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

Sect, iv.] Chapters LXXXIV. 2—LXXX V. 3. 227
has aroused Thy wrath, but the flesh of righteousness and up-
rightness establish as a plant of the seed for ever and hide not
Thy face from the prayer of Thy servant, O Lord."
LXXXY. 1. And after this I saw another dream, and I will
show all the vision to thee, my son/ 3. And Enoch lifted
up his voice and spake unto his son Methuselah : ' To thee,
my son, will I speak: hear my words— incline thine ear to
the dream-vision of thy father. 3. Before I took thy
mother Edna, I saw in a vision of my bed, and behold a bull
came forth from the earth, and that bull was white; and
after it came forth a heifer, and along with this (latter) came
forth two young bulls, one of them black and the other red.
LXXXY. 1. After H-ft» G adds ch&aD. 2 . Lifted up hfe
voice. See Crit. Note on xxxviii. 2. 3. In a vision of my
bed. So G M. Other MSS. ' in a vision on my bed.' Came
forth two young bulls. So GN : wQfc Xi&hft. Other MSS. give
A plant of the seed for ever : see
x. 16 (note). This idea was a very
favourite one : cf. lxii. 8 ; xciii. 2, 5,
10.
LXXXV-XC. The second Dream-
vision. In this second vision the
writer gives a complete history of
the world from Adam down to the
final judgment and the establishment
of the Messianic kingdom. After the
example of Daniel men are symbolized
by animals. The leaders of the chosen
race are represented by domestic
animals, the patriarchs by bulls, and
the faithful of later times by sheep.
This difference is intended to mark
the later declension of Israel in faith
and righteousness. The Gentiles are
symbolized by wild beasts and birds
of prey ; the fallen watchers by stars ;
unfallen angels by men. At times
the author is obliged to abandon his
symbolism, and he is not always con-
sistent in his use of it, as the same
symbol varies in meaning. Even the
Q3
divine name is adapted to the pre-
vailing symbolism. In the main the
narrative is based on the O.T., but
at times mythical elements from later
Jewish exegesis are incorporated.
LXXXV. 2. Cf. Prov. v. 1. 3.
Edna: cf. Ixxxiii. 2. Bull. The
Ethiopic word is lahm. This word
has various meanings in the following
chapters. In the sing, it = bull or-
heifer; in the plur. it = bulls, or
cattle, or cows. The context must
determine the sense. The author uses
also the unequivocal word sor, which
always means a bull. Ta'wa = vitulus
or vitula in these chapters. Eve is so
designated in this verse, i. e. a heifer,
to denote her as a virgin. In ver. 6
she is called ' a cow.' White is the
colour that symbolizes righteousness
throughout this vision : cf. lxxxv. 8 ;
lxxxvii, 2, &c. Cf. Is. i. 18 ; Ps. li. 7 ;
Eev. vii. 14. Two young bulls : see
Crit. Note. Cain is black, as this colour
symbolizes his sin : Abel is red— the