Noah’s Daughters-in-Law
14He [Ham—Ed.] built himself a city and named it after his wife Neelatamauk. 15When Japheth saw [this], he was jealous of his brother. He, too, built himself a city and named it after his wife Adataneses. 16But Shem remained with his father Noah. He built a city next to his father at the mountain. He, too, named it after his wife Sedeqatelebab.
Notes
Words in brackets appear in the original translation unless otherwise noted.
Credits
Jubilees 7:14–16, trans. James C. VanderKam, in James C. VanderKam, Jubilees: A Commentary in Two Volumes, vol. 1, ed. Sidnie White Crawford, Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018), p. 330. Used with permission of 1517 Media.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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