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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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