"... And he (the chief archon)
repented for everything which had come into being
through him. This time he planned
to bring a flood
upon the work of man. But the greatness
of the light of the foreknowledge informed
Noah, and he proclaimed (it) to all the offspring
which are the sons of men. But
those who were strangers to him did not listen to him.
It is not as Moses said,
'They hid themselves in an ark' (Gn 7: 7), but
they hid themselves in a place,
not only Noah, but also many other people
from the immovable race. They went
into a place and hid themselves in a
luminous cloud. And he (Noah) recognized his authority,
and she who belongs to the light was with him,
having shone on them because
he (the chief archon) had brought darkness upon the whole earth.
"And he made a plan with his powers.
He sent his angels to the daughters
of men, that they might take some of them for themselves
and raise offspring
for their enjoyment. And at first they did not succeed.
When they had no success, they gathered
together again and they made
a plan together. They created
a counterfeit spirit, who resembles the Spirit who had descended,
so as to pollute the souls through it.
And the angels changed themselves in their
likeness into the likeness of their (the daughters of men) mates,
filling them with the spirit of darkness,
which they had mixed for them, and with evil.
They brought gold and silver
and a gift and copper and iron
and metal and all kinds
of things. And they steered the people
who had followed them
into great troubles, by leading them astray
with many deceptions. They (the people) became old without having enjoyment.
They died, not having found truth and
without knowing the God of truth. And
thus the whole creation became enslaved forever,
from the foundation of the world
until now. And they took women
and begot children out of the darkness according to
the likeness of their spirit. And they closed their hearts,
and they hardened themselves through the hardness
of the counterfeit spirit until now."
