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LATIN FRAGMENT OF ENOCH
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illuminated the whole house like the sun, and the whole house
became exceedingly light. 3. And as he was taken from the
hand of the midwife, he opened his mouth, and conversed with
the Lord of justice. 4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him,
and fled, and came to his father Methuselah. 5. And he said to
him : “I have begotten a singular son, unlike a man, but similar
to the children of the angels of heaven, and his creation is different,
and not like ours, and his eyes are like the feet [i.e. rays] of the
sun, his face glorious. 6. And it seems to me he is not from me,
but from the angels; and I fear that wonderful things will happen
in his days over the earth. 7. And now, my father, I am here
petitioning and asking of thee that thou shouldst go to Enoch,
our father, and hear of him the truth, for he has his dwelling-
place with the angels.” 8. And when Methuselah had heard the
words of his son, he came to me, at the ends of the earth, for he
had heard that I was there, and cried aloud, and I heard his voice
and came to him. And I said to him: “ Behold, here I am, my
son, because thou hast come to me.” 9. And he answered and
said to me : “ I have come to thee concerning a great thing, and
concerning a disturbing vision it is that I have approached.
10. And now, my father, hear me, for there has been born to my
son Lamech a son, whose similarity and kind is not like the kind
of men; his color is whiter than snow, and redder than the bloom
of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and
his eyes like the feet [i.e. rays] of the sun ; and he opened his
eyes, and they illuminated the whole house. 11. And when he
was taken from the hands of the midwife, he opened his mouth,
and blessed the Lord of heaven. 12. And his father Lamech was
afraid, and fled to me, and did not believe that he was from him,
but that his similarity was from the angels of heaven ; and behold
I have come to thee that thou shouldst teach me justice [i.e. the
truth].” 13. And I, Enoch, answered, and said to him : “ The
Lord will make new things on the earth, and this I know, and
have seen in a vision, and I announce it to thee that in the gen-
erations of my father Jared some from the heights of heaven
departed from the word of the Lord. 14. And behold, they
committed sin, and departed from the law, and united themselves
with women, and committed sin with them, and married some of
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illuminated the whole house like the sun, and the whole house
became exceedingly light. 3. And as he was taken from the
hand of the midwife, he opened his mouth, and conversed with
the Lord of justice. 4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him,
and fled, and came to his father Methuselah. 5. And he said to
him : “I have begotten a singular son, unlike a man, but similar
to the children of the angels of heaven, and his creation is different,
and not like ours, and his eyes are like the feet [i.e. rays] of the
sun, his face glorious. 6. And it seems to me he is not from me,
but from the angels; and I fear that wonderful things will happen
in his days over the earth. 7. And now, my father, I am here
petitioning and asking of thee that thou shouldst go to Enoch,
our father, and hear of him the truth, for he has his dwelling-
place with the angels.” 8. And when Methuselah had heard the
words of his son, he came to me, at the ends of the earth, for he
had heard that I was there, and cried aloud, and I heard his voice
and came to him. And I said to him: “ Behold, here I am, my
son, because thou hast come to me.” 9. And he answered and
said to me : “ I have come to thee concerning a great thing, and
concerning a disturbing vision it is that I have approached.
10. And now, my father, hear me, for there has been born to my
son Lamech a son, whose similarity and kind is not like the kind
of men; his color is whiter than snow, and redder than the bloom
of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and
his eyes like the feet [i.e. rays] of the sun ; and he opened his
eyes, and they illuminated the whole house. 11. And when he
was taken from the hands of the midwife, he opened his mouth,
and blessed the Lord of heaven. 12. And his father Lamech was
afraid, and fled to me, and did not believe that he was from him,
but that his similarity was from the angels of heaven ; and behold
I have come to thee that thou shouldst teach me justice [i.e. the
truth].” 13. And I, Enoch, answered, and said to him : “ The
Lord will make new things on the earth, and this I know, and
have seen in a vision, and I announce it to thee that in the gen-
erations of my father Jared some from the heights of heaven
departed from the word of the Lord. 14. And behold, they
committed sin, and departed from the law, and united themselves
with women, and committed sin with them, and married some of