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Book of Enoch 8

Ethiopic

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Semjâzâ taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, Armârôs the resolving of enchantments, Barâqîjâl taught astrology, Kôkabêl the constellations, Êzêqêêl the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiêl the signs of the earth, Shamsiêl the signs of the sun, and Sariêl the course of the moon.

2And the giants consumed all the acquisitions of men, until men could no longer sustain them.

3Then they began to devour the flesh of men, and men became few upon the earth; and those who remained cried to heaven because of this evil, saying: ‘Let a remembrance of us be brought before the Most High.’

About Book of Enoch

The most influential apocryphal book there is: the fall of the Watcher angels, the giants, Enoch's journey through the heavens and the final judgement. Quoted in the New Testament by the letter of Jude and held canonical by the Ethiopian Church. English text: The Book of Enoch (London: SPCK), R. H. Charles, 1917 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.

Source: The Book of Enoch (London: SPCK), R. H. Charles (1917) · public domain