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with himself, and in order for there to be a bo[n]d for the structure; for it would have been weaker if, bei[n]g fifty cubits in width and three hundred in length and thir[t]y in height, it remained unbound. And i[t is] coated with pitch both outside and inside so that no infiltr[ation] of wa[ter] might occur. And it was also good for the length to be g[rea]ter than the width; fo[r thus] it was easily moved, since boats also are of this pro[por]tion of sh[ape]. But if someone sh[ould say] that it was made rectangular at the bottom, [this,] too, is not unreasonable; for since it was not made primari[ly] for sailing b[ut] for preservation, it was made this way for this reason; o[th]erwise, [it] would also have sunk quickly, if it were not rectangular. And it was suitably draw[n] together [at the top], so that the onslaught of the waters migh[t have a] way to slip off and the waves not dash against it as if against a rock having height on all sides. And that the door shou[ld] be on the side was suitably commanded *** (2 lines in blank) And "lower chambers," "two-storied and three-storied," were suitably constructed in order to suffice for all the animals brought in and for their food. And the verse, "And behold, I am bringing a flood, water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven, a[nd whate]ver is on the earth shall die," is both arousing, [as was said before], and it shows that things on the earth and things that f[ly in the air will be destroy]e[d]; for perhaps the creatures in the water were saved. *** (12 lines in blank 174 i, 18. And I will establish my covenant with you. It does not seem that the cov[ena]nt made by God with Noah was one bound by an oath, as Symmachus and Aquila have interpreted. Lest he [p]erhaps be perplexed by the words, what was to co[me] was revealed to Noah, [so that] he might [be] hopeful about the future and might also instruct his own gener[ation] that "on account of sins God brought these things about; and you are saved through righte ousness," so that the shame of vice might be show[n] and [the] loveliness of virtue, not as if pleasures a[re] the reward of virt ue, but that the virtuous man, not being subject to it, does not share in the manner of the punishment. And "I will establish" here indicates what is fir m. i, 18. And you shall enter into the ark, you and your sons and yo ur w ife and your sons' wives with you. The Savior in the Gospel said that for every idle word men w[ill give] an account on the day of judgment, and an idle word i[... ...] and having nothing beneficial; but if men a[re co]m[manded] not to utter this, much more do the divine oracles not cont[ai]n [anything of the] sort, but everything in them is conveyed usefully an[...]d[...] [... ...] from what has been set forth. To Noah 175 entering the a[r]k, he assigned the sons, and to his wife the wives of the so ns; but when it was [fi]nally time to go out onto the land, the f[l]ood having ceased, the oracle indicates thus: "[An]d [G]od said to Noah: Go out from the ark, you and your wife [and] your so[ns] and your sons' wives with you." For it was fi[tti]ng, when the destruction of mankind was a[bou]t to happen, that t[he] righteous not become unsympathet[ic], so as to engage fearlessly in marital relations. H e separ ated t[herefore t]he wives from the men, saying: "You shall enter, you [a]nd your sons [and] your wife and the wives of your sons"; but when it was time [that] succession was about to be restored in [rev]erse, he resto[red], a[s we have pre]sented, to Noah his wife, saying: "Go out, you [a]nd your wife, [your sons] and the wives of your sons." And that by custom he did [not] s ay it [idly, b]ut with observation, one can say, and [to] confir[m the G]osp[el], as it was said by the Savior: "No one [can] serve t[wo master]s; for either he will hate the one and l[ove the othe]r, or he will be devoted to one and des[pise] the other; you ca[nnot] serve God and mammon." And obvious[ly] avarice is ser[vitud]e to [mammo]n, and this applies to every vice [... ...]. For [in no way] is it possible to serve vice and virtue; for he who commits] [sin]

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μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ πρὸς τὸ σύνδ[ε]σιν εἶναι τοῦ κατασκευάσματος· ἀσθενέστερον γὰρ ἦν, εἰ πεν[τ]ήκοντα τὸ πλάτος καὶ τριακοσίων τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ ὕψος τριά[κ]οντα πηχῶν ὑπάρχον ἀσύνδετον ἔμενεν. Ἀσφαλτοῦτ[αί τ]ε καὶ ἔξωθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν πρὸς τὸ μηδεμίαν παρείσ[δυ]σιν ὕδα[τος] γενέσθαι. Εὖ δὲ καὶ τὸ εἶναι τὸ μῆκος τοῦ πλάτους μ̣[εῖ]ζον· οὕτ[ω γὰρ] εὐκίνητον ἦν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ σκάφη ταύτης εἰσὶ τῆς τοῦ σχήμα[τος ἀ]ναλογίας. Εἰ δ' ὅτι τετράγωνος κάτωθεν γέγονέν τις λέ[γοι, καὶ] τοῦτο οὐκ ἀπεικότως· ἐπεὶ γὰρ οὐκ εἰς τὸ πλεῖν προηγ̣ο̣υμέ[νως ἀ]λλ' εἰς τὸ φυλάττειν ἐγίνετο, διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως γέγονεν· ἄ[λ]λως [τ]ε καὶ κατεποντοῦτο τάχεως, εἰ μὴ τετράγωνος ἦν. Ἐπισυνη[γ]μένη δὲ οἰκείως ἐγίνετο, ἵνα ἡ τῶν ὑδάτων ἐπιφορὰ ἔχ[ῃ τὸ]ν ὄλισθον καὶ μὴ καθάπερ εἰς πέτραν πάντοθεν ἔχουσαν ὕψος προσαράττῃ τὰ κύματα. Καὶ τὸ τὴν θύραν δὲ ἐκ πλαγίων γε[ν]έσθαι ἐπιτηδείως προσ- ετάττετο *** (2 λιγνες εν βλανξ̣ "6Κατάγαια"6 δὲ "6διώροφα καὶ τριώροφα"6 οἰκείως κατεσκευάζετο πρὸς τὸ διαρκέσαι πάντα τὰ εἰσαγόμενα ζῷά τε καὶ τὰ πρὸς τροφὴν τούτω̣ν̣. Τὸ δὲ "6ἐγὼ δὲ ἰδοὺ ἐπάγω τὸν κατακλυσμόν, ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν σάρκα ἐν ᾗ ἐστιν πνεῦμα ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, κα[ὶ ὅ]σα ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τελευ- τήσει"6 ἐστὶ μὲν καὶ διεγερτικόν, [καθὰ πρότερον] εἴρηται, δηλοῖ δὲ ὅτι τά τε ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ τὰ ἀεροπό[ρα φθαρήσετ]α̣[ι· τ]άχα γὰρ τὰ ἔνυδρα διεσῴζετο. *** (12 λιγνες εν βλανξ̣ 174 ῃι, 18. Καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου πρὸς σέ. Οὐ φαίνεται πρὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Νῶε γεγενημένη δ[ια]θή[κη] ἡ συνόρκη, ὡς Σύμμαχος καὶ Ἀκύλας ἡρμή- νευσαν. Μὴ δ[ή]που καταπορῇ τοὺς λόγους, ἀπεκαλύφθη τῷ Νῶε τὸ ἐσόμε[νον, ἵνα] εὔελπις [ᾖ] περὶ τῶν μελλόντων καὶ παιδεύῃ καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γενε[ὰν] ὡς "3ἁμαρτημάτων ἕνεκεν ὁ Θεὸς ταῦτα ἐπήγαγεν· καὶ ὑμεῖς διὰ δικα̣ι̣οσύνην σῴζεσθε"3, ἵνα τὸ αἶσχος τῆς κακίας ὑποδειχ[θ]ῇ καὶ [τὸ] τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐράσμιον, οὐχ ὡς τῶν ἡδέων μισθοῦ ὄ[ν]τος ἀρε̣τῆς, ἀλλ' ὅτι οὐ συναναπαύει τοῦ τρόπου τῆς κολάσεως ὁ σπουδα̣ι῀̣ος οὐχ ὑποκείμενος αὐτῇ. Τὸ δὲ "6στήσω"6 ἐνταῦθα τὸ βέβα̣ι̣ο̣ν̣ δηλοῖ. ῃι, 18. Εἰσελεύσῃ δὲ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου και`̣ η῾̣ γ̣υ̣ν̣η´̣ σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ. Ὁ Σωτὴρ ἐν εὐαγγελίῳ εἶπεν περὶ παντὸς ἀργοῦ ῥήματος δ[ώσειν] ἀνθρώπους λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως, ἀργὸν δὲ ῥῆμα ἐ[··· ··· ··· ·]κον καὶ μὴ ἔχον τι ἐπωφελές· εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ἀνθρώποις π[ροσ]τ̣[άττεται] μὴ προφέρειν, πολλῷ πλέον οὐδὲ τὰ θεῖα λόγια περι[έ]χε[ι τι τοι]οῦτον, ἀλλὰ χρησίμως ἅπαντα ἐν αὐτοῖς φέρεται και̣[·]ατα̣[··] η[··]·μεν ἐκ τῶν ἐκτεθέντων. Εἰσερχομένῳ 175 εἰς τὴν κ[ι]βω[τὸν] [τ]ῷ Νῶε τοὺς υἱοὺς συνέταξεν, καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ τὰς γυναῖκας τῶν υ̣ι῾̣ω῀̣ν· ὅτε δὲ [λ]οιπὸν καιρὸς τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γῆν, παυσαμένου τοῦ κ[α]τακλυσμοῦ, ἐπισημαίνεται τὸ λόγιον οὕτως· "6[Κα]ὶ εἶπεν ὁ [Θ]εὸς τῷ Νῶε· Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ σὺ καὶ ἡ γυνή [σου κ]αὶ οἱ υἱ[οί σ]ου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ"6. Ἔπρ[ε]π[εν] γάρ, με[λλο]ύσης φθορᾶς ἀνθρώπων γίνεσθαι, μὴ ἀσυμπαθε[ῖς] γενέσθαι τ[οὺς] δικαίους, ὥστε τοῖς γαμικοῖς ἀδέως χρᾶσθαι. ᾿Ε̣χ̣ώρισεν ο[ὖν τ]ὰς γυναῖκας τῶν ἀνδρῶν λέγων· "6Εἰσελεύσῃ σὺ [κ]αὶ οἱ υἱοί [σου καὶ] ἡ γυνή σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου"6· ὅτε δὲ [ἐδ]έχετο [ὅτι ἔμπ]αλιν ἤμελλεν ἀποδοθῆναι ἡ διαδοχή, ἀποδέ[δω]κεν, ὡ[ς παρεθ]έμεθα, τῷ Νῶε τὴν γυναῖκα λέγων· "6Ἔξελθε σὺ [κ]αὶ ἡ γυνή [σου, οἱ υἱοί] σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου"6. Καὶ ὅτι δι' ἔθους [οὐκ] ἐ´̣φη ε[ἰκαίως, ἀ]λλὰ μετὰ παρατηρήσεως, λέγειν ἔστιν, καὶ [τὸ ε]ὐαγγ[έλιον π]ιστώσασθαι, εἰρημένου πρὸς τοῦ Σωτῆρος· "6Οὐδεὶς [δύν]α̣ται δ[υσὶ κυρίοι]ς δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τ[ὸν ἕτερ]ον ἀγ[απήσει] ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου κατα[φρονήσει]· οὐ δ[ύνασθ]ε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ"6. Καὶ δηλο[νότι δουλεί]α̣ τοῦ [μαμω]νᾶ ἡ φιλαργυρία, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσης δὲ κακίας [··· ··· ··]ν. Οὐ[δαμῶς] γὰρ οἷόν τε κακίᾳ καὶ ἀρετῇ δουλεύειν· ὁ γὰρ ποιῶν τ]ὴν [ἁμαρτ]ίαν