Book of Jubilees
Chapter XI
And in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in the first year thereof, Reu took to himself a wife, and her name was 'ra, the^jjajighter^oIJillt* the son of K£s£d, and she" bare tiim a son, and he 1687 a.m. called his name S&rdli, in the seventh year of this week in this jubilee. 2.* And the sons of Noah began I to war on__garp other, t^Takp raptive and to slay \ each ofherTand to *h?fl *hf> blood ^ ™*n nn the earth. ancTto eat Slood, and to build strong cities, and walls, and towers, and individuals (began) to exalt them- selves 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 'Or, the son of Ks6d, built the city of 'Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father.
And they made for selves molten images, and they worshipped each the idol, the molten image which they had made for \themselves, and they began to make graven images ind unclean simulacra, and malignant spirits assisted 3.v*;?v'v. knd seduced (them) into committing transgression land uncleanness.
And the prince Maste'ma exerted nimself 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 Sr6h, Serug, for every one turned to do all manner of sin and transgression.
And he grew up, and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, near to the father of his wife's mother, and he worshipped idols, and he took to himself a wife in the thirty-sixth jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year thereof, and her name was Mglka,* the daughter of Kab6r, the daughter of his fathers brother.
And she bare him Nahor, in the first year of this week, and he grew and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, and his father taught him the researches of the Chaldees to divine and augur, according to the signs of heaven.
And in the thirty-seventh jubilee, in the sixth week, in the first year thereof, he took to himself a wife, and her name was 'tjaska, the daughter of Ne'stag of the Chaldees.
And the prince Maste'ma sent ravens and birds to devour the seed which was sown in the land, in order to destroy the land, and rob the children of men of their labours. Before they could plough in the seed, the ravens picked (it) from the surface of the ground.
And for this reason he called his name Terah, 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 ' In Gen. xi. Milcah is the name of the wife of Nahor, Abram' brother. 1 = Iscah (cf. Gen. xi. ; but there 8he is daughter of Haran). trees Jrom the trees : it was only with great effort that they could save a little of all the fruit of the 1 870 a.m. earth in their days.
And in this thirty-ninth jubilee, in the second week in the first year, Terah took to himself a wife, and her name was 'fcdna/ the daughter of 'AbramJ-the daughter of his" father's 1876 a.m. sister?
And in the seventh year of this week she bare him a son, and he called his name Abram, by the name of the father of his mother ; for he had died before his daughter had conceived a son. Abram 's Knowledge of God and wonderful
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 890 a.m. writing, and he was two weeks of years old, and he separated himself from his father, thathe 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 vileness.
And the seed time came for the sowing 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 fourteen 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 1 According to the Talmud (Baba bathra gia) her name was Amthelai, daughter of Karnebo. 1 It was customary to name a child after a grandfather. Here the child's name apparently perpetuates the memory of a grandfather who had died before the child was conceived. whence ye came," and they proceeded to turn back.
And he caused the clouds of ravens to turn back that day seventy times, and of all the ravens through- out 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 turn back, and his name became great in all the land of the Chaldees.
And there came to him this year all those that wished to sow, and he went with them until the time of sowing ceased : and they sowed their land, and that year they brought enough grain home and ate and were satisfied.
And in the first year of the fifth week Abram taught those who made implements for oxen, the artificers in wood, and they made a vessel above the ground, facing the frame of the plough, in order to put the seed thereon, and the seed fell down therefrom upon the share of the plough, and was hidden in the earth, and they no longer feared the ravens.