2 Enoch 2
2 Enoch 2
Section: Introduction
Translated by W.R. Morfill, ed. R.H. Charles (1896)
The Instruction: how Enoch taught his Sons
IT. 1. ‘Hear me, my children, for I do not know whither Tam going, or what awaits me. 2. Now, my children, IT say unto you: turn not aside from God: *walk before the face of the Lord and keep his judgements® * and do not worship vain gods ’°, who did not make heaven and earth?! , for these
1 That they are to do without thee ou the earth A. om. 3 Sok. om. * Obeyed, B. doors as was ordered me. tn Loe. 7 Bom. ® They, A; these men, Sok.
II. Aom. ° Sok. adds do not defile the prayers (offered for) your salvation, that the Lord may not shorten the work of your hands, and ye may not he deprived of the gifts of the Lord, and the Lord may not deprive you of the attainment of His gifts in your treasuries. Bless the Lord with the firstlings of your flocks and the firstlings of your children, and blessings shall be upon you for ever; and do not depart from the Lord. 10 To vain creatures, A. 1 Sok. adds nor any other creature.
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B omits; A adds and shnt the § Bom.; Sok. supports text, See exegetical note
Be not afraid is found in Mait. Kiv. 27. 10. Sons: these are mentioned though not named in Eth. En. lxxxi. 5,6; xci. 1. Regim: see lvii. 2. Gaidal: this name is de- rived from LXX. Gen, iv. 18 éyevv707
Il. 1. Know whither I am going, &c.: cf. vii. 5. 2. Turn not aside from God: I Sam. xii. 20. Walk before the face of the Lord: Ps. lvi. 13; cxvi. 9. Keep his judge- ments : Lev. xviii. 5 ; Ezek. xxxvi. 27.
bi TH Evdy Taiéad. For Pratiad Mass. gives Irad (TYY) and Syriac Idar (3 oad.) , which more nearly approaches LXX. Observe that this Gaidal is the son of Enoch who is the grandson of Cain, and therefore wrongly appears here. As however B omits it hoth here and in lvii. 2, it is prohahly spurious. A confusion of Enoch, son of Lamech, and Enos, son of Seth, is to he found in the Clementine Recog- nitions iv. 12.
Worship vain gods: Deut. vili. 19 ; ef, 1 Sam. (LXX, Syr., Vulg.) xii. 21. Vain gods who did not make heaven and earth, for these will perish, from Jer. x. 11; cf. Ps. xcvi. 5; Is.ii.18; Acts xiv. 15 ‘Ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth.’ Jub. xii, 2, 3, 4 ‘What. help . .. have -we from those idols which thou dost worship… worship them not. Worship the God of heaven.’
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4 The Book of the Secrets of Enoch.
will perish, * and also those who worship them 7. 3. * But may God make confident your hearts in the fear of Him’. 4. And now, my children, let no one seek me till the Lord brings me back to you.
[Of the taking up of Enoch ; how the Angels took him up