The Book of Jasher 38

¹🔗nd all that generation were wicked in the sight of the Lord, and they thus made every man his god, but they forsook the Lord who had created them.

²🔗 And there was not a man found in those days in the whole earth, who knew the Lord (for they served each man his own God) except Noah and his household, and all those who were under his counsel knew the Lord in those days.

³🔗 And Abram the son of Terah was waxing great in those days in the house of Noah, and no man knew it, and the Lord was with him.

⁴🔗 And the Lord gave Abram an understanding heart, and he knew all the works of that generation were vain, and that all their gods were vain and were of no avail.

⁵🔗 And Abram saw the sun shining upon the earth, and Abram said unto himself Surely now this sun that shines upon the earth is God, and him will I serve.

⁶🔗 And Abram served the sun in that day and he prayed to him, and when evening came the sun set as usual, and Abram said within himself, Surely this cannot be God?

⁷🔗 And Abram still continued to speak within himself, Who is he who made the heavens and the earth? who created upon earth? where is he?

⁸🔗 And night darkened over him, and he lifted up his eyes toward the west, north, south, and east, and he saw that the sun had vanished from the earth, and the day became dark.

⁹🔗 And Abram saw the stars and moon before him, and he said, Surely this is the God who created the whole earth as well as man, and behold these his servants are gods around him: and Abram served the moon and prayed to it all that night.

¹⁰🔗 And in the morning when it was light and the sun shone upon the earth as usual, Abram saw all the things that the Lord God had made upon earth. 19.