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

206 The Book of Enoch. [Sect. III.
and rain, locusts and destruction. 10. And after these the
north winds :
from the seventh portal towards the east come
from the
dew and rain, locusts and destruction. 1 1 . And
middle portal come in a direct direction rain and dew, and
health and prosperity; and through the third portal towards
the west come cloud and hoar-frost, and snow and rain, and dew
and locusts. 1 1. And after these the west winds : through
the first portal adjoining the north come forth dew and rain,
and hoar-frost and cold, and snow and frost. 13. And
from the middle portal come forth dew and rain, prosperity
and blessing ; and through the last portal which adjoins the
south come forth drought and destruction, conflagration and
death. 14. The twelve portals of the four quarters of the
heaven are (therewith) completed, and all their laws and all
their plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to thee,
my son Methuselah.
G I omit this phrase. 10. North winds. I have followed Din.
in omitting the words Ulia^i (\fhC as a gloss. From the
seventh portal towards the east. After these words the MSS. give
the following phrase, H^ftll; T7A; filWl, which I have omitted
on the following grounds. KW\ ^ftll means 'inclining to' or
' adjoining/ not ' opposite to.' In lxx. 5 the E.S.E. wind is de-
scribed as the east wind, Ki'fl 2*RYl! AfilWl, ' which adjoins the
south.' In lxxvi. 7 the S.E.S. wind is described as the south
wind, Xlt; tftTl! fon>TM: 9 v > v 63p, < which adjoins the east/
In lxxvi. 12 the W.N/W. wind is described as the west wind,
Kifl rffcYii Ao»l7rt; tn>ft0, ' which adjoins the north.' Hence in
lxxvi. 10 HpKYii en>T7A; /S1M1 when spoken of a north wind
is absurd. For the same reason we have omitted in our transla-
tion the phrase Ki'Vi ;PRYi; Aft0 in lxxvi. n, as it would
be no less absurd in this context to speak of a north wind as
adjoining the north. By the removal of these misapplied phrases
the text becomes clear. 11. Prosperity. Wanting in G.
12. Bain. Wanting in G. 14. All their benefactions. F I.
S.W.S. wind. 10. See Crit. Note. W.N.W. wind. 13. The W. and
The N.E.N, wind. 11. See Crit. W.S.W. winds. 14. My son
Note on preceding verse. The N. Methuselah: cf. lxxxii. 1.
and N.W.N, winds. 12. The