with

him into Egypt. The sons of Gad, Zifion,

and Haggi, and Shuni, and Esbon, and

Aureli, and Arodi 8, and the sons of

Asher, Imna, and Ishva, and Bariah, and

Sarah, their one sister, six. All the

souls were 14, and all those of Leah

were 44, and the sons of Rachel, the

wife of Jacob, Joseph, and Benjamin. And

there were born to Joseph in Egypt

before his father came into Egypt. Those

whom Asenath, daughter of Potifar,

priest of Helopoulos, bare unto him,

Manasseh and Ephraim three, and the sons

of Benjamin, Ba and Becka, and Ashbel,

Gira, and Naaman, and Ahi, and Rash, and

Mupim, and Huppim, and Ardan. And all

the souls of Rachel were 14. And the

sons of Bilhar, the handmmaid of Rachel,

the wife of Jacob, whom she bare to

Jacob, were Dan and Naphali. And these

are the names of their sons who went

with them into Egypt. And the sons of

Dan were Hushim and Salmon and Asudi and

Jaka and Salomon 6. And they died the

year in which they entered into Egypt.

And there was left to Dan Hushim alone.

And these are the names of the sons of

Napaali, Jasiel, and Gooni and Jazza,

and Shalam, and Iv, and Iv, who was born

after the years of famine, died in

Egypt. And all the souls of Rachel were

26. And all the souls of Jacob, which

went into Egypt, were 70 souls. These

are his children and his children's

children. In all 70, but five died in

Egypt before Joseph, and had no

children. And in the land of Canaan, two

sons of Judah died, and Onan, and they

had no children. And the children of

Israel buried those who perished, and

they were reckoned among the 70 gentile

nations.

Chapter 45.

And Israel went into the country of

Egypt into the land of Gan on the new

moon of the 4th 2,172

a.m. month in the second year of the 3

week of the 45th Jubilee. And Joseph

went to meet his father Jacob to the

land of Goshan, and he fell on his

father's neck and wept. And Israel said

unto Joseph, "Now let me die since I

have seen thee. And now may the Lord God

of Israel be blessed, the God of

Abraham, and the God of Isaac, who hath

not withheld his mercy and his grace

from his servant Jacob. It is enough for

me that I have seen thy face whilst I am

yet alive. Yay, true is the vision which

I saw at Bethl. Blessed be the Lord my

God forever and ever, and blessed be his

name.

And Joseph and his brothers eat bread

before their father and drank wine. And

Jacob rejoiced with exceeding great joy

because he saw Joseph eating with his

brothers and drinking before him. And he

blessed the creator of all things who

had preserved him and had preserved for

him his 12 sons. And Joseph had given to

his father and to his brothers as a gift

the right of dwelling in the land of Gan

and in Rammeses and all the region

roundabout which he ruled over before

Pharaoh. And Israel and his sons dwelt

in the land of Gan, the best part of the

land of Egypt. And Israel was 130 years

old when he came into Egypt. And Joseph

nourished his father and his brethren

and also their possessions with bread as

much as sufficed them for the seven

years of the famine. And the land of

Egypt suffered by reason of the famine.

And Joseph acquired all the land of

Egypt for Pharaoh in return for food.

And he got possession of the people and

their cattle and everything for Pharaoh.

And the years of the famine were

accomplished. And Joseph gave to the

people in the land seed and food that

they might sew the land in the eighth

year. For the river had overflowed all

the land of Egypt. For in the seven

years of the famine it had not

overflowed and had irrigated only a few

places on the banks of the river, but

now it overflowed and the Egyptians

sowed the land and it bore much corn

that year. And this was the first year

of 2,178.

the fourth week of the 45th Jubilee. And

Joseph took of the corn of the harvest,

the fifth part for the king, and left

four parts for them for food and for

seed. And Joseph made it an ordinance

for the land of Egypt until this day.

And Israel lived in the land of Egypt 17

years. And all the days which he lived

were three Jubilees,

147 years. And he died in the 4th 2,188

a.m. year of the fifth week of the 45th

Jubilee. And Israel blessed his sons

before he died, and told them everything

that would befall them in the land of

Egypt. And he made known to them what

would come upon them in the last days,

and blessed them, and gave to Joseph two

portions in the land. And he slept with

his fathers. And he was buried in the

double cave in the land of Canaan near

Abraham his father in the grave which he

dug for himself in the double cave in

the land of Hebron.

And he gave all his books and the books

of his fathers to Levi his son that he

might preserve them and renew them for

his children until this day. Chapter 46.

And it came to pass that after Jacob

died, the children of Israel multiplied

in the land of Egypt, and they became a

great nation, and they were of one

accord in heart. So that brother loved

brother, and every man helped his

brother, and they increased abundantly,

and multiplied exceedingly, 10 2,242

a.m. weeks of years, all the days of the

life of Joseph. And there was no Satan,

nor any evil all the days of the life of

Joseph, which he lived after his father

Jacob. For all the Egyptians honored the

children of Israel all the days of the

life of Joseph. And Joseph died being

110 years old. 17 years he lived in the

land of Canaan. And 10 years he was a

servant, and 3 years in prison, and 80

years he was under the king, ruling all

the land of Egypt. And he died. and all

his brethren and all that generation.

And he commanded the children of Israel

before he died that they should carry

his bones with them when they went forth

from the land of Egypt. And he made them

swear regarding his bones. For he knew

that the Egyptians would not again bring

forth and bury him in the land of

Canaan. For McMarin, king of Canaan,

while dwelling in the land of Assyria,

fought in the valley with the king of

Egypt, and slew him there, and pursued

after the Egyptians to the gates of man.

But he was not able to enter for

another, a new king, had become king of

Egypt, and he was stronger than he, and

he returned to the land of Canaan, and

the gates of Egypt were closed, and none

went out, and none came into Egypt. And

Joseph died in the 46th Jubilee in the

sixth week in the second year. And they

buried him in the land of Egypt. And

2,242

A.M. all his brethren died after him.

And the king of Egypt went forth to war

with the king of Canaan. 2,263

A.M. in the 47th Jubilee in the second

week in the second year. And the

children of Israel brought forth all the

bones of the children of Jacob, save the

bones of Joseph, and they buried them in

the field in the double cave in the

mountain. And the most of them returned

to Egypt, but a few of them remained in

the mountains of Hebron. And Amram thy

father remained with them. And the king

of Canaan was victorious over the king

of Egypt, and he closed the gates of

Egypt. And he devised an evil device

against the children of Israel of

afflicting them. And he said unto the

people of Egypt, "Behold, the people of

the children of Israel have increased

and multiplied more than we.

Come, and let us deal wisely with them

before they become too many, and let us

afflict them with slavery, before war

come upon us, and before they too fight

against us. else they will join

themselves unto our enemies and get them

up out of our land, for their hearts and

faces are towards the land of Canaan.

And he set over them taskmasters to

afflict them with slavery. And they

built strong cities for Pharaoh, Pitham,

and Ramsees. And they built all the

walls and all the fortifications which

had fallen in the cities of Egypt. And

they made them serve with rigor. And the

more they dealt evily with them, the

more they increased and multiplied.

And the people of Egypt abominated the

children of Israel.

Chapter 47.

And in the seventh week, in the seventh

year, in the 47th Jubilee, thy father

went forth 233

a.m. from the land of Canaan. And thou

was born in the fourth week, in the

sixth year thereof in the 2,330

a.m. 48th Jubilee. This was the time of

tribulation on the children of Israel.

And Pharaoh, king of Egypt, issued a

command regarding them that they should

cast all their male children which were

born into the river. And they cast them

in for seven months until the day that

thou was born. And thy mother hid thee

for 3 months. And they told regarding

her. And she made an ark for thee, and

covered it with pitch and asphalt, and

placed it in the flags on the bank of

the river. And she placed thee in it

seven days. And thy mother came by night

and suckled thee. And by day Miriam, thy

sister, guarded thee from the birds. And

in those days Tharmmoth, the daughter of

Pharaoh, came to bathe in the river, and

she heard thy voice crying, and she told

her maidens to bring thee forth, and

they brought thee unto her. And she took

thee out of the ark, and she had

compassion on thee. And thy sister said

unto her, Shall I go and call unto thee

one of the Hebrew women to nurse and

suckle this babe for thee? And she said,

Go. And she went and called thy mother

Yokabed, and she gave her wages, and she

nursed thee. And afterwards, when thou

was grown up, they brought thee unto the

daughter of Pharaoh, and thou dst become

her son. And Amram thy father taught

thee writing, and after thou hast

completed three weeks, they brought thee

into the royal court. And thou wasst 3

weeks of years at court until the time

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when thou didst go forth from the royal

court and dst see an Egyptian smiting

thy friend who was 2372

a.m. of the children of Israel and thou

dst slay him and hide him in the sand.

And on the second day thou ditst and two

of the children of Israel striving

together. And thou didst say to him who

was doing the wrong, why dust thou smite

thy brother? And he was angry and

indignant, and said, Who made thee a

prince and a judge over us? Thinkkest

thou to kill me, as thou killedest the

Egyptian yesterday, and thou didst fear

and flee on account of these words?

Chapter 48. And in the sixth year of the

third week of the 49th Jubilee, thou

didst depart and dwell five weeks and

one year. And thou didst return into

Egypt in the second week in the second

year in the 50th Jubilee. And thou

thyself knowest what he spake unto thee

on 2,410

a.m. Mount Si, and what Prince Mastemar

desired to do with thee when thou was

returning into Egypt. Did he not with

all his power seek to slay thee and

deliver the Egyptians out of thy hand?

When he saw that thou was sent to

execute judgment and vengeance on the

Egyptians, and I delivered thee out of

his hand, and thou did perform the signs

and wonders which thou was sent to

perform in Egypt against Pharaoh, and

against all his house, and against his

servants and his people. And the Lord

executed a great vengeance on them for

Israel's sake, and smokeote them through

the plagues of blood and frogs, lice and

dog flies, and malignant boils breaking

forth in blaes, and their cattle by

death, and by hailstones. Thereby he

destroyed everything that grew for them

and by locusts which devoured the

residue which had been left by the hail

and by darkness and of the firstborn of

men and animals. And on all their idols

the Lord took vengeance and burned them

with fire.

And everything was sent through thy hand

that thou shouldst declare these things

before they were done. And thou did

speak with the king of Egypt before all

his servants. and before his people. And

everything took place according to thy

words. 10 great and terrible judgments

came on the land of Egypt, that thou

mightest execute vengeance on it for

Israel. And the Lord did everything for

Israel's sake, and according to his

covenant, which he had ordained with

Abraham, that he would take vengeance on

them, as they had brought them by force

into bondage.

And the prince Mastemar stood up against

thee, and sought to cast thee into the

hands of Pharaoh. And he helped the

Egyptian sorcerers, and they stood up

and wrought before thee the evils indeed

we permitted them to work. But the

remedies we did not allow to be wrought

by their hands. And the Lord smokeote

them with malignant ulcers, and they

were not able to stand, for we destroyed

them so that they could not perform a

single sign. And notwithstanding all

these signs and wonders, the prince

Mastemar was not put to shame because he

took courage and cried to the Egyptians

to pursue after thee with all the powers

of the Egyptians with their chariots and

with their horses and with all the hosts

of the peoples of Egypt. And I stood

between the Egyptians and Israel. And we

delivered Israel out of his hand and out

of the hand of his people. And the Lord

brought them through the midst of the

sea as if it were dry land. And all the

peoples whom he brought to pursue after

Israel, the Lord our God cast them into

the midst of the sea, into the depths of

the abyss beneath the children of

Israel, even as the people of Egypt had

cast their children into the river. He

took vengeance on 1 million of them, and

1,000 strong and energetic men were

destroyed on account of one suckling of

the children of thy people which they

had thrown into the river. And on the

14th day, and on the 15th, and on the

16th, and on the 17th, and on the 18th,

the prince Mastar was bound and

imprisoned behind the children of

Israel, that he might not accuse them.

And on the 19th we let them loose that

they might help the Egyptians and pursue

the children of Israel. And he hardened

their hearts and made them stubborn. And

the device was devised by the Lord our

God that he might smite the Egyptians

and cast them into the sea.

And on the 14th we bound him that he

might not accuse the children of Israel

on the day when they asked the Egyptians

for vessels and garments, vessels of

silver and vessels of gold and vessels

of bronze in order to desoil the

Egyptians in return for the bondage in

which they had forced them to serve. And

we did not lead forth the children of

Israel from Egypt empty-handed.

Chapter 49.

Remember the commandment which the Lord

commanded thee concerning the Passover,

that thou should celebrate it in its

season on the 14th of the first month,

that thou shouldst kill it before it is

evening, and that they should eat it by

night on the evening of the 15th, from

the time of the setting of the sun.

For on this night, the beginning of the

festival and the beginning of the joy,

ye were eating the Passover in Egypt,

when all the powers of Mastema had been

let loose to slay all the firstborn in

the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of

Pharaoh to the firstborn of the captive

made servant in the mill, and to the

cattle.

And this is the sign which the Lord gave

them.

into every house on the lintils of which

they saw the blood of a lamb of the

first year. Into that house they should

not enter to slay but should pass by it.

That all those should be saved that were

in the house because the sign of the

blood was on its lintils. And the powers

of the Lord did everything according as

the Lord commanded them. And they passed

by all the children of Israel. And the

plague came not upon them to destroy

from amongst them any soul either of

cattle or man or dog. And the plague was

very grievous in Egypt. And there was no

house in Egypt where there was not one

dead and weeping and lamentation.

And all Israel was eating the flesh of

the pascal lamb and drinking the wine,

and was lording and blessing and giving

thanks to the Lord God of their fathers,

and was ready to go forth from under the

yoke of Egypt, and from the evil

bondage. And remember thou this day all

the days of thy life, and observe it

from year to year all the days of thy

life, once a year on its day, according

to all the law thereof, and do not

adjourn it from day to day, or from

month to month. For it is an eternal

ordinance, and engraven on the heavenly

tablets regarding all the children of

Israel, that they should observe it

every year on its day once a year

throughout all their generations. And

there is no limit of days, for this is

ordained forever. And the man who is

free from uncleanness, and does not come

to observe it on occasion of its day, so

as to bring an acceptable offering

before the Lord, and to eat and to drink

before the Lord on the day of its

festival. That man who is clean and

close at hand shall be cut off because

he offered not the oblation of the Lord

in its appointed season, he shall take

the guilt upon himself.

Let the children of Israel come and

observe the Passover on the day of its

fixed time on the 14th day of the first

month between the evenings from the

third part of the day to the third part

of the night. For two portions of the

day are given to the light, and a third

part to the evening. This is that which

the Lord commanded thee, that thou

shouldst observe it between the

evenings. And it is not permissible to

slay it during any period of the light,

but during the period bordering on the

evening, and let them eat it at the time

of the evening until the third part of

the night. And whatever is left over of

all its flesh from the third part of the

night and onwards, let them burn it with

fire.

And they shall not cook it with water,

nor shall they eat it raw, but roast on

the fire.

They shall eat it with diligence, its

head with the inwards thereof, and its

feet they shall roast with fire, and not

break any bone thereof. For of the

children of Israel no bone shall be

crushed.

For this reason the Lord commanded the

children of Israel to observe the

Passover on the day of its fixed time,

and they shall not break a bone thereof.

For it is a festival day and a day

commanded, and there may be no passing

over from day to day and month to month.

But on the day of its festival, let it

be observed. And do thou command the

children of Israel to observe the

Passover throughout their days every

year once a year on the day of its fixed

time. And it shall come for a memorial

well pleasing before the Lord. And no

plague shall come upon them to slay or

to smite in that year in which they

celebrate the Passover in its season in

every respect according to his command.

And they shall not eat it outside the

sanctuary of the Lord, but before the

sanctuary of the Lord. And all the

people of the congregation of Israel

shall celebrate it in its appointed

season. And every man who has come upon

its day shall eat it in the sanctuary of

your God before the Lord from 20 years

old and upward. For thus is it written

and ordained that they should eat it in

the sanctuary of the Lord. And when the

children of Israel come into the land

which they are to possess, into the land

of Canaan, and set up the tabernacle of

the Lord in the midst of the land, in

one of their tribes, until the sanctuary

of the Lord has been built in the land,

let them come and celebrate the Passover

in the midst of the tabernacle of the

Lord, and let them slay it before the

Lord from year to year. And in the days

when the house has been built in the

name of the Lord in the land of their

inheritance, they shall go there and

slay the Passover in the evening at

sunset at the third part of the day. And

they shall offer its blood on the

threshold of the altar, and shall place

its fat on the fire which is upon the

altar, and they shall eat its flesh

roasted with fire in the court of the

house which has been sanctified in the

name of the Lord. And they may not

celebrate the Passover in their cities,

nor in any place save before the

tabernacle of the Lord, or before his

house where his name hath dwelt. And

they shall not go astray from the Lord.

And do thou, Moses, command the children

of Israel to observe the ordinances of

the Passover, as it was commanded unto

thee. Declare thou unto them every year

and the day of its days, and the

festival of unleavened bread, that they

should eat unleavened bread seven days,

and that they should observe its

festival, and that they bring an

oblation every day during those seven

days of joy before the Lord on the altar

of your God. For ye celebrated this

festival with haste when ye went forth

from Egypt, till ye entered into the

wilderness of Shure, for on the shore of

the sea, ye completed it.

Chapter 50. And after this law, I made

known to thee the days of the Sabbaths

in the desert of Sinai, which is between

Elilim and Si. And I told thee of the

Sabbaths of the land on Mount Si. And I

told thee of the Jubilee years in the

Sabbaths of years. But the year thereof

have I not told thee, till ye enter the

land which ye are to possess. And the

land also shall keep its Sabbaths while

they dwell upon it. and they shall know

the Jubilee year. Wherefore I have

ordained for thee the year weeks and the

years and the jubilees. There are 49

jubilees from the days of Adam until

this day 2,410

a.m. and 1 week and 2 years. And there

are yet 40 years to come lit distant for

learning the 2,450

a.m. commandments of the Lord until they

pass over into the land of Canaan

crossing the Jordan to the west. And the

Jubilees shall pass by until Israel is

cleansed from all guilt of fornication

and uncleanness and pollution and sin

and error and dwells with confidence in

all the land. And there shall be no more

a Satan or any evil one. and the land

shall be clean from that time forever

more. And behold, the commandment

regarding the Sabbaths, I have written

them down for thee, and all the

judgments of its laws.

Six days shalt thou labor, but on the

seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord

your God. In it ye shall do no manner of

work, ye and your sons and your men's

servants and your maid servants and all

your cattle and the sojourer also who is

with you. And the man that does any work

on it shall die. Whoever desecrates that

day, whoever lies with his wife, or

whoever says he will do something on it,

that he will set out on a journey

thereon in regard to any buying or

selling. And whoever draws water

thereon, which he had not prepared for

himself on the sixth day, and whoever

takes up any burden to carry it out of

his tent or out of his house, shall die.

Ye shall do no work whatever on the

Sabbath day, save what ye have prepared

for yourselves on the sixth day, so as

to eat and drink and rest, and keep

Sabbath from all work on that day, and

to bless the Lord your God, who has

given you a day of festival and a holy

day, and a day of the holy kingdom, for

all Israel is this day among their days

forever. For great is the honor which

the Lord has given to Israel, that they

should eat and drink, and be satisfied

on this festival day, and rest thereon

from all labor which belongs to the

labor of the children of men, save

burning frankincense, and bringing

oblations and sacrifices before the Lord

for days, and for Sabbaths.

This work alone shall be done on the

Sabbath days in the sanctuary of the

Lord your God, that they may atone for

Israel with sacrifice continually from

day to day for a memorial well pleasing

before the Lord, and that he may receive

them always from day to day, according

as thou hast been commanded. And every

man who does any work thereon, or goes a

journey, or tills his farm, whether in

his house or any other place, and

whoever lights a fire, or rides on any

beast, or travels by ship on the sea,

and whoever strikes or kills anything,

or slaughters a beast or a bird, or

whoever catches an animal, or a bird or

a fish, or whoever fasts or makes war on

the Sabbaths. The man who does any of

these things on the Sabbath shall die,

so that the children of Israel shall

observe the Sabbaths, according to the

commandments regarding the Sabbaths of

the land, as it is written in the

tablets, which he gave into my hands,

that I should write out for thee, the

laws of the seasons, and the seasons

according to the division of their days.

Herewith is completed the account of the

division of the days.