The book of Enoch : translated from Professor Dillmann's Ethiopic ...

1 80 The Book of Enoch. [Sect. II.
the children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and
demons, and the smitings of the embryo and the babe, that it
may pass away, and the smitings of the soul, the bites of the
serpent, and the smitings which befall at noon, the son of the
serpent named Taba't. 13. And this is the number of
Kesbeel, who showed the head of the oath to the holy ones
when he dwelt high above in glory, and its name is Beqa.
14. And this (angel) requested Michael to show him the
hidden name, that they might mention it in the oath, so that
those who revealed all that was hidden to the children of
men might quake before that name and oath. 15. And
this is the power of that oath, for it is powerful and strong,
and he placed this oath Akae in the hand of Michael. 1 6.
And these are the secrets of this oath, and the heaven was
made strong through the oath, and was suspended before
the world was created and for ever : 17. And through it
the earth was founded upon the water, and from the secret
recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters from the
creation of the world unto eternity. 18. And through that
and this I have followed. 13. The number of Kesbeel. Hallevi
(Journ. Asiat. p. 383; 1867) suggests that for *}*A4 M * there stood
iTppB which means either ' number ' or • charge.' Hence, ' this
is the charge of Kesbeel,' i. e. to remind the other angels of the
oath by which they were bound. 14. Show him the hidden
name. So G M. Other MSS. give ' show them the hidden name.'
After these words Din. and all MSS. but G M insert ' that thus
they might see that hidden name and/ I have followed G. M has a
clause peculiar to itself. 16. Was made strong. So G 0J«0. Din.
reads RlO* ' they were strong . . . and the heaven was suspended.'
17. Beautiful waters. SoAEFGHIN and practically M. Din.
which according to ancient Jewish Heaven was suspended : cf. Job
interpretation treated of demonic dan- xxvi. 7 for a similar expi'ession regardgers.
The serpent named Tab&'t. ing the earth. 17. Earth was
I know nothing about this name. founded upon the water: cf. Pss.
13. See Crit. Note : cf. xli. 5. I do xxiv. 2; cxxxvi. 6. From the secret
not pretend to interpret this and recesses of the mountains come
many of the following verses. 16. beautiful waters : cf. Ps. civ. 10, 13,