The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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4Q180 I
L. I. in Palaeo-Hebrew characters.—The reading of the last word([*]^]nnn^ Allegro)
and the supplement (cf. iQS iii 15) by Strugnell; instead of iT'lH one could just as well restore
D"?!!; n^in (cf. CD 2,10).
L. 2. The suffix of Dm^B^ZDQ at line 4 refers without any doubt to the angels, who should
accordingly have been mentioned before, at line 2 rather than at line 3. So I restore here
D*'DX^an (with or without article) rather than D^'^K ^'ID, followed by DH^'SP^ which is
necessitated by the expression at the beginning of line 3.
L. 3. ^Tablets of heaven*: see En. 91: i, 2; 93: 2 (cf. En« i iii 22); 103: 2; 106: 19 {En^ 5
ii 25-6).—pnn J7lpm suggested tentatively by Strugnell (letter of 15 September 1970).
L. 4. Words at the beginning ([^] or [3]) and at the end completed by me; and D,
Allegro.—After ^*1D a Beth seems preferable to a Pe (Strugnell, by letter). I restore nX^^^D
DIK, the expression '2 "jlO HT imitating DIK T\lb^T) HDO HT of Gen. 5: i, and
referring to the first ten generations, from Adam to Noah, described in Gen. 5. Alternatively,
DH^Sj? K?nD (CD 2, 9 and 16, 2) rather than DniDB? {UTi^m B?nD ^^0 iQM iv 6;
nn^m 2?nD IQM iv 7, s, n, 12; Dn^maiz? B?nD CD 2,14 and 4,4).
L. 5. Beginning and end as read by Strugnell (o[ and ]Tl •"'HB^S? Allegro). In the lacuna of
line 4, at the very end, the name of Abraham must be restored; cf. Gen. 25: 19 (OmDK
nS T^IH) and 4QI8I 2 3. The name of the father of Isaac must be preceded by
that of Noah, for between Noah and Abraham, excluding the former, there can indeed be
counted *ten [generations]', [Dnnjil, or rather (drawing on 181 2 5) *ten [weeks]',
[D*'S7D2?]n. For nx with a temporal function see Exod. 13: 7; Lev. 25: 22; Deut. 9: 25.
L. 7. At the beginning restore *and'; restoration of the lacuna by Strugnell in line with Gen.
6: 4 and 181 2 4.
L. 8. Restoration partly suggested by Strugnell (letter). The manuscript 181 2 5 transfers
bHim DH before V^2^n D^S722?3 (line 9 of 180 i).
L. 9. The first word restored by Strugnell; cf. 181 2 6.—^After a Qoph seems fairly
certain (Strugnell, by letter); read
(Milik) rather than [I^B^D Y]P (Strugnell), the latter
restoration making the line too long.—In the lacuna must be placed the expression
!yn2?n of 181 2 5 (where it is preceded by ^X^t!?'' ^[^]> which the scribe of 180 has written
at line 8).
L. 10. Read n[W3^] (Strugnell, letter) or rather n[Wn^].—I restore [UD]!! 110,
drawing on 181 i 2 (first hand) as read by Strugnell, RQ, loc. cit., p. 255.
4Q181 2
Ll. 1-2. The text of 180 i 1-4 fills these two lines well, each line of 181 having almost
double the number of letters compared with the average number in 180.
L. 3 (line i in the editor's numbering). My restoration, in accordance with 180 i 4-5; clear
trace of the lower left corner of the final Mem.
L. 5. ^Israel he has sated (S7*'DB?n) with plenty'. Allegro; ^Israel, by the Seventy he made
(him) swear', Dupont-Sommer.