In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the first week — at its beginning [1373] — Arpachshad married a woman named Rasueya, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam. She gave birth to a son for him in the third year of this week [1375], and he named him Kainan.

When the boy grew up, his father taught him (the art of) writing. He went to look for a place of his own where he could possess his own city.

He found an inscription which the ancients had incised in a rock. He read what was in it, copied it, and sinned on the basis of what was in it, since in it was the Watchers’ teaching by which they used to observe the omens of the sun, moon, and stars and every heavenly sign.

He wrote (it) down but told no one about it because he was afraid to tell Noah about it lest he become angry at him about it.

In the thirtieth jubilee, in the second week — in its first year [1429] — he married a woman whose name was Melka, the daughter of Madai, Japheth’s son. In its fourth year [1432] he became the father of a son whom he named Shelah, for he said: ‘I have truly been sent’.

After he was born in the fourth year, Shelah grew up and married a woman whose name was Muak, the daughter of Kesed, his father’s brother, in the thirty-first jubilee, in the fifth week, in its first year [1499].

She gave birth to a son for him in its fifth year [1503], and he named him Eber. He married a woman whose name was Azurad, the daughter of Nebrod, during the thirty-second jubilee, in the seventh week, during its third year [1564].

In the sixth year [1567] she gave birth to a son for him, and he named him Peleg because at the time when he was born Noah’s children began to divide the earth for themselves. For this reason he named him Peleg.

They divided it in a bad way among themselves and told Noah.

At the beginning of the thirty-third jubilee [1569- 1617] they divided the earth into three parts — for Shem, Ham, and Japheth — each in his own inheritance. (This happened) in the first year of the first week [1569] while one of us who were sent was staying with them.

When he summoned his children, they came to him — they and their children. He divided the earth into the lots which his three sons would occupy. They reached out their hands and took the book from the bosom of their father Noah.

In the book there emerged as Shem’s lot the center of the earth which he would occupy as an inheritance for him and for his children throughout the history of eternity: from the middle of the mountain range of Rafa, from the source of the water from the Tina River. His share goes toward the west through the middle of this river. One then goes until one reaches the water of the deeps from which this river emerges. This river emerges and pours its waters into the Me’at Sea. This river goes as far as the Great Sea. Everything to the north belongs to Japheth, while everything to the south belongs to Shem.

It goes until it reaches Karas. This is in the bosom of the branch which faces southward.

His share goes toward the Great Sea and goes straight until it reaches to the west of the branch that faces southward, for this is the sea whose name is the Branch of the Egyptian Sea.

It turns from there southward toward the mouth of the Great Sea on the shore of the waters. It goes toward the west of Afra and goes until it reaches the water of the Gihon River and to the south of the Gihon’s waters along the banks of this river.

It goes eastward until it reaches the Garden of Eden, toward the south side of it — on the south and from the east of the entire land of Eden and of all the east. It turns to the east and comes until it reaches to the east of the mountain range named Rafa. Then it goes down toward the bank of the Tina River’s mouth.

This share emerged by lot for Shem and his children to occupy it forever, throughout his generation until eternity.

Noah was very happy that this share had emerged for Shem and his children. He recalled everything that he had said in prophecy with his mouth, for he had said: ‘May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may the Lord live in the places where Shem resides’.

He knew that the Garden of Eden is the holy of holies and is the residence of the Lord; (that) Mt. Sinai is in the middle of the desert; and (that) Mt. Zion is in the middle of the navel of the earth. The three of them — the one facing the other — were created as holy (places).

He blessed the God of gods, who had placed the word of the Lord in his mouth, and (he blessed) the Lord forever.

He knew that a blessed and excellent share had come about for Shem and his children throughout the history of eternity: all the land of Eden, all the land of the Erythrean Sea, all the land of the east, India, (that which is) in Erythrea and its mountains, all the land of Bashan, all the land of Lebanon, the islands of Caphtor, the entire mountain range of Sanir and Amana, the mountain range of Asshur which is in the north, all the land of Elam, Asshur, Babylon, Susan, and Madai; all the mountains of Ararat, all the area on the other side of the sea which is on the other side of the mountain range of Asshur toward the north — a blessed and spacious land. Everything in it is very beautiful.

For Ham there emerged a second share toward the other side of the Gihon — toward the south — on the right side of the garden. It goes southward and goes to all the fiery mountains. It goes westward toward the Atel Sea; it goes westward until it reaches the Mauk Sea, everything that descends into which is destroyed.

It comes to the north to the boundary of Gadir and comes to the shore of the sea waters, to the waters of the Great Sea, until it reaches the Gihon River. The Gihon River goes until it reaches the right side of the Garden of Eden.

This is the land which emerged for Ham as a share which he should occupy for himself and his children forever throughout their generations until eternity.

For Japheth there emerged a third share on the other side of the Tina River toward the north of the mouth of its waters. It goes toward the northeast, (toward) the whole area of Gog and all that is east of them.

It goes due north and goes toward the mountains of Qelt, to the north and toward the Mauq Sea. It comes to the east of Gadir as far as the edge of the sea waters.

It goes until it reaches the west of Fara. Then it goes back toward Aferag and goes eastward toward the water of the Me’at Sea.

It goes to the edge of the Tina River toward the northeast until it reaches the bank of its waters toward the mountain range of Rafa. It goes around the north.

This is the land that emerged for Japheth and his children as his hereditary share which he would occupy for himself and his children throughout their generations forever: five large islands and a large land in the north.

However, it is cold while the land of Ham is hot. Now Shem’s land is neither hot nor cold but it is a mixture of cold and heat.