The scribe [Enoch wrote ] a copy of the second tablet that he sent [ . . . ] in the very handwriting of Enoch the noted scribe [ . . . ] In the name of God the great and holy one, to Shemihaza and all [his companions . . . ] let it be known to you that not [ one of you will be left ] and the things you have done, and that your wives, they
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and their sons and the wives of [their sons,1 by your licentiousness on the earth, and there has been upon you [ . . . a curse and the land is crying out1 and complaining about you and the deeds of your children [ . . . 1 and the harm that you have done to it. [ . . . 1 And the earth will not cease until Raphael arrives. Behold, destruction [is coming,in the form a great flood, and it will destroy all living things1 and whatever is in the deserts and the seas. And the meaning of the matter [ is that judgement is 1 upon you for evil. But now, loosen the bonds binding you to evil . [repent 1 and pray.
(This ends the fragment of "TIze Book of the Giants".)
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the angels began to teach the men of earth charms and spells, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants.
And the women became pregnant, and they gave birth to large giants, whose height was three thousand cubits (ells). The giants consumed all the work and toil of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind.
And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drank the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and taught them about metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of precious stones, and all coloring and dyes. And there was great impiety, they turned away from God, and committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways.
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Fallen Angels, The Watchers, and the Origins of Evil
Semjaza taught the casting of spells, and root-cuttings, Armaros taught counter-spells (release from spells), Baraqijal taught astrology, Kokabel taught the constellations (portents), Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.
And then Michael, Vriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed on the earth, and all lawlessness being done on the earth. And they said to each other: "Let the cries from the destruction of Earth ascend up to the gates of heaven." And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their petition, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High."
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 your glory endures through all the generations of the ages, and your name holy and glorious and blessed to all the ages! Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;
whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
You have made all things, and you have power over all things: and all things are revealed and open in your sight, and you see all things, and nothing can hide itself from you.
Look at what Azazel has done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were made and kept in heaven, which men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, who taught spells, to whom you gave authority to rule over his associates."
And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son and he looked like Adam, and she called his name Seth,
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