Book of Jubilees (Ethiopic)

...of the earth.¹ variant: "in the midst upon the face of all the earth" And this alone he did; it was completed on the second day. And on the third day, he acted according as he said: Let the waters² original: "ayat" - waters be gathered together from before the face of all the earth to³ variant: "into" one place, and let the dry land appear. And he did just so to the waters,⁴ according as he spoke to them; and they rose up from off⁵ variant: "from before" the face of the earth until into one place outside the ends of the [earth]⁶ and the dry land appeared.

And on that day, he created for it the gathering of the seas⁷ according to their gatherings⁸, and all the rivers, and the gatherings of the waters⁹ into the mountains original: "iyäbar" - possibly referring to the basins or deep places of the earth and into all the earth, and all the reservoirs, and all the dew of the earth, and the seed which is sown according to its seed,¹¹ and all that is eaten, and trees that bear fruit, and forests. And these... for the twelve¹² great things he created on the third day.

And on the fourth day, he made the sun and the moon and the stars; and he set them in the firmament original: "matsna't" - the solid dome of the sky of heaven to give light upon the earth¹⁴ and to rule over the day and the night¹⁵ and to separate between night and day, and between darkness and light.¹⁶

And God¹⁷ gave the sun as a great sign upon the earth for days, and for Sabbaths, and for months, and for festivals,¹⁹ and for years, and for Sabbaths,²⁰ and for Jubilees, original: "Iyyobelyatat" - cycles of forty-nine years which form the chronological structure of this book and for all the divisions of the years. And it separates between the light and...