The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 28
The heavenly circle was made firm while the lower water under heaven collected into one whole until chaos became dry.
1nd then I made firm the heavenly circle, and (made) that the lower water which is under heaven collect itself together, into one whole, and that the chaos become dry, and it became so.
2 Out of the waves I created rock hard and big, and from the rock I piled up the dry, and the dry I called earth, and the midst of the earth I called abyss, that is to say the bottomless, I collected the sea in one place and bound it together with a yoke.
3 And I said to the sea: Behold I give you (your) eternal limits, and you shalt not break loose from your component parts.
4 Thus I made fast the firmament. This day I called me the first-created [Sunday].
Did You Know?
The heavenly circle was made firm while the lower water under heaven collected into one whole until chaos became dry.
Hard and big rock was created out of the waves and from the rock the dry was piled up and called earth.
The midst of the earth was called the abyss, that is to say the bottomless.
The sea was collected in one place and bound together with a yoke receiving eternal limits not to break loose.
The firmament was made fast on this day which was called the first-created and noted as Sunday.
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Commentary
In brief
The chapter recounts how the heavenly circle is made firm and the lower waters collect so chaos becomes dry. Hard rock is created from the waves to form the earth and its abyss, the sea is bound with eternal limits, the firmament is fastened, and this day is called the first-created.