1 Listen to me, my sons. In those days when the Lord [looked down] upon the earth for the sake of Adam, and visited all his creation, which He Himself had made, 2. The Lord called all the cattle of the earth, and all creeping things, and all the fowls that fly in the air, and brought them all before the face of our father Adam, and he gave names to all living things on the earth. 3. And the Lord made him lord over all, and put all things under his hands, and subdued (them) to submission and to all obedience to man. So the Lord created man as master over all His possessions. 4. The Lord will not judge any soul of beast on account of man, but He will judge the soul of man on account of the souls of beasts in the world to come. 5. For as there is a special place for mankind for all the souls of men according to their number, so there is also of beasts. And not one soul shall perish which GOD has made till the great judgement. 6. And every soul of beast shall bring a charge against man if he feeds them badly.