The Book of Jubilees

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The Book of Jubilees, which was probably written around 100 A.D., recounts in detail the story from Creation to Exodus and incorporates ancient Hebrew traditions. Several fragments of its early Hebrew version were found in the library discovered at Qumrān in 1947. There are also fragments of Greek versions. The Book of Jubilees has been preserved in its entirety only in an Ethiopic translation, which was itself based on a Greek translation from the Hebrew.

The Book of Jubilees is notable for its chronological presentation, which divides the series of events from Genesis to Exodus chapter XII into "jubilees" (periods of forty-nine years): each jubilee is in turn divided into seven series of seven years, with the year comprising 364 days. The book explains the origins of contemporary Jewish laws and customs concerning fornication, incest, rape, pedophilia, sacrifices, festivals dedicated to the Lord, the Sabbath, etc.

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 Sinai. 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. Moses receives the tables of the law and instruction on past and future history which he is to inscribe in a book - Apostasy of Israel - Captivity of Israel and Judah - Return of Judah and rebuilding of temple - Moses' prayer for Israel - God's promise to redeem and dwell with them - Moses hidden to write down the future history of the world, And an angel to write down the law - This angel takes the heavenly chronological tables to dictate therefrom to Moses

I. 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 sixteenth day of the month, 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 you may teach them."

2. And Moses went up into the mount of God, and the glory of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai, and a cloud over- shadowed it six days.

3. 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.

4. And Moses was on the Mount forty days and forty 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.

5. 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 Sinai.

6. 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.

7. And write for yourself all these words which I declare to you this day, for I know their rebellion and their stiff neck, before I bring them into the land of which I swore to their fathers, to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob, saying 'To your seed will I give a land flowing with milk and honey.

8. And they will eat and be satisfied, and they will turn to strange gods, to (gods) which cannot deliver them from aught 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 offence and a tribulation and an affliction and a snare.

9. 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).

10. 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.

11. And I shall 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 abrogate and change everything so as to work evil before My eyes.

12. And I shall hide My face from them, and I shall deliver them into the hand of the Gentiles for captivity, and for a prey, and for devouring, and I shall remove them from the midst of the land, and I shall scatter them amongst the Gentiles.

13. 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.

14. 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 shall 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.

15. And I shall disclose to them abounding peace with righteousness, and I shall remove them the plant of uprightness, with all My heart and with all My soul, and they will be for a blessing and not for a curse, and they will be the head and not the tail.

16. And I shall build My sanctuary in their midst, and I shall dwell with them, and I shall be their God and they will be My people in truth and righteousness.

17. And I shall not forsake them nor fail them ; for I am the Lord their God."

18. And Moses fell on his face and prayed and said, "O Lord my God, do not forsake Your people and Your 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 You.

19. Let your mercy, O Lord, be lifted up upon Your people, and create in them an upright spirit, and let not the spirit of Beliar rule over them to accuse them before You, and to ensnare them from all the paths of righteousness, so that they may perish from before Your face.

20. But they are Your people and Your inheritance, which you have delivered with your great power from the hands of the Egyptians: create in them a clean heart and a holy spirit, and let them not be ensnared in their sins from henceforth until eternity."

21. And the Lord said unto Moses: "I know their contrariness and their thoughts and their stiffneckedness, and they will not be obedient till they confess their own sin and the sin of their fathers.

22. And after this they will turn to Me in all uprightness and with all (their) heart and with all (their) soul, and I shall circumcise the foreskin of their heart and the foreskin of the heart of their seed, and I shall create in them a holy spirit, and I shall cleanse them so that they shall not turn away from Me from that day unto eternity.

23. And their souls will cleave to Me and to all My commandments, and they will fulfil My commandments, and I shall be their Father and they will be My children.

24. And they will all be called children of the living God, and every angel and every spirit will know, yea, they will know that these are My children, and that I am their Father in uprightness and righteousness, and that I love them.

25. 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."

26. 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."

27. And the Lord will appear to the eyes of all, and all will know that I am the God of Israel and the Father of all the children of Jacob, and King on Mont Zion for all eternity. And Zion and Jerusalem will be holy."

28. 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. The history of the twenty-two distinct acts of creation on the six days - Institution of the Sabbath: its observance by the highest angels, with whom Israel is afterwards to be associated

1. And the angel of the presence spoke 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.

2. 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 hoar frost,
and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning,
and the angels 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, eventide (and night), and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of His heart.

3. And thereupon we saw His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works; for seven great works did He create on the first day.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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,

7. 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 fruit-bearing 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11, 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.

12. 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 fruit-bearing trees, and all flesh. These three kinds He created on the fifth day.

13. And on the sixth day He created all the animals of the earth, and all cattle, and everything that moves on the earth.

14. And after all this He created man, 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.

15. And there were altogether two and twenty kinds.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. And He said unto us: "Behold, I will separate unto Myself a people from among all the peoples, and these will 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 shall I bless them, and they will be My people and I shall be their God.

20. "And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from amongst all that I have seen, and have written him down as My first- born son, and have sanctified him unto Myself for ever and ever; and I will teach them the Sabbath day, that they may keep Sabbath thereon from all work."

21. 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.

22. And He caused His commands to ascend as a sweet savor acceptable before Him all the days.

23. There (were) two and twenty heads of mankind from Adam to Jacob, and two and twenty 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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,

27. And whoever profanes 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.

28. And every one who observes it and keeps Sabbath thereon from all his work, will be holy and blessed throughout all days like unto us.

29. 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 unseemly, 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. And the Creator of all things blessed this day which He had created for a blessing and a sanctification and a glory above all days.

33. This law and testimony was given to the children of Israel as a law for ever unto their generations.

CHAPTER 3. Adam Thames all creatures - Creation of Eve and enactment of Levitical laws of purification - Adam and Eve in Paradise: their sin and expulsion - Law of covering one's shame enacted - Adam and Eve live in Elda

1. 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.

2. And Adam named them all by their respective names, and as he called them, so was their name.

3. 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 helpmeet for him.

4. And the Lord said unto us: "It is not good that the man should be alone: let us make a helpmeet for him."

5. 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 its stead, and built the woman.

6. And He awaked 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 will be called [my] wife; because she was taken from her husband."

7. 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.

8. 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 seven days, and for a female twice seven days.

9. And after Adam had completed forty 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 eightieth day, and after this she entered into the garden of Eden.

10. And for this reason the commandment is written on the heavenly tables in regard to her that gives birth: "if she bears a male, she shall remain in her uncleanness seven days according to the first week of days, and thirty 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.

11. 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 sixty-six days in the blood of her purification, and they will be in all eighty days."

12. And when she had completed these eighty 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.

13. 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.

14. This is the law and testimony which was written down for Israel, in order that they should observe (it) all the days.

15. And in the first week of the first jubilee, Adam and his wife were in the garden of Eden for seven years tilling and keeping it, and we gave him work and we instructed him to do everything that is suitable for tillage.

16. 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].

17. And after the completion of the seven years, which he had completed there, seven years exactly, and in the second month, on the seventeenth 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?"

18. 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. You shall not eat thereof, neither shall you touch it, lest you die."

19. 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."

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.

23. And God cursed the serpent, and was wroth with it for ever.

24. 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 shall greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy pains: in sorrow you shalt bring forth children, and your return shall be unto your husband, and he will rule over you."

25. 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 wast taken ; for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

26. And He made for them coats of skin, and clothed them, and sent them forth from the Garden of Eden.

27. And on that day on which Adam went forth from the Garden, he offered as a sweet savour an offering, frankincense, galbanum, and stacte, and spices in the morning with the rising of the sun from the day when he covered his shame.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. And to Adam alone did He give (the wherewithal) to cover his shame, of all the beasts and cattle.

31. On this account, it is prescribed on the heavenly tables 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.

32. 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 Elda, in the land of their creation.

32. And Adam called the name of his wife Eve.

34. And they had no son till the first jubilee, and after this he knew her.

35. Now he tilled the land as he had been instructed in the Garden of Eden.

CHAPTER 4. Cain and Abel and other children of Adam - Enos, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared - Enoch and his history - Four sacred places - Methuselah, Lamech, Noah - Death of Adam and Cain - Shem, Ham, and Japhet

1. And in the third week in the second jubilee she gave birth to Cain, and in the fourth she gave birth to Abel, and in the fifth she gave birth to her daughter Awan.

2. And in the first (year) of the third jubilee, Cain slew Abel because (God) accepted the sacrifice of Abel, and did not accept the offering of Cain.

3. And he slew him in the field : and his blood cried from the ground to heaven, complaining because he had slain him.

4. 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.

5. And on this account it is written on the heavenly tables, "Cursed is he who smites his neighbour 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."

6. 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.

7. And Adam and his wife mourned for Abel four weeks of years, and in the fourth year of the fifth week 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."

8. And in the sixth week he begat his daughter Azura.

9. And Cain took Awan his sister to be his wife and she bare him Enoch at the close of the fourth jubilee. And in the first year of the first week of the fifth jubilee, houses were built on the earth, and Cain built a city, and called its name after the name of his son Enoch.

10. And Adam knew Eve his wife and she bare yet one son.

11. And in the fifth week of the fifth jubilee Seth took Azura his sister to be his wife, and the fourth (year of the sixth week) she bare him Enos.

12. He began to call on the name of the Lord on the earth.

13. And in the seventh jubilee in the third week Enos took Noam 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.

14. And at the close of the eighth jubilee Kenan took Mualeleth his sister to be his wife, and she bare him a son in the ninth jubilee, in the first week in the third year of this week, and he called his name Mahalalel.

15. And in the second week of the tenth jubilee Mahalalel took unto him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Barakul the daughter of his father's brother, and she bare him a son in the third week in the sixth year, and he called his name Jared; 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.

16. And in the eleventh jubilee 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, and she bare him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch.

17. And he was the first among men that are born on earth who learnt 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. And in the twelfth jubilee, in the seventh week thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Edni, the daughter of anel, the daughter of his father's brother, and in the sixth year in this week she bare him a son and he called his name Methuselah.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. And he was taken from amongst the children of men, and we conducted him into the Garden of Eden in majesty and honour, and behold there he writes down the condemnation and judgment of the world, and all the wickedness of the children of men.

24. 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.

25. And he burnt the incense of the sanctuary, (even) sweet spices, acceptable before the Lord on the Mount.

26. 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 Sinai, 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.

27. And in the fourteenth jubilee Methuselah took unto himself a wife, Edna the daughter of Azrtal, the daughter of his father's brother, in the third week, in the first year of this week, and he begat a son and called his name Lamech.

28. And in the fifteenth jubilee in the third week Lamech took to himself a wife, and her name was Betenos the daughter of Barakul, 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."

29. And at the close of the nineteenth jubilee, in the seventh week in the sixth year 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.

30. And he lacked seventy years of one thousand years; for one thousand 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 you eat thereof you will die." For this reason he did not complete the years of this day; for he died during it.

31. 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.

32. For this reason it was ordained on the heavenly tables: "With the instrument with which a man kills his neighbour with the same shall he be killed; after the manner that he wounded him, in like manner shall they deal with him."

33. And in the twenty-fifth jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was Emzara, the daughter of Rakeel, the daughter of his father's brother, in the first year in the fifth week: and in the third year thereof she bare him Shem, in the fifth year thereof she bare him Ham, and in the first year in the sixth week she bare him Japheth.

CHAPTER 6. Noah's sacrifice - God's covenant with Noah, prohibition on the consumption of blood - New moon festivals - Division of the year into 364 days

1. On the third new month he went out of the ark, and built an altar on that mountain.

2. 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 every thing that had been on it had been destroyed, except those that were in the ark with Noah.

3. He placed the fat of it 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 on it an offering mingled with oil, and sprinkled wine and sprinkled frankincense over everything, and caused a good and pleasing odor to arise, acceptable before Yah.

4. And Yah smelled the good and pleasing odor, and He made a covenant with Noah that there should not be any more floods 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.

5. “Increase and multiply on the earth, and become many, and be a blessing on it. I will inspire the fear of you and the dread of you in everything that is on earth and in the sea.

6. Look, I have given 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.

7. But you shall not eat anything live or with blood in it, for the life of all flesh is in the blood, or your blood of your lives will be required. At the hand of every man, at the hand of every beast will I require the blood of man.

8. Whoever sheds man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of Elohim He made man.

9. Increase, and multiply on the earth.”

10. Noah and his sons swore that they would not eat any blood that was in any flesh, and he made a covenant before Yah Elohim forever throughout all the generations of the earth in this month.

11. Because of this He spoke to you that you should make a covenant with the children of Israel with an oath. In this month, on the mountain you should sprinkle blood on them because of all the words of the covenant, which Yah made with them forever.

12. 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 beast or of cattle or of birds during all the days of the earth, he and his offspring shall be rooted out of the land.

13. And you will command the children of Israel to eat no blood, so that their names and their offspring may be before Yah our Elohim continually.

14. There is no limit of days, for this law. 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 Yah that they may keep it and not be rooted out.

15. And He gave to Noah and his sons a sign that there should not again be a flood on the earth.

16. He set His bow (a rainbow) in the cloud as a sign of the eternal covenant that there should never again be a flood on the earth to destroy it for all the days of the earth.

17. 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.

18. This whole festival was celebrated in heaven from the day of creation until the days of Noah, which were twenty-six jubilees and five weeks of years. Noah and his sons observed it for seven jubilees and one week of years, until the day of Noah’s death. From the day of Noah’s death his sons did away with it until the days of Abraham, and they ate blood.

19. But Abraham observed it, and Isaac and Jacob and his children observed it up to your days, and in your days the children of Israel forgot it until you celebrated it anew on this mountain.

20. Command the children of Israel to observe this festival in all their generations for a commandment to them, one day in the year in this month they shall celebrate the festival.

21. For it is the feast of weeks and the feast of first-fruits, this feast is twofold and of a double nature, according to what is written and engraved concerning it, celebrate it.

22. For I have written in the book of the first law, in that which I have written for you, that you should celebrate it in its season, one day in the year, and I explained to you its sacrifices that the children of Israel should remember and should celebrate it throughout their generations in this month, the same day in every year.

23. In the first new month, and in the fourth new month, and in the seventh new month, and in the tenth new 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.

24. Noah ordained them for himself as feasts for the generations forever, so that they have become a memorial to him.

25. On the first new month he was told to make for himself an ark, and on that day the earth was dry and he saw from the opened ark, the earth. On the fourth new month the mouths of the depths of the bottomless pit beneath were closed.

26. On the seventh new month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the waters began to descend into them.

27. On the tenth new month the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah was glad.

28. Because of this he ordained them for himself as feasts for a memorial forever, and thus are they ordained.

29. And they placed them on the heavenly tablets, each had thirteen weeks; from one to another passed their memorial, from the first to the second, and from the second to the third, and from the third to the fourth.

30. All the days of the commandment will be two and fifty weeks of days, and these will make the entire year complete. Thus it is engraved and ordained on the heavenly tablets.

31. And there is no neglecting this commandment for a single year or from year to year.

32. Command you the children of Israel that they observe the years according to this counting, three hundred and sixty-four days, and these will constitute a complete year, and they will not disturb its time from its days and from its feasts; for every thing will fall out in them according to their testimony, and they will not leave out any day nor disturb any feasts.

33. But if they 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 neglect their established rules.

34. And all the children of Israel will forget and will not find the path of the years, and will forget the new months, and seasons, and sabbaths and they will wrongly determine all the order of the years.

35. For I know and from now on will I declare it to you, and it is not of my own devising; for the book lies written in the presence of me, and on the heavenly tablets the division of days is ordained, or they forget the feasts of the covenant and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles after their error and after their ignorance.

36. For there will be those who will assuredly make observations of the moon and how it disturbs the seasons and comes in from year to year ten days too soon.

37. For this reason the years will come upon them when they disturb (misinterpret) 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 pure with the unclean, and the unclean day with the pure; for they will go wrong as to the months and sabbaths and feasts and jubilees.

38. For this reason I command and testify to you that you may testify to them; for after your death your children will disturb them, so that they will not make the year three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason they will go wrong as to the new months and seasons and sabbaths and festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh.

CHAPTER 7. Noah plants a vineyard and offers a sacrifice - He gets drunk and exposes himself - The curse of Canaan and the blessing of Shem and Japheth - Noah's sons and grandsons and their cities - Noah educates his sons on the causes of the flood and advises them to abstain from consuming blood and committing murder.

1. In the seventh week in the first year of it, 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, and he guarded their fruit, and gathered it in that year in the seventh month.

2. He made wine from it and put it into a vessel, and kept it until the fifth year, until the first day, on the first new month.

3. And he celebrated with joy the day of this feast, and he made a burnt sacrifice to Yah, one young ox and one ram, and seven sheep, each a year old, and a kid of the goats, that he might make atonement thereby for himself and his sons.

4. He prepared the kid first, and placed some of its blood on the flesh that was on the altar that 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 on the altar.

5. He placed all their offerings mingled with oil on it, and afterwards he sprinkled wine on the fire which had previously been made on the altar, and he placed incense on the altar and caused a sweet odor to rise up which was acceptable before Yah his Elohim.

6. And he rejoiced and he and his children drank the wine with joy.

7. 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.

8. And Ham saw Noah his father naked, and went out and told his two brothers (ridiculed his father to his two brothers) who were outside.

9. 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.

10. Noah awoke from his sleep and knew all that his younger son had done to him, and he cursed his son and said, “Cursed be Canaan; an enslaved servant shall he be to his brothers.”

11. And he blessed Shem, and said, “Blessed be Yah Elohim of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.

12. Elohim shall enlarge Japheth, and Elohim shall dwell in the dwelling of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.”

13. Ham knew that his father had cursed his younger son, and he was displeased that he had cursed him, his son. And Ham parted from his father, he and his sons with him, Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

14. And he built for himself a city and called its name after the name of his wife Ne’elatama’uk.

15. 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 Adataneses.

16. 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 Sedeqetelebab.

17. These three cities are near Mount Lubar; Sedeqetelebab in front of the mountain on its east; and Na’eltama’uk on the south; Adatan’eses towards the west.

18. These are the sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad who was born two years after the flood, and Lud, and Aram.

19. The sons of Japheth, Gomer, Magog, Madai , Javan, Tubal and Meshech and Tiras, these are the descendants of Noah.

20. In the twenty-eighth jubilee Noah began to direct his sons in 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.

21. Because of these three things came the flood on the earth, namely, the fornication that the Watchers committed against the law of their ordinances when they went whoring after the daughters of men, and took themselves wives of all they chose, and they made the beginning of uncleanness.

22. And they begat sons, the naphilim (Naphidim), and they were all dissimilar, and they devoured one another, and the Giants killed the Naphil, and the Naphil killed the Eljo, and the Eljo killed mankind, and man killed one another.

23. Every one committed himself to crime and injustice and to shed much blood, and the earth was filled with sin.

24. After this they sinned against the beasts and birds, and all that moved and walked on the earth, and much blood was shed on the earth, and men continually desired only what was useless and evil.

25. And Yah destroyed everything from the face of the earth. Because of the wickedness of their deeds, and because of the blood they had shed over all the earth, He destroyed everything.”

26. 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 you do not walk in righteousness, for in the path of destruction you have begun to walk, and you are turning one against another, and are envious one of another, and so it comes that you are not in harmony, my sons, each with his brother.

27. For I see the demons have begun their seductions against you and against your children and now I fear on your behalf, that after my death you will shed the blood of men on the earth, and that you, too, will be destroyed from the face of the earth.

28. For whoever sheds man’s blood, and who ever eats the blood of any flesh, shall all be destroyed from the earth.

29. There shall be no man left that eats blood, or that sheds the blood of man on the earth, nor shall there be left to him any offspring or descendants living under heaven. Into the abode of the dead 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.

30. Do not smear blood on yourself or let it remain on you. Out of all the blood there shall be shed and out of all the days in which you have killed any beasts or cattle or whatever flies on the earth you must do a good work to your souls by covering that which has been shed on the face of the earth.

31. You shall not be like him who eats 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.

32. Do not permit the soul (life) 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.

33. For the earth will not be clean from the blood that has been shed on it, for only through the blood of him that shed it will the earth be purified throughout all its generations.

34. Now, my children, listen, have judgment and righteousness that you may be planted in righteousness over the face of the whole earth, and your glory lifted up in the presence of my Elohim, who spared me from the waters of the flood.

35. Look, you will go and build for yourselves cities, and plant in them all the plants that are on the earth, and moreover all fruit-bearing trees.

36. For three years the fruit of everything that is eaten will not be gathered, and in the fourth year its fruit will be accounted pure, offered as first fruit, acceptable before the Most High Elohim, who created heaven and earth and all things.

37. Let them offer in abundance the first of the wine and oil as first-fruits on the altar of Yah, who receives it, and what is left let the servants of the house of Yah eat before the altar which receives it.

38. In the fifth year make the release so that you release it in righteousness and uprightness, and you shall be righteous, and all that you plant shall prosper. For this is how Enoch did it, the father of your father commanded Methuselah, his son, and Methuselah commanded his son Lamech, and Lamech commanded me all the things that his fathers commanded him.

39. I also will give you commandment, my sons, as Enoch commanded his son in the first jubilees, while 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. Kainam discovers an inscription about the sun and stars - Noah's sons and Noah divide the earth - The heritage of Shem, of Ham, and of Japhet

1. In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the beginning of first week, Arpachshad took to himself a wife and her name was Rasu’eja, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam, and she gave birth to a son in the third year in this week, and he called his name Kainam.

2 The son grew, and his father taught him writing, and he went to seek for himself a place where he might seize a city for himself.

3 He found writing which former generations had carved on a rock, and he read what was on it, and he transcribed it and sinned because of it, for it contained the teaching of the Watchers, which they had used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.

4 He wrote it down and said nothing of it, for he was afraid to speak to Noah about it or he would be angry with him because of it.

5 In the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week, in the first year of it, he took to himself a wife, and her name was Melka, the daughter of Madai, the son of Japheth, and in the fourth year he begat a son, and called his name Shelah; for he said, “Truly I have been sent.”

6 Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu’ak, the daughter of Kesed, his father’s brother, in the one and thirtieth jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year of it.

7 And she gave birth to a son in the fifth year of it, and he called his name Eber, and he took to himself a wife, and her name was Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod, in the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week, in the third year of it.

8 In the sixth year of it, she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Peleg, for in the days when he was born the children of Noah began to divide the earth among themselves, for this reason he called his name Peleg.

9 They divided it secretly among themselves, and told it to Noah.

10 In the beginning of the thirty-third jubilee they divided the earth into three parts, for Shem and Ham and Japheth, according to the inheritance of each, in the first year in the first week, when one of us (messengers) who had been sent, was with them.

11 He called his sons, and they drew close 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 out their hands, and took the writing out of the arms of Noah, their father.

12 There came out on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth that 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 middle of this river, and it extends until it reaches the water of the abysses, out of which this river goes out and pours its waters into the sea Me’at, and this river flows into the great sea.

13 All that is towards the north is Japheth’s, and all that is towards the south belongs to Shem. And it extends until it reaches Karaso, this is in the center of the tongue of land that looks towards the south.

14 His portion extends along the great sea, and it extends in a straight line until it reaches the west of the tongue that looks towards the south, for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea.

15 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 until it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river.

16 It extends towards the east, until it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south of it and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds until it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.

17 This portion came out by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it forever to his generations forever.

18 Noah rejoiced that this portion came out 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 Yah Elohim of Shem and may Yah dwell in the dwelling of Shem.”

19 He knew that the Garden of Eden is the purest place, and the dwelling of Yah, and Mount Sinai the center of the desert, and Mount Zion which is the center of the navel of the earth, these three were created as pure places facing each other.

20 And he blessed the Elohim of elohim, who had put the word of Yah into his mouth.

21 And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons and to their generations forever which was 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 of it, and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftur, and all the mountains of Sanir and Amana, and the mountains of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and Babel, and Susan and Ma’edai, and all the mountains of Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious land, and all that is in it is very good.

22 Ham received 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 until it reaches the sea of Ma’uk which was that sea into which everything that is not destroyed descends.

23 It goes out towards the north to the limits of Gadir, and it goes out to the coast of the waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea until it draws near to the river Gihon, and goes along the river Gihon until it reaches the right of the Garden of Eden.

24 This is the land that came out for Ham as the portion which he was to occupy forever for himself and his sons to their generations forever.

25 Japheth received the third portion beyond the river Tina to the north of the outflow of its waters, and it extends north-easterly to the whole region of Gog, and to all the country east of it.

26 It extends northerly, and it extends to the mountains of Qelt towards the north, and towards the sea of Ma’uk, and it goes out to the east of Gadir as far as the region of the waters of the sea.

27 It extends until it approaches the west of Fara and it returns towards Aferag, and it extends easterly to the waters of the sea of Me’at.

28 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.

29 This is the land that came out for Japheth and his sons as the portion of his inheritance that he should possess five great islands, and a great land in the north, for himself and his sons, for their generations forever.

30 But it is cold, and the land of Ham is hot, and the land of Shem is neither hot nor cold, but it is of blended cold and heat.

CHAPITRE 9. Subdivision des trois portions parmi les petits-enfants - serment prêté par les fils de Noé

1. Cham fit le partage entre ses fils, et la 1ère portion du côté EST revint à Cusch, la 2e, à l'OUEST du premier, revint à Mitsraïm, la 3e, à l'OUEST du second, revint à Puth, et la 4e, à l'OUEST du troisième, à l'OUEST de la mer, revint à Canaan.

2. Sem fit aussi le partage entre ses fils, et la 1ère portion revint à Elam et à ses fils, à l'est du fleuve Tigris et jusqu'au bord de l'orient, tout le pays de l'Inde, la côte de la mer Rouge, les eaux de Dedan, toutes les montagnes de Mebri et d'Ela, tout le pays de Susan et tout ce qui est du côté de Pharnak jusqu'à l'embouchure de la mer Rouge et du fleuve Tina.

3. À Assur revint la 2e portion, tout le pays d'Assur, de Ninive, de Shinar et jusqu'à la frontière de l'Inde ; cette portion monte et longe le fleuve.

4. À Arpachshad revint la 3e portion, tout le territoire de la région des Chaldéens à l'est de l'Euphrate, en bordure de la mer Rouge, et toutes les eaux du désert près de la péninsule de la mer qui regarde vers l'Égypte, tout le territoire du Liban, de Sanir et d'Amana Jusqu'au bord de l’Euphrate.

5. À Aram revint la 4e portion, tout le pays de Mésopotamie entre le Tigris et l'Euphrate, au nord de la Chaldée, jusqu'à la frontière des montagnes d'Assur et du territoire de 'Arara.

6. À Lud revint la 5e portion, les montagnes d`Assur et tout ce qui s`y rattache, jusqu`à la Grande Mer, et jusqu`à l`est d`Assur, son frère.

7. Japhet partagea aussi la part de son héritage entre ses fils.

8. La 1ère portion revint à Gomer à l'est, depuis le côté nord jusqu'au fleuve Tina; et le côté nord revint à Magog toutes les régions intérieures du nord, jusqu'à la mer de Meat.

9. À Madai revint la part qu'il devait posséder depuis l'ouest de ses deux frères jusqu'aux îles et aux côtes des îles.

10. À Javan revint la 4e portion: toutes les îles et les îles qui se trouvent vers la frontière de Lud.

11. À Tubal revint la 5e portion, au milieu de la péninsule qui s’approche vers le bord de la portion de Lud à la 2e péninsule, vers la région devant la 2e péninsule jusqu’à la 3e péninsule.

12. À Meshech revint la 6e portion, toute la région située au-delà de la 3e péninsule jusqu'à la frontière Est de Gadir.

13. À Tiras revint la 7e portion, quatre grandes îles au milieu de la mer, qui s'étendent jusqu'à la portion de Cham (et les îles de Kamaturi furent tirées au sort pour les fils d'Arpachshad comme héritage).

14. Et c'est ainsi que les fils de Noé partagèrent entre leurs fils en présence de Noé, leur père, et il les lia tous par un serment, en prononçant une malédiction sur quiconque chercherait à s'emparer de la portion qui ne lui avait pas été attribuée par le tirage au sort.

15. Ils dirent tous: "Qu'il en soit ainsi, et que cela soit ainsi", pour eux-mêmes et pour leurs fils à perpétuité, à travers leurs descendants jusqu’au jour du jugement, où le Seigneur ELOHIM les jugera par l'épée et par le feu, pour toutes la méchanceté de leurs fautes, avec lesquelles ils auront remplies la terre de transgression et d’impureté, de fornication et de péché.

CHAPITRE 10. Les esprits malins égarent les fils de Noé - La prière de Noé - Mastema est autorisé à conserver un dixième de ses esprits sujets - Noé enseigne aux anges l'usage des herbes pour combattre les démons - Noé meurt - La construction de Babel et la confusion des langues - Canaan s'empare de la Palestine - Madaï reçoit les médias.

1. Dans la troisième semaine de ce jubilé, les démons impurs commencèrent à égarer les enfants des fils de Noé, à les faire errer et à les faire périr.

2. Les fils de Noé vinrent trouver Noé, leur père, et lui parlèrent des démons qui égaraient, aveuglaient et faisaient périr les fils de ses fils.

3. Noé pria le Seigneur son ELOHIM, et dit: " Ô Dieu des esprits de toute chair, qui as eu pitié de moi, qui m'as sauvé, moi et mes fils, des eaux du déluge, et qui ne m'as pas fait périr comme tu as fait périr les fils de la perdition, car ta grâce a été grande envers moi, et ta miséricorde a été grande envers mon âme; que ta grâce s'étende sur mes fils, et que les esprits méchants ne dominent pas sur eux, de peur qu'ils ne les fassent périr de la terre ".

4. Bénis-moi et bénis mes fils, afin que nous puissions accroître, multiplier et régénérer la terre.

5. Tu sais comment tes Veilleurs, les pères de ces esprits, ont agi de mon temps. Quant à ces esprits qui vivent, emprisonne-les et retiens-les dans le lieu de condamnation, et qu'ils ne fassent pas périr les fils de ton serviteur, mon Dieu, car ils sont malins et créés pour faire périr.

6. Qu'ils ne dominent pas sur les esprits des vivants, car toi seul peux les dominer. Qu'ils ne dominent pas sur les fils des justes, maintenant et à tout jamais.

7. Et le Seigneur notre Dieu nous ordonna de les lier tous.

8. Le chef des esprits, Mastema, vint et dit : "Seigneur, Créateur, que quelques-uns d'entre eux restent devant moi, qu'ils écoutent ma voix et fassent tout ce que je leur dirai ; car si quelques-uns d'entre eux ne me sont pas laissés, je ne pourrai pas exercer la puissance de ma volonté sur les fils des hommes, qui sont corrompus et égarés devant mon jugement, car grande est la méchanceté des fils des hommes".

9. Et Dieu dit : "Que le dixième d'entre eux reste avec lui, et que les neuf autres descendent dans le lieu de la condamnation.

10. Il ordonna à l'un de nous d'enseigner à Noé tous leurs remèdes, car Dieu savait qu'ils ne marcheraient pas dans la droiture et qu'ils ne s'efforceraient pas de pratiquer la justice.

11. Nous fîmes ce qu'il avait dit: nous lièrent dans le lieu de condamnation tous les malins, et nous en laissâmes un dixième pour qu'ils fussent soumis à Satan sur la terre.

12. Nous enseignâmes à Noé tous les remèdes contre leurs affections et leurs séductions, afin qu'il pût les guérir avec les herbes de la terre.

13. Noé consigna dans un livre tout ce que nous lui avions enseigné au sujet de toutes les espèces de remèdes. C'est ainsi que les mauvais esprits ont été empêchés de nuire aux fils de Noé.

14. Il donna tout ce qu'il avait écrit à Sem, son fils aîné, car il l'aimait plus que tous ses fils.

15. Noé se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré sur la montagne de Lubar, dans le pays d'Ararat.

16. Il a accompli 950 ans dans sa vie, soit 19 jubilés et 2 semaines et 5 ans.

17. Durant sa vie sur la terre, il surpassa les enfants des hommes, à l'exception d'Hénoch, à cause de sa justice, qui a été parfaite. Car la fonction attribuée à Hénoch a été établie pour servir de témoignage aux générations du monde, afin qu'il raconte toutes les actions de génération en génération, jusqu'au jour du jugement.

18. La troisième et trentième année du jubilé, la première année de la seconde semaine, Péleg prit une femme, nommée Lomna, fille de Sina'ar ; elle lui enfanta un fils la quatrième année de cette semaine, et il lui donna le nom de Reu, car il disait : "Voici que les enfants des hommes sont devenus méchants, parce qu'ils ont eu la mauvaise idée de se bâtir une ville et une tour dans le pays de Schinear".

19. Ils partirent du pays d'Ararat, vers l'orient, pour aller à Schinear; car c'est de son temps qu'ils bâtirent la ville et la tour, en disant: "Allons, montons par là au ciel!

20. Ils commencèrent à bâtir. La quatrième semaine, ils firent des briques avec du feu; les briques leur servirent de pierres, et l'argile avec laquelle ils les cimentèrent était de l'asphalte qui sort de la mer et des sources d'eau du pays de Schinear.

26. L'Éternel envoya un vent violent contre la tour, et il la renversa sur la terre; et voici, elle était entre Assur et Babylone, dans le pays de Shinéar, et on lui donna le nom de renversement.

27. La quatrième semaine de la première année, au commencement du jubilé, au quarante-troisième jubilé, ils furent dispersés du pays de Schinear.

28. Cham et ses fils allèrent dans le pays qu'il devait occuper, et qu'il avait acquis comme sa part dans le pays du Sud.

29. Canaan vit que le pays du Liban, jusqu'au fleuve d'Égypte, était très bon; il n'alla point dans le pays de son héritage, à l'occident, c'est-à-dire jusqu'à la mer, et il habita dans le pays du Liban, à l'orient et à l'occident, depuis la frontière du Jourdain et depuis la frontière de la mer.

30. Ham, son père, et Cusch et Mizraïm, ses frères, lui dirent: Tu t'es établi dans un pays qui ne t'appartient pas et qui ne nous a pas été attribué par tirage au sort; ne le fais pas, car si tu le fais, toi et tes fils, vous tomberez dans le pays et vous serez maudits par la sédition; car c'est par la sédition que tu t'es établi, et c'est par la sédition que tomberont tes enfants, et tu seras déraciné à perpétuité.

31. N'habitez pas la demeure de Sem, car c'est à Sem et à ses fils que ce lot a été attribué.

32. Vous êtes maudits, et vous serez maudits par-dessus tous les fils de Noé, à cause de la malédiction par laquelle nous nous sommes engagés par serment devant le saint juge et devant Noé, notre père.

33. Il ne les écouta point, et il demeura dans le pays du Liban, depuis Hamath jusqu'à l'entrée de l'Égypte, lui et ses fils, jusqu'à ce jour.

34. C'est pourquoi ce pays est appelé Canaan.

35. Japhet et ses fils s'en allèrent vers la mer, et ils habitèrent dans le pays de leur part ; et Madaï vit le pays de la mer, et cela ne lui plut pas ; et il demanda une part à Cham, à Asshur, et à Arpachshad, frère de sa femme, et il habita dans le pays de Médie, près du frère de sa femme, jusqu'à ce jour.

36 Il appela sa demeure, et la demeure de ses fils, Médie, d'après le nom de leur père Madaï.

1. Dans la troisième semaine de ce jubilé, les démons impurs commencèrent à égarer les enfants des fils de Noé, à les faire errer et à les faire périr.

2. Les fils de Noé vinrent trouver Noé, leur père, et lui parlèrent des démons qui égaraient, aveuglaient et faisaient périr les fils de ses fils.

4. Bénis-moi et bénis mes fils, afin que nous puissions accroître, multiplier et régénérer la terre.

6. Qu'ils ne dominent pas sur les esprits des vivants, car toi seul peux les dominer. Qu'ils ne dominent pas sur les fils des justes, maintenant et à tout jamais.

7. Et le Seigneur notre Dieu nous ordonna de les lier tous.

8. Le chef des esprits, Mastema, vint et dit: "Seigneur, Créateur, que quelques-uns d'entre eux restent devant moi, qu'ils écoutent ma voix et fassent tout ce que je leur dirai ; car si quelques-uns d'entre eux ne me sont pas laissés, je ne pourrai pas exercer la puissance de ma volonté sur les fils des hommes, qui sont corrompus et égarés devant mon jugement, car grande est la méchanceté des fils des hommes".