4Q422
[Cave 4 at Qumran Dead Sea
Scrolls archaeological site :
the one sorted and numbered #422]
Paraphrase of Genesis & Exodus
The Heavens and the Earth
and all their host He made by. . .
His work which He had done
and His Holy Spirit. . .
Every living creature and
what moves on the earth. . .
[tree] He gave dominion
to eat the fruit of the ground
with the exception of eating
from the tree of knowledge. . .
and he rose up against him
and they forgot. . .
with an evil inclination
and for works of wickedness
. . .peace.
__________________________
and God saw that great, and. . .
the. . .righteous in his
generation upon the earth. . .
with him God kept alive
. . .were saved on the earth
Noah and his sons, his wife
and the wives of his sons
from the waters of the Flood
and the birds. . .God shut
behind them. . .and commanded
him a [. . .] which was on
dry ground all . . .the windows
of heaven were opened and they
poured out rain on the earth
under all the heavens to
raise water upon the earth
forty days and forty nights
there was rain upon the earth
the waters were mighty upon
the earth in order to cleanse
sin and in order to make known
the glory of the Most High
He placed before him and it
illuminated the heavens.. .
the earth and. .. a sign
for the generations of
eternity, to.. . and no more
will there be a Flood
to destroy the earth. . . the
fixed times of day and night
and luminaries to illuminate
heaven and earth. . .
the earth and its fullness
everything He gave to mankind
[part of Jeremy Lyon's
Qumran Interpretations of
the Genesis Flood (Pickwick
Publications, 2015)
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