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The Book of Enoch<br />
of that first star, which had fallen from Heaven, and bound it by its hands<br />
and feet, and threw it into an abyss. And that abyss was narrow, and deep,<br />
and horrible, and dark.<br />
88.2 And one of them drew his sword, and gave it to those elephants,<br />
camels, and asses; and they began to strike one another, and the whole<br />
Earth shook because of them.<br />
88.3 And as I looked in the vision, behold, one of those four who had come<br />
out cast a line from Heaven and gathered and took all the large stars; those<br />
whose private parts were like the private parts of horses, and bound them<br />
all by their hands and their feet, and threw them into a chasm of the Earth.<br />
89.1 And one of those four, went to a white bull, and taught him a mystery,<br />
trembling as he was. He was born a bull, but became a man, and built for<br />
himself a large vessel, and dwelt on it, and three bulls went with him in that<br />
vessel, and they were covered over.<br />
89.2 And, again, I raised my eyes to Heaven and saw a high roof with<br />
seven water channels on it, and those channels discharged much water into<br />
an enclosure.<br />
89.3 And I looked again, and behold, springs opened on the floor of that<br />
large enclosure, and water began to bubble up, and to rise above the floor.<br />
And I looked at that enclosure until its whole floor was covered by water.<br />
89.4 And water, darkness, and mist increased on it, and I looked at the<br />
height of that water, and that water had risen above that enclosure and was<br />
pouring out over the enclosure, and it remained on the earth.<br />
89.5 And all the bulls of that enclosure were gathered together, until I saw<br />
how they sank, and were swallowed up, and destroyed, in that water.<br />
89.6 And that vessel floated on the water, but all the bulls, elephants,<br />
camels, and asses sank to the bottom, together with all the animals, so that I<br />
could not see them. And they were unable to get out, but were destroyed,<br />
and sank into the depths.<br />
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