And in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in its first year, Reu took to himself a wife, and her name was Ora, daughter of Ur son of Kesed; and she bore him a son, and he called his name Serug, in the seventh week of this jubilee.
2 And the sons A.M. of Noah began to war on each other, to take captive and to slay each other, and to shed the blood of men on the earth, and to eat blood, and to build strong cities, and walls, and towers, and individuals (began) to exalt themselves above the nation, 3 and to found the beginnings of kingdoms, and to go to war people against people, and nation against nation, and city against city, and all (began) to do evil, and to acquire arms, and to teach their sons war, and they began to capture cities, and to sell male and female slaves.
And the prince Mastêmâ exerted himself to do all this, and he sent forth other spirits, those which were put under his hand, to do all manner of wrong and sin, and all manner of transgression, to corrupt and destroy, and to shed blood upon the earth.
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 1806 of this week.
And she bore him Nahor in the first year of this week; and he grew up and dwelt in Ur, in the Ur of the Chaldeans; and his father taught him the researches of the Chaldeans, to divine and to take omens by the signs of heaven.
And in the thirty-seventh jubilee, in the sixth week, in its first year, he took a wife, and her name was Iyaska, daughter of Nestag of the Chaldeans. And she bore him Terah in the seventh year of this week.
And the prince Mastêmâ sent ravens and birds to devour the seed which A.M. was sown in the land, in order to destroy the land, and rob the children of men of their labours. Before they could plough in the seed, the ravens picked (it) from the surface of the ground. 12 . And for this reason he called his name Terah, because the ravens and the birds reduced them to destitution and devoured their seed.
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 1870 A.M. 1870 earth in their days.
And in this thirty-ninth jubilee, in the second week in the first year, A.M. Terah took to himself a wife, and her name was ’Êdnâ, 1 the daughter of ’Abrâm 2 the daughter of his father's 1876 A.M. Footnotes 1876 sister.
11:15
ወበዓመት ፡ ሳብዕ ፡ ለዝ ፡ ሱባዔ ፡ ወለደት ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ወልደ ።
在這七年的第七年,她給他生了一個兒子,他給兒子起名叫亞伯蘭。
And in the seventh year of this week she bare him a son, and he called his name A.M. 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 1890 A.M. writing, and he was two weeks of years old, 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 vileness.
11:18
ወበጽሐ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ዘርእ ፡ ለዘሪእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ።
撒種的時候到了,要把種子撒在地裏。
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 whence ye came, " and they proceeded to turn back.
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 1891 A.M. 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.