
1st Eden
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Enoch Chapter 32 1 And after these fragrant odours,
as I looked towards the north over the mountains
I saw
seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon
and pepper. 2 And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far
towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean sea and went far
from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came to the
Garden of Righteousness, 3 I and from afar off
trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two
trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree
of knowledge,
whose holy fruit they eat and know
great wisdom. 4 That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are like
(those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit 5 is like the clusters of the vine,
very beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar.
Then 6 I said:
'How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its
look!' Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me, answered me and
said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of which
thy father old (in years) and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten,
and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened,
and they knew that they were naked and they were driven
out of the garden.' |