Aggada -- Translations into English; Bible. Old Testament -- Legends; Jewish legends; Midrash -- Translations into English
The Lord finished this revelation to Enoch with the words: "And now I
give thee Samuil and Raguil, who brought thee to Me. Go with them upon
the earth, and tell thy sons what things I have said to thee, and what
thou hast seen from the lowest heaven up to My throne. Give them the
works written out by thee, and they shall read them, and shall
distribute the books to their children's children and from generation
to generation and from nation to nation. And I will give thee My
messenger Michael for thy writings and for the writings of thy fathers,
Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, and Jared thy father. And I shall
not require them till the last age, for I have instructed My two
angels, Ariuk and Mariuk, whom I have put upon the earth as their
guardians, and I have ordered them in time to guard them, that the
account of what I shall do in thy family may not be lost in the deluge
to come. For on account of the wickedness and iniquity of men, I will
bring a deluge upon the earth, and I will destroy all, but I will leave
a righteous man of thy race with all his house, who shall act according
to My will. From their seed will be raised up a numerous generation,
and on the extinction of that family, I will show them the books of thy
writings and of thy father, and the guardians of them on earth will
show them to the men who are true and please Me. And they shall tell to
another generation, and they, having read them, shall be glorified at
last more than before."
Enoch was then sent to earth to remain there for thirty days to
instruct his sons, but before he left heaven, God sent an angel to him
whose appearance was like snow, and his hands were like ice. Enoch
looked at him, and his face was chilled, that men might be able to
endure the sight of him. The angels who took him to heaven put him upon
his bed, in the place where his son Methuselah was expecting him by day
and by night. Enoch assembled his sons and all his household, and
instructed them faithfully about all things he had seen, heard, and
written down, and he gave his books to his sons, to keep them and read
them, admonishing them not to conceal the books, but tell them to all
desiring to know. When the thirty days had been completed, the Lord
sent darkness upon the earth, and there was gloom, and it hid the men
standing with Enoch. And the angels hasted and took Enoch, and carried
him to the highest heaven, where the Lord received him and set him
before His face, and the darkness departed from the earth, and there
was light. And the people saw, and did not understand how Enoch was
taken, and they glorified God.
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