the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

36 Tlie Booh of Enoch [Sect. I
after flesh and blood as those ''also'' do who die and perish.
5. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impreg-
nate them^ and beget children by them, that thus nothing might
be wanting to them on earth. 6. But you were '^formerly''
spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations
of the world. 7. And therefore I have not appointed wives
for you ; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is
their dwelling. 8. And now, the giants, who are produced
from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the
earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. 9. Evil
spirits have proceeded from their bodies ; because they are born
from men, "^and^ from the holy watchers is their beginning and
primal origin ; ''they shall be evil spirits on earth, and'' evil spirits
shall they be called. [10. As for the spirits of heaven, in
heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth
which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their
dwelling.] 11. And the spirits of the giants aflaict, oppress.
viol tSiv dyOpwTrcuv, . Cf. aiTTrep viol ttjs
777? in tlie preceding verse. kir^BviirjoaTi
cannot be constructed with ev to) aifxaTi
unless it represents some Semitic idiom
as 3 N3S. If it could, it would mean
bloodthirstiness, an idea quite foreign
to tlie context. And lusted after.
+ 'and done' E. 5. Hothing . . .
to them. Es'" read tala'Slehon {= kv
avTctis)—corrupt for kuglW lomfl (as
Flemming suggests) = irdv avTOis.
6. Spiritual, living the eternal life
(E). G^ as inv. 4. And immortal
(G^). E with the exception of 711 omits
' and '.
8, 9. The union of angels
and the daughters of men will give
birth to a new order of beings, i.e.
giants, and from these giants when they
die will proceed evil spirits, i. e. demons,
and these will have the earth for their
habitation. Observe that the evil ac-
tivities of these demons are not re-
strained or forbidden as those of their
parents, for the latter were thrown into
chains immediately on the death of the
giants, their children. 8. From
the spirits (Eel Gs')- AH other MSS.
of E = 'from the body'. On these
verses cf. Justin. Apol. xxii, quoted in
the note on S*. « Tertull. Apol. x.Nii
' Quomodo de angelis quibusdam sua
sponte corruptis corruptior gens daemonum
evaserit . . . apud litteras
sanctas ordo eognoacitur '. In Lact.
Insiit, ii. 15, the demons are regarded
purely as wicked angels. Shall be
called evil spirits (E G»). G^ de-
fective and corrupt Trvevftara iaxvpa.
9. Prom men (G»). G^ E 'from
those above'. Beginning (E). G^'
read ^ apx^ t^s Kriaeai^ axnSiv.
They shall be . . . earth (E G").
> Ge. 10. Of the earth (E).
G^ 'on the earth'. G' omits v. 10.
This verse is merely a repetition of
phrases found in verses 7, 8. 11.
Afaiot. , G^ E read vetpiXas = pjJJ)
a corruption probably of |ijyi3 = '
afflict '
G' reads v^fio/ifva — 'laying waste'.
Beer takes ve/id/iiva in the sense of
.