Book of Biblical Antiquities (Pseudo-Philo)

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and second, since God had made heaven and earth, on the day that the earth was corrupted with those inhabiting it, because of the iniquity of their works. And with the cataclysm persisting for 140 days on the earth, Noë alone remained, and those who were with him in the ark. And as God remembered Noë, He diminished the water. And it came to pass on the 90th day, God dried the earth and said to Noë: In the second month, on the 27th day. "Go out of the ark, you and all who are with you, and grow and multiply upon the earth." And Noë went out of the ark, he and his sons and the wives of his sons; and he led with him all the beasts, and reptiles, and birds, and cattle, has the history of Genesis just as God commanded him. Then Noë built an altar to the Lord, and took of all the clean cattle and of the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar, and it was accepted Gen. 8. by the Lord as an odor of rest. And God said: "I will not again curse the earth for man: because the figure of the heart of man has failed from his youth. And therefore I will not again destroy all living things together, as I have done. But when the inhabitants of the earth have sinned, I will judge them by famine, or by the sword, or by fire, or by death; and there will be an earthquake, and they will be dispersed into uninhabitable places. But I will not again corrupt the earth by the water of the flood. And in all the days, the earth's sowings and harvests, cold and heat, summer and autumn, day and night, will not cease, until I remember those who inhabit the earth, until the times are completed. But when the years of the age have been completed, then the light will rest, and darkness will be extinguished, and I will vitalize the dead, and I will raise the sleepers from the earth, and hell will render its debt, and perdition will restore its deposit original: "paratecem", so that I may render to each according to his works, and according to the fruits of his inventions, until I judge between soul and flesh: and the age will rest, and death will be extinguished, and hell will close its mouth, and the earth will not be without offspring, nor B sterile to those dwelling in it, and none will be defiled who has been justified in me. And there will be another earth, and another heaven, an everlasting dwelling." And the Lord added to Noë and to his sons, saying: "Behold, I will establish my covenant with you and with your seed after you, and I will not again corrupt the earth with the water of the flood. And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Nevertheless, you will not eat flesh in the blood of its soul; for whoever sheds the blood of man, his blood will be shed: because man was made to the image of God. But you, grow and multiply, and fill the earth, like a multitude of fish multiplying in the waves." And God said: "This is the covenant that I have established between Me and you; and it will be when I have clouded the sky with clouds, my bow will appear in the cloud; and it will be in memory of the covenant between Me and you, and between all who inhabit the earth." And these were the sons of Noë who went out of the ark: Sem, Cam, and Iapheth. The sons of Iapheth: Magog, Madai, Nidiazec, Tubal, Mocteras, Cenez, Riphath, and Thegorma, Elifa, Deffin, Cethin, Tudant. And the sons of Gomer: Thelez, Lud, Deberlet. And the sons of Mago: Cesse, and Thipha, Pharuta, Ammiel, Phimei, Goloza, Samanac. And the sons of Duden: Sallus, Pheluciti, Phallita. And the sons of Tubal: Phanatanoua, Eteua. And the sons of Tiras: Maac, Tabel, Ballana, Samplameac, Elaz. And the sons of Mellec: Amboradat, Vrac, Bofara. And the sons of Cenez: Iubal, Zaraddana, Anac. And the sons of Heri: Phuddet, Doad, Dephad, Zeath, Enoc. And the sons of Torgoma: Abiuth, Saphath, Asapli, Zepthir. And the sons of Elifa: and Zaac, Zenez, Maltifa, Rira. And the sons of Zepti: Macziel, Temna, Aela, Phinon. And the sons of Tessis: Meccul, Loon, Zelatabar. And the sons of Duodennin: Itheb, Beath, Pheneth. And these are they who were dispersed and dwelt in the land among the Persians, and