Genesis Apocryphon
Noah's birth, his righteousness, the Flood, and the dividing of the earth among his sons. The vision of the cedar and the olive tree.
1And I, Noah, was a son of justice; and the Lord had set me apart from the womb. I was born; and I grew up; and I walked in the ways of the Most High; and I held fast unto the truth, even all my days.
2I took unto myself a wife of the daughters of mine uncles. She bore me three sons: Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And after the days of my sons, I gave unto each of them wives of the daughters of my brothers; and they bore unto them sons and daughters.
3And the wickedness of men multiplied upon the earth. The sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and bare children. The Watchers came down out of heaven, and lay with the daughters of men, and begat the giants — them whose number filled the earth.
4And the Lord said unto me: Noah, the days of all flesh are come up before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I shall destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark; and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
5And I made the ark, even according unto all that the Lord commanded me. And I entered into the ark — I, and my sons, and my wife, and my sons' wives. And the Lord brought the flood upon the earth; and every living thing that was upon the dry land died.
6But the ark floated upon the waters; and after a hundred and fifty days the waters subsided. The ark rested upon the mountains of Hurarat. And we came forth out of the ark; and I built an altar unto the Lord; and I offered burnt offerings upon it. And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and He blessed me, and my sons, and the seed of my sons.
7And He divided the earth among us. To Shem He gave all the lands of the centre — the land of Eber, and Asshur, and India, and Babylon. To Ham He gave the south — the land of Egypt, and Cush, and Put, and Canaan. To Japheth He gave the north — the lands of the islands, and the lands beyond the great rivers.
8And I beheld in a vision a cedar of great height, and an olive tree growing beside it. The cedar reached up to the heavens; the olive tree spread out its branches over all the earth. And the cedar was cleft in twain by a great wind; but the olive tree was not moved. And the olive tree bore fruit; and the fruit fed the children of men. And I knew that the cedar was the wickedness of the children of men, that should be cleft in the day of judgement; and the olive tree was the seed of the righteous, that should preserve the earth.
