Out of the hosts of Par‘si‘e, who were of the people of Shem, who existed since the days of the flood, came Abram, a man chosen by God, in the arc of Spe-ta, for the deliverance of the Faithists of Arabin‘ya. God said: Because they have not raised up one out of the sons of Ham, your name shall become Abra-Ham, and it shall be testimony in thousands of years, of my records in the libraries of heaven.

And it came to pass that forgers and deceivers, not having the fear of Jehovih before them, falsely gave the interpretation of the meaning of the words Abra and Ham,775 not knowing (in thousands of years) that in so small a matter He would display the truth and glory of His revealed word. ||

God led Abram away from He-sa, his native place, where he was a maker of baskets, and took him to the ancient land of Ham, which had been destroyed by druks, before the flood, as the name signifies; after which God surnamed him Abraham, and made him chief rab‘bah over the Faithists of Arabin‘ya.

These, then, are the generations of the line (of light) from whom Abram came, that is to say: of Shem and the seventy tribes, first going forth beyond the mountains of Owatchab-habal, Tur who settled in Par‘si‘e, and his descendants Raf-bak, and his descendants Goe, and his descendants Wawa, and his descendants Sadr.

In Sadr the line was lost; but through his daughter Bar-bar, regained through the I‘hins in the land of Goats, where the Listians lived, having fled from the tyranny of the kings of Oas.

From Bar-bar was descended Egount, from him Dir, from him Wow-sha, from him He-lial, from him Rac-ca. And here the line ran by the female heirs, beginning in Rac-ca‘s daughter, Hess, from whom was descended Gil-gil, from whom was descended Thussa, from whom was descended She, from whom was descended seven generations in su‘is; and it was lost in We-ta-koo, but regained again through I‘hin seed, and appeared in Re-both, and again su‘is extended through these generations: Arfaxad, Sala, Eber, Pe-leg, Roo, Sa-rug, Na-hor and Terah; but in Terah the line was lost, but regained by I‘hin seed, from whom sprang Geth, from whom sprang Choe, from whom sprang Gus, from whom sprang Ra-bak, from whom sprang Ya-shem, and by I‘hin seed sprang Ti-lot, and by I‘hin seed Shi-ar, and by I‘hin seed Shir-ra, from whom descended Na-hor the second, from whom sprang Abram.

Abram was of pure blood, and an I‘huan; and the light of su‘is had been with his forefathers and foremothers since the flood, and he was large and red, like new copper, and had black hair and long beard, fierce to look upon; but his soul was gentle as a woman‘s.

Abram could see without eyes and hear without ears, knowing things by the light of God which dwelt in him. For which reason, God chose Abram776 to gather together the Faithists in Arabin‘ya and the adjacent countries, even as he had appointed Po in Jaffeth.

In those days, there were great kings and men of great learning, who had books of learning and instruments for measuring things far and near.

And Abram knew these things, for he had been a servant in a king‘s family where learned men and women congregated. And so, knowing the power of God was upon him, he ran away in his youth, and lived among the Listians, who made baskets and trinkets in the forests, which they sold to the kings‘ peoples.

God spoke to Abram, saying: Do not concern yourself regarding men of learning; nor long for the learning in books. The day will come when they will be forgotten, but your words and your labors will overspread the world.

And God lived with Abram, teaching him and working miracles through him. And it came to pass that the Listians in their rambles, selling wares, told the slaves of the kings about the wonders of Abram.

And the slaves fled from bondage and went into the wilderness in search of Abram. And when they came before him, he spoke to them, day by day, as they came, saying:

Why have you come? I did not call you! And when they could not answer, Abram said to them: God brought you. Man of himself does nothing. Search, then, the records of your generations; for you are descended from the Faithists of old.

And they searched and found that every one of those who had come, was descended from before the time of Zarathustra.