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LXXXII. Charge given to Enoch: the four Intercalary Days: the Stars which lead the Seasons and the M

Date of account
Composite work, broadly c. 300 BCE to 100 BCE
Source
The book of Enoch
Reference
The book of Enoch · selected passage 54
Rights
public_domain
Language
Ge'ez preserved in complete form; translated from earlier Semitic and Greek textual traditions
Translation
R. H. Charles, with W. O. E. Oesterley
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and sank into the depths

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But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and sank into the depths. 7. And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the earth were levelled up and other abysses were opened. 8. Then the water began to run down into these, till the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared. 9. But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that white bull departed from them.

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