1 And thus I made firm the circles of the heavens, and caused the waters below, which are under the heavens to be gathered into one place, and that the waves should be dried up, and it was so.
2 Out of the waves I made firm and great stones, and out of the stones I heaped together a dry substance, and I ealled the dry substance earth.
3 And in the midst of the earth I appointed a pit, that is to say an abyss.
4 I gathered the sea into one place, and I restrained it with a yoke. And I said to the sea: ‘Lo! I give thee an eternal portion and thou shalt So I made fast the
5 This I called the first day of the creation. Then it was evening, and again not move from thy established position.’ firmament and fixed it above the water. morning, and it was the second day. XXIX.'. a nature like that of fire, and My eye gazed on the very firm And from the brightness of My eye the. And fire is in the water and water in the fire, and neither is the one And for all the heavenly hosts I fashioned ? and hard stone. lightning received its wonderful nature. quenched, nor the other dried up. On this account lightning is brighter than the sun, and soft water is stronger than hard stone.. And from the stone I cut the miglity fire. And from the fire I made the ranks of the spiritual hosts, ten thcusand angels, and their weapons are fiery, and the waters of the abysses to dry up, (4) and having collected into rivers the overflowings of the abysses and the seas into one place, I bound them with a yoke. I made an everlasting separation between the earth and the sea, and the waters cannot burst forth. And I made fast the firmament, and fixed it above the waters. ?