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The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 38

1 min 3 verses The Forgotten Books of Eden, 1928, after the Morfill translation (public domain). This is the shorter recension.

Those men who first led Enoch up were told to let him go down to earth and await him till the determined day.

A1🔗nd the Lord said to those men who first led me up: Let Enoch go down on to earth with you, and await him till the determined day.

2🔗 And they placed me by night on my bed.

3🔗 And Mathusal (Methuselah) expecting my coming, keeping watch by day and by night at my bed, was filled with awe when he heard my coming, and I told him, Let all my household come together, that I tell them everything.

Commentary

In brief

The Lord tells the men who first led Enoch up to let him go down to earth with them and await him till the determined day. They place him by night on his bed, and Methuselah is filled with awe at his coming and Enoch tells him to gather the household to tell them everything.

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1

Those men who first led Enoch up were told to let him go down to earth and await him till the determined day.

2

The escorts placed Enoch by night on his bed after bringing him back down from above.

3

Mathusal, also called Methuselah, kept watch by day and by night at Enoch bed expecting his coming.

4

Methuselah was filled with awe when he heard Enoch arriving home after his long absence.

5

Enoch told Methuselah to gather all his household together so he could tell them everything.

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