Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
XXX. 1. And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another
place, a valley (full) of water. 2. And ⌜therein there was⌝ a tree, the
colour (?) of fragrant trees such as the mastic. 3. And on the sides of
those valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to
the east.
XXXI. 1. And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were ⌜groves of⌝
trees, and there flowed forth from them nectar, which is named sarara
and galbanum. 2. And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain ⌜to
the east of the ends of the earth⌝, 〚whereon were aloe trees〛, and all
the trees were full =of stacte=, being like almond trees. 3. And when
one =burnt= it, it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.
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XXXII. 1. And after these fragrant odours, as I looked
towards the north over the mountains I saw seven
mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and
cinnamon and pepper.
G^g
XXXII. 1. To the north-east I beheld seven mountains
full of choice nard and mastic and cinnamon and
pepper.
2. And thence I went over the summits of ⌜all⌝ these mountains, far
towards the east ⌜of the earth⌝, and passed above the Erythraean sea,
and went far from it, and passed over 〚the angel〛 Zotîêl.
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3. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and saw
beyond those trees many large trees growing there and of
goodly fragrance, large, very beautiful and glorious, and
the tree of wisdom whereof they eat and know great
wisdom.
G^g
3. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and
from afar off trees more numerous than these trees
and great—†two† trees there, very great, beautiful,
and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of
knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great
wisdom.
4. ⌜That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are⌝ like (those
of) the Carob tree: and its fruit is like the clusters of the vine, very
beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. 5. Then I
said: ‘⌜How⌝ beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its look!’ 6.
Then Raphael, the holy angel who was with me, answered me 〚and said〛:
‘This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old (in years) and thy
aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom
and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they
were driven out of the garden.’
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