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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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En^ I iii-iv SECOND COPY 175<br />

L. 16. This is a phrase parallel to the preceding one, which has been omitted in the versions<br />

by the error <strong>of</strong> homoeoteleuton; I have not succeeded in deciphering and restoring it in its<br />

entirety.<br />

4QEn'' 1 iv—En. 10: 8-12 (PI. VIII)<br />

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] 13-28<br />

[10 8 _ , all] sins. [^And to Gabriel] the Lord [said]: 'Go [to the bastards<br />

and the children <strong>of</strong> fornication, and destroy] the children <strong>of</strong> the Watchers<br />

[from among men, and send them] into a war <strong>of</strong> destruction; and length<br />

[<strong>of</strong> days they will not have. ^^And] no request [from their fathers on their<br />

behalf shall be granted that they should expect] to live [an eternal] life [or<br />

that each <strong>of</strong> them should live for five hundred years.' "And to Michael the<br />

Lord said: 'Go Michael, and] make known to Semihaza and to all his<br />

companions who associated with [women to defile themselves with them<br />

in their uncleanness, ^^that] their sons shall perish, and they shall see ^e<br />

destruction [<strong>of</strong> their beloved ones; and bind them unto] seventy generations<br />

[in valleys] <strong>of</strong> the earth unto the great day [<strong>of</strong> their judgement . . .]

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