Book of Biblical Antiquities (Pseudo-Philo)

Cain began first to build cities.

he began to build cities, until he had founded seven cities. And these are the names of the cities: the name of the first city is according to the name of his son Enoc; the name of the second city is Mauli, and the third Leed, and the name of the fourth Tehe, and the name of the fifth Iesca, the name of the sixth Celet, and the name of the seventh Iebbat. And Cain lived, after he begot Enoc, 715 years, and begot three sons and two daughters. And these are the names of his sons: Olad, Lizaph, Fosal; and of his daughters: Citha and Maac. And all the days of Cain were 730 years, and he died. Then Enoc took a wife from the daughters of Seth, and she bore him Ciram, Cuuth, and Madab. Ciram begot Matusaël, and Matusaël begot Lamech. But Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella. And Ada bore Iobab; he was the father of all who dwell in tents Lamech, father of shepherds. and feed flocks. And again she bore him Iobal, who began to teach every psalm of instruments. At that time, when the inhabitants of the earth had begun to do wicked things, each to the wives of his neighbor, defiling them, God was indignant, and began to strike the cymbals, the lyre, and every instrument of a sweet psaltery, and to corrupt the earth. But Sella bore Tobel, Nuha, and Thobel, inventor of sculpture. Thessa. And this is Thobel, who showed men arts in lead, tin, iron, brass, silver, and gold. And then the inhabitants of the earth began to make carved images and to adore them. But Lamech said to both his wives, Ada and Sella: "Hear my voice, wives of Lamech, and give heed to my instruction: because I have corrupted men for myself, and have taken sucklings from their breasts, so that I might show my sons to do wicked things, and the inhabitants of the earth: and now vengeance will be taken sevenfold for Cain, but for Lamech seventy-sevenfold." Gen. 6. And it came to pass when D men began to multiply upon the earth, beautiful daughters were born to them. And the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were very beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they had chosen. And God said: "My spirit will not judge in all these forever, because they are fleshly." And their years will be 120, in which He placed the bounds of the age. And in their hands, wickedness was not extinguished. And God saw that in all the inhabitants of the earth, works of malignity were fulfilled, and because they were thinking of iniquity in all these days, He said: "I will blot out man and all things that have germinated on the earth; because it repents me that I have made him." But Noë found grace and mercy before the Lord, and his procreation; Noë, who was a just man and immaculate in his generation, pleased the Lord. To whom God said: "The time of all men inhabiting the earth has arrived, because their works are very evil; and now make for yourself an ark of cedar wood. And thus you will make it: its length 300 cubits, its width 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. And you will enter into the ark, you and your wife, and your sons, and the wives of your sons with you; and I will establish my covenant Gen. 7. with you, to destroy all who inhabit the earth. But of the clean animals and of the clean birds of the sky, you will take seven and seven, male and female, so that their seed may be vitalized upon the earth: for from the cattle and from the unclean birds, you will take for yourself two and two, male and female, and at the same time you will take for yourself and for them for food." And Noë did what God commanded him, and he entered into the ark, he and all his sons with him. And it came to pass after seven days, the water of the flood began to be upon the earth. And in that day all the abysses were opened, and the great fountain, and the cataracts of the sky; and there was rain upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights. And it was then the year 1650 The flood was in the 1652nd year of the creation of the world.