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

132 The Bool of Enoch [Sect. ll
And will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the
earth,
And has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and
for great honours.
And from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous
and holy without number for ever/
Tl^e Angek of the Ifaters bidden to liold them in Check.
LXVI. 1. And after that he showed me the angels of punish-
ment who are prepared to eome and let loose all the powers of the
waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judge-
ment and destruction on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth,
2. And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels
who were going forth, that they should not cause the waters to
rise but should hold them in check ; for those angels were over
the powers of the waters. 3. And I went away from the
presence of Enoch.
God's Promise to Noah: Places of Punishment of the Angels and
of the Kings.
LXVII. 1. And in those days the word of God came unto me,
and He said unto me :
' Noah, thy lot has come up before Me,
a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. 2. And now
new and rigliteous generation. Thy dwell '. 2. Cause the waters to
righteous seed (jm^nCg)). /3 'thy seed rise. The text here reads ' hands ' =
in righteousness'. Both for kingship ^iT" corrupt for XiD 'waters'. The
(q(t)). /3 ' both for kings ', ginu
' both angels of the waters are here bidden to
kings ' corrupt. Fountain : of. Deut. pause in order that during the pause
SS'" Ps. 682". the ark may be built 67^. The same
LXVI. 1. He, i.e. Enocb. Angels idea is found in "Rev. 7^ "•''•, where the
of punishment. We have here a new four angels of the winds are bidden to
use of thia phrase. These angels have restrain the winds till the servants of
to do solely with the second judgement God are sealed in their foreheads,
in the Parables, and are employed here Gf. 2 Bar. 6* "'''• Angels over
only through a misconception as the the powers of the waters : cf. Eev.
agents of the Deluge or first judgement, 1 6^.
and as angels over the waters; cf. 40' LXVII. 1. The character of Noah
(note) 54'. [Abide and.] Bracketed here is based on Gen. 6'. 2. This
iis a dittograph. q om. «., bx omit ' anij account differs from 89^, where it is