Damascus Document

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob; the sons of Israel in Egypt (vv. 2-9)

2Abraham did not walk in them, And he was (recorded) friend because he kept the commandments of God, And chose not the will of his own spirit.

3And he delivered (the commandment) to Isaac and Jacob, And they observed (it) and were recorded as friends of God, And members of the covenant for ever.

4The sons of Jacob went astray through them, And they were punished according to their error. s And their children in Egypt walked in the stubbornness of their heart, So that they took counsel against the commandments of God, And every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

5Because they forsook the covenant of God: Απά they chose their own will,‏

6And they eat blood], and He cut off their males in the desert (when He said) to them in Kadesh: Go up and possess (the land, but they hardened) their spirit : And they hearkened not unto the voice of their Maker [The commandments of their Teacher] but murmured in their tents, And so the wrath of God was kindled against their congregation : g And their children [perished by it And their kings] were cut off by it, And their mighty men perished by it, And their land was made desolate by it.

9By it the first that entered into the covenant incurred guilt, And they were delivered unto the sword,