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

FKAGMENT OF THE
BOOK OF NOAH
CVI. 1. And after some days
my son Methuselah took a wife
for his son Lamech, and she
became pregnant by him and
bore a son. 2. And his body
was white as snow and red as
the blooming of a rose^ and the
hair of his head f and his long
locks were white as wool, and his
eyes beautiful f . And
when he
opened his eyes, he lighted up
the whole house like the sun,
and the whole house was very
bright. 3. And thereupon
he arose in the hands of the
midwife, opened his mouth, and
t conversed withf the Lord of
CVI-CVII. We have here again a
fragment of a Noah Apocalypse. Part
of this section lias been preserved in a
Latin version which I print side by side
with the translation of the Ethiopic.
2. f And his long looks . . . beauti-
fulf. It is rather astonishing' that the
new-born infant should have ' long
locks '. Since there is no mention of
these in the Latin, and since it is
possible that deiudSmahu . . . sanfij
'a'Sjeutihu (= 'his long locks . . . and
(> iSi) li's eyes beautiful ') is corrupt
for 'egarihu ladahSj 'a'gjentihu. If this
is right we should have ' was white . . .
and his eyes were like the rays of the
LATIN FRAGMENT
CVI. 1. Factum est autem
[cum esset Lamech anaorum
tricentorum quinquagenta] na-
tus est ei filiu(s)
3. Cui oculi sunt sicut radi
solis capilli autem qxus candi-
(di)ores in septies nine, corpori
autem eius nemo hominum
potest intueri.
3. et surexit iw.ier vaa^wus
obstetricis suae et adorauit do-
minum uiuentem in secula [lau-
dauit].
sun '. This restoration is supported
by the Ethiopic version in ver. 5
' his eyes are as the rays of the sun '
also 'septies' (ver. 10; or 'in septies'
(ver. 2; seems corruptfor ' capitis', which
depends on 'capilli'. See ver. 10 (note).
3. And thereupon {^ij,. Other MSS.
' and when '- Opened his mouth.
This phrase recurs in ver.ll. The Latin
is defective here. fConversed withf.
Here ' tanagara = conversed with ' is
corrupt for taganaja = irpoaeicviirjai or
i^ai/jioKoyriaaTO. Hence render' praised'.
Cf. 'laudavit' in the Latin. But adora-
vit' occurs there also and=ir/)o(T€KiJi'i)ffc.
In ver. 11, where the substance of ver. 3
: