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Behold, the wife of Nir, [whose] name was Sopanim, being sterile and never having at any time given birth to a child by Nir -
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And Sopanim was in the time of her old age, and in the day of her death. She conceived in her womb, but Nir the priest had not slept with her, nor had he touched her, from the day that Yahuah had appointed him to conduct the liturgy in …
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And when Sopanim saw her pregnancy, she was ashamed and embarrassed, and she hid herself during all the days until she gave birth. And not
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one of the people knew about it.
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And when 282 days had been completed, and the day of birth had begun to approach, and Nir remembered his wife, and he called her to himself in his house, so that he might converse with her.
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[And] Sopanim came to Nir, her husband; and, behold, she was pregnant, and the day appointed for giving birth was drawing near.
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And Nir saw her, and he became very ashamed. And he said to her, “What is this that you have done, O wife? And (why) have you disgraced me in front of the face of these people? And now, depart from me, and go where you began the disgrace …
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And Sopanim spoke to Nir, her husband, saying, “O my master! Behold, it is the time of my old age, and the day of my death has arrived.
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I do not understand how my
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menopause and the barrenness of my womb have been reversed.”
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And Nir did not believe his wife, and for the second time he said to her, “Depart from me, or else I might assault you, and commit a sin in front of the face of Yahuah.”
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And it came to pass, when Nir had spoken to his wife, Sopanim, that Sopanim fell down at Nir’s feet and died.
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Nir was extremely distressed, and he said in his heart, “Could this have happened because of my word, since by word and thought a person can sin in front of the face of Yahuah?
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Now may Elohim have mercy upon me! I know in truth in my heart that my hand was not upon her. And so I say, ‘Glory to you, O Yahuah, because no one among mankind knows about this deed which Yahuah has done.’ ”
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And Nir hurried, and he shut the door of his house, and he went to Noach his brother, and he reported to him everything that had happened in connection with his wife.
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And Noach hurried. He came with Nir his brother; he came into Nir’s house, because of the death of Sopanim, and they discussed between themselves how her womb
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was at the time of giving birth.
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And Noach said to Nir, “Don’t let yourself be sorrowful, Nir, my brother! For Yahuah today has covered up our scandal, in that nobody from the people knows this.
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Now, let us go quickly and let us bury her secretly, and Yahuah will
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cover up the scandal of our shame.”
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And they placed Sopanim on the bed, and they wrapped her around with black garments, and shut her in the
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house, prepared for burial. They dug a grave in secret.
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And a child came out from the dead Sopanim. And he sat on the bed at her side. And Noach and Nir came in to bury Sopanim, and they saw the child
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sitting beside the dead Sopanim, and wiping his clothing.
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And Noach and Nir were very terrified with a great fear, because the child was fully developed physically, like a three-year-old. And he spoke with
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his lips, and he blessed Yahuah.
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And Noach and Nir looked at him,
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and behold,
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the badge of priesthood was on his chest, and it was glorious in appearance. And Noach and Nir said, “Behold, Elohim is renewing the priesthood from blood related to us, just as he pleases.”
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And Noach and Nir hurried, and they washed the child, and they dressed him in the garments of priesthood, and they gave him the holy bread and he ate it. And they called his name Malki-Tsedeq.
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And Noach and Nir lifted up the body of Sopanim, and divested her of the black garments, and they washed her, and they clothed her in exceptionally bright garments, and they built a shrine for her.
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Noach and Nir and Malki-Tsedeq came, and they buried her publicly. And Noach said to his brother Nir, “Look after this child in secret until the time, because people will become treacherous in all the earth, and they will begin to turn …
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And then Noach went away to his own place.
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And great lawlessness began to become abundant over all the earth in the
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days of Nir.
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And Nir began to worry excessively, especially about the child, saying,
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“How miserable it is for me, eternal Yahuah, that in my days all lawlessness has begun to become abundant over the earth. And I realize how much nearer out end is, {and} over all the earth, on account of the lawlessness of the people.
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And now, Yahuah, what is the vision about this child, and what is his destiny, and what will I do for him? Is it possible that he too will be joined with us in the destruction?”
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And Yahuah heeded Nir, and appeared to him in a night vision. He said to him, “Nir, the great lawlessness which has come about on the earth among the
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multitude {which} I shall not tolerate.
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And behold, I desire now to send out a great destruction onto the earth, and everything that stands on the earth shall perish.
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But, concerning the child, don’t be anxious, Nir; because in a short while I shall send my archistratig, Michael. And he will take the child, and put him in the Gan Eden, in the Paradise where Adam was formerly for 7 years, having heaven …
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And this child will not perish along with those who are perishing in this generation, as I have revealed it, so that Malki-Tsedeq will be the priest to all holy priests, and I will establish him so that
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he will be the head of the priests of the future.”
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And Nir arose from his sleep and blessed Yahuah who had appeared to him, saying,
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“Blessed be Yahuah, the Elohim of my fathers,
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who has told me how he has made a great priest in my day,
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in the womb of Sopanim, my wife.
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Because I had no child in this tribe who might become the great
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priest, but this is
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my son and your servant, and you are the great Elohim.
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Therefore honor him together with your servants and great priests, with Sit, and Enos, and Rusi, and Amilam, and Prasidam, and Maleleil, and Serokh, and Arusan, and Aleem, and Chanokh, and Metushelach, and me, your servant Nir.
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And behold, Malki-Tsedeq will be the head of the 13 priests who existed before.
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And afterward, in the last generation, there will be another Malki-Tsedeq, the first of 12 priests. And the last will be the head of all, a great archpriest, the Word and Power of Elohim, who will perform
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miracles, greater and more glorious than all the previous ones.
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He, Malki-Tsedeq, will be priest and king in the place Akhuzan, that is to say, in the center of the earth, where Adam was created, and there will
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be his final grave.
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And in connection with that archpriest it is written how he also will be buried there, where the center of the earth is, just as Adam also buried his own son there - Abel, whom his brother Cain murdered; for he lay for 3 years unburied, …
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I know that great confusion has come and in confusion this generation will come to an end; and everyone will perish, except that Noach, my brother, will be preserved. And afterward there will be a planting from his tribe, and there will be …