wadi qumran cave 1 was discovered the first time in 1946. the initial discovery, by bedouin shepherd muhammed edh-dhib, his cousin jum'a muhammed, and khalil musa, took place between november 1946 and february 1947. the shepherds discovered seven scrolls housed in jars in a cave near what is now known as the qumran site and took them back to the camp to show to his family. none of the scrolls were destroyed in this process. the original seven dead sea scrolls from cave 1 at qumran are the great isaiah scroll (1qisa), a second copy of isaiah (1qisa), the community rule scroll (1qs), the pesher on habakkuk (1qphab), the war scroll (1qm), the thanksgiving hymns (1qh), and the genesis apocryphon (1qapgen).