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Apocrypha · Chapter 17 of 105

Book of Enoch 17

Ethiopic

The following are the names of the angels who watch:

2Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over alarm and terror.

3Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over the souls of men.

4Eaguel, one of the holy angels, who inflicts punishment on the world, and on the luminaries.

5Michael, one of the holy angels, who is placed over human virtue, rules the nation.

6Sarakiel, one of the holy angels, who is placed over the souls of the children of men that offend.

7Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over Ikisat, over Paradise, and over the cherubim; and Phanuel, one of the holy angels, who presides over repentance, and the hope of those who will inherit eternal life.

8They raised me upon high on a place, where there was the appearance of a burning fire, and when they pleased, they assumed the appearance of men.

9They carried me to a high place, to a mountain, the top of which reached to heaven.

10And I saw the receptacles of lightning and of thunder at the end of the place where it was deepest, there was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every sort of lightning.

11They raised me on high to a splashing stream, and to a fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun, I came to a river of fire which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea towards the west.

12I saw every large river until I came to the great darkness, I went to where all flesh go, and I saw the mountains of obscurity which produce winter, and the place from whence the water comes forth in every gulf.

13I also saw the mouths of all the rivers in the world and the mouths of the deep.

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About Book of Enoch

The most influential apocryphal book there is: the fall of the Watcher angels, the giants, Enoch's journey through the heavens and the final judgement. Quoted in the New Testament by the letter of Jude and held canonical by the Ethiopian Church.