"He sinksa shaftfar from habitation,Forgottenby the foot;They hangand swingto and frofar from men.
In the sixhundredthyearof Noah'slife,in the secondmonth,on the seventeenthdayof the month,on the samedayallthe fountainsof the greatdeepburstopen,and the floodgatesof the skywere opened.
"[Man] putsan endto darkness,And to the farthestlimithe searchesout The rockin gloomand deepshadow.
"The earth,from it comesfood,And underneathit is turnedup as fire.