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

Sect. V Clmpiers CVI. U—CTIII. 3 269
CVII. 1. And I saw written on them that generation upon
generation shall transgress, till a generation o£ righteousness
arises, and transgression is destroyed and sin passes away from
the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it. 3. And
now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that this
son, which has been born, is in truth his son, and that (this) is
no lie.'' 3. And when Methuselah had heard the words of his
father Enoch—for he had shown to him everything in secret
he returned and showed (them) to him and called the name of
that son Noah ; for he will comfort the earth after all the
destruction.
CVIII. 1. Another book which Enoch wrote for his son
Methuselah and for those who will come after him, and keep
the law in the last days. 2. Ye who have done good shall
wait for those days till an end is made of those who work evil,
and an end of the might of the transgressors. 3. And wait
ye indeed till sin has passed away, for their names shall be
blotted out of the book of life and out of the holy books,
CVII. 1. The fresh growth of sin
after the Deluge: its destruction and
the advent of the Messianic kingdom.
TiU {t,0). giffmq 'that'. 3.
The derivation of Noah given in
Gen. 5^' is here repeated. Every-
thiBg in secret (a). ' every secret
thing '. Returned and showed. So
3 save that it omits two letters hy hmt.
/, ahcdloxijjb ' returned after having
^cpt.
CVIII. This final chapter forms an
seen '. >
independent addition. Its writer was
acquainted with sections 1-36 and
91-104, or at all events with parts
of them. But his acquaintance with
1-36 is very inaccurate. In vv. 3-6
what was originally the place of pun-
ishment for the disobedient stars in
chapters 18 and 21 becomes in his
hands practically Gehenna. The writer
is Essene in tone. Observe the high
honour paid to asceticism, the scorn of
gold and silver in vv. 8-10, the blessed
immortality of the spirit, but apparently
not of the body, as well as the dual-
ism of light and darkness so prominent
in vv. 11-14. 108 is more nearly akin
to 91-104 than any other section in
the book. The object of this chapter
is to encourage the righteous still to
hope on despite the long delay of the
advent of the kingdom. 1. Eeep the
law, as opposed to ' fall away from the
law ', 99^ 2. The faithful are exhorted
to further patience. Good
(5'iS)- > Otter MSS. Shall wait
(g^gmq). t,
' and are waiting
3. And'" (a). > /3. Blotted out of
the book of life : from Ps. &9^ : cf 47'
(note). Out of the book of life
and (Sigf). S,.f 'out of the books of
the living', mt ' out of the book
and'. Holy books {mqt, ejy, cf.
103^). g 'book of the Holy One",
0-exJ)
' books of the holy ones