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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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242 THE BOOKS OF ENOCH En« 4 ii<br />

they [mukiplied and became a flock <strong>of</strong> many sheep. ^^And the wolves] began<br />

to oppress the flock [till they had cast each one <strong>of</strong> their young into a great<br />

stream to sink in the waters. <strong>The</strong>n [the sheep began to cry aloud on account<br />

<strong>of</strong> their little ones, and to complain to their Lord. ^^And a] sheep which<br />

had been preserved [from the wolves fled and came to the wild asses and<br />

I watched, while the flock lamented and cried terrib]ly till the Lord [<strong>of</strong><br />

the sheep] descended [...].<br />

<strong>The</strong> placing <strong>of</strong> fragment a at lines lo-ii (see above, 4 i 10 end) is not altogether certain.<br />

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