Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

Column 1 (1) in the 480th [year] of Noah's life their (Wicked humanity) end came for Noah. And God
(2) [sa]id, 'My Spirit shall not dwell among men forever,' and so their days were fixed (at) one
hundred and twenty (3) [yea]rs, until the time of the waters of the flood. Now the waters of the flood
were on the earth beginning with the six hundredth year (4) of Noah's life. In the second month, on
Sunday the 17th, on that very day (5) all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows
of Heaven were opened. So there was rain on (6) the earth for forty days and forty nights, until the
26th of the third (7) month, Thursday. The wa[te]rs rose upon the [ea]rth for one hundred and fifty
days, (8) until the 14th of the seventh month, Tuesday. And at the end of one hundred (9) and fifty
days the waters abated, for two days, Wednesday and Thursday, and on (10) Friday the ark came to
rest on the Ararat Range-the 17th of the seventh month. (11) Now the waters [con]tinued to diminish
until the [ten]th month. On the first of that month, Wednesday, (12) the peaks of the mountains
bec[ame visible. Forty days from the ti[me] when the mou[ntain] peaks became visible, (13) Noah
[ope]ned the window of the ark. On Sunday, that is, the 10th of (14) the [eleve]nth month, [No]ah sent
forth the dove to see whether the waters had abated, but (15) it did not find any place to alight and so
it returned to him [in t]he ark. He then waited seven [mor]e days (16) and once more sent it forth, and
it returned to him with a cut olive branch in its bill. [This was on the (17) 2]4th of the eleventh month,
on Sunda[y. Therefore Noah knew that the waters had abated] (18) on the earth. At the end of seven
mo[re days Noah sent the dove out, but (19) it did not] return again. This was the fir[st day of the
twelfth] month, [a (20) Sunday.] At the end of thirt[y-one days from the time he had sent it forth],
when it did not (21) return anymore, the wa[ters] had dried up [on the earth.] Then Noah removed the
hatch of the ark (22) and looked around, and indeed [the waters had disappeared from the face of the
earth], on the first day of the first month,
Column 2 (1) in the six hundred and first year of Noah's life. And on the 17th of the second month, (2)
the earth was completely dry. On Sunday, on that day Noah went forth from the ark, thus completing
a full (3) year of three hundred and sixty four days. On Sunday, in the seventh (4)
Noah (went forth) from the ark at the appointed time, one full (5) year. < > 'Then Noah awoke from
his wine and knew what his youngest son (6) had done to him, and he said, "Cursed be Canaan; he
shall be his brothers' meanest slave."' He did not (7) curse Ham, but on the contrary, his son, because
God had already blessed Noah's sons: 'And in the tents of Shem they will dwell.' (8) He gave the land
to Abraham His friend.
< > Terah was one hundred and f[o]rty years old when he left (9) Ur of the Chaldees and came to
Haran. And Ab[ram was seventy, and Abram lived in (10) Haran for five years, and after [Abram] left
[for] the land of Canaan, (Terah lived) sixt[y-five years . . .] (11) the heifer and the ram and the
sheg[oat . . .] Abram to God . . . (12) the fire when he crossed over . . . (13) Abr[am] to go out [to the
land of] Canaan . . .
Column 3 (1) as it is written .... twelve (2) me[n . . . Gomor]rah and also (3) this city . . . Righteous (4)
I will not destroy . . . only they shall exterminate. (5) And if there are not found there [ten Righteous
Men, I will destroy the city and everyone] found in it, along with its booty (6) and its little children.
And the remnant . . . forever. And Abraham (7) stretched out his hand . . . (8) And he said to him,
'No[w. . .'] (12) 'And El Shaddai will bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you. You shall
become a congregation of peoples. And he will give to you (13) the blessing once given to [Abraham]
your father' . . .