The Life of Suran

1Now Suran was the son of Galak who was the brother of Ngameke. And they were the sons of Ngadakasura. And Ngadakasura was the son of Do. And Do was the son of Kona-kurem. And Kona-kurem was the son of Lisayja. And Lisayja was the son of Netanal. And Netanal was the son of Nabot. And Nabot was the son of Josu-a. And Josu-a was the son of Yosef. And Yosef was the son of David, the Levite; who was a descendant of Levi through Gerson through Libni; and who had escaped into the wilderness. Now behold Yosef was the first born of David upon these islands. For behold these islands were called Lekas, and Ofir, and Tarsis, and Mindan, and also many more names for there are a great many islands in this place. And the inhabitants of these islands have become mixed with the seed of Shem. For behold there were some of the seed of Shem who did travel east. Wherefore I have already given an account of the genealogy of the descendants of Shem who did come unto these islands. For Ophir and Havilah did depart for the land of their residence. For they did desire to know the dispersion of the seed of their ancestors. And they did travel any years even until they came unto the land Kemet. And after many years in this land they did make their way west even until they did discover a great water. Now behold they did traverse this water even until they came to a land. And the inhabitants of this land did capture them and did enslave them. Now the children of Ophir and the children of Havilah did labor much under the yoke of these large men. And after many years did the Lord God lead them out of the land and they did traverse the great deep even to the west. Now of this journey I have written a more full account, wherefore I do not write of its fullness here. I speak only of these things that I might establish the genealogy of Suran the father of our people. And after many years and much travel Ophir and Havilah and their children did arrive upon these islands. And they did call these islands after their own names. Now behold the son of Ophir was Seldam who was born in the land west of Kemet. And the Son of Seldam was Yursal, who was born in the captivity among the land of the large men. Now behold the son of Yursal was Enos, who was born on the voyage to these islands. And they did establish themselves in these islands. Wherefore Josu-a, the son of Yosef was born of a woman who was of the seed of Enos. Now it was in Josu-a that both the Order of Shem and the Order of Levi were preserved. Wherefore Suran, because of his ancestors, was authorized to administer the requirements of the law which was contained within the records.