{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "jubilees-woh", "chapter": 2 }, "data": { "n": 2, "bookSlug": "jubilees-woh", "bookCode": "JUB-WOH", "refId": "", "title": "Jubilees 2 — The creation week and the Sabbath", "translation": {"track":"translation","version":"1.0.0","sourceText":"Jubilees — per-verse layered-witness reconstruction (Hebrew DSS 4Q216/4Q218/11Q12 primary where preserved; Greek patristic fragments — esp. Epiphanius De mensuris et ponderibus — secondary; Ge'ez Charles 1902 PD + VanderKam 1989 tertiary/fallback)","sourceLicense":"Best-effort reconstruction; scholarly editions cited; English original to this project","sourceUrl":"(see source-2.json citations)","sourceAccessedVia":"VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511 + Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994 + Charles 1902 PD + VanderKam 2018 Hermeneia","verificationStatus":"best-effort reconstruction; verification pending against Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII Hebrew apparatus + VanderKam 1989 Ge'ez critical apparatus + original codicology","glossaryVersion":"2.68.0","overlayGlossaryVersion":"1.1.0","modelDrafts":["claude-opus-4-7 (translator)","claude-opus-4-7 (editor)","claude-opus-4-7 (reviewer)"],"reviewer":"zarazinsfuss","reviewedAt":"2026-06-06T00:00:00+00:00","status":"stable","reviewerReport":{"reviewer":"claude-opus-4-7 acting as woh-reviewer","reviewedAt":"2026-06-06T00:00:00+00:00","verdicts":[{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:1","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:2","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:3","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:4","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:5","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:6","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:7","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:8","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:9","status":"approve","citations":["Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994 (4Q216 col. vi); VanderKam 1989; VanderKam 2018 Hermeneia 1.273-275"],"reasoning":"Hebrew preserves the seven-fold calendrical enumeration. Note conspicuous omission of moon-reckoning — the proto-364-day-calendar polemic in seed form. Surface rendering is conservative and matches VanderKam 1989."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:10","status":"approve","citations":["VanderKam 1989 CSCO 511 ad loc.; VanderKam 2018 Hermeneia 1.276-77; cf. Mal 3:20 (sun of righteousness with healing in wings)"],"reasoning":"Hebrew li-brīʾūt is lexically ambiguous (could be 'for creation' or 'for healing'). The 'for healing' rendering follows VanderKam and is supported by the Mal 3:20 cross-corpus parallel and 1 En 50:1 (eschatological luminaries-renewal for healing). Defensible."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:11","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:12","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:13","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:14","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:15","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:16","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:17","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:18","status":"approve","citations":["Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994 (4Q216 col. vii); VanderKam 2018 Hermeneia 1.286-90"],"reasoning":"Hebrew preserves the joint-Sabbath-observance of Israel + the two highest angel-classes (angels of presence + angels of sanctification). The Jubilees-distinctive celestial-terrestrial Sabbath synchrony is correctly rendered."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:19","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:20","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:21","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:22","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:23","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:24","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:25","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:26","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:27","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Hebrew DSS-primary reconstruction per Milik-VanderKam DJD XIII 1994; rendering aligns with VanderKam 1989 critical Ge'ez translation and Charles 1902 PD; no lens-leakage; surface text reads as standard scholarly translation."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:28","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:29","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:30","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:31","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:32","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."},{"refId":"JUB-WOH-2:33","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Ge'ez-primary per VanderKam 1989 CSCO 510-511; rendering tracks the standard critical translation; no lens-leakage; commentary apparatus carries any WoH framing."}],"glossaryReview":[],"lens-leakage-flags":[]}}, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:1", "text": "And the angel of the presence said to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write all the words of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all his works, and all that he created, and he rested on the seventh day and sanctified it for all generations and set it as a sign for all his works." },{ "n": 2, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:2", "text": "For on the first day he created the heavens which are above, and the earth, and the waters, and all the spirits which serve before him: the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels of the spirits of the breath, and the angels of the spirits of the clouds and of darkness, and the angels of hail, and of frost, and of cold, and of summer, and of winter, and of autumn, and of the whirlwind, and of voices, and of thunders, and of lightnings, and the angels of the spirits of cold and heat and of fire, and the angels of the seasons, and of spring and of autumn, and all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and which are on the earth." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:3", "text": "And he created the abysses and the darkness — evening and morning — and the light, and the dawn, and the light which he had prepared by his knowledge." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:4", "text": "And when he saw all that he had made, he blessed them, and he blessed all the spirits to serve him." },{ "n": 5, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:5", "text": "And on the second day he made the firmament in the midst of the waters, and the waters were divided on that day: half of them went up above the firmament, and half of them went down beneath the firmament that is in the midst of the earth." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:6", "text": "And this alone he made on the second day. And he made for all the waters one gathering and one sea, and he gathered them all together and brought them together, and there was a place appointed for all the sea." },{ "n": 7, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:7", "text": "And on this day, the third, he made all that he made — for the sea and for the rivers and for the streams and for the springs, for the dew and for the rain, and for the garden of Eden in Eden, and for all." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:8", "text": "And on the fourth day he made the sun and the moon and the stars, and he placed them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon all the earth, and to rule over the day and the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness." },{ "n": 9, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:9", "text": "And the Lord gave the sun as a great sign over the earth for days and for sabbaths and for months and for appointed times and for years and for weeks of years and for jubilees and for all the cycles of the years." },{ "n": 10, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:10", "text": "And he divided between the light and the darkness for healing, and it was so. And he called the light day, and the darkness he called night." },{ "n": 11, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:11", "text": "And on the fifth day he made the great sea-monsters in the midst of the waters of the abysses — for these were made first in the waters — and every creeping thing of flesh and the birds of the heavens and everything that flies." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:12", "text": "And on the sixth day he made all the beasts of the earth and all the cattle and everything that creeps upon the earth." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:13", "text": "And after all this he made man — male and female he made them — and he gave him dominion over all that is upon the earth, and in the sea, and over the birds, and over the beasts, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all that creeps upon the earth." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:14", "text": "And over these four kinds he gave them dominion on the sixth day. And all the work that he made he completed; and in all that he made there were twenty-two kinds of creation." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:15", "text": "And the Name completed all his work on the seventh day, and he blessed them and sanctified them." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:16", "text": "Thus he gave it as a sign for all his works that he had created to be done: six days shall he labor, and on the seventh day he shall rest from all that he has done." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:17", "text": "And he gave the sabbaths to all his works that he had made; and to us alone he gave it, that we should keep sabbath and eat and drink before the Lord our God." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:18", "text": "For he chose us out of all the peoples whom he had seen, to make a people for himself, and a holy sabbath for all days; and he sanctified us to himself and blessed us. And he said to us that our seed should come up before him as a memorial together with the spirits of the angels of sanctification and of the presence, who have been before him all the days." },{ "n": 19, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:19", "text": "And he said to me: Behold, I will separate to myself a people from among all my peoples, and they shall keep the sabbath; and I will sanctify them to me as a people, and I will bless them. And they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God." },{ "n": 20, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:20", "text": "And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from among all that I have seen, and I have written him down as my firstborn son, and have sanctified him to myself for ever and ever." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:21", "text": "And I will make known to them the sabbath, that they may keep this day as a memorial of all the works of the days." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:22", "text": "The Name blessed and sanctified the people of Israel to keep the sabbath on it, and to rest on it, and to perform on it the memorial, according to the work which he had done." },{ "n": 23, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:23", "text": "For there were twenty-two heads of mankind from Adam to Jacob; and all of these he blessed and sanctified, and all of these were written down to him, and the last he sanctified." },{ "n": 24, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:24", "text": "And this was the seed of Jacob, for he is head over all, and with his son for a statute to all generations." },{ "n": 25, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:25", "text": "And the Creator of all blessed this day which he had created for blessing and for sanctification and for glory above all days." },{ "n": 26, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:26", "text": "Everyone who profanes this day shall surely die, and everyone who does work on it shall surely die for ever, so that the sons of Israel may keep this day throughout their generations." },{ "n": 27, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:27", "text": "Every man who does any work on it, or who goes on a journey, or who tills land — at his house or anywhere — or who kindles fire upon it, or who rides on any beast, or who travels in a ship upon the sea, shall surely die." },{ "n": 28, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:28", "text": "And every man who does any work on it shall die, so that the sons of Israel may keep this sabbath as they have been commanded to keep the sabbaths of the land, even as it is written on the tablets which he placed in my hand, that I might write for them the ordinance of the times." },{ "n": 29, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:29", "text": "And he said to me: Tell the sons of Israel and command them to keep this day, that they may be sanctified on it, and that it may be to them a sign for all days." },{ "n": 30, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:30", "text": "And every man who keeps it shall be holy and blessed all his days, even as we are." },{ "n": 31, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:31", "text": "Let it be a memorial of blessing upon all the seed of the sons of Israel, throughout their generations for ever, together with the angels of the presence and with the angels of sanctification." },{ "n": 32, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:32", "text": "For this day is great, and blessed, and let the man who keeps it in holiness be a living blessing all the days of his life." },{ "n": 33, "refId": "JUB-WOH-2:33", "text": "This is the law and the sign of the sabbaths upon Israel, that they should keep the sabbath throughout their generations for ever." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/jubilees-woh/chapters/2", "book": "/v1/library/books/jubilees-woh/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/jubilees-woh/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }