Enoch, Jubilees and others · Genesis Apocryphon, column 2 (1QapGen)
Lamech's wife swears
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Lamech is afraid his son was conceived 'from the Watchers' and confronts his wife Batenosh. She reminds him of their intimacy and swears by the Great Holy One that the child is his and 'from no stranger, no Watcher, no son of heaven'.
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A domestic scene with huge stakes. Great material for a chapter.
What scholars say
Aramaic scroll from Qumran Cave 1, published 1956. No public-domain English version.
