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The following quote is from the Book of Jubilees, as translated by R.H. Charles from the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) text in 1913, which I found online at the following link: Jubilees. The portion herein is from the beginning of the second chapter, which opens with what some might call a midrash on the creation account, showing quite a different understanding than what is typically taught in the mainstream concerning the opening creation account in the first five lines of Genesis.
Book of Jubilees (R.H. Charles, 1913)
[Chapter 2]
1 And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
2 For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide <and night>, and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of his heart.
3 And thereupon we saw His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works; for seven great works did He create on the first day.
Here below I offer what I believe this text may have originally said, (essentially), believing that the original work was almost surely written in Hebrew, that is, according to most of the scholarship that has already been done on this book, (R.H. Charles rendered the above text from the Ethiopic about forty-five years before the DSS were discovered). I have divided the text into seven verses because of the context.
Book of Jubilees 2
[01] And the Malak of the Presence spoke to Mosheh by the Word of YHWH, saying, Write the complete history of the creation: how in six yamim YHWH Elohim finished all His works and all that He created, and observed Shabbat in Yom haShebii and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
[02] For in Yom Eḥad He created [cut down] the heavens which are above, and the earth and the waters, and all the spirits which serve before Him:
[03] The Malakim of the Presence, [1] and the Malakim of Sanctification, [2] and the Malakim of the spirit of fire, [3] and the Malakim of the spirit of the winds, [4]
[04] And the Malakim of the spirit of the clouds and of darkness and of snow and of hail and of frost, [5] and the Malakim of the voices and of thunder and of lightning, [6]
[05] And the Malakim of the spirits of cold and of heat and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer: [7]
[06] All the spirits of His creatures which are in the heavens and upon the earth and in the depths, and in the darkness and in the night, and in the evening and in the light, and in the dawn and in the day, which He has prepared in the knowledge of His heart.
[07] And we beheld His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works: for seven great works He created [cut down] in Yom Eḥad.
Question: Are there any other writings, (including, of course, scripture), either earlier than or later than the Yaḥad, (the DSS Community), that might support this passage from the Book of Jubilees? Please discuss.
Book of Jubilees (R.H. Charles, 1913)
[Chapter 2]
1 And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
2 For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide <and night>, and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of his heart.
3 And thereupon we saw His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works; for seven great works did He create on the first day.
Here below I offer what I believe this text may have originally said, (essentially), believing that the original work was almost surely written in Hebrew, that is, according to most of the scholarship that has already been done on this book, (R.H. Charles rendered the above text from the Ethiopic about forty-five years before the DSS were discovered). I have divided the text into seven verses because of the context.
Book of Jubilees 2
[01] And the Malak of the Presence spoke to Mosheh by the Word of YHWH, saying, Write the complete history of the creation: how in six yamim YHWH Elohim finished all His works and all that He created, and observed Shabbat in Yom haShebii and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
[02] For in Yom Eḥad He created [cut down] the heavens which are above, and the earth and the waters, and all the spirits which serve before Him:
[03] The Malakim of the Presence, [1] and the Malakim of Sanctification, [2] and the Malakim of the spirit of fire, [3] and the Malakim of the spirit of the winds, [4]
[04] And the Malakim of the spirit of the clouds and of darkness and of snow and of hail and of frost, [5] and the Malakim of the voices and of thunder and of lightning, [6]
[05] And the Malakim of the spirits of cold and of heat and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer: [7]
[06] All the spirits of His creatures which are in the heavens and upon the earth and in the depths, and in the darkness and in the night, and in the evening and in the light, and in the dawn and in the day, which He has prepared in the knowledge of His heart.
[07] And we beheld His works, and praised Him, and lauded before Him on account of all His works: for seven great works He created [cut down] in Yom Eḥad.
Question: Are there any other writings, (including, of course, scripture), either earlier than or later than the Yaḥad, (the DSS Community), that might support this passage from the Book of Jubilees? Please discuss.