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(taught) astrology, Kôkabêl the constellations.
Ezeqêêl the knowledge of the clouds,
(Araqiêl the signs of the earth,
Shamsiêl the signs of the
sun), and Sariêl the course of
the moon.
4. And as men perished, they
cried, and their cry went up to heaven. . . .
IX. 1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael,
and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much
blood being shed upon the earth, and all
lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
2. And they said one to
another : The earth, made
without inhabitant, cries the voice of
their crying up to the gates
of heaven. 3. And now to you, the
holy ones of heaven, the souls
of men make their suit,
saying, "Bring our cause before the Most
High".' 4. And they
said to the Lord of the ages : Lord
of lords, God of gods, King of
kings (and God of the ages), the
throne of Thy glory (standeth)
unto all the generations of the
ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and
blessed unto all the
ages! 5. Thou hast made
all things, and power over all things hast Thou
: and all things are naked and open
in Thy sight, and all things Thou seest,
and nothing can hide itself from Thee.
6. Thou seest what Azâzêl hath
done, who bath taught all unrighteousness
on earth
and
revealed
the
eternal secrets which were (preserved) in
heaven, which men were striving to learn
: 7. And Semjâzâ, to whom Thou
hast given authority to bear
rule over his associates. 8.
And they have gone to the daughters
of men upon the earth, and
have slept with the women, and have defiled
them-selves, and revealed to them all kinds of
sins. 9. And the women have borne giants,
and the whole earth has thereby been
filled with blood and unrighteousness. 10.
And now, behold, the souls of those who
have died are crying and making their suit
to the gates of heaven, and their
lamentations have ascended : and cannot
cease because of the lawless deeds which are
wrought on the earth. 11. And Thou
knowest all things before
they come to pass,
and
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Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer
them, and Thou dost not say to us what we
are to do to them in regard to these.''
X. 1. Then said the Most High,
the Holy and Great One spake,
and
sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and
said to him : 2. '
(Go to Noah and) tell him in my
name "Hide thyself !", and
reveal to him the end that
is approaching : that the
whole earth will be destroyed,
and a deluge is about to come
upon the whole earth, and
will destroy all that
is on it. 3. And
now instruct him that he may escape and his
seed may be preserved for all the
generations of the world.'
4. And again the Lord said
to Raphael : 'Bind Azâzêl hand and
foot, and cast him into the darkness : and
make an opening in the desert,
which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him
therein.
5. And place upon him rough and
jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness,
and let him abide there for ever, and cover
his face that he may not see
light. 6. And on
the day of the great judgement he shall be
cast into the fire.
7.
And heal the earth which the angels have
corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the
earth, that they may heal
the plague, and that
all the children of
men may not perish
through all the secret things that the
Watchers have disclosed and have
taught their sons. 8. And the
whole earth has been corrupted through
the works that were taught by Azâzêl : to
him ascribe all sin.' 9.
And to Gabriel said the
Lord : Proceed against the
bastards and the reprobates, and
against the children of
fornication : and destroy [the
children of fornication
and] the children of the Watchers
from amongst men : [and cause
them to go forth] : send them one against
the other that they may destroy each
other in battle for length of
days shall they not have.
10.
And no request that they (i.e.
their fathers) make of
thee shall be granted unto their
fathers on their behalf ;
for they hope to live an eternal
life, and that each one of
them will live five
hundred years.'
11. And the Lord said unto
Michael : 'Go,
bind Sêmjâzâ and
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